This was supposed to be third in the succinctly-titled Moments That Don’t Make Sense Unless There Was a Relationship Planned and They Chickened Out at the Last Second series but this goes beyond subtext. If you showed this to a completely neutral viewer, or hell, even one biased against the gay, they’d still say something was going on. Again, the direction and acting choices are inexplicable.

It’s great that Janeway is the one who transported over, that Seven still trusts her enough to listen and wants to believe her so badly, and that they remember so much of significance to each other… BUT WHAT IS WITH THAT KNEEL? And that eye contact and Seven’s heaving breaths, again. Seven wants some assurance, Janeway, not your allegiance. Did you have to get that close? It is one of the most overt moments I’ve ever seen in all my time of shipping non-canon couples.