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SEASON ONE

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#1,#2 "CARETAKER"

Teleplay by Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor

Story by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Basil Langton, Gavan O'Herlihy, Angela Paton, Quark-Armin Shimerman, Lt. Stadi-Alicia Coppola, Ocampa Doctor-Bruce French, Ocampa Nurse-Jennifer Parsons, Toscar-David Selburg, Human Doctor-Jeff McCarthy, Mark-Stan Ivar, Rollins-Scott MacDonald, Carey-Josh Clark, Gul Evek-Richard Poe, Farmer's Daughter-Keely Sims, Daggin-Eric David Johnson, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48315.6

Airdate 01/16/95

The "Star Trek" franchise spins off its third and most ambitious enterprise-the 24th-century adventures of the U.S.S. Voyager and its captain, Kathryn Janeway. In the opener, the crew is searching for Maquis rebels in a treacherous area of space known as the Badlands when the craft is mysteriously swept 70,000 light-years across the galaxy. There, the Voyager finds the Maquis ship and more: a curious alien named Neelix and a planet whose inhabitants live in an underground city run by a force called the Caretaker.

 

#3 "PARALLAX"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Jim Trombetta

Directed by Kim Friedman

Guest Stars: Seska-Martha Hackett, Carey-Josh Clark, Jarvin-Justin Williams

Stardate 48439.7

Airdate 01/23/95

Voyager is contacted by a ship trapped on the event horizon of a collapsed star, but closer examination reveals the ship to be the Voyager itself.

 

#4 "TIME AND AGAIN"

Teleplay by David Kemper and Michael Piller

Story by David Kemper

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Nicolas Surovy, Joel Polis, Brady Bluhm, Shop Keeper-Ryan MacDonald, Officer-Steve Vaught, Guard-Jerry Spicer

Stardate 48501.5?

Airdate 01/30/95

While investigating a massive shock wave in space, Janeway and Paris transport to a planet where all life has been obliterated-and discover that they may be the cause.

 

#5 "PHAGE"

Teleplay by Skye Dent and Brannon Braga

Story by Timothy DeHaas

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Cully Fredricksen, Stephen B. Rappaport, Seska-Martha Hackett, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48532.4

Airdate 02/06/95

Neelix's lungs are harvested by aliens intent on collecting body organs for their own purposes-and The Doctor must use untested methods to keep him alive.

 

#6 "THE CLOUD"

Teleplay by Tom Szollosi and Michael Piller

Story by Brannon Braga

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Ricky-Angela Dohrmann, Judy Geeson, Pool Shark-Larry A. Hankin, Luigi Amodeo

Stardate 48546.2

Airdate 02/13/95

Voyager flies into what appears to be an unusual nebula, but closer examination reveals it to be a living organism-now injured by the ship's intrusion.

   

#7 "EYE OF THE NEEDLE"

Teleplay by Bill Dial and Jeri Taylor

Story by Hilary J. Bader

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Romulan-Vaughn Armstrong, Patient-Tom Virtue

Stardate 48579.4

Airdate 02/20/95

The discovery of a small wormhole prompts Janeway to send a probe through it-making contact with a ship from the Alpha Quadrant.

 

#8 "EX POST FACTO"

Teleplay by Evan Carlos Somers and Michael Piller

Story by Evan Carlos Somers

Directed by Levar Burton

Guest Stars: Tolen Ren-Ray Reinhardt, Lidell-Robin McKee, Francis Guinan, Aaron Lustig, Numiri Captain-Henry Brown

Stardate 48605.1?

Airdate 02/27/95

When Paris is sentenced by an alien court for murder, his punishment is to relive the victim's final moments again and again.

 

#9 "EMANATIONS"

Written by Brannon Braga

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Jerry Hardin, Gath-Ronald Guttman, Jefrey Alan Chandler, Cecile Callan, Seska-Martha Hackett, Robin Groves, Alien #1-John Cirigliano

Stardate 48623.5

Airdate 03/13/95

While investigating an alien graveyard, Kim is transported to the aliens' homeworld appearing to them to be someone who has risen from the dead-causing them great philosophical consternation.

 

#10 "PRIME FACTORS"

Teleplay by Michael Perricone and Greg Elliot

Story by David R. George III and Eric A. Stillwell

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Gathar Layven-Ronald Guttman, Yvonne Suhor, Andrew Hill Newman, Seska-Martha Hackett, Carey-Josh Clark

Stardate 48642.5

Airdate 03/20/95

The crew encounters the Sikarians, a hedonistic alien culture that has the ability to travel instantaneously through the galaxy-which may be the key to Voyager returning home.

 

#11 "STATE OF FLUX"

Teleplay by Chris Abbott

Story by Paul Robert Coyle

Directed by Robert Scheerer

Guest Stars: Seska-Martha Hackett, Carey-Josh Clark, Culluh-Anthony DeLongis, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48658.2

Airdate 04/10/95

When Voyager responds to a distress call from a Kazon vessel, they discover Federation technology on board, prompting Janeway to suspect a traitor aboard her ship.

 

#12 "HEROES AND DEMONS"

Written by Naren Shankar

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Shield Maiden Freah-Marjorie Monaghan, Lord Rothgar-Christopher Neame, Unfurth-Michael Keenan, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48693.2

Airdate 04/24/95

It falls to the holographic Doctor to rescue crew members trapped on the Holodeck by an alien intelligence that has taken the form of the folk-tale monster Grendel.

 

#13 "CATHEXIS"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky

Directed by Kim Friedman

Guest Stars: Durst-Brian Markinson, Lord Burleigh-Michael Cumpsty, Mrs. Templeton-Carolyn Seymour

Stardate 48734.2

Airdate 05/01/95

After Tuvok and Chakotay return from investigating a black nebula, Voyager crew members become possessed by an alien presence.

 

#14 "FACES"

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller

Story by Jonathan Glasner and Kenneth Biller

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Sulan-Durst-Brian Markinson, Rob LaBelle, Barton Tinapp

Stardate 48784.2

Airdate 05/08/95

An Away Team is captured by the Vidiians, who extract Torres' Klingon DNA in an effort to find a cure for a disease ravaging their people-but the process turns Torres into two people, one fully Klingon, one fully Human.

   

#15 "JETREL"

Teleplay by Jack Klien, Karen Klien and Kenneth Biller

Story by James Thomton and Scott Nimerfro

Directed by Kim Friedman

Guest Stars: Jetral-James Sloyan, Pool Shark-Larry A. Hankin, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48832.1

Airdate 05/15/95

An alien doctor responsible for a genocidal weapon used against the Talaxians believes Neelix may be infected with a fatal disease as an aftereffect of exposure to it.

 

#16 "LEARNING CURVE"

Written by Ronald Wilkerson and Jean Louise Matthias

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Armand Schultz, Chell-Derek McGrath, Geron-Kenny Morrison, Catherine MacNeal, Henry Burleigh-Thomas Dekker, Beatrice Burleigh-Linsey Haun, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48846.5

Airdate 05/22/95

The ship's systems mysteriously begin to malfunction; Tuvok takes on the thankless task of training Maquis crew members in Star Fleet discipline.

 

SEASON TWO

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#17 "THE 37'S"

Written by Jeri Taylor and Brannon Braga

Directed by James L. Conway

Guest Stars: Amelia Earhart-Sharon Lawrence, John Rubinstein, Navigator Fred-David Graf, Mel Winkler, James Saito

Stardate 48975.1

Airdate 08/28/95

The second season opens with a familiar Star Trek plot device: the crew encounters 20th century Earthlings on a distant planet. As the episode begins, Voyager is still on the far side of the galaxy trying to find a way home when it intercepts a mysterious SOS. The signal leads the ship to a world where the crew encounters Amelia Earhart among eight humans who've been preserved by cryogenics. The aviatrix triggers deep emotions in Janeway, who tells her, "Because of you, generations of women have become pilots." Meanwhile, the crew is reluctant to leave the idyllic planet, displaying a surprising esprit de corps.

 

#18 "INITIATIONS"

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Young Kazon Warrior-Aron Eisenberg, Patrick Kilpatrick, Tim deZarn, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49005.3

Airdate 09/04/95

After saving the life of a young Kazon warrior who was trying to kill him, Chakotay is kidnapped and taken aboard a Kazon Ship.

 

#19 "PROJECTIONS"

Written by Brannon Braga

Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Guest Stars: Barclay-Dwight Schultz, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48892.1

Airdate 09/11/95

The Doctor must leave sickbay to assess damage to the ship from a Kazon attack and comes to suspect that he is real and everything else is a hologram.

 

#20 "ELOGIUM"

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller and Jeri Taylor

Story by Jimmy Diggs and Steve J. Kay

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Star: Ensign Samantha Wildman-Nancy Hower

Stardate 48921.3

Airdate 09/18/95

When Voyager encounters a swarm of space-dwelling lifeforms, Kes's reproductive process speeds up, jeopardizing her only chance to have a child.

 

#21 "NON SEQUITUR"

Written by Brannon Braga

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Libby-Jennifer Gatti, Cosimo-Louis Giambalvo, Jack Shearer, Lasca-Mark Kiely, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49011

Airdate 09/25/95

A temporal anomaly sends Kim into the arms of a long-lost love in an alternate reality where Harry never boarded the Voyager.

 

#22 "TWISTED"

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller

Story by Arnold Rudnik and Rich Hosek

Directed by Kim Friedman

Guest Stars: Sandrine-Judy Geeson, Pool Shark-Larry A. Hankin, Tom Virtue, Crewmember-Terry Correll

Stardate 49035.5?

Airdate 10/02/95

After encountering a "Distortion Ring," the ship is plagued by spatial anomalies that transform it into a changing labyrinth, which stymies the crew's efforts to move between decks-and may be causing crew members to disappear.

 

#23 "PARTURITION"

Written by Tom Szollosi

Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Guest Stars: Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49074.9?

Airdate 10/09/95

Neelix and Paris must put their jealousies over Kes aside when they are ordered to investigate a planet that may be rich in foodstuffs-and end up becoming foster parents to a repto-humanoid hatchling.

   

#24 "PERSISTENCE OF VISION"

Written by Jeri Taylor

Directed by James L. Conway

Guest Stars: Lord Burleigh-Michael Cumpsty, Mrs. Templeton-Carolyn Seymour, Mark-Stan Ivar, Admiral Paris-Warren Munson, Beatrice Burleigh-Linsey Haun, Henry Burleigh-Thomas Dekker, Bothan-Patrick Kerr, Marva Hicks, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49110.8?

Airdate 10/30/95

When Voyager crosses into Bothan space, crewmembers find repressed thoughts springing to life and people from their past reappearing. Only Kes and the Doctor are immune and they must lead the ship to safety.

   

#25 "TATTOO"

Teleplay by Michael Piller

Story by Larry Brody

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: Kolopak-Henry Darrow, Alien-Richard Fancy, Douglas Spain, Ensign Samantha Wildman-Nancy Hower, Richard Chaves, Antonio-Joseph Palmas, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49135.6?

Airdate 11/06/95

Chakotay discovers an ancient healing symbol inscribed on a rock, which calls up memories of his youth and his tribe-and also brings him into contact with a mysterious people whose mistrust may destroy Voyager.

 

#26 "COLD FIRE"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Anthony Williams

Directed by Cliff Bole

Guest Stars: Gary Graham, Girl-Lindsay Ridgeway, Ocampa-Norman Large, Narrator-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49172.8?

Airdate 11/13/95

A clue to the whereabouts of the Caretaker's mate leads Voyager to an Array occupied by the Ocampa, one of whom tries to develop Kes' telekinetic abilities. But his motives take a sinister turn when the female Caretakers arrives.

 

#27 "MANEUVERS"

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Seska-Matha Hackett, Culluh-Anthony DeLongis, Haron-Terry Lester, Kelat-John Gegenhuber, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49211.5

Airdate 11/20/95

A Kazon raid on Voyager nets a transporter module, which Chakotay attempts to recover on his own-only to be captured by the Maquis traitor Seska.

   

#28 "RESISTANCE"

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Story by Michael Jan Friedman and Kevin J. Ryan

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Old Resistance Member-Joel Grey, Augris-Alan Scarfe, Darod-Tom Todoroff, Glenn Morshower

Stardate 49246.7?

Airdate 11/27/95

While on a mission to acquire Tellerium for the ship's engines, Tuvok and Torres are captured and jailed by a hostile occupational race called the Mokra. Meanwhile, Janeway is sheltered by a gentle but confused old resistance member who believes she is his daughter.

 

#29 "PROTOTYPE"

Written by Nicholas Corea

Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Guest Stars: Pralor Automated Personnel Unit 3947-Cravic Automated Commander 112-Rick Worthy, Pralor Automated Personnel Unit 6263-Prototype Unit 0001-Hugh Hodgin

Stardate 49287.2?

Airdate 01/15/96

When a deactivated robot found floating in space is reactivated by Torres, it requests she construct more of its kind-and takes her and Voyager hostage when she declines.

 

#30 "ALLIANCES"

Written by Jeri Taylor

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Mabus-Charles O. Lucia, Culluh-Anthony De Longis, Seska-Martha Hackett, Michael Jonas-Raphael Sbarge , Larry Cedar, John Gegenhuber, Hogan-Simon Billig, Rettik-Mirron E. Willis

Stardate 49337.4

Airdate 01/22/96

After a Kazon attack, Chakotay persuades Capt. Janeway to form an alliance with a dissident Kazon faction-unaware that Neelix has made contact with the Trabe, the Kazon's sworn enemies.

 

#31 "THRESHOLD"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Michael De Luca

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: Michael Jonas-Raphael Sbarge, Rettik-Mirron E. Willis, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49373.4

Airdate 01/29/96

An experiment aimed at exceeding the maximum-warp barrier results in the death of Lt. Paris-and his subsequent rebirth as an amphibious creature that sabotages the ship and kidnaps Capt. Janeway.

 

#32 "MELD"

Teleplay by Michael Piller

Story by Michael Sussman

Directed by Cliff Bole

Guest Stars: Ricky-Angela Dohrman, Hogan-Simon Billig, Suder-Brad Dourif, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49390.4?

Airdate 02/05/96

Tuvok's investigation into a crew member's death points to a Maquis crewman, but the Vulcan mind meld Tuvok uses to discover the motive leaves the man's psychotic behavior imprinted on him.

 

#33 "DREADNOUGHT"

Written by Gary Holland

Directed by LeVar Burton

Guest Stars: Michael Jonas-Raphael Sbarge, Ensign Samantha Wildman-Nancy Hower, Michael Spound, Dan Kern, Computer Voice Majel Barrett

Stardate 49412.6?

