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* DoctorJerk: Chellick follows strict treatment protocols that determine who is worthy of better treatment and who's not, and is willing to let Level Red patients like the terminally ill Tebbis die. He never wastes an opportunity to make the Doctor remember this. [[LaserGuidedKarma Chellick eventually gets his comeuppance when the Doctor decides to poison him with Tebbis's illness, putting Chellick in the Level Red and forcing him to change his thinking]].
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* HeHadAName: The Doctor is pissed at Chellick for referring to the deceased Tebbis as "Patient R-12."
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* HeHadAName: The Doctor is pissed at Chellick for referring to the deceased Tebbis as "Patient R-12."R-12", since he sees all patients as worthy of care, not statistics.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Chellick]] points out that he's making these decisions because none of the locals are willing to do so. The Doctor forces him to learn some empathy, but it's not like the circumstances on the planet are really going to change.
* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons Gar's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor's program.
* MedicalDrama
* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons Gar's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor's program.
* MedicalDrama
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* JerkassHasAPoint: [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Chellick]] points out that he's making these the decisions of letting sicker patients die while the patients with important roles in society live because none of the locals are willing to do so. The Doctor forces him to learn some empathy, but it's not like the circumstances on the planet are really going to change.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After purposely letting Tebbis die for Chellick is injected with Tebbis's illness by the Doctor in a fit of desperation, and he is sent to Level Red, where he is left to die. This forces Chellick to reconsider his ethics and move all surviving Level Red patients to Level Blue so they can live.
* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons Gar's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor'sprogram.
program. He succeeds.
*MedicalDramaMedicalDrama: An episode that focuses on the Doctor as he struggles to deal with the finicky ethics of the facility he ends up working for (against his will) while trying to heal the patients there.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After purposely letting Tebbis die for Chellick is injected with Tebbis's illness by the Doctor in a fit of desperation, and he is sent to Level Red, where he is left to die. This forces Chellick to reconsider his ethics and move all surviving Level Red patients to Level Blue so they can live.
* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons Gar's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor's
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Pretty much everything the Doctor does on the planet, bending or breaking every rule to care for Level Red patients.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: One of the most egregious examples in the series, as ''the Doctor'' is stolen from Sickbay.
* TriageTyrant: Administrator Chellick.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: One of the most egregious examples in the series, as ''the Doctor'' is stolen from Sickbay.
* TriageTyrant: Administrator Chellick.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Pretty much everything the Doctor does on the planet, bending or breaking every rule to care for Level Red patients.
patients. Even poisoning Chellick with a deadly disease was for the purpose of getting better treatment for the Level Red patients and forcing Chellick to learn more empathy.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: One of the most egregious examples in the series, as ''the Doctor'' is stolen fromSickbay.
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* TriageTyrant: AdministratorChellick.Chellick, whose policies decide who's socially important enough to receive better treatment while leaving the Level Red patients to die.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: One of the most egregious examples in the series, as ''the Doctor'' is stolen from
* TriageTyrant: Administrator
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Neelix, of all people, is the one to get Gar to talk, by giving him food chock full of Talaxian spices, much to the surprise of Tuvok who was about to give Gar a MindMeld.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Neelix, of all people, is the one to get Gar to talk, by giving him food chock full of Talaxian spices, much to the surprise of Tuvok who was threatening Gar with a MindMeld.
* BittersweetEnding: The Doctor's plan to poison Chellick and put the proverbial shoe on the other foot goes off without a hitch. But afterward, all the Doctor can think about is the fact that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he just poisoned a man.]] It goes against everything he was made for, and he's deflated togive Gar find that this decision was not a MindMeld. malfunction, but his own free will.
* BittersweetEnding: The Doctor's plan to poison Chellick and put the proverbial shoe on the other foot goes off without a hitch. But afterward, all the Doctor can think about is the fact that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he just poisoned a man.]] It goes against everything he was made for, and he's deflated to
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: One of the most egregious examples in the series, as ''the Doctor'' is stolen from sickbay.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: One of the most egregious examples in the series, as ''the Doctor'' is stolen from sickbay.Sickbay.
