A nice strong episode that gives almost everyone (except for Kes) something to do. Rather than make this a "Janeway" episode of a "Chakotay" episode, the story rather cleverly ends up involving everyone. It starts of with B'lanna, but by the end of the show, Tuvok and Paris have taken centre stage.
To quote another reviewer, this episode does contain some of "typical Voyager stupidity" towards the end, but it's not as bad as it is in other shows and in any case, it leads to a lot of fun. This episode is reminiscent of "Ship in a Bottle" (from TNG) which must have been on the writer's brains (in that episode, the holographic Moriarty takes over the Holodeck.). Ship in a Bottle is a much smarter episode - I won't give it away, but let's just say that if Tuvok and Paris had seen it, they'd have saved themselves a lot of trouble.
The only tragic thing of this episode is that we get a glimpse of how exciting Voyager could have been as a show. I remember when the show was launched, the producers spoke of how it would be a show where "not everyone got along" because it would be a crew of both Maquis and Starfleet personnel. This notion quickly vanished in Season One and the Voyager crew became a "family" just like all the other Star Trek crew. "Worst Case Scenario" reveals another path which the show could have taken which certainly would have made it unique. A multi-episode story arc about a true hostile takeover might have made for a very interesting season indeed.
To quote another reviewer, this episode does contain some of "typical Voyager stupidity" towards the end, but it's not as bad as it is in other shows and in any case, it leads to a lot of fun. This episode is reminiscent of "Ship in a Bottle" (from TNG) which must have been on the writer's brains (in that episode, the holographic Moriarty takes over the Holodeck.). Ship in a Bottle is a much smarter episode - I won't give it away, but let's just say that if Tuvok and Paris had seen it, they'd have saved themselves a lot of trouble.
The only tragic thing of this episode is that we get a glimpse of how exciting Voyager could have been as a show. I remember when the show was launched, the producers spoke of how it would be a show where "not everyone got along" because it would be a crew of both Maquis and Starfleet personnel. This notion quickly vanished in Season One and the Voyager crew became a "family" just like all the other Star Trek crew. "Worst Case Scenario" reveals another path which the show could have taken which certainly would have made it unique. A multi-episode story arc about a true hostile takeover might have made for a very interesting season indeed.