Trekathon 371: Jetrel (VOY)

Neelix runs into a war criminal from his past.

This is pretty heavy handed stuff. The number of not-so-veiled allusions to [Hiroshima and Nagasaki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki) got really annoying fast. And too much of the weight of the episode rests on Neelix being serious – possible, but a big ask given how he’s only been given comic relief and exposition roles to this point.

But it works. Just. Risk taking is good, and making a war criminal a potentially redeemable person is definitely a risk. Unfortunately the last few minutes descend into a bit of a technobabble farce, but at least they avoid the temptation of the implausibly happy ending.

371 down, 366 to go.


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