'Demon'

Stardate: Unknown
Written By: Andre Bormanis and Kenneth Biller
Directed By: Anson Williams
Rating: *1/2 (out of 5)

Considering how much this episode is hated by people, and considering how stupid the story is, I found myself enjoying the majority of �Demon.�  Sure the science is stupid, and a lot of issues, and science itself, is ignored, but somehow I managed to find some good in here.

How inhospitable is the planet?  Well, obviously not inhospitable enough for a shuttle to survive, and for the inside of the shuttle to survive (notice how they left the shuttles doors open?) and for organic material to survive and for Voyager to survive on extremely low recourses.

Even with the �Silver Blood� inside, how can the skin and clothes be able to withstand the harsh conditions of the planet.  And was the suites duplicated as well?  And why was Harry so surprised to see himself in the suite?  How does he remember getting out of the suite?  And how did the suites of the real Harry and Tom survive for so long?  Even with a few �tweaks� its unrealistic to think that

How could Voyager have gotten down to the planet surface with such low resources?  Shields would have to be very strong.  It defeated the purpose of the episode really, because they could�ve just landed in the first place.  And if Voyager was trying to save energy, why have Doc running all the time?  He takes up so much energy.  But it�s not as if being low on resources is even believable.  How can they be so careless?

The Silver Blood wasn�t sentient before?  I don�t get how it could become sentient from contact by Voyager.  But even if it where possible, Janeway allows it to duplicate the entire crew!  That�s disobeying the Prime Directive. 

I wish the writers would make up their mind.  Sometimes Janeway is willing to sacrifice her crew for the Prime Directive and the well being of other aliens and cultures and sometimes, like here; she doesn�t give a damn. I would�ve liked just a comment about the Prime Directive.

Actually, this would�ve been so much better if it was about Voyager accidentally creating a life form�s sentience.  Forget about the Demon planet and all that croc.

Believe it or not, there�s more.  Why does the duplicates originally believe they are the real ones, and than later have a connection to the planet and an almost telepathic link with the �Silver Blood�?  It makes no sense.  Janeway says in the transporter room: �I�m beginning to understand now,� I wish we could understand.

I must say that despite the plot-holes, the concept of creating a sentient life form by accident is an interesting idea.

The B-plot about Neelix and the Doc was fun to watch.  The CGI is getting better and better!  Especially the shot if Voyager from the front as it descended into the atmosphere was beautiful.  The Demon planet sets where quite nice too.

The new Harry was welcome, especially telling Tuvok �No, you need not remind me� but I hated the way Garrett Wang delivered a lot of his lines.  It just sounded off.

�Demon� makes me wonder how the writers can be so stupid.  Like I said, they had an okay plot about accidentally making a life form sentient, couldn�t they see that is a much better idea than this Demon planet rubbish?

�Demon� isn�t thought out at all.  We know they can do it, �Living Witness� was brilliant, but they can�t keep up a high standard for long, which is very unfortunate, because they have all the potential.