At the beginning of the show Janeway tells us there has been a power shortage. For those wishing Voyager would be more about consequences (like DS9), this is a bit of a tease. We don’t see the effects of the power shortage, we just have to take Janeway’s word for it that it’s a big problem. It ends up just being an excuse to run into the Vidiians, which is ok I guess.

Neelix is re-routing power conduits? He’s taken to Federation technology very quickly for someone who didn’t know what a transporter was three episodes ago. Also, what a ridiculous looking outfit.

A cave! Nothing could go wrong in there!

They beamed the lungs directly out of his body??

When The Doctor gets stressed his bubble machine calms him down

The explanation of the holo-lungs is kind of interesting

Neelix complains about having to stare at the ugly ceiling for the rest of his life, but look what the ceiling has to stare at

The writers were excited to develop the Kes/Neelix relationship, but it doesn’t work. They have no chemistry. It’s weird

Like in the first episode, Tuvok portrays genuine friendship despite showing no emotion. He’s a great Vulcan.

I like some of the concepts for the Vidiians, like having an advance species that is fighting a catastrophic disease and must go to desperate measures to survive.

40:55 Man! Tuvok has a fast draw!

In the conclusion of the episode they reveal that Kes will start working with The Doctor. So after only several episodes of Paris learning to be an aid to The Doctor they drop him and Kes takes his place