development of the Vidiians for "Phage" was impressed by the episode's representation of the alien species, and felt it was an improvement over her concepts. Biller highlighted the scene revealing Sulan's transplant of Durst's face onto his own as "my classic moment in Voyager first season". Critical reception The critical response for "Faces" was largely positive, Dawson's performance and Torres' characterization being praised as the episode's highlights. Den of Geek!'s Juliette Harrisson and Jamahl Epsicokhan of Jammer's Reviews cited it as one of the first season's highlights. Harrisson praised the episode for having "some fine character work from Roxann Dawson" and appreciated how it helped to establish "Voyager's most successful romantic pairing" (Torres and Paris). Epsicokhan appreciated that the episode was not repeating a story from Star Trek: The Next Generation. He praised Dawson's performance, and was disappointed that the character was frequently restricted to technobabble throughout the rest of the series. Will Nguyen of Treknews.net identified the episode as a positive development for Torres that enabled the audience to better understand her character. Some reviewers were critical of the episode's story. TrekToday's Michelle Erica Green praised "Faces" as an effective character study of Torres and felt it showcased Dawson's abilities as an actor. However, Green criticized the plot an unoriginal take on the evil twin trope and said the science was unbelievable in the context of the show. Tor.com's Keith DeCandido identified "Faces" as the worst episode of the first season. Although he enjoyed Kolbe's direction, DeCandido dismissed the script as being "a hoary premise that nonetheless could have been used for good character development". He praised Dawson's "subdued and anxiety-ridden" performance as the Human Torres, but criticized her tendency to over-enunciate her lines as the Klingon Torres, likely due to her prosthetics. Critics and fans responded negatively to the episode's final sequence. Taylor described getting adverse fan mail about the lack of sympathy expressed by Voyager's crew members for Torres in the ending. She clarified that Chakotay's response to Torres was intended to be unresponsive rather than cold, and acknowledged that he should have "put his arm around her and show[n] some warmth" as suggested by fans. Green was surprised that Torres was not given a pep talk by either Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) or Chakotay in the final scene. DeCandido was critical of Torres' character development in the episode, and disliked how she "doesn't learn anything