It may not be the best episode or even my favourite, but I adore it as a finale for the show and basically think of it as my favourite finale of any show
I get misty just thinking about the last scene.
"Five card stud, nothing wild... and the sky's the limit."
No one's shown any love for my favourite ship design yet, so I'm gonna speak up about my love for the Intrepid class. Voyager just looked so sleek and graceful compared to other ships of the era — the comparatively lumbering Galaxy glass, the oddly square shaped Defiant class, or the cold and sterile Sovereign class.
I couldn't agree more. It feels like lazy storytelling, and I actually appreciated this episode for not resorting to that kind of fakery. It's setup was strong enough to be its own thing. I respect that a lot.