Series: Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3, Episode 14
Original Air Date: January 15, 1997
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Ensign Harry Kim is in love with Marayna, a holodeck character in Neelix's luau program. He's got it bad. It's interfering with his work. He goes to Tuvok for guidance on emotional control. The Lieutenant goes to the holodeck to check out Marayna. She ends up falling for Tuvok instead. Perhaps there is more to Marayna than originally suspected.
"Alter Ego" is a great Tuvok episode. I'm finding there are a lot of those. Tuvok provides more in-depth exploration of Vulcan culture and philosophy than Spock ever did. Kim's questions and especially Marayna's challenges reveal much of Tuvok's own thinking, even bringing new and unexpected self-awareness. "Alter Ego" also introduces kal-toh, a complicated and beautiful Vulcan strategy game.
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The story is a meaningful continuation of a couple TNG holodeck threads. Falling in love with a holodeck character hearkens back to "11001001," NextGen's best Season 1 offering. Such a character taking over the ship is an expansion of Moriarty's efforts in "Ship in a Bottle."
Acting Notes
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Sandra Nelson (Maryana) was born in Madison, Wisconsin, December 29, 1964. "Alter Ego" is her first of two Trek appearances. She played Phyllis Summers for two years on The Young and the Restless. Films include Life as a House, De-Lovely and The Wolf of Wall Street. Other television guest roles include ER, Monk and NCIS.
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