Waking Moments
- Episode aired Jan 14, 1998
- TV-PG
- 46m
Nightmares herald the presence of an alien race who've mastered the dream state. Chakotay's experience in lucid dreaming seems Voyager's best hope of escaping a shared dream entrapment.Nightmares herald the presence of an alien race who've mastered the dream state. Chakotay's experience in lucid dreaming seems Voyager's best hope of escaping a shared dream entrapment.Nightmares herald the presence of an alien race who've mastered the dream state. Chakotay's experience in lucid dreaming seems Voyager's best hope of escaping a shared dream entrapment.
- Ensign
- (as Jennifer Grundy)
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Timothy Lang
- (uncredited)
- Dream Species Alien
- (uncredited)
- Dream Species Alien
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst appearance of Torres's engineering jacket, which Roxann Dawson needed to hide her real-life pregnancy.
- GoofsWhile in the cavern, Chakotay chooses to inject one of the sleeping aliens rather than himself, but he could have easily injected himself and requested another injection to be beamed down by the doctor. Equally, Chakotay is prepared to sacrifice himself to kill all the aliens, but the doctor could just beam him out before the attack.
- Quotes
[the entire Voyager crew is having nightmares about the same alien]
Captain Janeway: Tell me more about your dream. Where exactly did you see the alien?
Tuvok: As a matter of fact, it was here in the turbolift.
Captain Janeway: What happened?
Tuvok: The alien simply stared at me, as if scrutinizing my appearance.
Captain Janeway: That's what happened in my dream. What did you do?
Tuvok: I returned to my quarters.
Captain Janeway: Did the alien follow you?
Tuvok: He did.
Captain Janeway: And then?
Tuvok: He watched me.
Captain Janeway: Doing what?
Tuvok: Getting dressed.
Captain Janeway: *Getting* dressed?
Tuvok: Yes.
Captain Janeway: I don't suppose I should ask why you were undressed.
Tuvok: I would prefer that you didn't.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Treksperts Briefing Room: Waking Moments (2021)
This episode I'll just say is a real rug puller. Just like with the crew were kinda in the same boat as even our perceptions of what were seeing are being challenged, where sometimes we think that one or all have returned to reality but then suddenly we discover their still in the dream world.
I really like how throughout the episode there is just an unsettling feeling, where you know in the back of your mind something isn't right. From certain things happening fast you don't even see it coming or seem surreal, or even how in a scene or two you suspect things are going a little too easily. There were two scenes I'll admit took me by surprise from seeing Seven O Nine immediately make out with Kim, I remember thinking yes but then also nah it's too good to be true and unfortunately I'm right.
But there is a really creepy scene where we see Janeway go into the mess area and we see the lights are off in that area, and then suddenly they come on and we see the tables are filled with corpses, reminded me of the scene from the horror film "Deranged". At that moment you know everything on the bridge isn't Kosher.
Before you wake up, make sure your awake.
Rating: 3 stars
- hellraiser7
- Jul 3, 2017
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3