Torres Thursday: Darkling
“There's nothing like a heart that burns…” Or a Klingon temper that’s running equally hot. B’Elanna is likely still smarting from the incident which will never be discussed a few weeks ago, and is in no mood to put up with Creepy Doc’s creepiness. Seriously, unless our girl asks to be touched, keep your hands to yourself. And your smug opinions about her lunch habits. Or she might just rearrange your (deranged) algorithms! Really, incapacitating her was likely the Deranged Doc’s smartest move.
I can’t help wondering how the rest of the season would have played out if Kes had left with her romantic (somewhat smug & superior & bullying) traveling pilot, and Tom had been made the ship’s nurse at this point in the series. Would the Doc have invited both Tom & B’Elanna to dinner with his holographic family in Real Life?
TBH, without a later s3 rewatch, I can’t think of much that would have played out differently aside from Before & After never happening. …and now I WISH that Kes had gone off with her new flame. Except that he’s a jerk & Kes’ only crime is that she’s f’ing boring.