Kes gets zapped by Spirits so Janeway must go through a religious ritual to save her. We conclude with, essentially, the thesis from Contact, which politely expresses that absolute faith in science is no more or less rational than faith in religion. In other words, don’t yuk on someone else’s yums, science girl. So once you agree that you don’t know enough not to know, then your science can save the day, but first you have to gaze off and the music has to go all moody. Got that? Okay.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.