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* InconvenientHippocraticOath: Arguably responsible for the Doctor suffering a programming breakdown; as a doctor, he is programmed to choose which patient he should save based on a logical assessment of which one has the best chance of survival, but in the scenario presented here he is faced with two patients who have an equal chance of survival and makes a choice based on the fact that he was a closer friend to one patient then another.
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* InconvenientHippocraticOath: Arguably responsible for the Doctor suffering a programming breakdown; as a doctor, he is programmed to choose which patient he should save based on a logical assessment of which one has the best chance of survival, but in the scenario presented here he is faced with two patients who have an equal chance of survival and makes a choice based on the fact that he was a closer friend to one patient then another.than the other.
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* LogicBomb: What the SadisticChoice ends up being for the Doctor. He's stuck between having to make the impartial decision as per his ethical subroutines, and his personal attachment to his friends aboard ''Voyager''.
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* LogicBomb: What the SadisticChoice ends up being for the Doctor. He's stuck between having to make the impartial decision as per his ethical subroutines, and his personal attachment to his friends aboard ''Voyager''. When he does the latter, it causes a breakdown because he can't square that choice with his own programming.
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* BackstoryInvader: An inverted example. Jetal has never been seen before this episode, but she [[RememberTheNewGuy always existed]], it was just that the Doctor's memory of her was erased. This probably isn't just because Voyager lacks a B-Cast, however, since the episode [[TropesAreNotBad relies on creating a mystery about her identity]] that wouldn't have been possible if they'd used a recognizable person like Lieutenant Ayala.
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* BackstoryInvader: An inverted example. Jetal has never been seen before this episode, but she [[RememberTheNewGuy always existed]], it was just that the Doctor's memory of her was erased. This probably isn't just because Voyager lacks a B-Cast, however, since the episode [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools relies on creating a mystery about her identity]] that wouldn't have been possible if they'd used a recognizable person like Lieutenant Ayala.
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* CrazyPrepared: After his program is deactivated and altered once, the Doctor duplicates his memory files and orders the computer to reactivate him if something like that happens again. He also sets up his holo-camera to record whoever tampers with his program.
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* FriendshipFavoritism: The core of the Doctor's guilt trip.
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-->'''Doctor:''' Two patients. Both injured. Both in imminent danger of death...
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-->'''Doctor:''' Two patients. Both injured. Both in imminent danger of death...death. Both with an equal chance of survival...
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* LogicBomb: What the SadisticChoice ends up being for the Doctor. He's stuck between having to make the decision and his ethical subroutines re how that decision was made.
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* LogicBomb: What the SadisticChoice ends up being for the Doctor. He's stuck between having to make the impartial decision and as per his ethical subroutines re how that decision was made.subroutines, and his personal attachment to his friends aboard ''Voyager''.
* MadnessMantra: See LogicBomb above. In the past and the present, the Doctor asks himself the same question over and over again.
-->'''Doctor:''' Two patients. Both injured. Both in imminent danger of death...
* MadnessMantra: See LogicBomb above. In the past and the present, the Doctor asks himself the same question over and over again.
-->'''Doctor:''' Two patients. Both injured. Both in imminent danger of death...
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* SuddenlyShouting: The Doctor, when security shows up to restrain him.
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* SuddenlyShouting: The Doctor, when security shows up to restrain him.him during his breakdown in the Mess Hall.
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* RedShirt: A subversion.
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* RedShirt: A subversion.Like the TNG episode [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E5TheBonding "The Bonding"]] this episode [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] it by revolving around the death of a minor, previously-unknown crew member and making it ''matter.'' In fact, the main reason for the Doctor's HeroicBSOD is ''because'' he chose to save a main cast member who he knows over someone who, to him InUniverse, is just a RedShirt.
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* WhamShot: Janeway being revealed as the one reprogramming the Doctor's memories.
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* InconvenientHippocraticOath: Arguably responsible for the Doctor suffering a programming breakdown; as a doctor, he is programmed to choose which patient he should save based on a logical assessment of which one has the best chance of survival, but in the scenario presented here he is faced with two patients who have an equal chance of survival and makes a choice based on the fact that he was a closer friend to one patient then another.
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* StepfordSmiler: After Jetal's funeral, PerpetualSmiler Neelix is subdued as he helps the Doctor restock with some {{Healing Herb}}s. The Doctor however is smiling cheerfully until he starts ProducePelting.
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* StepfordSmiler: After Jetal's funeral, PerpetualSmiler Neelix is subdued as he helps the Doctor restock with some {{Healing Herb}}s. The Doctor however is smiling cheerfully until he starts ProducePelting.ProducePelting, by which time he's transitioned into a SlasherSmile.
* SuddenlyShouting: The Doctor, when security shows up to restrain him.
