PATRON TIER LIST - VOY S1E15 - Jetrel

Solid writing and acting throughout. Compelling subject matter. It's an easy A for me.

A good episode, great even for its character work, but something about it keeps it just this side of 'A-tier' for me. Feels like it's just a tad too tidy an ending for the heavy material that's presented.

Amazing episode. Love it. A little heavy handed on the Manhattan Project parallels, but still really well done. Also the absolute horror of discovering that the vaporized Talaxians are kind of stuck in the cloud is a horrific twist (the doctor dying of the illness and lying about Neelix having it was kind of easy to see coming). Neelix really gets to shine in this one as he faces his trauma and past cowardice from the war. Great character building going on here.

I wish the emotion of this episode were earned more. They introduced this whole conflict and backstory the same episode and it's asking a lot to get me invested. But no massive complaints, pretty good for a Neelix episode (and that's saying a lot).