Alice

Episode aired Oct 20, 1999
TV-PG
43m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Robert Beltran and Robert Duncan McNeill in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

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Voyager takes on a "haunted" hot rod alien spacecraft with a possessiveness artificial intelligence that jealously bonds with Tom Paris.Voyager takes on a "haunted" hot rod alien spacecraft with a possessiveness artificial intelligence that jealously bonds with Tom Paris.Voyager takes on a "haunted" hot rod alien spacecraft with a possessiveness artificial intelligence that jealously bonds with Tom Paris.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Featured review

6/10

I hope I was right to laugh with it

One reviewer has described it as Voyager meets Stephen King's Christine. I was thinking more like Top Gear meets Christine with a bit of Fatal Attraction.

Petrol-head Tom Paris has an affair with a with a fast space ship that takes on a seductive female persona intending to stimulate his need for speed and question his devotion to his loved ones.

It starts off strongly with Tom and Harry trying to guess Tuvok's age in an exchange of banter that sets a comical tone and implies there will be more laughs to come.

We witness Tom unravel as Alice gets her claws into him and the consequences this has for his wife and the rest of the Voyager crew. During this we have some fun observations on unfaithfulness, addiction and the male ego. Harry Kim's reference to the Ferengi rules of acquisition was good.

The sight of Tom in a silver spacesuit plugged into a ship's helm with multiple different colour cables sticking out of his torso feels too ridiculous to be anything other than satire, so I can't say I take it so seriously that I had a problem with any perceived silliness. As some moments have a dramatic tone, I can't rule out that some of it is meant to be taken seriously.

It's entertaining if you are looking to pass the time, but if you are not a fan of the Tom Paris character and don't care for B'Elanna Torres, best skip this one.

snoozejonc
Jul 13, 2020
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Trivia
In the beginning of this episode, Tom Paris and Harry Kim try to guess Tuvok's age unsuccessfully, and unfortunately Tuvok never reveals his real age. According to the Official Star Trek Chronology, the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), which was also depicted in Flashback (1996) occurred in the year 2293. In "Flashback", Tuvok told Captain Janeway he was 29 years old when he served on the USS Excelsior, which would put his birth year at 2264. Assuming this episode took place in 2376 (Star Trek: Voyager (1995) takes place between 2371 and 2378), this would place Tuvok's age at 112 years during this episode.

Goofs
As Voyager fires on Alice, the Doctor informs the Captain that she must stop because they are disrupting Tom's neural pathways. At this time, they had not made any sort of connection to Tom or Alice. There is no way for the Doctor to have that detail of information just from scanning a shielded ship.

Quotes
Harry Kim: Bad day at the office?
B'Elanna Torres: Bad night with Tom Paris. - You're his best friend, right?
Harry Kim: So he tells me.
B'Elanna Torres: So maybe you can explain why every time he finds a new hobby, I go right out the airlock.
Harry Kim: I wouldn't take it personally. The Ferengi call it the Five Stages of Acquisition: Infatuation, Justification, Appropriation, Obsession and Resale. Seems like you've only got one stage left before he loses interest in that ship, and he's all yours again.
B'Elanna Torres: Until the next infatuation.