I'm going to stop trying to avoid spoilers, unless it would be really easy to do so. If you haven't seen these episodes and want a chance to be surprised when viewing them, these reviews probably aren't the best thing to be reading.
Last episode reminded us that there are Maquis crew members, and gave us some more time with Seska. Even if that episode was lousy, I'm grateful that we got that time prior the the Seskasplosion we get here. We actually don't see that many Bajoran Maquis - for the most part, it is an organization made up of the former federation colonists whose land was given away to the Cardassians in a treaty. Typically, the Bajorans who join are just sympathetic to the Maquis plight in light of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor - and/or never stopped fighting the Cardassians as part of the Bajoran resistance. I'm a big fan of both the Bajorans and the Cardassians, and the in-depth look we get on them in DS9. Seska's petulance so far has, as a result, been kind of annoying since she is the Bajoran representative on this show. Not that her delivery/acting has let me down or anything, I'm just annoyed.
Turns out some Kazon (I belive that is the proper pluralization) have gotten their hands on some Federation technology, and gone and blown themselves up as a result of some serious bungling. And Seska is our biggest suspect! Actually, for most of the episode she's our only suspect. Joe Carey shows up again in an effort to give us someone else to cast a weary eye upon, but we never really belive it. Seska's just too guilty. That makes most of the episode a little... stall-y, since we're just waiting to find out Seska did it.
The piece of stolen equipment is a replicator - probably one of trek's top 3 most magical pieces of technology (transporters and holodecks round out that set). I would think that if someone were to smuggle some goodies, they'd start the Kazon a little lower on the tech ladder, not just becase they'd blow themselves up, but also just to string them along a bit. Clearly, the person who snuck it to them (obviously, it was Seska) doesn't have the remotest concern about changing the balance of power in the quadrant.
So guess what? It was Seska all along! Really surprised you, huh? Well, there is a good surprise after all: she's actually a Cardassian sleeper agent, who had infiltrated the Maquis. Chakotay: "So if you [Tuvok] were working for her [Janeway], and she [Seska] was working for the Cardassians, was there anyone on that ship working for me?" That makes a lot of sense, given the depth of her treachery. Giving the Kazon something that powerful straight away, of course she'd be perfectly happy if the Kazon destroyed Voyager. Even better, Seska even sounds more Cardassian, both in content and accent, giving herself a more snakelike posture. The best news? She escapes, so we'll get to see more of the evil, Cardassian Seska.
I do like that the writers explore what Chakotay feels like to have had two traitors on board his ship. Usually that's the kind of thing that Voyager ignores and hopes we won't notice. But Chakotay has a nice talk with Tuvok (who seems to be making friends rapidly, despite his stated disinterest in that activity), and kind of resigns himself to being that guy who was made a fool of twice. At least he never slept with Tuvok. Oh yeah, I didn't mention that. Seska slept with Chakotay back in the day. That's dedication to your cover.
Watchability: 3/5
Bottom Line: A bit of continuity/story progression for Voyager.
Amanda's Voyager Hair Report: The wife notes that any time a Voyager woman lets down her hair, she becomes no less than sixty times less ugly.
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