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I think the way he analysis this misses most of the criticism about Voyager. Its not just about how good or bad Janeway's morals are, but her lack of consistency and the show's own narrative e.g the contrast between "scrambling for survival" and abusing the reset button every 3rd episode.

What culminates in In the pale moonlight is already something we kind of expected from Sisko's personality and most importantly the show properly built up to the moment e.g when Sisko mentions the death tolls we had already seen that in person, its not a sandbox situation for that episode only.

The show needed to be consistent about survival being an actual real threat. That way she could still struggle to make the necessary choices but we could understand why. Yet the main issue here is the overall production, the writers and producers not being clear what Voyager should be as a show. Its very rare to get a sense if something realy actualy matters when we know the reset button abuse is present, therefore its also very hard for her to look anything more than a hypocrite at times.

Upholding SF morality while your ship looks pristine from episode to episode yet struggling to make a choice when that randomly isn't the case seems entirely superficial and hypocritical indeed. I think this is what he is missing, its not just about Janeway, it includes the overall problem with the writing of the show.