--> "Leave me alone! Let me go! WHY DID SHE HAVE TO DIE? WHY DID I KILL HER? WHY DID I DECIDE TO KILL HER? WHY? SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY!"
* SuddenlyShouting: The Doctor, when security shows up to restrain him.
--> "Leave me alone! Let me go! WHY DID SHE HAVE TO DIE? WHY DID I KILL HER? WHY DID I DECIDE TO KILL HER? WHY? SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY!"
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The episode's events are set into motion by the doctor's inability to make a triage decision between two patients with identical injuries. Even though AIIsACrapshoot, surgical priority should have logically been given to Ens. Kim who, as a department head, would have been considered more crucial to the operation of the ship than Ens. Jetal, a standard engineer. Though it sounds cold, the point of triage is to [[ColdEquation dispassionately assign surgical priority]].
** This is pointed out by the Doctor when he's first told of what happened. He then realises that he didn't make his decision on that basis.
-->'''EMH:''' A doctor retains his objectivity. I didn't do that, did I? Two patients, equal chances of survival and I chose the one I was closer to? I chose my friend? That's not in my programming! That's not what I was designed to do!
** This is pointed out by the Doctor when he's first told of what happened. He then realises that he didn't make his decision on that basis.
-->'''EMH:''' A doctor retains his objectivity. I didn't do that, did I? Two patients, equal chances of survival and I chose the one I was closer to? I chose my friend? That's not in my programming! That's not what I was designed to do!
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The episode's events are set into motion by the doctor's inability to make a triage decision between two patients with identical injuries. Even though AIIsACrapshoot, surgical priority should have logically been given to Ens. Kim who, as a department head, would have been considered more crucial to the operation of the ship than Ens. Jetal, a standard engineer. Though it sounds cold, the point of triage is to dispassionately assign surgical priority.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The episode's events are set into motion by the doctor's inability to make a triage decision between two patients with identical injuries. Even though AIIsACrapshoot, surgical priority should have logically been given to Ens. Kim who, as a department head, would have been considered more crucial to the operation of the ship than Ens. Jetal, a standard engineer. Though it sounds cold, the point of triage is to [[ColdEquation dispassionately assign surgical priority.priority]].
** This is pointed out by the Doctor when he's first told of what happened. He then realises that he didn't make his decision on that basis.
-->'''EMH:''' A doctor retains his objectivity. I didn't do that, did I? Two patients, equal chances of survival and I chose the one I was closer to? I chose my friend? That's not in my programming! That's not what I was designed to do!
** This is pointed out by the Doctor when he's first told of what happened. He then realises that he didn't make his decision on that basis.
-->'''EMH:''' A doctor retains his objectivity. I didn't do that, did I? Two patients, equal chances of survival and I chose the one I was closer to? I chose my friend? That's not in my programming! That's not what I was designed to do!
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* BackstoryInvader: An inverted example. Jetal has never been seen before this episode, but she [[RememberTheNewGuy always existed]], it was just that the Doctor's memory of her was erased. This probably isn't just because Voyager lacks a B-Cast, however, since the episode [[TropesAreNotBad relies on creating a mystery about her identity]] that wouldn't have been possible if they'd used a recognizable person like Lieutenant Ayala.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Jetal has never been seen before this episode. This probably isn't just because Voyager lacks a B-Cast, however, since the episode [[TropesAreNotBad relies on creating a mystery about her identity]] that wouldn't have been possible if they'd used a recognizable person like Lieutenant Ayala.
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* HereWeGoAgain: After the Doctor gets his memories back and starts beating up on himself again. This time they're convinced to let him try and process it.
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* HereWeGoAgain: After B'Elanna says this word-for-word after the Doctor gets his memories back and starts beating up on himself again. This time they're convinced to let him try and process it.
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* TheUnreveal: What reason the aliens had for attacking the shuttle. They appear to be SpacePirates, but we don't know as ''Voyager'' [[VillainOfTheWeek never encounters them again]].
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* TheUnreveal: What reason Who the aliens had for attacking were, as well as why they attacked the shuttle.shuttle and then ''Voyager''. They appear to be SpacePirates, but we don't know as ''Voyager'' [[VillainOfTheWeek never encounters them again]].
