Friday, March 04, 2016

Star Trek VGR Episode 151 - Critical Care

Tons of great acting in this episode. Including, one of my favorite TV actors, Larry Drake. He was Benny on LA Law. One of the best episodes on Voyager. The Doctor is taken ... yet again. This time he is forced to work in an overcrowded hospital run by The Administer where sickness is rampant. But, it's not as straightforward as it seems. Their is a hierarchy for care. Only those deemed worthy are given the best care. The rest are sent to different levels based upon their mental or physical worth. Those at the bottom, just die. The Doctor finds this appalling and sneaks care to everyone. He is finally caught. He devises an ingenious plan to infect The Administer with a disease, thus deeming him to be a "low leveler". Finding this to be unacceptable, The Administer decides to do away with his care hierarchy. Seems too easy, but whatever. It was all your typical old school Negative Eugenics plot.

151 down 21 to go

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