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And here we go...
"Klingons and Nazis and Borg...OH MY!"
For the first bits, this was as exciting as flossing my cat's teeth.
Janeway as a Klingon, and Hirogen, but...there simply *was*not* a story in 
there...it seemed a bit disjointed and directionless, as if they had 'mixed 
and matched' plot lines.
But then...something in the episode seemed to catch my brain...and something 
clicked in my mind and I called for the tape to be stopped, while the Clarke 
Labs group waited for my analysis, which was the quote stated above...
And everyone agreed...the idea had just "jelled" that there was more to this 
script than met the eye.  This was about 18 minutes into the episode.  At 35 
minutes into the tape, while we tried to make sure the Leader Hiroghen was 
_not_ being played by Michael Ansara, we concluded that there was no other 
way for the script to go, and so we all settled back to enjoy the ride.
Professor Clarke and I were the only ones who realized what would happen when 
Charlie One was contacted and given coordinates.
NOTE TO ALL:  If you can use the "Closed Captioning" function on your TV or 
VCR, do so.  We watched the captions to discover that the French women 
walking in front of the Nazi HQ were given relevant lines, translated to 
English subtitles, to _explain_ why Be'lanna/Brigette was spat upon just 
before she stumbles.
As well, a *lot* of dialog said 'off-camera' is transcribed to the captions 
as well...As "Captain Miller" was arguing with Janeway on who went into the 
"escape tunnel", there was an interesting dialog between "Lieutenant Bob" and 
"HQ" in the background.
An oddity, however, was that the German was *not* translated.
We were also trying to figure out how the use of Borg technology would 
enhance the effectiveness of a M-1 Garand, a Mauser or a Luger pistol.
Professor Clarke suggested the use of accelerator coils extracted from 
Seven's arm to assist in turning the Luger into a rail gun, but beyond that 
we were unable to see how it could be done.  I suggested fins on the Luger.
Overall, this episode, like the 1950s homage to the old radio shows and 
serials, was also an homage to one of the classic Trek radio serials, where 
Gary Seven's 'time toaster' was captured by Nazi agents, and SS troops were 
transported back to the time of the Vulcan Awakening to change history.
I am duly impressed in these bits of history in the 70th anniversary of 
Trek's first radio appearance.
Also, we noted *why* the two episodes were shown back-to-back...looking at 
the prelude/recap teaser at the beginning of Part II, we realized that the 
recap explained *absolutely* nothing...there was *NO* possible way to see the 
intro and understand a damn thing in Part II without seeing Part I.
-zf-  Gloyt.
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