Airdate 02/12/96

A sophisticated and powerful weapon designed by the Cardassians but modified for Maquis use by Torres finds its way into the Delta Quadrant and locks on to a heavily populated Class M planet.

 

#34 "DEATH WISH"

Teleplay by Michael Piller

Story by Shawn Piller

Directed by James L. Conway

Guest Stars: Q-John De Lancie, Q-Gerrit Graham, Will Riker-Jonathan Frakes, Sir Isaac Newton-Peter Dennis, Himself-Maury Ginsberg

Stardate 49301.2

Airdate 02/19/96

2 Q's spell double trouble for Voyager, one materializes and wishes to kill himself, while the other, who fears what it may do to the Continuum, seeks to prevent the suicide by imprisoning his fellow Q for eternity.

 

#35 "LIFESIGNS"

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Cliff Bole

Guest Stars: Denara Pell-Susan Diol, Michael Jonas-Raphael Sbarge, Seska-Martha Hackett, Lorum-Michael Spound, Gigolo-Rick Gianasi

Stardate 49448.7?

Airdate 02/26/96

When a terminally ill Vidiian female is beamed aboard the Voyager, the Doctor creates a holographic image of her and transfers her consciousness into it-and then finds himself falling in love with her.

 

#36 "INVESTIGATIONS"

Teleplay by Jeri Taylor

Story by Jeff Schnaufer and Ed Bond

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Michael Jonas-Raphael Sbarge, Seska-Martha Hackett, Jerry Sroka, Hogan-Simon Billig

Stardate 49485.2

Airdate 03/13/96

Lt. Paris asks to be transferred off Voyager, landing on a Talaxian convoy as a pilot, but when he's immediately kidnaped by the Kazons, Neelix suspects that someone on Voyager told them he'd be there.

 

#37 "DEADLOCK"

Written by Brannon Braga

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Ensign Samantha Wildman-Nancy Hower, Hogan-Simon Billig, Vidiian Surgeon-Bob Clendenin, Vidiian Commander-Ray Proscia, Vidiian #1-Chris Johnston, Vidiian #2-Keythe Farley, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49548.7

Airdate 03/18/96

Attempting to avoid the Vidiians, Janeway and the crew take cover in a plasma drift, where they discover a duplicate Voyager. And as the Vidiians close in, it's clear only one ship will survive.

 

#38 "INNOCENCE"

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Story by Anthony Williams

Directed by James L. Conway

Guest Stars: Tressa-Tiffany Taubman, Alcia-Marnie McPhail, Sarah Rayne, Tahj D. Mowry, Ensign Bennet-Richard Garon

Stardate 49585.4?

Airdate 04/08/96

Tuvok, stranded on a distant moon after a crash-landing, discovers he is not alone: three Drayan children-abandoned by their people and apparently about to be sacrificed-are there with him, bringing him into conflict with the Drayans themselves.

 

#39 "THE THAW"

Teleplay by Joe Menosky

Story by Richard Gadas

Directed by Marvin V. Rush

Guest Stars: The Clown-Michael McKean, Viorsa-Thomas Kopache, Spectre-Carel Struycken, Patty Maloney, Tony Carlin, Shannon O'Hurley

Stardate 49604.7?

Airdate 04/29/96

Unable to revive a group of humanoids in a computer-generated hibernation, Kim and Torres allow themselves to discover someone else is there-a malevolent clown who has no intention of letting them leave.

 

#40 "TUVIX"

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller

Story by Andrew Shepard Price and Mark Gaberman

Directed by Cliff Bole

Guest Stars: Tuvix-Tom Wright, Hogan-Simon Billig, Swinn-Bahni Turpin

Stardate 49655.2

Airdate 05/06/96

A "minor glitch" in the system turns out to be a major problem for Tuvok and Neelix when the transporter merges both of them together into Tuvix, a being who does not wish to be separated into two individuals again.

 

#41 "RESOLUTIONS"

Written by Jeri Taylor

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: Denara Pell-Susan Diol, Hogan-Simon Billig, Powell (Swinn?)-Bahni Turpin

Stardate 49694.2

Airdate 05/13/96

When a deadly virus infects Chakotay and Janeway, she turns command over to Tuvok, ordering him to abandon them on a planet that will shield them from the disease's effects.

 

#42 "BASICS, PART I"

Written by Michael Piller

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Seska-Martha Hackett, Suder-Brad Dourif, Culluh-Anthony De Longis, Tierna-John Gegenhuber, Kolopak-Henry Darrow, Kazon #1-Scott Haven, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 49987.6?

Airdate 05/13/96

A distress signal from Seska telling Chakotay that their son has been abducted by Culluh sends Voyager in pursuit-on a course that takes them into a hostile section of space where they come under repeated Kazon attack.

 

SEASON THREE

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#43 BASICS ,PART II

Written by Michael Piller

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Brad Dourif (Crewman Lon Suder), Anthony DeLongis (Cullah), Martha Hackett (Seska), Nancy Hower (Ensign Samantha Wildman), Simon Billig (Hogan), Scott Haven (Tribal Leader), David Cowgill (Kazon Engineer), Michael Bailey Smith (Kazon Crewman), John Kenton Shull (Kazon Crewman), Russ Fega (Commander Paxim), Majel Barrett (Narrator/Computer Voice)

Stardate 50032.7

Janeway and most of the crew, abandoned with none of their technology on the volcanic planet by the Kazon Nistrim, struggle to survive against both the elements and a group of primitive cave-dwellers. Aboard the captured Voyager, the Doctor and recovering sociopath Lon Suder form an alliance to try to wrest control back from Cullah's boarding party while Tom Paris seeks help from a distant group of Talaxians. Suder makes the greatest sacrifice of all as he finds he must release the dark side of his psyche in order to save the ship. Chakotay establishes the rudiments of communication with the tribesmen on the planet. And Paris convinces a reluctant Commander Paxim to use his Talaxian fleet in an attack which depends on timing to avoid disaster.

   

#44 FLASHBACK

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Juliann Medina

Directed by David Livingston

also see "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"

Stardate 50126.4

Guest Stars: George Takei (Captain Hikaru Sulu), Grace Lee Whitney (Commander Janice Rand), Jeremy Roberts (Ensign Dmitri Valtane), Boris Krutonog (Helmsman Lojur), Michael Ansara (Kang)

With the crew excited at the prospect of a new source of sirillium, Voyager approaches a Class 17 nebula gaseous anomaly, but at the sight of it on the viewscreen Tuvok experiences a flashback to what is apparently a traumatic experience in his youth. Yet it is not an episode from Tuvok's past and the Doctor has no explanation, except for the observation that Tuvok's neural synapses break down each time the "memory" returns. When Tuvok begins to express concern over finding cloaked Klingon ships "this close to Klingon space," he decides to regress using the technique of the Vulcan mind meld, asking Janeway to be his guide and counselor. She joins in his memory as an outside observer to objectify the experience. Yet he does not return to the memory in question but to a memory of his first deep-space assignment, 80 years previously aboard the Excelsior. It is here that the source of the mystery lies, but they are fighting time as Tuvok's neural synapses continue to degrade and Janeway suddenly becomes a participant in Tuvok's memory and not just an observer.

 

#45 THE CHUTE

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller

Story by Clayvon C. Harris

Directed by Les Landau

Stardate 50156.2

Guest Stars: Don McManus (?), Robert Pine (Ambassador Liria), James Parks (Pitt), Ed Trotta (Vel), Beans Morocco (?), Rosemary Morgan (Piri)

Harry Kim, disoriented and injured, finds himself in a circle of brutal thugs, his new neighbors in an alien prison camp. Harry finds help in the form of fellow prisoner Tom Paris, and they begin trying to escape, but their efforts are hindered by rising tempers, caused by implants that stimulate random, violent impulses. Janeway receives word that Kim and Paris have been convicted of a terrorist bombing on a planet they were visiting, and that the sentence - lifetime imprisonment in an inpenetrable location - has already been carried out. Paris and Kim find that the only escape possible from their prison is through a chute that is protected by a lethal force field, but during an attempt to short out the chute's defenses they are attacked and Tom suffers a severe stab wound. The Voyager crew track down the real terrorists, but by the time Janeway can win a confession and clear her crewmates' names, their cellmates may have murdered them - or they may have killed each other.

 

#46 THE SWARM

Written by Mike Sussman

Directed by Alexander Singer

Stardate Unknown

Guest Stars: Robert Picardo (Dr. Lewis Zimmerman), Carole Davis (Diva), Steven Houska (Chardis), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

En route back to Voyager, the shuttle carrying Paris and Torres is boarded by two unfamiliar alien lifeforms, who render the Voyager crewmembers unconscious and then leave. Voyager recovers the shuttle, but as the Doctor treats the badly injured Paris, he suffers from an increasing memory loss that he first encountered while running an opera program on the holodeck. Kes notices the Doctor's forgetfulness and alerts Torres to the problem. One easy solution would be to completely reinitialize the Doctor, but he would lose every memory of the past two years. Trying to salvage the wealth of information and relationships the Doctor has established, Torres calls up a holodeck diagnostic simulation of the Doctor's creator, Dr. Zimmerman. In the meantime, Janeway's decision to stealthily pass through the territory claimed by a hive of insectoid beings may result in Voyager being destroyed by the aliens' sheer numbers.

 

#47 FALSE PROFITS

Teleplay by Joe Menosky

Story by George A. Brozak

Directed by Cliff Bole

also see Star Trek The Next Generation #56 "THE PRICE"

Stardate 50074.3

Guest Stars: Dan Shor (Arridor), Leslie Jordan (Koll), Michael Ensign (Bard), Rob LaBelle (Kafar), Alan Altshuld (Sandalmaker), John Walter Davis (Merchant)

The investigation of a possible wormhole reveals signs of visitors from the Alpha Quadrant on a primitive planet. Chakotay and Paris make an incognito visit to a location where sensors have detected a replicator in use, only to find a village of humanoids who seem obsessed with charging money for any goods or services, no matter how insignificant. At the heart of this culture lie two Ferengi, stranded in the Delta Quadrant since they were trapped by the Barzan Wormhole discovered by the Enterprise seven years earlier. The Ferengi have come to this society as gods bearing wisdom - the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition - but their true motive is to exploit the native population for their own gain. Janeway sets a plan into motion which involves Neelix masquerading as an envoy from the Grand Nagus. But if his disguise fails to fool the Ferengi, he may find that these profit-mongerers will do anything to keep their grasp on godhood.

 

#48 REMEMBER

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Story by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Stardate 50203.1

Guest Stars: Bruce Davison (Jareth), Eugene Roche (Yathen), Charles Esten (Jubrel), Athena Massey (Jessen), Eve H. Brenner (Jora Marel), Nancy Kaine (Woman), Tina Reddington (Girl), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

As Voyager ferries some telepathic Delta Quadrant denizens from a colony to their home world, B'elanna experiences an intense dream about a member of their race, even though the object of her fascination is not one of Voyager's passengers. B'elanna's dreams take stranger turns as they progress along a continuing path, telling her a specific story from the past, from point of view of one of the passengers. Though allegations of telepathic interference are denied, B'elanna finally encounters the person whose memories have been transmitted to her - an elderly woman who dies immediately after sending B'elanna the last of her experiences involving a rebel faction of the aliens' population which was massacred for opposing the government. B'elanna believes that the woman whose life she experienced was murdered by someone trying to cover up the truth about the alien's violent history - and since she now possesses the secret, she may be next.

 

#49 SACRED GROUND

Teleplay by Lisa Clink

Story by Geo Cameron

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill

Stardate 50063.2

Guest Stars: Harry Groener (The Magistrate), Becky Ann Baker (The Guide), Estelle Harris (Spirit #1), Keene Curtis (Spirit #2), Parley Baer (Spirit #3)

On a visit to a monastery on an alien world, Kes and Neelix visit a shrine. When Kes approaches it, an energy field knocks her out, and a government official informs the crew that Kes has been punished by the world's ancient spirits for trespassing on holy ground. Beamed to Voyager's sickbay, Kes is slowly dying and the Doctor can offer no alternatives to save her. Janeway beams down to the planet to undergo any voyage of discovery necessary to save Kes, but her path is less than straightforward and may not yield any useful information.

   

#50 FUTURE'S END

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by David Livingston

Stardate not given

Guest Stars: Ed Begley, Jr. (Henry Starling), Sarah Silverman (Rain Robinson), Allan G. Royal (Captain Braxton)

A brief encounter with a vessel whose lone occupant claims to be a Federation time scout from 500 years in the future results in a fierce firefight. The future captain describes a cataclysmic disaster in the 29th century resulting from an incident that Voyager is about to initiate. The timeship is damaged in the ensuing battle and falls back into the temporal rift through which it arrived, which also drags Voyager in. Voyager is taken back to Earth, 1996, and faint signs are detected of the timeship. Janeway, Chakotay, Paris and Tuvok beam down incognito to search for the wayward vessel, but unknown to them their own ship has been detected in orbit by an astronomy graduate named Rain Robinson. Rain contacts computer magnate Henry Starling, who is in possession of the timeship while its original occupant languishes on the streets of Los Angeles. Tom and Tuvok make their way to Griffith Observatory to erase Rain's evidence of Voyager's presence, but she catches them in the act and is hot on their trail as one of Starling's employees attempts to kill them all. Janeway and Chakotay break into Starling's office and discover that he has already contaminated the timeline, using the timeship's technology to jump-start the computer revolution. Starling finds the uninvited guests and threatens them, but Harry, left in command of Voyager, rescues them just in time. But Starling still has the timeship - and worse yet, Voyager's low-orbit rescue run has been detected by cameras on 20th century Earth.

 

#51 FUTURE'S END, PART II

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Cliff Bole

Stardate not given

Guest Stars: Ed Begley, Jr. (Henry Starling), Sarah Silverman (Rain Robinson), Allan G. Royal (Captain Braxton), Brent Hinkley (Militia #1), Clayton Murray (Militia #2), Susan Patterson (Ensign Kaplan), Christian R. Conrad (Dunbar), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Tuvok and Paris enlist Rain's help in contacting Voyager and setting a trap for Starling which involves pinpointing his location to allow a transporter kidnap from a shuttlecraft. Starling, however, has two tricks up his sleeve - the Doctor, equipped with a portable holo-emitted, is his hostage, and he has a device to thwart the shuttle's transporter. The shuttle's systems overload and the shuttle, piloted by Chakotay and Torres, crashes in the Arizona desert, but the Doctor escapes as Voyager takes over transport of Starling. Chakotay and B'elanna fall into the hands of a cult militia group, but are rescued by Tuvok and the newly independent Doctor. Starling escapes and launches the timeship despite Janeway's warnings, but his scheme for Earth's future won't exactly unfold as planned.

