Someone To Watch Over Me
- Episode aired Apr 28, 1999
- TV-PG
- 46m
As The Doctor guides Seven into the unfamiliar social realm of dating, Ambassador Neelix suffers an alien monk who overindulges.As The Doctor guides Seven into the unfamiliar social realm of dating, Ambassador Neelix suffers an alien monk who overindulges.As The Doctor guides Seven into the unfamiliar social realm of dating, Ambassador Neelix suffers an alien monk who overindulges.
- Holographic Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Timothy Lang
- (uncredited)
- Courting Klingon
- (uncredited)
- Courting Klingon
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRobert Picardo and Jeri Ryan did at least some of their own singing, including the duet "You Are My Sunshine."
- GoofsWhen Seven of Nine sings the vocal exercise with the Doctor, the display screen shows a "simple melody." The letters say that the melody consists of the notes "A C E C D B A G A." This does not correspond to the music notation displayed on the screen, which shows the melody containing C sharps and G sharps. Seven sung it as such.
- Quotes
B'Elanna Torres: [reading Seven's study of her and Tom from a PADD] 'Stardate 52647, 1400 hours: Subjects quarrel in corridor outside female's quarters. Male returns with twelve flowering plant stems, species rosa rubifolia, effecting a cessation of hostilities. Stardate 52648, 0300 hours: Intimate relations resume.' - How the hell do you know when we're having intimate relations?
Seven of Nine: There is no one on deck nine, section twelve, who *doesn't* know when you're having intimate relations.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Train 48: Episode #1.102 (2003)
Since Seven still has a rather wooden and direct tone towards those around her, the doc's lessons lead to all sorts of funny situations, for example when Seven invites a colleague on a date and there is an incident while eating lobster. At the end of the date, she almost dislocates his arm while dancing, so he has to be treated by the doc for a torn ligament.
As the doc goes through the individual lessons with Seven, he slowly begins to fall in love with her. Some users see this as borrowing from the myth of Pygmalion, but the doc doesn't create his perfect woman himself for his own pleasures. It's more like the spark of romantic affection is ignited between two outsiders. However, Seven does not feel this affection to the same extent as the doc, so he ultimately does not openly express his feelings towards her.
The B-plot, on the other hand, is pretty lame and can easily be forgotten. Neelix has been given the task of looking after a diplomatic guest. However, the guest surprises him by discovering that he is not as averse to worldly pleasures as he assumed. Neelix plays babysitter while his guest makes his way through half of Neelix's menu and also gets a taste for synthehol. In contrast to the A-plot, this seems rather silly.
- tomsly-40015
- Jan 11, 2024
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3