History YMMV / StarTrekVoyagerS1E15LearningCurve

* ValuesDissonance: We see again that Starfleet prohibits religious articles like Gerron's earring as part of its dress code. In the 1990s, this was pretty par for the course, but contemporary military forces have started amending their uniform codes to allow the wearing of religious garb such as turbans, making this an instance where contemporary society has outpaced Star Trek.

* NeverLiveItDown: You probably heard about the time Neelix nearly destroyed the ship trying to ferment cheese. This is that episode. His cooking was already not palatable for human consumption, but here he takes it to the next level by inadvertently causing a shipwide systems failure. Needless to say, it would be a long voyage.
* ValuesDissonance: Tuvok's order that Garron remove his earring, which is a religious article. Seems like a standard adherence to uniform in the 90's, but since then, contemporary military forces have amended their uniform codes to allow the wearing of religious garb such as turbans, making this an instance where contemporary society has outpaced Star Trek.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Chell, we're meant to see him as obnoxious and unwilling to listen, but his lighthearted nature makes him come off instead as a guy who's just trying to get along. Tuvok telling him to shut up when he defends himself, often for minor things, really didn't help.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Tuvok, while in most episodes he comes off as intended, a harsh, but practical man, here, he exhibits many traits of what a BadBoss is like in RealLife. For anyone who has ever worked for a merciless boss who's not afraid to write up or fire employees over small things, even as they're doing their best, Tim Russ' performance is going to serve as terrible reminder of such experiences.
** It particularly doesn't help that he goes full DrillSergeantNasty on the Maquis, barking orders and punishments at them, rather than... explaining why Starfleet does what they do. It's not only easy to view Tuvok as actively in the wrong throughout the episode, but even actively failing in the task he was assigned - Janeway says from the start that it should be about instructing them to run a Starfleet vessel and make them feel like part of a team. Tuvok's approach to this assignment is to be an inflexible hardass with regards to Starfleet regulations, a guidebook that it's already been frequently acknowledged was not written to cover the situation of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant with a decent chunk of the crew consisting of people who never chose to join Starfleet and have basically been pressed into service if they're to have any chance of getting back home.
** That Chakotay and even B'Elanna are on Tuvok's side on this also can raise some eyebrows - Chakotay going straight to punching Dalby as an example of "the Maquis way" seems unnecessarily harsh, especially in the face of Tuvok's attitude during the first session, and B'Elanna challenging Dalby as not being able to take it just seems hypocritical, considering that this is the same woman who broke the nose of her rival for the position of Chief Engineer.
*** In fairness to the two of them, neither is seeing Tuvok's training as closely as the audience and the group are. Aside from the occasional task like scrubbing the transporter pad, this could be a case of PoorCommunicationKills where Chakotay and B'Elanna assume that the crew is just bellyaching because they aren't witnessing first-hand just how much of a hardass Tuvok is being.

** It particularly doesn't help that he goes full DrillSargeantNasty on the Maquis, barking orders and punishments at them, rather than... explaining why Starfleet does what they do. It's not only easy to view Tuvok as actively in the wrong throughout the episode, but even actively failing in the task he was assigned - Janeway says from the start that it should be about instructing them to run a Starfleet vessel and make them feel like part of a team. Tuvok's approach to this assignment is to be an inflexible hardass with regards to Starfleet regulations, a guidebook that it's already been frequently acknowledged was not written to cover the situation of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant with a decent chunk of the crew consisting of people who never chose to join Starfleet and have basically been pressed into service if they're to have any chance of getting back home.

* NarmCharm: B'elanna gives the order "get the cheese to Sickbay" with a perfectly straight face. (Bless you, Roxann Dawson.)

* NeverLiveItDown: You probably heard about the time Neelix nearly destroyed the ship trying to ferment cheese. This is that episode. His cooking was already not palatable for human consumption, but here he takes it to the next level by inadvertently causing a shipwide systems failure. Needless to say, it would be a long voyage.

* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny: The Doctor suggests that they increase the ship's temperature to simulate a fever. A few minutes later, he is happily announcing that the infection has been destroyed while Kes is standing right next to him sweating profusely.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The Doctor suggests that they increase the ship's temperature to simulate a fever. A few minutes later, he is happily announcing that the infection has been destroyed while Kes is standing right next to him sweating profusely.