 

#52 WARLORD

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Story by Andrew Shepard Price and Mark Gaberman

Directed by David Livingston

Stardate 50348.1

Guest Stars: Anthony Crivello (Demis), Brad Greenquist (Ameron), Galyn Gorg (Enori), Charles Emmett (?), Karl Wiedergott (Tieran), Leigh J. McCloskey (Doctor), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Voyager's crew barely manages to rescue three occupants of a battle-damaged spacecraft, one of whom dies in sickbay immediately after transport. When Voyager returns the survivors to their planet, an official beams aboard and is killed by Kes, who also kills the transporter chief and struggles with Janeway. Kes and the other refugees steal a shuttlecraft and run for it. Kes' body has been taken over by Tieran, a power-mad dictator who has developed the ability to transfer his consciousness into the minds of others to insure his immortality. Tieran kills the rightful ruler of his people and assumes power, trying to coerce the youngest heir into backing his coup. The elder heir, Demis, has beamed aboard Voyager to coordinate efforts to restore the original government, and despite his overtures of war, Janeway still insists on trying to recover Kes in body and spirit. Kes also intends to break free of Tieran's influence, but he proves to be a formidable enemy.

 

#53 THE Q AND THE GRAY

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller

Story by Shawn Piller

Directed by Cliff Bole

Stardate 50384.2

Guest Stars: John de Lancie (Q), Suzie Plakson (Q), Harve Presnell (Q)

After the crew witnesses a supernova explosion from a safe distance, Janeway retires for the evening, only to be wooed in her quarters by Q, who claims to want to mate with her. Naturally, Janeway rebuffs Q's every advance, and eventually a female member of the Q Continuum appears, claiming that she is bonded to Q. As an argument ensues between the Qs, more imminent supernovae are detected and Janeway orders the ship clear of the destruction, but with so many stars exploding, Voyager can't avoid all of the shockwaves. Just before the first wave hits the ship, Q whisks Janeway into a representation of the Q Continuum in the context of the American Civil War. Q explains that the Continuum is in the throes of its own civil war, sparked by the death of a fellow Q he prosecuted on charges that a Q suicide would imbalance their whole society. Q's desire to mate with Janeway is the result of his belief that, from his past experiences with Janeway and Picard, a hybrid child would introduce the omnipotent Q to the nobility of humans. Caught in a civil war among immortal beings, and hoping that her crew can enlist the help of the Q's scorned mate, Janeway tries to negotiate a peace with the Q traditionalists...but she's unaware that her attempt to open talks will do nothing more than deliver Q into the hands of his enemies.

   

#54 MACROCOSM

Written by Brannon Braga

Directed by Alexander Singer

Stardate 50425.1

Guest Stars: Albie Selznick (Taktak Consul), Michael Fiske (Garan Miner)

Janeway and Neelix return from a diplomatic mission to find Voyager adrift and the crew unconscious, concentrated in a few areas of the ship. They find evidence of alien lifeforms that can punch their way through doors and equipment, and a chance encounter with one of the aliens results in Neelix's disappearance. Janeway arms herself as she tries to find out what has happened to her crew, and encounters and kills another of the alien lifeforms, but not before she has been infected by an insect-like airborne virus. She makes her way to sickbay and the Doctor describes an ill-fated humanitarian mission that resulted in the infection of the entire Voyager crew. The virus breeds as a microscopic organism and grows to its insect-like size to leave its victims' bodies, finally evolving into a monster-sized attacker that seeks out new prey. Janeway must find a way to single-handedly rid Voyager of a scourge that outnumbers her by a factor of billions to one.

 

#55 FAIR TRADE

Teleplay by Andre Bormanis

Story by Ronald Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias

Directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino

Guest Stars: James Nardini (Wixiban), Carlos Carrasco (Bahrat), Alexander Enberg (Vorick), Steve Kehela (Sutok), James Horan (Tosin), Eric Charp (Map Vendor)

Stardate not given With Neelix pursuing a promotion, Voyager stops at a trading port at the edge of the vast and uncharted Nekrit Expanse. Although the ship's environmental control systems require Pergium for replenishment, it seems to be unavailable until an old friend of Neelix turns up with a plan to obtain some. But when this plan turns out to involve dealing narcotics in dark passageways late at night, things begin to get out of control.

 

#56 ALTER EGO

Written by Joe Menosky

Directed by Robert Picardo

Stardate 50460.3

Guest Stars: Sandra Nelson (Marayna), Alexander Enberg (Vorick), Shay Todd (Holowoman), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

The crew begins an analysis of an unusual phenomenon called an inversion nebula which might provide fresh insight into the nature of plasma reactions. Harry falls in love with a holodeck character and when Tuvok attempts to help him use Vulcan mind-control techniques to overcome his infatuation with a computer-generated subroutine, the crew discovers that the object of Harry's desires is actually an alien life form which has used the holodeck to interact with the crew. But Tuvok's attempts to help set off a cascade of jealousy which endanger the entire ship.

 

#57 CODA

Written by Jeri Taylor

Directed by Nancy Malone

Stardate not given

Guest Stars: Leo Cariou (Admiral Janeway), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

While on a planetary mission, the captain and Chakotay crash and are killed by the Vidiians. Suddenly they are back aboard the shuttle approaching the planet where they recognize the sense of deja-vu. This time they recognize a Vidiian ship and attempt to outrun it, but they die under enemy fire in space, and they loop back to the beginning of the sequence once again. This time they make it back to the ship, but Chakotay no longer has any memory of the time loop and Janeway has the Doctor examine her. This time it turns out that she has the Vidiian phage and is shocked when the Doctor euthanizes her against her will to keep the phage from spreading to the crew. But she comes back yet again to the shuttle with Chakotay where this time they fly into a bright spatial anomaly, whereupon Janeway suddenly finds herself on the planet where she sees Chakotay trying to revive another iteration of herself. They beam back to Voyager where the Captain dies yet again. This time she meets her dead father as the crew undergoes a period of mourning for their captain. But while her father seems to be providing answers for her, it seems as if he has an agenda of his own.

 

#58 BLOOD FEVER

Written by Lisa Klink

Directed by Andrew Robinson

Guest Stars: Alexander Enberg (Vorik), Bruce Bohne (Sakari Leader), Deborah Levin (Ensign Lang)

Stardate 50537.2

Large deposits of gallicite draw Voyager to an abandoned planet for this material will enable a refit of the warp coils. But while preparing for the expedition, Ensign Vorick comes under the influence of the Pon Farr and declares his intention to take B'ellana as a mate, attempting to force his affections on her. Although this results in a dislocated jaw for Vorick, the physical contact seems to have caused a change in the chief engineer resulting from a mating bond. As the odd triangle (which includes Tom Paris) is resolved, the crew discovers that the planet is not abandoned after all, but is inhabited by the Sakari, a race which has developed camouflage to a high art to avoid their ancient enemies - the Borg.

 

#59 UNITY

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill

Guest Stars: Lori Hallier (Riley Frazier), Ivar Brogger (Orum), Susan Patterson (Ensign Kaplan)

Stardate 50622.

While exploring the Nekrit Expanse in a shuttle, Chakotay responds to a distress call which recognizes their Federation signature, but when he goes to the surface to investigate he runs into a firefight between rival factions. Meanwhile, Voyager runs into an abandoned Borg cube adrift in space. It turns out that the people on the planet were once a part of the Borg collective, but the link was severed about five years previously and they fell into anarchy. A small group of the castaways tries to enlist Chakotay's help to bring some order to the society, but the Voyager crew is concerned that this action would re-awaken the Borg ship.

 

#60 DARKLING

Teleplay by Joe Menosky

Story by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: David Lee Smith (Zahir), Stephen Davies (Nakhan), Noel De Souza (Ghandi), Christopher Clarke (Lord Byron), Sue Henley (Ensign), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Stardate 50693.2

The Doctor attempts to modify himself by adding behavioral subroutines while the Voyager crew treats with the Mikhal Travelers, trading supplies for information on the Nekrit Expanse. But while the Travelers seem very helpful, and Kes becomes romantically involved with one of their pilots, a strange series of changes begins to take place in the Doctor. The new subroutines seem to have created an alter ego which is becoming separate from the Doctor's normal personality. He begins to display a violent jealousy over Kes' blossoming relationship, combined with the ruthlessness to carry out his intentions. B'ellana's efforts to help modify his program only brings the ship, crew, and especially Kes closer to danger.

 

#61 RISE

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Jimmy Diggs

Directed by Robert Scheerer

Guest Stars: Alan Oppenheimer (Sklar), Lisa Kaminir (Lillias), Kelly Connell (Ambassador), Tom Towles (Hanjuam), Geof Prysirr (Dr. Vatm)

Stardate Unknown

Neelix joins a crew attempting to help Nezu colonists during a series of asteroid collisions. Voyager fails in its attempt to vaporize an incoming asteroid and discovers that they're artificially guided. When Neelix and Tuvok are abandoned on the planet just before the next scheduled asteroid strike, they and some colonists use a maglift carriage to climb an orbital tether to a point where they can contact the ship. But one of the Nezu is determined to keep the others from passing on what they know. As the carriage rises into the thinning atmosphere, they discover what the real motivation behind both the asteroids and the surrounding secrecy is.

 

#62 FAVORITE SON

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Lisa Klink

Directed by Marvin V. Rush

Guest Stars: Cari Shayne (Eliann), Deborah May (Lyris), Patrick Fabian (Taymon), Kelli Kirkland (Rinna), Kristanna Loken (Malia), Christopher Carroll (Alex), Irene Tsu (Mrs. Kim)

Stardate 50732.4

Ensign Kim fires without warning or explanation on an alien ship. This startling action has apparently saved Voyager, but Harry continues to "remember" things about a place he's never been. When more Nasari ships appear to press the attack, Voyager is saved by a Taresian vessel and escorted to their homeworld with the surprising news that Harry is actually a Taresian - conceived in the Delta Quadrant and taken to Earth for fosterage unknown to his human parents. The Taresians bend over backwards to welcome Harry back to the fold, even preparing him for their form of multiple marriage, but Harry and the crew sense something amiss.

 

#63 BEFORE & AFTER

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Allan Kroeker

Guest Stars: Jessica Collins (Linnis), Michael L. Maguire (Arnis), Janna Michaels (young Kes), Rachel Harris (Martis), Christopher Aguilar (Andrew)

Stardate Unknown

"Grandma Kes" awakens surrounded by people who claim they are her family, but whom she doesn't recognize. She fades into unconsciousness and reawakens at a slightly earlier time in her life. Although she remembers the experience, it apparently hasn't happened yet for the rest of the crew. Confused and frightened, Kes continues to experience the morilogium - the final phase of the Ocampan lifespan - as well as the temporal effects of life-extension treatments in the Doctor's experimental bio-temporal chamber. As the temporal effects grow more and more out of control, Kes regresses through her entire life, seeing a 9-year history of Voyager in reverse as she struggles to understand her situation and how to stop what is happening to her.

 

#64 REAL LIFE

Teleplay by Jeri Taylor

Story by Harry Kloor

Directed by Anson Williams

Guest Stars: Wendy Schaal (Charlene), Glenn Walker Harris, Jr. (Jeffrey), Lindsey Haun (Belle), Stephen Ralston (Larg), Chad Haywood (K'Kath)

Stardate 50836.2

As the crew investigate the apparent destruction of a Vostigye science station, the Doctor works on a program which has created a family for him to interact with. He invites B'elanna and Kes to join him in the holodeck for dinner with his new wife and children, and they strike the chief engineer as being "ridiculously perfect." B'elanna offers to help tweak the program a bit to bring it more in line with the real experience of home life.

   

#65 DISTANT ORIGIN

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Henry Woronicz (Gegen), Christopher Liam Moore (Tova Veer), Marshall R. Teague (Hulak), Concetta Tomei (Minister Odala), Nina Manton (Frola), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Stardate Unknown

The Voyager crew are unwitting research subjects after scientists of the Voth race, saurians who believe they were the first intelligent beings to evolve in the Delta Quadrant, discover the human remains of Voyager crewman Hogan and find a genetic pattern similar to their own. When Gegen, the chief researcher, suggests that based on these findings, the true origin of the Voth is Earth, their leader, Minister Odala, deems him a heretic. To prove his theory, Gegen and his assistant Veer track down Voyager, infiltrate the ship and take their next research subject, Chakotay, hostage.

 

#66 DISPLACED

Written by Lisa Klink

Directed by Allan Kroeker

Guest Stars: Deborah Levin (Lang), Mark L. Taylor (Jarlath), James Noah (Rislan), Kenneth Tigar (Dammar), Nancy Youngblut (Taleen), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Stardate 50912.4

As Nyrians begin appearing on the Voyager at 9:20 intervals, crewmembers begin to disappear at the same rate. Although the visitors seem peaceful, Janeway suspects an organized takeover. Her suspicions are confirmed as the crew find themselves in a holographically generated environment where they are held prisoner. The startling appearance of a fellow prisoner from an adjoining "cell" makes them realize how to move between areas of what turns out to be a giant ship filled with different environments and a command center with an extremely long-range transporter.

 

#67 WORST CASE SCENARIO

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Alex Singer

Guest Stars: Martha Hackett (Seska), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Stardate 50953.4

Chakotay startles B'elanna by recruiting her for a Maquis mutiny, and then proceeds to carry it out. Things get even stranger when Seska turns up as one of the mutineers. Suddenly Paris walks into the scene, revealing the fact that Torres is playing a holo-novel. The experience was designed by Tuvok as a training exercise shortly after the joining of the two crews when the security officer felt that a mutiny was a real possibility. The fresh literary material is so intriguing to the crew that many of them begin surreptitiously playing the program and Janeway instructs Tuvok to write an ending and make it more than a training exercise. But Seska had discovered the program before she defected to the Kazon and she rewrote the subroutines to take her revenge on Tuvok for having betrayed the Maquis back when they were still in the Alpha Quadrant.

