Written By: Brannon Braga and Joe Menonsky
Directed By: Winrich Kolbe
Rating: **** (out of 5)
The Enaran�s are a well-rounded Trek species and it was a pleasure to watch them. I doubt that we�ll see them again which is a pity. First of all they are telepaths, mostly touch telepaths but it seems other telepathy is done; that isn�t explained properly, they are friendly and unique yet humanized also. They have a unique ability to be able to transfer their memories and teach people things, like one of them teaches Janeway to play one of their instruments.
The story follows B�Elanna�s dreams, which are actually memories, of a woman named Jora Korenna Mirell who is know elderly as she travels with her Enaran colleagues on Voyager. The memories show her steamy love affair with a man who is a Regressive, a group of Enaran�s that lead different lives. The �normal� Enaran population disapproves of the Regressives.
Jora�s father disapproves with Jora�s boyfriend and he also seems to be some kind of important politician and along with his colleagues decides to �relocate� all the Regressives. This relocation is actually a guise to exterminate the Regressives.
This is an interesting plot and the way we see it is quite interesting because we don�t get any clues as to what is happening or what�s ahead. But you have to see it to fully appreciate it, of course! I was hoping that this wouldn�t go the way �Persistence of Vision� went which it thankfully doesn�t.
Near the end, after B�Elanna discovers the truth she confronts the Enaran�s and tries to make the truth known to all. No one is willing to believe what B�Elanna is saying but at the end we see Jessen sharing B�Elanna�s memories and�
Well that�s it. And that�s the main problem with �Remember.� Everything is perfect as it is except the ending. It�s not what we see, its what we don�t see.
It�s all very well having quite a riveting story and all, but there is no real pay-off because B�Elanna can�t really do anything with the information and we don�t see what results from Jessen discovering the truth. We�d need to see what happens to the Enaran�s and if this were TNG we�d be able to do that.
I also didn�t like how B�Elanna couldn�t have any real character stuff in here. She might not approve of what�s happened but she wasn�t the one who cheered for her boyfriend�s death and she was never best friends with Jora anyway, so her murder by her people to shut her up didn�t effect B�Elanna too much.
I found it ironic that B�Elanna was getting annoyed at the genocide of the Regressives when Klingons are not that much better. Neither are humans. Only 200 years ago humans were extremely violent and killed for what seems like in the TV realm, pointless. But of course the people doing the killing think they have the right and think they know what they are doing.
The acting was very well done and Roxanne Dawson played her characters nicely with nice support from Charles Esten who plays Dathan in the flashbacks.
The way that �Remember� is written there is nothing else that could be improved on unless Voyager stayed with the Enarans for longer.
It�s a bit generous to give �Remember� four stars, it really leaves more to be desired., It was still enjoyable and very interesting to watch. A very good try and it works as a drama by itself.