In the early seasons of Star Trek: Voyager, one of the few recurring arcs the show engaged with on a regular basis from episode to episode was the reformation of Lieutenant Paris. That brings us to “Threshold” and Tom’s perfectly cocky, yet aspirational, idea of figuring out a way to breach the titular Warp 10 threshold—the long-established Star Trek lore that warp drives could not achieve faster-than-light speeds above that maximum. That in and of itself is a brilliant way of the show engaging with Star Trek‘s broader legacy even while it’s isolated from it. But before that moment that would seal the infamous legacy of “Threshold” for decades to come, it shone with a moment of genuine brilliance. A fine example of even some of Star Trek‘s lowest lows having at least something worth thinking about.