   

#68 SCORPION, PART 1

Written by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: John Rhys-Davies (Leonardo Da Vinci)

Stardate 50984.3

As Voyager approaches the edge of Borg space, they discover a narrow passage which is empty of Borg activity and decide to try to thread their way through it in an effort to avoid confrontation. But they suddenly realize that the reason for the lack of Borg activity is the invasion of another species which apparently has no trouble at all defeating the Borg cubes with bio-ships impervious to assimilation. A Voyager away team visits a dying cube ship which has one of the alien vessels attached to it. The crew manage to download the Borg's information on the new species, named "8472," but Harry Kim is attacked by the pilot of the bio-ship and is given a virulent infection which begins to devour him from the inside out. While Ensign Kim fights for his life, a conflicted Janeway grapples with the decision of either guiding her crew through the dangerous Borg territory which is lined with a new mortal enemy or turning around and ending all hope of ever getting home.

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Jeri Ryan joins cast as Seven of Nine

Jennifer Lien leaves show in second episode

 
#69 "SCORPION, PART II"

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Jennifer Lien (Kes), Majel Barrett (Narrator)

Airdate 9/03/97

Stardate not given

Janeway strikes a deal with the Borg to exchange the modified nanotechnology for a safe trip through Borg territory, but almost immediately things go wrong. The Borg attempt to force Janeway into a direct neural link to the Collective, but she instead demands that the Borg choose a single drone to facilitate verbal communication, and a female human Borg called Seven of Nine is appointed. An ambush by Species 8472 destroys the Borg cube containing Janeway, but she, Tuvok and a number of Borg safely transport back to Voyager. The Borg quickly assimilate the cargo bay which they have taken over, and Janeway must recover from injuries she sustained in the attack on the Borg ship. When Seven of Nine demands a change in the ship's course taking it into the heart of Borg space, Chakotay decides to abort the newly-forged alliance with the Borg. Now the crew faces the prospect of a Borg invasion from within, or a violent death at the hands of Species 8472, unless Janeway and Chakotay can overcome their differences of opinion regarding cooperation with the Borg.

 

#70 THE GIFT

Written by Joe Menosky

Directed by Anson Williams

Guest Stars: Jennifer Lien (Kes)

Airdate 9/10/97

Stardate not given

Seven of Nine, isolated from the Borg Collective and left behind on Voyager, begins a turbulent process of recovery in sick bay. The Doctor believes that she can regain her human biology and identity, but her assimilation during early childhood will make the process difficult. Seven of Nine begins to experience seizures - the Borg's last line of defense is to kill a drone before another species can try to gain an understanding of its Borg technology. Kes miraculously destroys the offending Borg implant through telekinesis, an ability with which she has not experimented for two years. Seven of Nine reviles the crew's attempt to restore her humanity, even making the accusation that Janeway's forced removal of her Borg enhancements are no better than Borg assimilation. Tuvok resumes his meditative exercises with Kes to focus her new abilities, but she begins to exhibit a terrifying command over the structure of matter itself. Between Seven of Nine attempting to regain communications with the Borg, and Kes' increasing lack of control over her enhanced abilities, the crew may lose friends both old and new.

 

#71 DAY OF HONOR

Written by Jeri Taylor

Directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino

Guest Stars: Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik), Alan Altshuld (Ranen), Michael A. Krawic (Klingon), Kevin P. Stillwell (Ketati), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Airdate 9/17/97

Stardate not given

Voyager encounters a handful of ships carrying the only survivors of a Delta Quadrant race which was all but wiped out by the Borg, and Janeway agrees to the refugees' requests for supplies. The reminder of the Borg's destructive power doesn't help the crew's perception of Seven of Nine, who requests an assignment to engineering. B'elanna, who is already suffering her way through the traditional Klingon Day of Honor, doesn't welcome the former Borg, who has proposed using transwarp flight to speed Voyager's journey. The transwarp experiment fails, forcing B'elanna to dump the warp core into open space - and the Ketati refugees take possession of the core before she and Paris can salvage it via shuttle. And the Ketati would also like Janeway to hand Seven of Nine over to them so they can settle old scores.

 

#72 NEMESIS

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: Michael Mahonen (Broam), Matt E. Levin (Rafen), Nathan Anderson (Namen), Peter Vogt (Penno), Booth Colman (Voray Soldier), Meghan Murphy (Karia), Terrence Evans (Ambassador Treen), Marilyn Fox (Marna), Pancho Demmings (Kradin Soldier)

Airdate 9/24/97

Stardate 51082.4

Chakotay is stranded on a world torn by war, his shuttle shot down by one of the aggressors. After a reluctantly friendly Voray defender is shot down by the Kradin while trying to take Chakotay back to his shuttle, the first officer has to adopt the Voray's indigenous clothing for cover. That night, he is traveling with the Voray soldiers to their base, in the hope that they will be able to contact Voyager, and sees for himself the way the Kradin dispose of the Boray. Still wary of involving himself in their way, Chakotay is forced to defend himself when the nemesis ambushes his party, and escapes wounded while the rest of the Boray fall in the attack. He makes his way to a nearby village and is cared for until the Kradin attack there, too. On Voyager, Janeway has been offered help in locating her first officer. An ambassador from one of the warring races beams up to discuss the situation, an ambassador who is horrified at the way his helpless people are being preyed upon by their merciless nemesis...an ambassador of the Kradin.

 

#73 REVULSION

Written by Lisa Klink

Directed by Kenneth Biller

Guest Stars: Leland Orser (Isomorph) and Spectrum, the holographic fish

Airdate 10/01/97

Stardate 51186.2

Voyager receives a distress call from a hologram aboard an alien ship who claims that his organic crewmates are dead. Naturally, the Doctor takes a particular interest in this away mission and visits the ship along with Torres. The hologram is a nervous wreck with a great deal of hostility toward organic life forms, which manifests itself in a conversation B'elanna. On Voyager, Seven of Nine is assigned to help Harry with a new project, and Harry goes from dreading her company to seeing her as viable female companionship, although the former Borg is only confused by his flirtations (and scares him with her own direct approach to human relationships). If the Doctor can escape his fellow hologram's murderous obsession, Harry may need his help if Seven of Nine gets her hands on him.

 

#74 THE RAVEN

Teleplay by Bryan Fuller

Story by Bryan Fuller and Harry Doc Kloor

Directed by LeVar Burton

Guest Stars: Richard J. Zobel Jr. (Chancellor Gorman), Mickey Cottrell (Bomar Assistant), David Anthony Marshall (Father), Nikki Tyler (Mother), Erica Lynne Bryan (Little Girl), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Airdate 10/08/97

Stardate not given

Seven of Nine has been experiencing vague visions about the Borg, including the rather incongruous image of a shrieking raven inside a Borg ship. While Seven tries to deal with these disturbing episodes, Janeway opens negotiations with the somewhat paranoid Bomar race, who only offer the Voyager crew a long, convoluted path through their territory. The talks with the Bomar are made even more difficult when Seven of Nine's Borg nature resurfaces and, after threatening to assimilate Neelix and forcing her way into a shuttle, she escapes and flies right into Bomar space. The Bomar consider Seven's unplanned journey - and Janeway's plans for a rescue mission - to be hostile actions, but nothing can stop a Borg drone when it is receiving a homing signal to rejoin the Borg collective.

 

#75 SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Written by Sherry Klein & Harry Doc Kloor

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Annette Helde (Takar), Rosemary Forsyth (Alzen)

Airdate 10/29/97

The crew begins to exhibit strange medical symptoms and the Borg, Seven of Nine, soon discovers the cause.

 

#76 YEAR OF HELL, PART I

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Allan Kroeker

Guest Stars: John Loprieno (Obrist), Peter Slutsker (Krenim Commandant), Rick Fitts (Zahl), Deborah Levin (Ensign Lang), Sue Henley (Ensign Brooks), Kurtwood Smith (Annorax)

Airdate 11/05/97

Distressed at the loss of his family and an entire colony of his people by a hostile alien enemy, Krenim leader, Annorax, has mastered time manipulation and can obliterate history, making entire lifeforms and civilizations cease to have ever existed. In this way, he hopes to restore his loved ones by erasing the enemy that caused their deaths. His well-calculated plans are thwarted by the incursion of the U.S.S. Voyager. Captain Janeway and her crew come between Annorax and his plans, for which it seems he will make good on his promise to destroy the starship.

 

#77 YEAR OF HELL, PART II

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Mike Vejar

Guest Stars: John Loprieno (Obrist), Peter Slutsker (Krenim Commandant), Rick Fitts (Zahl), Deborah Levin (Ensign Lang), Sue Henley (Ensign Brooks), Kurtwood Smith (Annorax)

Airdate 11/12/97

A crippled U.S.S. Voyager, structurally weakened and shattered beyond operation, hides from the pursuing Krenim weapon-ship, in the conclusion of a two part story. Most of the crew has abandoned the U.S.S. Voyager, leaving only a skeletal staff and the determined Captain Janeway on-board. With whole segments of the proud starship missing, and life-support systems failing, Captain Janeway is adamant about defeating the Krenim or going down with her ship.

 

#78 RANDOM THOUGHTS

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: Gwynth Walsh (Nimira), Wayne Pere (Guill), Rebecca McFarland (Talli), Jeanette Miller (the woman), Ted Barba (Malin), Bobby Burns (Frane)

Airdate 11/19/97

A visit to the homeworld of the Mari, a race of telepathic beings, gives the U.S.S. Voyager crew a chance for some much-deserved "shore-leave." However, these beings, who have forbidden violent thoughts as well as actions have B'Elanna Torres arrested for involuntarily thinking of an angry retaliation to an incident. Tuvok becomes involved in her case and makes a startling discovery about the Mari.

 

#79 CONCERNING FLIGHT

Written by Jimmy Diggs & Joe Menosky

Teleplay Written by Joe Menosky

Directed by Jesus Salvador

Guest Stars: John Vargas (Tau), Don Pugsley (alien visitor), John Rhys-Davies (Leonardo da Vinci)

Airdate 11/26/97

Small and nimble alien spacecraft attack the U.S.S. Voyager, using high energy transports to break through the ship's shields, scan its contents and pluck off valuable equipment. Janeway and Tuvok beam down to the pirates' homeworld in search of the ship's main computer. To their surprise, they find Janeway's holographic Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes an essential part of their plans to retrieve the goods and leads them to the pirate king, Tau.

 

#80 MORTAIL COIL

Teleplay Written by Bryan Fuller

Directed by Allan Kroeker

Guest Stars: Nancy Hower (Ensign Wildman), Brooke Ashley Stephens (Naomi), Robin Stapler (Alixia)

Airdate 12/17/97

Neelix is preparing a shipboard feast on the eve of Prixin, the Talaxian celebration of family, when he is asked by Chakotay to join him and Paris on a shuttle mission. Neelix is all too glad to help, but the assignment proves to be fatal for him. Upon the shuttle's return to the U.S.S. Voyager, Seven of Nine, citing Neelix's diverse functions within the crew, applies Borg technology to reactivate him. Alive and shaken by his death, Neelix questions his assumptions about life -- and the promised afterlife -- as the Prixin festivities commence.

 

#81 WAKING MOMENTS

Directed by Alexander Singer

Teleplay by Andre Bormanis & Kenneth Biller

Guest Stars: Mark Colson (the Dream Alien), Jennifer Grundy (Ensign)

Airdate 1/14/98

The Voyager crew is attacked by a species who occupy a parallel reality in the human dreamstate. Only Chakotay, with his native knowledge of waking dreams, knows how to lead a counterattack.

 

#82 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Directed by Nancy Malone

Guest Stars: Andy Dick (EMH-2), Judson Scott (Rekar), Valerie Wildman (Nevala), Tiny Ron (Idrin), Tony Sears (Starfleet officer)

Airdate 1/21/98

In an attempt to communicate with Starfleet, The Doctor is transmitted thousands of light years to an experimental prototype Starfleet vessel overrun by Romulans.

 

#83 "HUNTERS"

Teleplay by Jeri Taylor

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Tiny Ron as Alpha-Hirogen, Roger Morrissey as Beta-Hirogen

Airdate 2/11/98

Miraculously, the ship begins receiving messages, transmitted across the vast distances over the same relay system, from relieved family and friends back home. Voyager's crew is elated to finally hear from loved ones after so many years. However, for Captain Janeway and others, their joy is tempered by bittersweet news.

Many messages are still being held at the module. Voyager proceeds to the alien craft to attempt retrieval of the remaining transmissions. Tuvok and Seven of Nine are ordered to board a shuttle and inspect the craft. Before they can, however, they are captured, beamed aboard an alien vessel and trussed-up like animals as a rude introduction to the Hirogen, a hostile, alien race of hunters. Living for the thrill of the hunt, the Hirogens have targeted Voyager's crew as prey in their latest game.

 

#84 "PREY"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Directed by Allan Eastman

Guest Stars: Tiny Todd as Alpha-Hirogen, Clint Carmichael as the Hirogen Hunter

Airdate 2/18/98

Voyager encounters a Hirogen ship, adrift, with a critically wounded Hirogen hunter on board. Janeway orders that the alien be beamed into Voyager's sickbay, despite Seven of Nine's warnings that the formidable Hirogen would regard the crew as no more than prey to be hunted and killed. Janeway disavows her concern and brings the Hirogen onboard. His presence brings even greater danger when the creature that he has been hunting across space -- species 8247, lethal even to the Borg -- boards Voyager.

 

#85 "RETROSPECT"

Original air date: 2/25/98

Written by: Bryan Fuller & Lisa Klink (Teleplay);
Andrew Shepard Price & Mark Gaberman (Story)
Directed by: Jesus Salvador Trevino

Guest Stars: Michael Horton as Kovin, Adrian Sparks as the Magistrate, Michelle Agnew as Scharn

Seven of Nine experiences repressed memories as she encounters an alien arms merchant.

 

#86 "THE KILLING GAME, PART I"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Danny Goldring as the Alpha Hirogen, Mark Metcalf as the Hirogen Medic, Mark Deakins as the Hirogen SS Officer, J. Paul Boehmer as the Kapitan, Paul Eckstein as the young Hirogen, Peter Hendrixson as the Klingon

Airdate 3/4/98 (both aired on the same night)

Having invaded Voyager and discovered the many uses of the Holodeck, Hirogen hunters have been playing a deadly game with Voyager crew members, putting them through various scenarios in which they are being hunted down as prey. One of the scenarios takes place in occupied France, with the Hirogen as Nazi SS Officers chasing down Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, Tuvok and Torres as members of the French Resistance.

