“Equilibrium” is a quiet, introspective episode which can be best summarized by Dax in its final scene: “If you want to know who you are, it’s important to know who you’ve been.” The idea of understanding and reconciling your personal history – the choices you’ve made, regrets you might have – is an important theme to explore and discuss. And this episode deserves credit for raising this very point. Unfortunately, the pacing is glacial and, despite a handful of truly creepy moments, there’s very little real emotion generated by the proceedings – an unfortunate deficiency in an episode all about identity. Afterall, who we are is directly linked to the emotions we experience.

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