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Re: VOY S5: Course: Oblivion

I've always loved this episode. I generally like episodes with happier endings, but sometimes a bittersweet ending is done so well that you have to love it. And I loved the way the episode dared to let the mimetic Voyager and crew not only not succeed in getting home but also be forgotten, with nothing for the real Voyager to salvage.

And if you want to look at it philosophically, the "real" Voyager and crew aren't real either. It's a TV show. What gives them a sense of consequence is that we, the audience, watch them on TV. By that yardstick, that goes for the fake Voyager and crew as well.

3.5 / 4 stars, with 1/2 star off only because of the once again ridiculous ignoring of the distances traveled and how on earth could the mimetic Voyager catch up to the real one.