 

#87 "THE KILLING GAME. PART II"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Victor Lobl

Guest Stars: Danny Goldring as the Alpha Hirogen, Mark Metcalf as the Hirogen Medic, Mark Deakins as the Hirogen SS Officer, J. Paul Boehmer as the Kapitan, Paul Eckstein as the young Hirogen, Peter Hendrixson as the Klingon

Airdate 3/4/98 (both aired on the same night)

Implanted with subdermal transmitters, the crewmembers have no knowledge that they have identities beyond the characters they are playing. Only the Doctor, forced to mend the steady stream of wounded crewmembers to sick bay, is conscious of the invaders. He soon figures out a way to disengage Janeway and Seven of Nine, who then must begin to figure out how to defeat the Hirogen at their own game.

 

#88 "VIS-A-VIS"

Written by: Robert J. Doherty
Directed by: Jesus Salvador Trevino

Guest Stars: Dan Butler as Steth, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Daelen

Original air date: 4/01/98

Voyager comes to the aid of an alien, Steth, who claims to be the test pilot of a new spacecraft that has run into trouble. Paris, who has become weary of being on the Voyager volunteers to help him repair his ship. However, Steth is able to copy Paris's DNA and swaps physical appearances with him. Paris is then left behind in Steth's ship while the imposter takes over his duties at the helm and leaves the real Paris behind. It isn't long before "Steth" is confronted by Daelen, another alien who is seeking her original form. Back on the Voyager, Janeway suspects something is wrong, but Steth assumes her appearance and takes command.

 

#89 "THE OMEGA DIRECTIVE"
Written by: Lisa Klink (Teleplay);
Jimmy Diggs & Steve J. Kay (Story)
Directed by: Victor Lobl

Guest Stars: Jeff Austin as Allos, Kevin McCorkle as the alien captain, Majel Barrett as Computer Voice

Original air date: 4/15/98

Captain Janeway leads Voyager on a mission to destroy a deadly, unstable substance.

 

#90 "UNFORGETTABLE"

Written by: Greg Elliot & Michael Perricone

Directed by: Andrew J. Robinson

Guest Stars: Virginia Madsen as Kellin, Michael Canavan as Curneth

Airdate 4/22/98

Stardate?

Chakotay is captivated by a beautiful female alien who claims they've met before and were in love.

 

#91 "LIVING WITNESS"

Teleplay by: Bryan Fuller and Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Story by Brannon Braga

Directed by: Tim Russ

Guest Stars: Henry Woronicz as Quarren, Rod Arrants as Daleth, Craig Richard Nelson as the Vaskan Arbiter, Marie Chambers as the Kyrian Arbiter, Brian Fitzpatrick as Tedran, Morgan H. Margolis as the Vaskan visitor, Mary Anne McGarry as Tabris, Timothy Davis-Reed as Kyrian Spectator

Airdate 4/29/98

Stardtate ?

Seven hundred years after encountering two warring species, The Doctor testifies as the sole witness in a war crimes trial.

   

#92 "DEMON"

Originally Titled: "Demon Rock"

Story by Andre Bormanis

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directrd by Anson Williams

Guest Stars: Alexander Enberg as Vorik

Airdate Date: 5/6/98

Stardate ?

With fuel dwindling to nothing, the U.S.S. Voyager lands on a "demon" planet--so-called because its environment is toxic to human life--to collect from its vast deuterium lode. Both Tom Paris and Harry Kim are suited up in protective gear and sent out to collect the precious deuterium, but return without their protective suits. Instead, it is now the U.S.S. Voyager's environment that is poisonous to them.

 

#93 "ONE"

Written by: Jeri Taylor
Directed by: Kenneth Biller

Guest Stars: Wade Williams as Trajis Lo-Tarik

Original air date: 5/13/98

Once part of a vast collective, Seven of Nine experiences ultimate loneliness.

 

#94 "HOPE AND FEAR"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars Ray Wise as Arturis, Jack Shearer as Admiral Hayes

Original air date: 5/20/98

Stardate 51978.2

An alien passenger brings a message that makes Earth seem just within reach.

 

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#95 "NIGHT"
Written by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: Ken Magee as Emck, Steven Dennis as Night Alien, Martin Rayner as Dr. Chaotica
Airdate 10/14/98
Stardate 52081.2
The crew of the USS Voyager is unsettled as a secluded and conflicted Captain Janeway reflects on the decision she's made along the mission and the consequences those judgements have had for them all. But soon the team of the USS Voyager encounters two never before seen alien species - a nocturnal alien and its foe, the Malon - and knows that one will not survive without their intervention. Knowing that coming to their aid makes a detour through dark, desolate space necessary, the captain alone must once again determine her crew's fate.

#96 "DRONE"
Teleplay by Brian Fuller, Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Story by Bryan Fuller and Harry Doc Kloor
Directed by Les Landau
Guest Stars: J. Paul Boehmer as Drone, Todd Babcock as Lt. Mulchaey
Airdate 10/21/98
Stardate Unknown
There's a sudden emergence of a dangerous new lifeform aboard the USS Voyager - a Superborg - after The Doctor's 29th century mobile emitter technology mysteriously fuses with Seven of Nine's Borg nanoprobes. An advanced male Drone is "born" and awaits instruction from the Collective. Also, debuting in this episode is "The Adventures of Captain Proton," Tom Paris' retro-Holodeck program that depicts him as a kitschy 1930's space hero.

#97 "EXTREME RISK"
Story By: Bryan Fuller & Harry Doc Kloor
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller, Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
Directed by Les Landau
Guest Stars:
Airdate 10/28/98
Stardate Unknown
Torres' crewmates are alarmed when she repeatedly engages in reckless activity including orbital skydiving. Meanwhile, after the USS Voyager directs its probe into a hazardous atmosphere, protecting it from a Malon freighter, Lt. Paris launches a newly constructed, all environment shuttlecraft, to retrieve it. A new Starfleet vessel, the Delta Flyer, features an ultra-aerodynamic design with a Borg-inspired weapons system. Originally designed by Tom Paris as a warp-powered, ultra-responsive, twenty-fourth century "hot rod," it has traditional Starfleet design elements and some completely unique features - the result of the crew's diverse backgrounds.

#98 "IN THE FLESH"
Teleplay by Nicholas Sagan
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: Ray Walston as Boothby, Kate Vernon as Archer, Zach Galligan as Ensign Gentry, Tucker Smallwood as Admiral Bullock
Airdate 11/04/98
Stardate Unknown
The USS Voyager discovers that Species 8472 has created a habitat simulation of Starfleet's San Francisco Yards, and are training their own to pose as humans to eventually invade Earth.

#99 "ONCE UPON A TIME"
Written by Michael Taylor
Directed by John Kretchmer
Guest Stars: Nancy Hower as Ensign Samantha Wildman, Scarlett Powmers as Naomi Wildman, Wallace Langham
Airdate 11/11/98
Stardate Unknown
As the U.S.S. Voyager searches for the crash-landed Delta Flyer and its crew, Lt. Paris, Tuvok, Ensign Samantha Wildman and Neelix help the littlest crewmember, Naomi Wildman, cope without her mother. Together, they are kept occupied by the odd character's in Naomi's storybook holonovel, the classic Adventures of Flotter, but Neelix soon decides that a starship is no place for a child.

#100 "TIMELESS"
Written by Jeri Taylor & Joe Menosky
Directed by LeVar Burton
Guest Stars: LeVar Burton as Captain LaForge
Airdate 11/18/98
Stardate Unknown
"Timeless" - Fifteen years after the Starship U.S.S. Voyager crashes into a desolate ice planet, Commander Chakotay and former Ensign Harry Kim, sole survivors of the tragedy, steal the Delta Flyer from a Federation shipyard and return to Voyager's frozen hull. Aided by Chakotay's striking love interest, Lieutenant Tessa Omond, Chakotay and Kim are hotly pursued fugitives with hope that somewhere embedded beneath the ice, they'll retrieve the only tools they believe can change the fate of their long-dead fellow crew members.

#101 "INFINITE REGRESS"
Teleplay by Robert J. Doherty
Written by Robert J. Doherty & Jimmy Diggs
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: Scarlett Powmers as Naomi Wildman, Neil Maffin as Ven, Erica Mer as Human Girl
Airdate 11/25/98
Stardate Unknown
Mysteriously, the U.S.S. Voyager comes upon a floating Borg Vinculum - a device that interconnects Drone's minds aboard a Borg vessel - which swiftly causes Seven of Nine to manifest personalities other than her own including that of a Klingon warrior, a Ferengi, and a six-year-old human girl. Janeway is crushed to learn that before Tuvok, The Doctor and she can intervene, Seven may be completely lost.

#102 "NOTHING HUMAN"
Written by Jeri Taylor
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Star: David Clennon as Dr. Crell Moset
Airdate 12/02/98
Stardate Unknown
After Torres is stricken by a bizarre, injured alien that latches itself onto her body, The Doctor creates another holographic physician, a Cardassian exobiologist named Dr. Crell Moset, to save her life. But Torres refuses treatment when it's learned that the physician engaged in unethical wartime medical practices.

#103 "THIRTY DAYS"
Written by Scott Miller and Kenneth Biller
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Stars: Willie Garson as Riga, Benjamin Livingston as Perfect, Heidi Kramer as Megan Delaney, Alissa Kramer as Jenny Delaney
Airdate 12/09/98
Stardate 52179.4
The oft-mentioned but never-before-seen bright, beautiful and fun-loving twin Starfleet Officers, Jenny and Megan Delaney, are finally featured both in their official capacities aboard ship and on the Holodeck as Lieutenant Tom Paris lives out his superhero fantasy in "The Adventures of Captain Proton." Jenny's more self-confident and outgoing than the somewhat timid Megan.

#104 "COUNTERPOINT"
Teleplay by Les Landau
Directed by Michael Taylor
Guest Stars: Mark Harelik as Kashyk, Randy Oglesby as Kir, Patrick McCormack as Prax, Alexander Enberg as Vorik, Randy Lowell as Torat, Jake Sakson as Adar
Airdate 12/16/98
Stardate Unknown
As the U.S.S. Voyager rescues two families of telepathic alien refugees from the Devore Imperium, they are intercepted by a Devore squadron and boarded by inspectors searching for the defectors. Soon Kashyk, the lead Devore officer pleads with Janeway to grant him asylum.

#105 "LATENT IMAGE"
Story by Eileen Connors
Screenplay by Joe Menosky
Directed by Mike Vejar
Guest Stars: Nancy Bell as Ensign Jetal
Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman
Airdate 01/20/99
Stardate Unknown
While employing his holo-imaging device, The Doctor discovers that his short term memory buffer has been tampered with and fervently initiates an investigation to find the person or thing responsible for the corruption.

#106 "BRIDE OF CHAOTICA"
Story by Bryan Fuller
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller & Michael Taylor
Directed by Allan Kroeker
Guest Stars: Martin Rayner as Dr. Chaotica, Nicholas Worh as Lonzak, Jim Krestalude as Alien #1, Tarik Ergin as Robot
Airdate 01/ 27/99
Stardate Unknown
Armed conflict erupts when aliens from the Fifth Dimension mistake Lieutenant Paris' "Captain Proton" holographic novel for reality. The aliens consider the novel's main character, the evil Dr. Chaotica, to be a threat so they knock the U.S.S. Voyager's controls off-line. Janeway is forced to assume the role of the story's powerful Arachnia, Queen of the Spider People, and infiltrate Chaotica's Fortress of Doom. Meanwhile, The Doctor takes on the role of the novel's President of Earth to help the aliens defeat Chaotica.

#107 "GRAVITY"
Story by Jimmy Diggs
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller & Nick Sagan
Directed by Terry Windell
Guest Stars: Lori Petty as Noss, Leroy D. Brazile as Young Tuvok, Paul Eckstein as Yost, Joseph Ruskin as Vulcan Master
Airdate 02/03/99
Stardate Unknown
A shuttle carrying Tuvok, Paris and The Doctor disappears into a collapsing sinkhole and crash lands on a deserted wasteland. While the U.S.S. Voyager tries to rescue them from this risky area of space, the away team befriends Noss, an exotic alien woman who's also trapped on the planet. Soon, she falls in love with Tuvok and although it's illogical for a Vulcan, he finds himself attracted to her too.

#108 "BLISS"
Story by Bill Prady
Teleplay by Robert J. Doherty
Directed by Cliff Bole
Guest Stars: Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman, W. Morgan Sheppard as Qatai
Airdate: 02/ 10/99
Stardate Unknown
Finally, after five long years, an exhilarated crew of the U.S.S. Voyager finds a wormhole that will bring them back to the Alpha Quadrant. As the happy crew prepares to return to Earth, a skeptical Seven of Nine violates captain's orders and enlists The Doctor, little Naomi Wildman and an alien pilot, Qatai, to help her stop the ship from entering the wormhole.

#109 & #110 "DARK FRONTIER, PARTS I AND II"
Written by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
Part I Directed by Cliff Bole
Part II Directed by Terry Windel
Guest Stars: Susanna Thompson as Borg Queen, Kirk Bailey as Magnus Hansen, Laura Stepp as Erin Hansen, Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman, Katelin Petersen as Annika Hansen, Eric Cadora as the alien
Airdate: 02/17/99
Stardate Unknown
After defeating a Borg vessel, Janeway launches an ambitious plan to steal a piece of Borg technology that could get the U.S.S. Voyager home. When the Borg detect her plan, they swiftly access Seven of Nine's neural transceiver and make her an "offer" she can't refuse -- rejoin the Borg collective or the U.S.S. Voyager and it's crew will be assimilated. Janeway must confront the Borg in their own vessel in order to rescue Seven, risking a possibly devastating confrontation with the Borg Queen!

#111 "THE DISEASE"
Story By Kenneth Biller
Teleplay by Michael Taylor
Written by Kenneth Biller
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: Musetta Vander as Tal, Charles Rocket as Jippeq
Airdate: 02/24/99
Stardate Unknown
Without Starfleet medical clearance and in violation of interspecies protocol, Ensign Harry Kim has a passionate love affair with an exotic alien explorer, Derran Tal of the Varro species. But the escapade puts both the Voyager crew and the Varro species in Jeopardy when Kim and Tal become biochemically interdependent.

#112 "COURSE - OBLIVION"
Story By Bryan Fuller
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller & Nick Sagan
Directed by Anson Williams
Airdate: 03/3/99
Stardate Unknown
Lieutenants Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres tie the knot but their holographic honeymoon is cut short by a phenomenon that breaks down the U.S.S. Voyager's infrastructure and disintegrates not only the ship but the crew.