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--> "Please state the nature...of the medical emergency?"
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The Doctor's program is stolen from ''Voyager'' and is taken to a world where all health care takes place within a facility that determines who gets the best care and who doesn't.
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The Doctor's program is stolen from ''Voyager'' and is taken to a world where all health care takes place within a facility that determines who gets the best care and who doesn't. Meanwhile, ''Voyager'' tracks down a thief named Gar and gets him to confess where he had taken The Doctor to.
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* BoyfriendBluff: Captain Janeway and Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok pretend to be romantically involved as they talk to one of the people that the thief came in contact with.
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* BoyfriendBluff: Captain Janeway and Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok pretend to be romantically involved as they talk to one of the people that the thief Gar came in contact with.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Pretty much everything the Doctor does on the planet, bending or breaking every rule to care for Level Red patients.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Neelix, of all people, is the one to get the thief to talk, by giving him food chock full of Talaxian spices, much to the surprise of Tuvok who was about to give the thief a MindMeld.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Neelix, of all people, is the one to get the thief Gar to talk, by giving him food chock full of Talaxian spices, much to the surprise of Tuvok who was about to give the thief Gar a MindMeld.
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* ChekhovsGun: Neelix remembered about the spices that gave the alien thief indigestion and decided to use them again.
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* ChekhovsGun: Neelix remembered about the spices that gave the alien thief Gar indigestion and decided to use them again.
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* GoodCopBadCop: Subverted with Tuvok and Neelix. Tuvok threatens a MindMeld while Neelix brings a homecooked meal to the prisoner. [[LethalChef Neelix turns out to be the bad cop in this scenario]].
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* GoodCopBadCop: Subverted with Tuvok and Neelix. Tuvok threatens a MindMeld while Neelix brings a homecooked meal to the prisoner. Gar. [[LethalChef Neelix turns out to be the bad cop in this scenario]].scenario]].
* HeHadAName: The Doctor is pissed at Chellick for referring to the deceased Tebbis as "Patient R-12."
* HopeSpot: Tebbis starts recovering nicely with the help of cytoglobin injections--and then he dies when his medicine is cut off and his infection worsens.
* HyperspeedAmbush: ''Voyager'' pulls one on Gar to keep him from escaping.
* HeHadAName: The Doctor is pissed at Chellick for referring to the deceased Tebbis as "Patient R-12."
* HopeSpot: Tebbis starts recovering nicely with the help of cytoglobin injections--and then he dies when his medicine is cut off and his infection worsens.
* HyperspeedAmbush: ''Voyager'' pulls one on Gar to keep him from escaping.
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* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons the thief's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor's program.
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* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons the thief's Gar's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor's program.
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* MindMeld: Tuvok was about to attempt doing this to the thief to extract information from him when Neelix shows up with [[LethalChef an alternative form of interrogation]].
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* MindMeld: Tuvok was about to attempt doing this to the thief Gar to extract information from him when Neelix shows up with [[LethalChef an alternative form of interrogation]].
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* GetOut: For the nurses on Level Blue, a simple "You may go" is sufficient.
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Chellick: "We're healers, not killers."
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Chellick: ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder:
--> '''Chellick:''' "We're healers, not killers."
--> '''Chellick:''' "We're healers, not killers."
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Chellick points out that he's making these decisions because none of the locals are willing to do so. The Doctor forces him to learn some empathy, but it's not like the circumstances on the planet are really going to change.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Chellick [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Chellick]] points out that he's making these decisions because none of the locals are willing to do so. The Doctor forces him to learn some empathy, but it's not like the circumstances on the planet are really going to change.
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* TriageTyrant: Administrator Chellick.
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* TriageTyrant: Administrator Chellick.Chellick.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The fat schlub and the MsFanservice wife who left him for Gar.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The fat schlub and the MsFanservice wife who left him for Gar.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fortunately for these patients, I am programmed with the Hippocratic Oath."'']]
