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For all you romantics out there!!!, August 1, 2001
This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 41: Resolutions [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I really enjoyed this episode of Voyager and felt that it was a nice change of pace at the end of Season Two of the series.
Throughout the first two seasons of the show we have witnessed the growing affection between Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay, and in this episode, the cards finally get laid on the table! Yeah! I enjoyed that aspect...especially since romance has never been one of Star Trek's strong suits!
I also liked the way this episode leaves the viewer begging for more...for after all, we don't really know what ultimately happens between Janeway and her "Number One"! However, because of the remaining mystery, I must point out that the episode is inappropriately named - for in fact, it didn't *resolve* anything for the viewer - it only made us more interested in seeing this storyline...er...."develop".
Unfortunatly, in future seasons of Voyager, the writers saw fit to bag off on much of what "could have been" with this storyline. Too bad....especially since there was alot of screen chemistry between Robert Beltran and Kate Mulgrew! But future seasons aside, standing alone, I give this episode 5 stars and extra cudos to Beltran and Mulgrew for some great acting! This is as steamy as Start Trek gets, folks!
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J/C at it's best, August 11, 2000
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 41: Resolutions [VHS] (VHS Tape)
All you J/C fans, buy this video! It's argueably the best display of affection between the Captain and Commander you will ever find. (except maybe for CODA) In it he admits his feelings for her and she reciprocates....now if only Jeri taylor would come back on the show.
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Are Janeway and Chakotay the next Adam and Eve?, August 29, 2003
This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 41: Resolutions [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Besides being stuck in the Delta Quadrant and trying to find their way back home, one of the biggest differences between the crew of "Voyager" and the various versions of the "Enterprise" on "Star Trek" was that Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) was female. Add to that how Janeway merged her crew with the Maquis led by Chakotay (Robert Beltran), whom she made her second in command, and you have a rather unique dyanmic at work between the captain and the first officer. On a symbolic level Janeway function as the father figure while Chakotay gets the mother's role, but the key thing is that they are the parental figures on "Voyager" and you know what parents do when all the kids are asleep and they have some time together. So there has always some sexual tension between the two characters, but there duties have always stopped them from pursuing any fleeting thoughts they may have had. All that changes with this episode.
"Star Trek: Voyager," Episode 41, "Resolutions" (Written by Michelle Piller, Aired May 13, 1996) simply comes up with a situation that forces Janeway and Chakotay to rethink their relationship. The pair contract an incurable virus during an away mission that it going to kill them. However, while on the planet they are shielded from its effects. Janeway gives command of "Voyager" over to Tuvok (Tim Russ) and orders him to continue towards home, leaving her and Chakotay behind. As the days pass, Janeway and Chakotay come to terms with facing the future together, no longer Starfleet officers, but a pair of human beings who are attracted to one another.
Meanwhile, back on "Voyager," Tuvok is following Janeway's orders to avoid contact with the Vidiians. However, the rest of the ship's officers want to pursue that option as a way of finding a cure for the captain and the commander. Of course Tuvok wants to be logical about the situation, but he is clearly facing a mutiny from the crew.
"Resolutions" is a first rate episode, creating a situation in which two characters have the freedom to strip away all barriers and deal with each other honestly. It has been clear from the star that Janeway and Chakotay respect each other, and it is fascinating to watch two adults deal with the realities of a future together. The obvious analogue is to Adam and Eve, which raises a whole bunch of interesting questions: do you have children when you are the only humans on a planet? But the chief attraction here is that these are a pair of adults, whose hormones are actually a smaller part of the equation than we normally see in a "Star Trek" love story.
The only complaint, and it is a minor one, is that "Resolutions" did not have as significant an impact on the series as it might have had. This was the second to last episode in Season 2, so it was not like there was time to build on what was established here, but you certainly did not the ramifications of this episode serving as a sub-text for the relationship between Janeway and Chakotay in the future the same way you did between Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" after their mind-sharing experience. That aside, "Resolutions" is a classic "Voyager" episode.
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