#113 "THE FIGHT"
Story By Michael Taylor
Teleplay by Joe Menosky
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Stars: Ray Walston as Boothby, Carlos Palomino as the Boxer Ned Romero as Great Grandfather
Airdate: 03/24/99
Stardate Unknown
While the ship is caught in Chaotic Space, a zone where the laws of physics are in a state of flux, Commander Chakotay believes he's a 24th century boxer, The Maquis Mauler. Before long, he's going head to head with the Delta Quadrant's champion, Kid Chaos.

#114 "THINK TANK"
Story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga
Teleplay by Michael Taylor
Directed by Terrence O'Hara
Guest Stars: Jason Alexander as Kurros, Jason Alexander as Kurros, Christopher Darga as Y'Sek, Christopher Shea as Saowin, Steve Dennis as Fennim
Airdate 03/31/99
Stardate Unknown
In the midst of a clash with the Hazari bounty hunters, Janeway is offered assistance from a "think tank," a small yet exotic alien ship containing disparate life forms, each able to communicate telepathically. Their spokesperson, Kurros, offers to help solve the dilemma with the Hazari, only in exchange for Seven of Nine as payment. When Seven declines their "offer," the think tank focuses on taking her by force.

#115 "JUGGERNAUT"
Story By Bryan Fuller
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller and Nick Sagan
Directed by Allan Kroeker
Guest Stars: Ron Canada as Fesek, Lee Arenberg as Pelk, Scott Klace as Dremk, Alexander Enberg as Malon 3
Airdate 04/26/99
Stardate Unknown
The U.S.S. Voyager rescues two crewmen from an abandoned, out of control Malon freighter that's about to unleash a theta radiation blast into the sector. Soon, Lieutenant Torres leads an away team to board the freighter and contain the poison - despite warnings from its crewman, Fesek and Pelk, about the Angel of Decay that wreaks havoc aboard the cargo ship.

#116 "SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME"
Story by Brannon Braga
Teleplay by Michael Taylor and Kenneth Biller
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
Guest Stars: Scott Thompson as Tomin, Brian McNamara as Jack Lansing, Ian Ambercrombie as Abbot, David Burke as the regular guy
Airdate 04/28/99
Stardate Unknown
To broaden her knowledge of human behavior, Seven of Nine gets lessons from The Doctor on socializing and dating rituals. When they enter a holodeck simulation in Sandrine's nightclub, Seven not only learns the art of small talk, but how to slow dance and sing a song. Eventually, she makes a date with Lieutenant Lansing but it's The Doctor who falls in love with Seven. Meanwhile, during a tour to help facilitate a trade agreement with the monastic Kadi colony, Neelix unwittingly provides their ambassador, Tomin, with forbidden food an drink.

#117 "11:59"
Written by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
Teleplay by Joe Menosky
Directed by Ron Surma
Guest Stars: Kevin Tighe as Henry, Bradley Pierce as Jason, John Carroll Lynch as Moss
Airdate 05/05/99
Stardate Unknown
Janeways interest in her great great great great great grandmother, prompts an investigation into her ancestors role in 'The Millenium Gate' which was built in the year 2001.

#118 "RELATIVITY"
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan and Michael Taylor
Story by Nick Sagan
Directed by Nick Sagan
Guest Stars: Bruce McGill as Captain Braxton, Dakin Matthews as Admiral Patterson, Jay Karnes as Lieutenant Ducane
Airdate 05/12/99
Stardate Unknown
In an episode that revisits Janeway's first day aboard the U.S.S. Voyager and then fast forwards 500 years beyond it when her ship is destroyed, Captain Braxton of the 29th century Federation Timeship Relativity contacts Seven of Nine to go back in time to solve the mystery of who planted the "temporal disrupter" which ultimately destroyed the U.S.S. Voyager. But when the new starship captain, Janeway, catches the mysterious Seven aboard the brand new U.S.S. Voyager, she detains her, an interference that could contaminate the time-line.

#119 "WARHEAD"
Story by Brannon Braga
Teleplay by Michael Taylor and Kenneth Biller
Directed by John Kretchmer
Guest Stars: McKenzie Westmore as Ensign Jenkins
Airdate 05/19/99
Stardate Unknown
After the U.S.S. Voyager receives a distress signal from an alien missile, Ensign Kim, Torres and The Doctor determine that it's a complex, damaged weapon with artificial intelligence and sentient consciousness. But when they beam this mysterious device aboard, it interlinks with The Doctor's program and through him, insists the U.S.S. Voyager enable it to fulfill its mission of mass destruction.

#120 "EQUINOX"
Teleplay By Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
Written By Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: John Savage as Captain Ransom, Titus Welliver as Burke, Olivia Birkelund as Gilmore, Rick Worthy as Lessing, Scarlett Pomers as Naomi, Steve Dennis as crew member
Airdate 05/26/99
Stardate Unknown
The U.S.S. Voyager finds another Federation starship lost in the Delta Quadrant, the science vessel U.S.S. Equinox, and helps it stave off an attack by creatures from another spatial realm. Captain Janeway now has a kindred spirit in its commander, Captain John Ransom, and helps him salvage his war-torn vessel so they can journey home together. But when The Doctor retrieves data from the U.S.S. Equinox research lab, Janeway learns the hard truth that Captain Ransom has seriously violated the Starfleet oath by commiting mass murder in the Delta Quadrant. When she strips him of his command and confines him to quarters, he and his crew manage to escape with the U.S.S. Voyager's advanced technology - and The Doctor and Seven of Nine as hostages aboard their ship To be continued ...

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#121 “EQUINOX, PART II
Story by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: John Savage as Captain Ransom, Titus Welliver as Burke, Olivia Birkelund as Gilmore, Rick Worthy as Lessing, Scarlett Pomers as Naomi, Steve Dennis as crew member
Airdate 09/22/99
Stardate Unknown
Conclusion to last year's cliffhanger, which had Janeway attacked by one of the aliens. Janeway goes on a hunt for the U.S.S. Equinox who has gone against everything they, and the Federation taught her. Seven and The Doctor are hostages on board the Equinox, and must devise a plan to escape. In this episode, Janeway goes nearly to the point of insanity, and Chakotay almost instigates a mutiny. Janeway disregards all advice and becomes quite separated from her friends. Evil Doctor, swapped at the end of Part 1, continues in Voyager's sickbay, and the crew are unaware that he his programmed to inflict harm on them. Our Doctor, captured on the Equinox, has his ethical subroutines removed, and is ordered to perform surgical procedures on Seven of Nine. In an almost "Silence of the Lambs" sequence, he whistles country and western tunes as he removes parts of Seven's face and implants...At the end, members of the Equinox crew join Voyager's journey home. Our Doctor has his subroutines put back, and returns to sickbay on Voyager and deletes Evil Doctor. The crew from the Equinox will have to re-adjust to "ethical" lives if they want to remain a part of Voyager's family. The final scene is Janeway and Chaoktay picking up Voyager's dedication plaque and putting back on the wall.

#122 "SURVIVAL INSTINCT"
Written by Ron Moore
Directed by Terry Windell
Guest Stars: Scarlett Pomers as Naomi, Vaughn Armstrong as Two of Nine, Bertila Damas as Three of Nine, Tim Kelleher as Four of Nine, Jonathan Breck as The Dying Borg
Airdate 09/29/99
Stardate 53049.2
In this episode, Seven of Nine is confronted with her past as a Borg. She has several flashbacks when other members from the group of nine arrive on the ship. Voyager is docked at the Markonian Outpost Space Station. Captain Janeway announces to the crew that the doors have been opened for anyone to visit. Seven of Nine and Naomi go to lunch together in the Mess Hall where numerous alien visitors surround them. A man approaches Seven of Nine and puts his briefcase-sized container on a table. When Seven of Nine notices the Borg equipment, she bolts up. Suddenly, Seven of Nine begins to experience memory flashbacks from her past as a Borg. The items turn out to be Borg relays from Seven of Nine's original unimatrix. The man offers them to Seven of Nine, but when he speaks it seems that his words are not his own and are instead chosen for him. Seven of Nine accepts the Borg relays and she tells the man that Captain Janeway will compensate him. As the man walks away, he communicates telepathically with two others, telling them to prepare to penetrate Voyager's security systems. Seven of Nine brings the Borg relays to Torres for her evaluation. Seven of Nine tells her how the items triggered visual images, sense memories, sounds and smells. Torres suggests that Seven of Nine was experiencing nostalgia when she first saw the relays. However, Seven of Nine insists that she isn't having any feelings whatsoever about the past. Seven of Nine leaves the relays for computer analysis. Just as she returns to her alcove to regenerate, the Borg relays begin to emit a soft beeping. Next, three Borg (the first is the man who brought Seven of Nine the Borg relays) enter Seven of Nine's alcove. Two assimilation tubes appear from one of the Borg's arms and begin to penetrate Seven's neck. Seven of Nine unconsciously becomes aware of their presence and when she opens her eyes she begins to fight them. Suddenly, Tuvok and the Security team's phaser fire hit the three Borg and they crumple to the deck. Seven identifies the three as Two of Nine, Three of Nine, and Four of Nine. They were all once members of the same unimatrix, but Seven of Nine has no idea why they were trying to access her memories. The three Borg tell Captain Janeway that their goal was to break their telepathic link and become individuals. Apparently, Seven of Nine and the other three Borg were the only survivors of a vessel crash eight years earlier. However, when they were reassimilated into the Collective, the three were somehow linked together permanently. When the three finally escaped, they had their implants removed but they couldn't break the telepathic link between them. They were hoping that Seven of Nine remembered what happened to them. Seven of Nine suggests linking her neurally to the three Borgs, in order for them to find the truth. Unfortunately, there is the possibility that she becomes trapped in the neural link. Despite the risks involved, Seven of Nine decides to go ahead. When Seven of Nine's neural link is connected to the Borgs, they discover that Seven of Nine was the one who reassimilated them. The Doctor then breaks the neural link between Seven of Nine and the other three Borg. As a result of the process, the three Borg damage their brains, which sends them into a comatose state. The Borg will only survive for a month unless they are reassimilated into the Collective. Initially, Seven of Nine decides that their survival is the most important. However, after she talks with Chakotay, she decides that by removing their neural implants, they will be able to live as individuals for a short time. When the three wake up, they begin to make separate plans for their brief, yet individual futures.

#123 “BARGE OF THE DEAD”
Story by Ron Moore & Bryan Fuller
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller
Directed by Mike Vejar
Guest Stars: Eric Pierpoint as Kotar, Sherman Augustus as Hij'Qa, Karen Austin as Miral, John Kenton Shull as Brok'Tan
Airdate 10/06/99
Stardate Unknown
After a near-death experience, B'Elanna Torres embarks on a journey to Klingon hell to restore her mother's honor. Her mythological adventure leads her to the "Barge of the Dead" where damned souls are transported to hell. There, B'Elanna must outwit the demons of the Klingon underworld to save herself and her mother's soul. B'Elanna's shuttle runs into an ion storm upon her revenge to Voyager. As the shuttle hits the deck, she is thrown forward and hits her head. She is diagnosed with a mild concussion and she retreats to her quarters to rest. Chakotay brings her a metal slat with a Klingon insignia that was found attached to the rear of the shuttle. B'Elanna puts the object down on her table and she notices that blood begins to pool out of it. She also hears haunting screams and otherworldly cries of pain radiating from the artifact. Tuvok suggests that she was experiencing a subconscious manifestation of her hatred of her Klingon heritage. Neelix decides to throw a party to celebrate the discovery of an object from Voyager's Alpha Quadrant. Just as B'Elanna is to say a few words, a group of Klingons appears and kills Captain Janeway. No one else sees what is happening and as B'Elanna tries to escape, she too is attacked. B'Elanna finds herself lying on the deck of a Klingon ship. A Klingon approaches her and holds a branding iron to her cheek. However, it doesn't embed the Klingon emblem since she is only half Klingon. A Klingon male named Brok'tan tells her that she is on the Barge of the Dead traveling to Gre'thor, or Klingon Hell, where dishonored souls are taken. Next, it is announced that another dishonored soul has been delivered. B'Elanna is completely shocked to find that it is her mother, Miral. Suddenly, B'Elanna wakes up in the Sickbay. Apparently, she was in a coma after her shuttle was caught in the vicious ion storm. B'Elanna tells Chakotay that she thinks she died and was on the Barge of the Dead. Later, after reading old Klingon scrolls, she tells Paris that she sent her mother to the Barge because of her dishonor. B'Elanna believes that she can save her mother before she passes through the gates of hell by restoring the honor that was lost. B'Elanna has a difficult time convincing Captain Janeway to alter her vital signs. Janeway only gives her one-hour to accomplish this task. B'Elanna loses consciousness and finds herself back on the Barge of the Dead. Brok'tan will help B'Elanna get to her mother by distracting the guards. Initially, Miral believes that her daughter is only an illusion. B'Elanna finally convinces her mother that she can save her from Klingon hell and send her to Sto-Vo-Kor. After performing the ancient Klingon ritual, B'Elanna and Miral and disappointed with the failed results. B'Elanna's only other option is to die for Miral and take her place in hell. B'Elanna agrees and Miral is taken up towards the sky to Sto-Vo-Kor. The gates of Gre'thor open ahead of the Barge and B'Elanna is lead to her own hell aboard Voyager. Suddenly, Miral appears to B'Elanna and tells her daughter that freeing herself can save her. All B'Elanna has to do is live with honor and discipline, like a true Klingon. Suddenly, The Doctor begins to bring B'Elanna out of her comatose state. Miral tells B'Elanna that they will be reunited forever in Sto-Vo-Kor.

