This episode features two stories, the first centres on the Doctor who has created a family on the holosuite so he can learn about family life; the problem is he has designed a perfect family with a doting wife and children who excel at school and never misbehave which won't teach him anything. After witnessing his family at a dinner B'Elanna offers to make a few changes to the program to make it more realistic. These changes come as a shock to the Doctor who doesn't know how to deal with a son who is hanging out with Klingons, a daughter who wants to play a sport he considers dangerous and a wife who has a life outside their house. As he attempts to deal with this family he learns that not all problems can be easily solved and some can't be solved at all. The secondary story line concerns the discovery of a strange anomaly in which Paris gets trapped while attempting to harvest particles which could be used for fuel.
I quite liked this episode, the poignant ending of the Doctor's story is one of the more memorable Voyager stories; it was fun to see how his saccharine sweet family turns dysfunctional and after a tragic accident it is genuinely sad. The secondary story was fairly forgettable though and felt as if it was there just to fill time.
I quite liked this episode, the poignant ending of the Doctor's story is one of the more memorable Voyager stories; it was fun to see how his saccharine sweet family turns dysfunctional and after a tragic accident it is genuinely sad. The secondary story was fairly forgettable though and felt as if it was there just to fill time.