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* ContinuitySnarl: The events of the Doctor's breakdown apparently took place prior to Seven joining the crew. Yet in the flashbacks, Janeway is wearing her hair not in the [[FanNickname bun of steel]] or the ponytail she wore during season three, but in the loose bob she has in the present, and Tom is acting as the Doctor's nurse in Sickbay, with no mention of Kes.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The episode's events are set into motion by the doctor's inability to make a triage decision between two patients with identical injuries. Even though AIIsACrapshoot, surgical priority should have logically been given to Ens. Kim who, as a department head, would have been considered more crucial to the operation of the ship than Ens. Jetal, a standard engineer. Though is sounds cold, the point of triage is to dispassionately assign surgical priority.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The episode's events are set into motion by the doctor's inability to make a triage decision between two patients with identical injuries. Even though AIIsACrapshoot, surgical priority should have logically been given to Ens. Kim who, as a department head, would have been considered more crucial to the operation of the ship than Ens. Jetal, a standard engineer. Though is it sounds cold, the point of triage is to dispassionately assign surgical priority.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The episode's events are set into motion by the doctor's inability to make a triage decision between two patients with identical injuries. Even though AIIsACrapshoot, surgical priority should have logically been given to Ens. Kim who, as a department head, would have been considered more crucial to the operation of the ship than Ens. Jetal, a standard engineer. Though is sounds cold, the point of triage is to dispassionately assign surgical priority.
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Probably the most realistic way this could end. There's no easy answer to what happened to the Doctor, so he stays in the holodeck, on watch (mostly from Janeway), so he can work this out himself.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The Doctor is ''pissed'' at Janeway once her actions are revealed. Seven Of Nine backs him up on this. Janeway eventually softens up.
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* TheTriple: Starships, holodecks and chicken soup.
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* TheTriple: Starships, TheTriple:
-->'''EMH:''' One particle collides with another, gases expand, planets contract, and before you know it we've got starships and holodecks and chicken soup.
-->'''EMH:''' One particle collides with another, gases expand, planets contract, and before you know it we've got starships and holodecks and chicken soup.
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* AFriendInNeed: Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.
* FriendshipMoment: The Doctor realises Janeway is staying with him even though she's got a fever. He asks her to take a break and insists he'll be alright.
* FriendshipMoment: The Doctor realises Janeway is staying with him even though she's got a fever. He asks her to take a break and insists he'll be alright.
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* AFriendInNeed: AFriendInNeed:
** Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.
* FriendshipMoment: ** The Doctor realises Janeway is staying with him even though she's got a fever. He asks her to take a break and insists he'll be alright.
** Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Seven's WhatTheHellHero speech to Janeway.
-->'''Seven:''' It is unsettling. You say that I am a human being and yet I am also Borg. Part of me not unlike your replicator. Not unlike the Doctor. Will you one day choose to abandon me as well?
-->'''Seven:''' It is unsettling. You say that I am a human being and yet I am also Borg. Part of me not unlike your replicator. Not unlike the Doctor. Will you one day choose to abandon me as well?
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* JustAMachine
-->'''Janeway:''' Coffee, black. ''(she takes a sip)'' Lukewarm. Now I've told that replicator a dozen times about the temperature of my coffee. It just doesn't seem to want to listen. Almost as if it's got a mind of its own. But it doesn't. A replicator operates through a series of electronic pathways that allow it to receive instructions and take appropriate action, and there you go. A cup of coffee, a bowl of soup, a plasma conduit, whatever we tell it to do. As difficult as it is to accept, the Doctor is more like that replicator than he is like us.
-->'''Seven:''' He would disagree.
-->'''Janeway:''' I'm sure he would, but I can't let that change my decision. I learned that the hard way when his program almost self-destructed.
-->'''Janeway:''' Coffee, black. ''(she takes a sip)'' Lukewarm. Now I've told that replicator a dozen times about the temperature of my coffee. It just doesn't seem to want to listen. Almost as if it's got a mind of its own. But it doesn't. A replicator operates through a series of electronic pathways that allow it to receive instructions and take appropriate action, and there you go. A cup of coffee, a bowl of soup, a plasma conduit, whatever we tell it to do. As difficult as it is to accept, the Doctor is more like that replicator than he is like us.
-->'''Seven:''' He would disagree.
-->'''Janeway:''' I'm sure he would, but I can't let that change my decision. I learned that the hard way when his program almost self-destructed.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The aftermath of this would be the death of one ensign, and the [[HeroicBSOD descent into madness]] of one hologram.]]
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* JerkassBall: Janeway cruelly compares the Doctor to a replicator to justify tampering with his memories, which might have been believable in the first or second season but certainly not after all these years of knowing him and watching him evolve. There's some implication that it's a desperate attempt to continue to justify her years-old decision that she now well knows wasn't right.
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* AnimeAnatomy: The Doctor uses his holocamera to reconstruct Ensign Kim's body from the skeleton up, proving what some fans have been saying all along -- the man has no balls.
* AFriendInNeed: Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.
* AFriendInNeed: Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.
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* AnimeAnatomy: BarbieDollAnatomy: The Doctor uses his holocamera to reconstruct Ensign Kim's body from the skeleton up, proving what some fans have been saying all along -- the man has no balls.
* AFriendInNeed: Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.balls.
* AFriendInNeed: Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.