#124 “TINKER, TENOR, DOCTOR, SPY”
Story by Bill Vallely Teleplay By Joe Menosky
Directed by John Bruno
Guest Stars: Jay Legget as Phlox, Googy Gress as the Overlooker, Robert Greenberg as Devro
Airdate 10/13/99
Stardate Unknown
In this episode, The Doctor experiences several different daydreams when he incorporates cognitive projection into his own program. The Doctor is disappointed because he wanted to travel with the Away Team to an unknown planet. He therefore files a formal complaint with Captain Janeway, regarding poor treatment by the crew. He also requests to be made Emergency Command Hologram, or the new Captain, in the event of a catastrophic emergency. However, Janeway tells him that it just isn't possible. In one of his daydreams, the Voyager crew is sitting in a meeting when Torres begins to rub her foot up The Doctor's leg. In the next daydream sequence, The Doctor walks into a party celebrating his promotion as Emergency Command Hologram. In the meantime, an alien vessel tries to access Voyager's internal sensors. However, they are unable to get past its security encryption. One of the aliens named Phylox discovers that The Doctor is a computer program and he is able to watch everything that The Doctor is experiencing on Voyager, including his daydreams. Phylox discovers that Voyager is a lost vessel that is not from the Delta Quadrant. In The Doctor's next dream, Voyager is attacked by Borg. Tuvok and Chakotay begin to sprout Borg implants and Captain Janeway is killed by the attack. The Doctor immediately takes control and tells the computer to activate the Emergency Command Hologram. The Doctor's uniform magically changes to a command style. The new Captain instructs the release of his imaginary "photonic cannon," which destroys the Borg sphere. Phylox still doesn't know that what he is witnessing is only taking place in The Doctor's imagination. The aliens think that Captain Janeway was killed in the attack and that the hologram is now in command of the vessel. They begin to plan their attack. The Doctor tells Kim, Seven of Nine, and Torres that he is having cognitive projections or daydreams. However, because his algorithms are malfunctioning, he is daydreaming whether he wants to or not. As a result, he is randomly jumping from one daydream to the next. The crew is able to watch what The Doctor is experiencing. Captain Janeway is amazed when she sees The Doctor take command of Voyager. Meanwhile, Phylox realizes that he was only watching The Doctor's daydreams. He is afraid to tell his superiors because they don't tolerate mistakes very easily. Because Phylox feels that he has gotten to know The Doctor, he decides to transmit a simulacrum of himself into The Doctor's program and warn Voyager of the alien attack. In return for warning Voyager of the alien attack, Phylox asks The Doctor to pose as the Captain in order to trick his commanders. When the alien vessel hails Voyager, Captain Janeway tells The Doctor what to say. Just as the alien vessel orders a type four assault, The Doctor instructs Chakotay to activate Voyager's phony "photonic cannon." Phylox reminds his commanders how the "photonic cannon" easily destroyed the Borg. As a result, the alien vessel retreats.

#125 “ALICE”
Story by Juliann deLayne
Teleplay by Bryan Fuller & Michael Taylor
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: Claire Rankin as "Alice", John Fleck as Abaddon
Airdate 10/20/99
Stardate Unknown
During a stopover at a space junkyard, Tom Paris convinces Chakotay to purchase a sporty space shuttle which Paris then constantly labors over to repair its extensive technology - but he's oblivious that the craft has assumed a sexy female persona that influences his mind to suit her own dangerous agenda. Paris becomes addicted to "Alice," the loving name he bestows on the sleek shuttle that comes complete with an invasive personality capable of convincing him to cannabalize vital parts from the Voyager's systems to retrofit her own. In need of a pliant pilot to get to her destination, Alice tricks Paris into blasting off in the mini-ship while evading Janeway's desperate attempts to chase them.

#126 “RIDDLES”
Story by Andre Bormanis
Teleplay by Robert Doherty
Directed by Roxann Dawson
Guest Star: Mark Moses as Naroq
Airdate: 10/27/99
Stardate 53263.2
During negotiations with the Kesat government, Tuvok is zapped by a powerful energy force, suffers severe neurological trauma and emerges as a mere shell of his former self while Janeway searches for the mythical species responsible for the attack in hopes of finding a cure. While the optimistic Neelix keeps pushing to restore the mental prowess of the confused Tuvok, Janeway works with Naroq, a Kesat inspector, as they try to solve the enigma of the cloaking device used by the hostile Ba'Neth -- or "shadow people" --who seek Voyager's technical data. Even as the crew pursues the elusive Ba'Neth for a solution to Tuvok's misfortune, the suddenly vulnerable Vulcan discovers emotions he never could appreciate before.

#127 “DRAGON'S TEETH”
Written by Michael Taylor
Directed by Rick Kolbe
Guest Stars: Jeff Allin as Gedrin, Ron Fassler as Morin, Robert Knepper as Gaul, Bob Stillman as Turei, Mimi Craven as Jisa, Scarlett Pomers as Naomi
Airdate 11/10/99
Stardate 53167.9
Voyager suddenly begins to tremble. An enormous tunnel of energy filled with rushing debris and micrometeoroids surrounds the ship. Voyager is racing through some kind of subspace corridor. Suddenly, an alien vessel flies past the ship and hails them. The alien from the Turei vessel tells Voyager that they are traveling in their under-space. Captain Janeway insists that they stumbled there by accident and she asks the Turei to help them get out of it. The Turei ship is able to push them out of the subspace. According to Voyager's calculations, it traveled 200 light years in just 2 minutes. Captain Janeway asks the Turei if they could negotiate passage through their under-space, in hopes of returning home to the Alpha Quadrant. The Turei are not pleased with Captain Janeway's request and they tell Voyager to prepare to be boarded. Captain Janeway refuses and the Turei ships begin to power their weapons. A round of weapons fire rocks voyager. Their warp drive is down and shields are only operating at 60 percent. Captain Janeway leads Voyager to a hot planet with a dark, swirling atmosphere. As it begins its decent, the Turei back off. Voyager must land in order to repair its damage. As the ship moves closer to the planet, the crew notices a decimated and burnt-out megalopolis. Scans indicate that the civilization was destroyed from a bombardment of plasma-based weapons, 500 years earlier. Faint lifesigns are also detected in a chamber beneath the surface. Janeway, Seven of Nine and Chakotay head into the chamber and discover stasis pods which each contain some kind of lifeform. Apparently, each pod was programmed for only five years. However, since 500 years have passed, some kind of failure must have occurred. Without receiving Captain Janeway's permission, Seven of Nine activates one of the pod's reanimation sequences. The humanoid inside opens his eyes and is startled by the presence of the Voyager crew. His primary concern is to open up the other pod that is covered with dirt and debris. Unfortunately, he discovers that his wife didn't survive and he passes out. The humanoid wakes up in Sickbay and he identifies himself as Gedrin of Vaadwaur. He tells Janeway that the subspace corridors belonged to the Vaadwaurs. It took them centuries to map out and they used the tunnels for exploration. As a result, their enemies combined forces and launched an attack. The Vaadwaur designed the stasis network out of desperation in hopes of saving their culture. Again, the Turei begin to fire plasma charges from up above. Gedrin then remembers that the Vaadwaur have a satellite directly above the city. Voyager uses the satellite to get a lock on one of the Turei vessels and launches a torpedo. It is a direct hit and the remaining Turei ships move off. In exchange for subspace corridor passage, Voyager decides that it will help Gedrin and his people fight their way off the planet against the Turei. They wake up the rest of the Vaadwaur and reactivate their ships. Captain Janeway and Gedrin decide that while the Turei try to anticipate when Voyager will break for orbit, the Vaadwaur ships will head in the opposite direction. Then, Voyager will fire at the Turei and follow the Vaadwaur into the subspace corridor. However, the Vaadwaur decide that they will take over Voyager since they could survive comfortably aboard. In the meantime, Neelix is suspicious of the Vaadwaur and their true intentions. Captain Janeway also doesn't completely trust the Vaadwaur. Her skepticism is confirmed when the Vaadwaur vessels begin heading for Voyager instead of orbit. Voyager lifts off in hopes of escaping the Vaadwaur attacks. Gedrin tells Captain Janeway that he can stop the rest of the Vaadwaur by taking the remaining ships off-line. The Vaadwaur now have no choice except to retreat into a subspace corridor.

#128 “ONE SMALL STEP”
Written by Mike Wollaeger & Jessica Scott
Directed by Robert Picardo
Guest Star: Phil Morris as Lt. John Kelly
Airdate 11/17/99
Stardate 53292.7
An unidentified object closely follows Voyager. Seven of Nine identifies the phenomenon as a huge mass of subspace energy that is attracted to objects that emit electromagnetic energy. In order to avert the graviton ellipse, which travels through subspace, Voyager must cut power and reverse their shield polarity. After a successful aversion, Chakotay and Paris remind Captain Janeway of a similar phenomenon back in 2032, in which a rolling ball of deadly energy consumed a command module from one of the early Mars missions. Captain Janeway decides to launch a search for the missing U.S. spacecraft trapped inside the energy field. She instructs Seven to join both Chakotay and Paris, as they hunt for the legendary Ares Four, the command module from the first manned mission to Mars. Janeway hopes that Seven will develop an appreciation for studying the past. Before they leave on the Delta Flyer, Chakotay and Paris view NASA's footage, which recorded the last seconds of Lieutenant John Kelly's life within Ares Four. The Delta Flyer finally enters the mass of energy, but not before encountering excessive turbulence. Once inside, asteroid fragments and pieces of captured vessels come into its view. The exploratory crew has approximately five hours before the energy ball heads to another subspace. However, back on Voyager, Torres discovers that a dark matter asteroid is heading straight for the mass of energy. With only minutes to spare, Captain Janeway immediately instructs the Delta Flyer to break out. Chakotay goes against the Captain's orders and decides to try to bring the module back with them. Unfortunately, the weight of the Ares Four inhibits their swift escape, and the Delta Flyer is unable to make it out in time without being affected by the meteoroid’s impact. Chakotay has been knocked unconscious and the Delta Flyer is badly damaged. With their engines down and their shields off-line, Chakotay, Seven, and Paris now only have two hours before the mass of energy returns to subspace. Finally, Voyager is able to re-establish contact with the Delta Flyer. Seven is clearly dissatisfied with Chakotay and his decision to disobey the Captain's orders. After discussion with the Voyager crew, their only hope is to beam Seven over to the Ares Four to obtain its ion distributor in order to supply power for the Delta Flyer. Before Seven is beamed over to Ares Four, Chakotay asks her to download whatever she can from the module's database. Once inside the Ares Four, Seven enters the cockpit where she sees the body of John Kelly still strapped in his chair. Seven brings the main computer online, and a monitor immediately comes on which contains an active data file. Chakotay asks Seven if she could playback the video log entries for them. The video entries reveal that John Kelly was not killed on impact with the mass of energy. Instead, he lived for many more days until his life support system ran out. Due to power failure, the module was unable to escape. John Kelly saw other spacecraft within the mass and discovered before his death that the human race was not alone. Seven is successfully able to obtain the distributor. She also decides that she will beam John Kelly's body with her back to the Delta Flyer. With only minutes to spare, the power conversion is activated. Voyager gets as close as it can to the mass to help rescue the Delta Flyer as the ball begins to retreat into subspace. Luckily, the Delta Flyer makes it out just in time. Back on Voyager, Captain Janeway and the rest of the crew pay their respects to Lt. John Kelly and they release his body into space. Seven is able to acknowledge that John Kelly's contribution helped secure humanity's future.

#129 “THE VOYAGER CONSPIRACY“
Written by Joe Menosky
Directed by Terry Windell
Guest Stars: Albie Selznick as Tash, Scarlett Pomers as Naomi
Airdate 11/24/99
Stardate Unknown
When Voyager encounters an alien whose space "catapult" can speed them back home, a data-overloaded Seven of Nine causes chaos when she incites a civil war then divides the crew with secret allegations of treachery and insurrection. While Janeway debates accepting the use of an alien's technology that can cut their trip back to the Alpha Quadrant by years, an earnest Seven of Nine processes accompanying information and convinces Chakotay that the captain is sabotaging the true mission of Voyager. Likewise, she privately informs Janeway of a budding rebellion, mysteriously fanning flames that threaten to tear the ship apart.

#130 “PATHFINDER“
Written by David Zabel
Directed by Mike Vejar
Guest Stars: Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi™, Dwight Schultz as Barclay, Warren Munson as Admiral Paris
Airdate 12/01/99
Stardate Unknown
In this episode which takes place on Earth, Lieutenant Barclay becomes obsessed with making contact with Voyager. During his project to contact Voyager, Barclay becomes consumed with the holographic recreations of the Voyager crew. Barclay seeks advice from his old friend from the Enterprise, Counselor Troi, who helps him deal with his growing problem. Barclay is standing alone on the re-creation of the Voyager Bridge, until his boss, Commander Peter Harkins, interrupts him on the viewscreen. Harkins reminds Barclay of his duty to finish the transmitter diagnostics, so Barclay immediately ends the program as the bridge disappears. Barclay then suggests that the team tries to use an approaching itinerant pulsar in order to make contact with Voyager. By directing a tachyon beam at the pulsar, Barclay believes that it will produce a surge powerful enough to create an artificial wormhole, thus establishing two-way communication with Voyager. However, Harkins tells Barclay that they need to instead be focusing their time on Admiral Paris' visit and briefing. Later that night when everyone has gone home, Barclay decides to once again activate the hologrid. He enters the holo-mess hall and sits down to play cards with Holo-Paris, Holo-Chakotay and Holo-Kim. Barclay is confident and relaxed among the holographic crew and he tells them that they are his best friends. The next day, Barclay finds himself in the Holo-Sickbay where the Holo-Doctor tells him that he is an invaluable member of the crew. Then in the holo-mess hall, Kim and Paris both want to hang out with him. Barclay responds by telling his holo-friends that there is plenty of him to go around. Back in the research lab, Harkins is briefing Admiral Paris and the other Starfleet Officials on the last known position of Voyager. Against Harkins' wishes, Barclay interrupts and begins telling Admiral Paris about his wormhole theory. Harkins is so upset with Barclay that he sends him home for the rest of the day. However, instead of following orders, Barclay enters the holo-briefing room and asks his holo-friends for technological advice. Janeway offers Barclay a team to help him work out the details. Then, Harkins enters the lab and discovers that Barclay has created holograms of the Voyager crew. Harkins suggests that Barclay needs counseling because he has struggled with holo-addiction in the past. In the meantime, Harkins decides to take Barclay off of the Voyager rescue project. Defying orders, Barclay goes to Admiral Paris' office where he asks him for access to the lab for one more day. If he is wrong about his theory, Barclay promises to resign from his position. Admiral Paris only agrees to order an independent review of Barclay's findings. If others agree that his idea is valid, then he'll order Commander Harkins to pursue his claim. Back at Barclay's apartment, Troi expresses concern for Barclay's anxiousness and paranoia. Barclay begs Troi to tell the Admiral that he is psychologically fit to return to work. Barclay admits that he has created a new family since he left the Enterprise, however, the family he has created is not real. Troi tells Barclay that she has requested a temporary leave of absence so that she can stay a while longer. That night, Barclay once again defies order and heads to the research lab. Manipulating the computer, he is finally granted access since his code is de-authorized. Once in the lab, Barclay opens a channel through the wormhole, looking for a response from Voyager. Suddenly, Harkins enters the lab and instructs Barclay to step away from the controls. Instead of following orders, Barclay tells the computer to transfer control to the hologrid. Barclay tells Holo-Tuvok that there are two security guards after him. While Harkins works on shutting down the program, the security guards find themselves trapped by a force field. In holo-engineering, Barclay continues to work on making contact with the real Voyager through the wormhole. Harkins and the two guards gain access to the Holo-Bridge, where Holo-Janeway alerts the crew to the presence of intruders. Barclay immediately commands a force field, which prevents Harkins and the guards from reaching him. However, it doesn't stop Harkins from shutting down the computer program, placing them back in the hologrid. Meanwhile on the real Voyager, Seven of Nine has detected an artificial micro-wormhole whose origin is in the Alpha Quadrant. Janeway immediately instructs Paris to lay in a course toward the range. Back in the Pathfinder lab, just as Harkins asks Admiral Paris what he should do with Barclay, they receive a response from Voyager. Janeway and Admiral Paris are able to converse briefly and he tells her that they are doing everything in their power to bring Voyager back. The Voyager crew decides to toast Barclay, even though they don't personally know him, for his extraordinary efforts. Meanwhile back on Earth, Harkins apologizes to Barclay for ever doubting him and Admiral Paris announces the beginning of "Project Voyager."

