Do I like the episode Flashback? Of course I do. It is pure fan-wank. We get to revisit the destruction of Praxis, we see more of Sulu commanding the Excelsior, hell, we even hang out with Janice Rand (oh, what terrible acting!) And the concept of a virus that manifests itself as false memories is kinda cool, too. But the shoehorning of Sulu scenes for ratings-sake is SO evident here. These scenes, almost like porn, do not serve the overall plot. Technically I should recognize this as a failed episode, but, frankly, it’s probably one of the few episodes of early Voyager I see myself repeat-viewing.
