Episode: VOY: Real Life

This is, bar none, my favorite Voyager episode. Not many Star Trek episodes or movies move me to real tears, but this one does in spades. When the holographic Doctor decides to create a family, he first plans for no random elements (and wouldn't we all like that?). When Kes and B'elanna convince him that to really experience a family there must be random factors, he discovers that real life can be exceedingly painful. When he tries to do what none of us get to do- turn off the program when things get too hard- Tom convinces him to do the painful but growth inducing thing.