It's a mixed bag, really. I thought "Threshhold" was terrible as a Star Trek episode but would've been okay in a less serious sci-fi show. I thought "Meld" was super amazing - stellar performances by Brad Dourif and Tuvok both. I kind of liked that "Innocence" episode even if most of it was basically "Tuvok has to babysit" just because the ending was kinda touching. "The Thaw"...ehhhh. Interesting premise, for sure, but basically I just thought the "OMG FEAR NIGHTMARE WORLD" of just a bunch of low-budget clowns dancing around and partying and sometimes pulling out a guillotine was awful. That one weird monster thing was sort of neat design but otherwise the carnival shit just really took away from the "fear itself" concept so I didn't like it much. I also just watched "Tuvix" and oh my god what a train wreck of an episode. The prosthetics/makeup/hair on Tuvix were just a horrible eyesore. I don't really like Neelix much at all so basically I didn't give a fuck about his plight, and the fact that Tuvix was basically just improved Neelix by not being a total shitbird showed how lame his character is. I didn't really give a shit if they killed Tuvix to bring Neelix and Tuvok back because they didn't do a good job at all of making me care about Tuvix as a new and unique identity because they were too busy portraying him as just sometimes Neelix and sometimes Tuvok. I also really hated how Janeway just cold-blooded murdered Tuvix at the end to get Tuvok and Neelix back - just a very un-Starfleet moment that didn't have me going, "well it's a tough choice, but it's the right choice" well enough. Janeway just seemed totally out of character. Basically I just hated how the moral dilemma presented by the episode was not really solved in any meaningful way, and I have a good feeling that the events of this episode are not going to matter at all in the long run. Just lame as shit, really.

Just watched the S2 finale/S3 opener where Suder (Dourif) winds up taking out a bunch of Kazon dudes to help the Voyager crew take the ship back from them. Good ending for his character's little mini-arc, and I'm happy that Seska's dead as this is hopefully a sign of a much-needed change in direction for the show

Rick did his usual dialogue of "we need more people", "we need your help", etc, and King Biblical Reference was all "na-uh, It with great wisdom I decline your offer" (despite clear convincing evidence to support Rick's plan). Rosita was just an arsehole to people for no reason, Gregory was a shameless douchebag and got away with it, Jesus was all Jesusy (he'll be crucified soon to cement the caricature that is his character), mumbling autistic hillbilly wasn't there this time which was a plus, Daryl was probably the most relatable the entire episode because he said things normal people not in a so-so comic-book would say. There was a scene where Aaron talked to his partner which we've barely seen to signify caring about his opinion. They shoehorned in zombies with some elaborate bomb trap because need that zombie quota, and Rosita dismantled it because she's military and she can do that apparently. Rick's group ran into some new group with weapons and that was left on a 20 second daytime soap cliffhanger.

I liked the first episode a lot until the very end. It was all pretty subtle plotting and stuff, I thought, real sense of mystery, but then right at the end of that first episode it was like, BOOM, exposition bomb. The second episode also just felt a bit cheesy and too...TV-like, I guess. It kind of reminded me of the less-than-stellar parts of Orphan Black or something. Not really much attention paid to details that would've helped establish believability and immersion that are pretty essential for really selling a story like this in a convincing way.