Concerning Flight

Seven seems to have made the astrometrics lab her second home and thrown herself into her work. Seven of Nine's relationship with Harry deteriorates due to Seven's lack of manners and increasingly brusque demeanor when he needs to use the astrometrics lab and they end up attempting to work together. She fails to engage in small talk or pleasantries, and treats Harry as though he were incompetent. Harry tells Seven she should be a little more diplomatic and seems genuinely disturbed by her lack of consideration for his feelings.

Seven's voice is low and business-like throughout the episode, especially when she goes to see the doctor for her weekly maintenance and is prodded by the doctor into engaging in small talk. She clearly doesn't want to have to participate in the social aspects of living on Voyager. Later, she is even rude to Tuvok, the only crewmember she has found anything in common with so far. Seven criticises Tuvok for referring to the da Vinci hologram as if it were a sentient being. Tuvok doesn't really have any feelings to hurt, but he does seem piqued that Seven questions his logic. Seven seems almost annoyed by Tuvok's apparently non-logical assessment of the da Vinci character. This is a weird scene, as it isn't expanded on at all for the rest of the episode, nor does it seem particularly relevant. I think maybe it is just an opportunity for us to see that Seven of Nine has zero social skills and is kind of a jerk.

Year of Hell

Don't worry, loyal readers, this isn't another one of my morose posts. It's the next episode in Star Trek: Voyager. The episode begins with Seven of Nine and Harry Kim unveiling the newly completed astrometrics lab. When Seven states that she estimates the astrometrics lab will shorten "your journey" home by five years, Neelix corrects her by reminding her that she is part of the family now. Later, when the ship is undergoing the year of hell, she is assisting Tuvok in analysing an armed chronoton-based torpedo that has been lodged in the hull. When it detonates while they are still nearby, Tuvok is injured as he moves to shield Seven from the effects of the explosion. As a result, he goes blind. After that, Seven and Tuvok become closer, Seven helping Tuvok with his daily activities. He helps her learn about life on Voyager and teaches her his respect for the Captain. Of course, at the end of the episode, they revert back in time, so the friendship between Tuvok and Seven never happened.

Just a few side notes: when Tuvok and Seven are attempting to get away from the chronoton-torpedo, the video is weirdly sped up for a few seconds before it explodes. Also, Janeway mentions to Anarax that Earth is 65,000 years from their current position. Although Voyager generally doesn't really try to maintain any sort of consistency, that's a pretty big inconsistency. The only number that they've been 100% sure about for the whole series is the fact that they were thrown 70,000 light years from home. They've for sure come farther than 5,000 light years in three and a half years. I believe Kes propelled then 9,000 light years all by herself at the end of The Gift.

*Costume Update* Seven is wearing an outfit similar to the one with the weird square neck.