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Neelix, of all people, is the one to get the thief to talk, by giving him food chock full of Talaxian spices, much to the surprise of Tuvok who was about to give the thief a MindMeld.
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* TriageTyrant: Administrator Chellick.
* ValuesResonance: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations. Although in this case, the red designation is for the needy patients and the blue designation is for the well-to-do patients.
* ValuesResonance: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations. Although in this case, the red designation is for the needy patients and the blue designation is for the well-to-do patients.
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* TriageTyrant: Administrator Chellick.
* ValuesResonance: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations. Although in this case, the red designation is for the needy patients and the blue designation is for the well-to-do patients.Chellick.
* ValuesResonance: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations. Although in this case, the red designation is for the needy patients and the blue designation is for the well-to-do patients.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Chellick points out that he's making these decisions because none of the locals are willing to do so. The Doctor forces him to learn some empathy, but it's not like the circumstances on the planet are really going to change.
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* ActorAllusion: Larry Drake, who plays the hospital administrator Chellick, also plays the villainous Dr. Giggles.
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Chellick: "We're healers, not killers."
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* GoodCopBadCop: Subverted with Tuvok and Neelix. Tuvok threatens a MindMeld while Neelix brings a homecooked meal to the prisoner. [[LethalChef Neelix turns out to be the bad cop in this scenario]].
* SwissCheeseSecurity: One of the most egregious examples in the series, as ''the Doctor'' is stolen from sickbay.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations. Although in this case, the red designation is for the needy patients and the blue designation is for the well-to-do patients.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: ValuesResonance: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations. Although in this case, the red designation is for the needy patients and the blue designation is for the well-to-do patients.
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* ActorAllusion: Larry Drake, who plays Dr. Chellick, also plays the villainous Dr. Giggles.
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* ActorAllusion: Larry Drake, who plays Dr. the hospital administrator Chellick, also plays the villainous Dr. Giggles.
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* TriageTyrantTriageTyrant: Administrator Chellick.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates, complete with blue and red designations. Although in this case, the red designation is for the needy patients and the blue designation is for the well-to-do patients.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates.debates, complete with blue and red designations.
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* TriageTyrantTriageTyrant
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This episode plays out like it was written during the Obamacare debates.
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* BoyfriendBluff: Captain Janeway and Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok pretend to be romantically involved as they talk to one of the people in their search for the thief.
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* BoyfriendBluff: Captain Janeway and Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok pretend to be romantically involved as they talk to one of the people in their search for that the thief.thief came in contact with.
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* BoyfriendBluff: Captain Janeway and Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok pretend to be romantically involved as they talk to one of the people in their search for the thief.
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* ContinuityNod: The Doctor mentions the algorithms Seven promised to create to secure his MoralityChip in "Equinox".
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* MindMeld: Tuvok was about to attempt doing this to the thief to extract information from him when Neelix shows up with [[LethalChef an alternative form of interrogation]].
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* DramaticPause: In The Doctor's CatchPhrase when he realizes that he is no longer on board ''Voyager''.
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: The Doctor is about to say "Please state the nature of the medical emergency" when he realizes that he is no longer on board ''Voyager''.
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* ChekhovsGun: Neelix remembered about the spices that gave the alien thief indigestion and decided to use them again.
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* InconvenientHippocraticOath: Subverted in one instance where he purposely poisons the man in charge of the medical facility in order to get better health coverage to those of a lower societal status.
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The Doctor's program is stolen from ''Voyager'' and is taken to a world where all health care takes place within a facility that determines who gets the best care and who doesn't.
!!This episode provides examples of
* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons the thief's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor's program.
* MedicalDrama
* TriageTyrant
!!This episode provides examples of
* LethalChef: Neelix purposely poisons the thief's food with indigestible spices so that he could get his cooperation in retrieving the Doctor's program.
* MedicalDrama
* TriageTyrant
