scorns their "juvenile imaginations."
In their converted cargo bay, the ex-Borg kids awake as the lights go out. Neelix is there, with a small portable light. He says "Everything’s all right," but wears a weird, goblin-like grin.
Voyager plunges into the nebula. (more
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ANALYSIS
"The Haunting of Deck 12" is a clever mix of horror, humor and low-lit atmospherics.
Whatever one thinks of Neelix’s general competence as chef and morale officer, in this episode he is very much in his element, as a storyteller.
That Neelix’s grasp of his own material is at times uncertain adds to his story’s charm. He is unable, for instance, to explain why Seven did not use her neural communications abilities at a critical moment.
But the bigger question is whether his story has any substantial factual basis. Speaking of which…
DANGLING PLOT THREADS
What was that on Deck 12?
WHAT WE LEARN
Apparently, on Voyager, one needs the Captain’s permission to install curtains (even if, as with Neelix, one has a pressing psychological need not to look out the window at passing nebulae).
REALITY CHECK
Neelix says "deuterium" when he presumably means "dilithium." Deuterium is a heavy form of hydrogen used as a fuel component in hydrogen bombs and nuclear-fusion reactors; it is not known to be used in Voyager’s warp drive.
TUNE IN NEXT WEEK
When the Borg Queen makes an offer, Janeway and Seven of Nine leap into action against "Unimatrix Zero". Season finale!
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