* AFriendInNeed: Seven of Nine is the only member of the crew opposed to the forced wiping of the Doctor's memories.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Even after Janeway promises to secure his database and investigate the matter, the Doctor prepares a backup of his memories to be downloaded after anyone accesses his database, and sets up his holocamera to photograph anyone who enters Sickbay. Sure enough someone enters Sickbay and purges his memory buffer. The computer activates the Doctor a short time later as per his instructions, then downloads the backup memories. The Doctor goes to see what the camera recorded. [[EtTuBrute It turns out to be Captain Janeway]].
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* ProperlyParanoid: Even after Janeway promises to secure his database and investigate the matter, the Doctor prepares a backup of his memories to be downloaded after anyone accesses his database, and sets up his holocamera to photograph anyone who enters Sickbay. Sure enough someone enters Sickbay and purges his memory buffer. The computer activates the Doctor a short time later as per his instructions, then downloads the backup memories. The Doctor goes to see what the camera recorded. [[EtTuBrute It turns out to be Captain Janeway]].Janeway.]]
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* {{Unperson}}: Ahni Jetal. All records of her are purged from the database, and the crew have been careful not to mention her near the Doctor. Unfortunately the Doctor is taking subatomic scans of each crewmember, and recognises the microsurgery scars on Harry Kim.
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* {{Unperson}}: UnPerson: Ahni Jetal. All records of her are purged from the database, and the crew have been careful not to mention her near the Doctor. Unfortunately the Doctor is taking subatomic scans of each crewmember, and recognises the microsurgery scars on Harry Kim.
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* AmnesiaLoop: The Doctor finds evidence his memories were tampered with and asks Seven to help. She shows up in in sickbay to find that someone's tampered with his memories.
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* AmnesiaLoop: The Doctor finds evidence his memories were tampered with and asks Seven to help. She shows up in in sickbay to find that someone's tampered with his memories.memories, so he doesn't even remember asking.
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* AmnesiaLoop: The Doctor finds evidence his memories were tampered with and asks Seven to help. She shows up in in sickbay to find that someone's tampered with his memories.
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* AmnesiaLoop: The Doctor finds evidence his memories were tampered with and asks Seven to help. She shows up in in sickbay to find that someone's tampered with his memories.
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* StepfordSmiler: After Jetal's funeral, PerpetualSmiler Neelix is subdued as he helps the Doctor restock with some {{Healing Herb}}s. The Doctor however is smiling cheerfully until he starts ProducePelting.
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* AmnesiaLoopAmnesiaLoop: The Doctor finds evidence his memories were tampered with and asks Seven to help. She shows up in in sickbay to find that someone's tampered with his memories.
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* CanonSue: Given that the series has virtually eliminated the MauveShirt characters common in Seasons One and Two, the amount of attention lavished on a character we've never seen before verges on this. With a crew of over 140, celebrating everyone's birthdays wouldn't leave much time for anything else.
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* HereWeGoAgain: After the Doctor gets his memories back and starts beating up on himself again.
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* HereWeGoAgain: After the Doctor gets his memories back and starts beating up on himself again. This time they're convinced to let him try and process it.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: JanewayJaneway says that she had no choice but to tamper with the Doctor's memories and hide all references to Jetal because he got caught in a feedback loop between his cognitive and ethical programming afterward. Seven convinces her that what he really needs is the chance to work through the conflicting feelings, like any other ''person''.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: The audience won't remember Jetal any more than the Doctor.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: The audience won't remember Jetal any more than has never been seen before this episode. This probably isn't just because Voyager lacks a B-Cast, however, since the Doctor.episode [[TropesAreNotBad relies on creating a mystery about her identity]] that wouldn't have been possible if they'd used a recognizable person like Lieutenant Ayala.
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* SlowMotion
* SortingAlgorithmOfMortality: InUniverse
* SurpriseParty
* SortingAlgorithmOfMortality: InUniverse
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SlowMotion: At the funeral, Janeway's voice slows down as she says Jetal will live on in their memory because this is the Doctor's recollection of it.
* SortingAlgorithmOfMortality:InUniverse
InUniverse. Jetal is popular and likable, but the Doctor doesn't know her as well as he does Harry, so when it comes time to choose whose life to save she is the one who dies.
*SurprisePartySurpriseParty: One is thrown for Ensign Jetal to show that she was liked enough by everyone to merit a fairly sizable gathering.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Captain Janeway asks Seven of Nine whether the suffering she put her through, by forcing Seven from the Borg Collective, was justified.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Captain Janeway asks Seven of Nine whether the suffering she put her through, by forcing Seven from the Borg Collective, was justified. Seven says that it was.
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* [[WhatMeasureIsAMook What Measure Is A]] RedShirtWhatMeasureIsAMook: To the crew, Jetal is a valued member; to the audience she would be a RedShirt in any other episode. The Doctor's choice to save someone else's life because he values them more brings to mind this question.
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