The captain is working a little too hard; missing meals and not taking time off to relax. When the Doctor notices how snappy she is getting he orders her to go the the Holodeck to relax. She doesn't get to spend much time there because she is soon summoned to the bridge as they are approaching potentially hostile space. After receiving a message from the 'Botha' they arrange a meeting but before they can meet something strange starts to happen; at first it is almost insignificant things but soon the captain sees holodeck characters in the ship's corridors. It is assumed at first that this is due to stress but as she is being examined in sick bay Kes sees one of these characters. Soon other crew members become effected they come to the conclusion that they are under the influence of something the Botha are doing but before they can block them almost everybody is totally under their effect. Only Kes and the Doctor are able to resist and as Kes gets closer to blocking the Botha's effects she starts to be effected too.
This was an interesting story that kept me thinking as to what the cause would be and even after it became obvious that it was an alien effect there was still a bit of a surprise at the end when the culprit was exposed. It was nice getting to see Kes take a leading part again as she is one of my favourite characters, Jennifer Lien is great in the role.
This was an interesting story that kept me thinking as to what the cause would be and even after it became obvious that it was an alien effect there was still a bit of a surprise at the end when the culprit was exposed. It was nice getting to see Kes take a leading part again as she is one of my favourite characters, Jennifer Lien is great in the role.