#131 “FAIR HAVEN”
Written by Robin Burger
Directed by Allan Kroeker
Guest Stars: Fintan McKeown as Michael, Richard Riehle as Seamus, Henriette Ivanans as Maggie, Duffie McIntire as Grace, Jan Claire as Frannie
Airdate 01/12/00
Stardate Unknown
Captain Janeway and her crew enjoy some hard-earned leisure time in the holographic setting of a charming Irish village where she can't help falling for a ruggedly handsome townsman-but their holiday is darkened by an approaching wave of deadly neutron radiation. Created by Paris as a diversion for himself and his mates, sunny Fair Haven offers Janeway a deceptively realistic fantasy figure named Michael, whose physical and intellectual specifications are made to order for her. Soon, her attention is commanded by the trailing edge of a speedy wave front that poses more of a threat than anyone knows.

#132 “BLINK OF AN EYE”
Story by Michael Taylor
Teleplay by Scott Miller & Joe Menosky
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
Guest Stars: Melik Malkasian as Shaman, Walter H. McCready as Tribal Alien, Obi Ndefo as Protector, Olaf Pooley as Cleric, Daniel Zacapa as Astronomer, Jon Cellini as Technician, Daniel Dae Kim as Pilot, Kat Sawyer-Young as Astronaut
Airdate 01/19/00
Stardate Unknown
When Voyager becomes ensnared in the orbit of a strange, primitive planet - its energized core enables it to rapidly develop into a society with warp technology. So Janeway briefly transports The Doctor to the alien world, only to learn that the presence of Voyager has inspired invention among the society, which without warning aims its own weapons at Voyager.

#133 “VIRTUOSO”
Written by Raf Green & Kenneth Biller
Directed by Les Landau
Guest Stars: Kamala Dawson as Tincoo, Ray Xifo as Abarca, Paul Williams as Koru, Marie Caldare as Azen, Nina Magnesson as Vinka
Airdate 01/26/00
Stardate 53556.4
The Doctor's ego soars when Voyager engages an advanced but arrogant race that is entranced by the medical officer's passable singing talent, granting him instant rock-star status that tempts him to leave the ship for his legions of fans. Janeway and the crew are perplexed by the effect that The Doctor's voice and variety of song selections have on such a superior alien culture as the Qomar. Millions of them mob his concerts, countless "fan mail" messages arrive and groupies abound, but one particular female Qomar catches the good Doctor's eye, and he ponders resigning his commission to stay behind.

#134 "MEMORIAL"
Story by Brannon Braga
Teleplay by Robin Burger
Directed by Allan Kroeker
Guest Stars: Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman, Fleming Brooks as Soldier One, Joe Mellis as Young Soldier, Susan Savage as Alien Woman, Maria Spassoff as Female Colonist, Robert Allen Colaizzi, Jr. as Dying Colonist, David Keith Anderson as Crew Member
Airdate 02/02/00
Stardate Unknown
The crew is haunted by vivid images of a battle they don't remember fighting. Having returned from a two-week away mission of scanning planets and gathering dilithium ore, Chakotay, Tom, Harry and Neelix begin experiencing strange visions. While Tom dreams he is engaged in an alien battle, Harry has an anxiety attack during a routine check of a plasma leak. Meanwhile, Chakotay suffers from violent dreams that put him in the middle of an offensive, and Neelix, reacting to the weapons fire he is hearing in his head, takes Naomi hostage in the mess hall. Once the Doctor runs some tests, he discovers the increased engrammatic activity of Chakotay and the others suggests they are reacting to memories, not delusions. As Janeway asks them to retrace their mission, they begin having flashbacks of their roles in an attack force against the Nikon. Commander Saavedra ordered them to evacuate the Nikon from their remote colony, but a small group of the colonists began firing weapons. Chakotay and the others on the force panicked in the ensuing chaos and shot back, murdering 82 civilians in the process. Trying to piece together the puzzle, Janeway orders Voyager into the system the away team was scanning and joins Seven in reviewing the Delta Flyer's sensor logs. As soon as the Captain sees Tarakis, the second planet encountered by the away team, she also begins having flashbacks of the massacre. She remembers pleading with Saavedra to admit their mistake, but he continues to vaporize the evidence of the colonists' bodies. When she wakes up later in sickbay, Janeway learns that other crewmembers have also begun experiencing the battle memories. The Captain sets a course for Tarakis. Once Voyager is in its orbit, Harry picks up a weak power signature from the planet. Janeway, Chakotay, Tom, Tuvok and Harry beam to the surface, but there seems to be no trace of a massacre. Soon, however, Harry locates a familiar rock formation, and he and Tuvok descend into the tunnels where he remembers killing two of the innocent colonists. After Tuvok scans their remains, he determines that they died 300 years ago. Meanwhile, Janeway and Chakotay find a large structure erected in the middle of a grassy field. Seven identifies the structure as a synaptic transmitter sending neurogenic pulses throughout the system. Anyone who enters will experience the memories of the battle -- a memorial to the victims and a vivid reminder to never let such a tragic mistake happen again. Because the power cells are deteriorating, the memories are fragmented. The crew, still shaken by the disturbing realism of the visions they were forced to endure, wants to shut down the transmitter, but Janeway orders them to recharge the power cells. The memorial will continue to spread its hauntingly effective message.

#135 “TSUNKATSE”
Teleplay by Robert Doherty
Directed by Michael Vejar
Guest Stars: The Rock as Champion, Jeffrey Combs as Penk, J.G. Hertzler as Hirogen Hunt
Airdate 02/09/00
Stardate 53447.2
While on shore leave, Chakotay and Torres attend a Tsunkatse match in a nearby alien world. In the meantime, Captain Janeway is off touring a planet in a neighboring system. However, before Chakotay can attend another match, he first must get another crewmember to cover his duties. Meanwhile, Seven of Nine and Tuvok ask Chakotay if they can study a micro-nebula on an away mission. Chakotay grants them permission, telling them that they can spend their shore leave in whatever manner they choose. While in the shuttle, Seven of Nine and Tuvok are captured by an alien vessel. An alien named Penk welcomes Seven of Nine to Tsunkatse, telling her that she is going to be a very popular attraction. Seven demands to see Tuvok, who was injured when their shuttle was hit. While attending to Tuvok, Seven of Nine tells Penk that she has no intention of participating in his game. However, Seven agrees to fight for Tuvok in exchange for his medical care. Back on Voyager, Chakotay, Kim, Paris and Torres engage in a conversation about boxing and fighting matches. And The Doctor tries to get Neelix to go with him to the Norcadian Museum of Entomology instead of attending the Tsunkatse matches with Chakotay. At the match, Chakotay, Kim, Paris and Neelix are shocked to discover that Seven of Nine, dressed in an alien fight suit, is the challenger of the Tsunkatse match. Seven tells her opponent in the ring that she doesn't want to fight. Meanwhile, Chakotay leads the others through the crowd, struggling to get closer to the pit. From Voyager, Torres calls Chakotay looking for an update on the match. Chakotay tells her what's going on and instructs her to beam Seven out. However, Torres is unsuccessful because she thinks that Seven's life signs are masked somehow. Torres tells Chakotay that the figures in the pit are photonic, or holographic projections that are being transmitted from a different location. Drawing back his arm, the Champion swings at Seven who falls to the ground. In the meantime from the Delta Flyer, Captain Janeway asks Chakotay and Torres for an update. And while Seven of Nine is nursing her injuries, Penk tells her that he is entering her in the Red Match, where only one of the opponents leaves the ring alive. Penk's sidekick The Hunter promises to train Seven for the match. He reminds her that there are no individuals in Tsunkatse, only prey. Continuing the effort to rescue Seven of Nine, the Norcadian Ambassador tells Neelix that he will begin an immediate investigation. However, Neelix is not convinced that the Ambassador has nothing to do with the fact that friendly aliens are being forced to compete in Tsunkatse matches against their will. Torres tells Chakotay that they were having trouble isolating the source of the transmissions because they never seemed to be coming from the same place. They realized that the transmissions are emanating from a ship that is protected from neutronic weaponry. Back on the alien ship, Seven is instructed to rest before her match. Just as the match is about to begin, Seven is shocked when The Hunter enters the ring. The Hunter tells Seven that he was training her so that she could kill him and give him an honorable death. Meanwhile, Voyager finally tracks down the Tsunkatse Vessel. Chakotay tells Penk that they only have 30 seconds to return Seven and Tuvok before Voyager begins firing. Back in the ring, Seven tries to convince The Hunter that they both should refuse to fight. Voyager and the Tsunkatse Vessel begin to exchange fire, allowing the crew to beam Tuvok over. However, they are unable to get a lock on Seven's individual positioning, and instead beam both Seven and The Hunter onto Voyager. Back on Voyager, Paris instructs The Hunter to step away from Seven. Chakotay tells The Hunter that a Hirogen hunting party has agreed to meet with them. The Hunter discloses his gratefulness to the crew and tells them that he plans to look for his son.

#136 “COLLECTIVE”
Teleplay by Michael Taylor
Directed by Allison Liddi
Guest Stars: Ryan Spahn as Teenage Drone Leader, Manu Intiraymi as Icheb, Marley S. McClean as Mezoti, Kurt Wetherill as Azan, Cody Wetherill as Rebi
Airdate 02/16/00
Stardate Unknown
Chakotay, Kim, Paris and Neelix are taken hostage when the Delta Flyer is captured by a Borg Cube. However, it is inhabited by a small group of Borg children who were left behind, unworthy of assimilation. The underdeveloped Drones attempt to assimilate their captives, while Captain Janeway sends Seven of Nine to negotiate. After a Borg Cube intercepts the Delta Flyer, Chakotay, Paris and Neelix find themselves placed in what appears to be an assimilation chamber. However, Kim is not with them. A dead body lies on a table in the center of the room. It's partly Borgified and its face and arm are covered with implants that appear crudely inserted. Meanwhile, Voyager discovers that the Borg Cube's propulsion system is off-line. The Cube first targets Voyager's warp core and then moves to its impulse engines. While the Cube's attack strategy is erratic and inefficient, Voyager capably disables the Cube's weapons. Seven discovers that there are only five signatures, instead of thousands of Borg, manning the vessel. The Borg will return the crewmembers in exchange for Voyager's navigational deflector. However, Voyager will be unable to go to warp without it. Seven tells Janeway that the Borg most likely want Voyager's deflector in order to contact the Collective because their own is damaged. While stalling the Borg, Janeway tells them that she is sending Seven over to make sure that her crewmembers are unharmed. Aboard the Borg Cube, Seven discovers that neonatal Drones man it, or children, who have not matured long enough. The children insist that the Borg will come for them once their link is re-established. Seven returns to Voyager along with a dead body of an adult Drone. She tells the Borg children that it must be examined in order to establish what went wrong aboard the ship. The Doctor discovers that a spaceborne virus attacked the Drones and is responsible for their deaths. The virus never reached the developing drones because they were protected within the maturation chambers. Malfunctions caused by the deaths of the adults led several chambers to open prematurely. The Doctor also discovers that if the pathogen is revived, it could be used to neutralize the Drone children. Because Voyager cannot give up its deflector, Janeway offers Seven's services in repairing the Cube's technology. One of the Borg children tells Janeway that she has exactly two hours before one of the hostages dies. Meanwhile, Kim wakes up after lying unconscious within the Delta Flyer and attempts to contact Voyager. And while speaking with the Borg children, Seven tries to jostle their memories in hopes that they will turn away from the Collective and come aboard Voyager. While working on the Cube's repairs, Seven discovers that the Collective did receive the Drones' initial distress call and that they never dispatched a vessel to rescue them. The Collective declared the neonatal Drones irrelevant and damaged, severing their link to the Hive permanently. However, the Drone children were unable to decrypt this message, which stated that they are unworthy of re-assimilation. Meanwhile, Kim is captured and he awakes to raw-looking implants on his face. By this point, one of the boy Drones becomes so frustrated that he insists that Voyager turn over their deflector immediately. Seven tells the Drone children that the Hive will never come back for them and that their call for help was ignored. Meanwhile, Voyager works to beam the hostages back by emitting an energy pulse over the Borg Cube. Tuvok successfully beams Chakotay, Paris and Neelix onto Voyager. However, Seven and Kim are being held in a shielded area of the Cube. Angered, one of the boy Drones shoves tubules into Seven's neck. However, another boy Drone pulls him away from Seven. As the Cube's transwarp core begins to destabilize, Seven instructs evacuation. However, the first Drone boy refuses to leave and he is shocked and is knocked to his feet. Seven comforts him while he dies. Back on Voyager, The Doctor successfully removes the children's implants. Seven was able to salvage part of the Cube's database, which includes the children's original assimilation profiles. Thus, the children discover that their names are Icheb, Mezoti, Azan, and Rebi.

#137 "SPIRIT FOLK"
Written By Bryan Fuller
Directed by David Livingston
Guest Stars: Henriette Ivanans as Maggie, Richard Riehle as Seamus, Fintan McKeown as Michael, Ian Abercrombie as Milo
Airdate 2/23/00
Stardate Unknown
Problems begin to arise when Voyager runs a Holodeck program non-stop. Characters within the holographic re-creation of Fair Haven become suspicious of the Voyager crew when they begin to notice strange, otherworldly happenings. The city of Fair Haven is set within 19th century Ireland. While driving along a road, Tom Paris crashes his vintage automobile. Seamus Driscol, one of the townsfolk, cannot believe his eyes when he sees Paris' tire magically repair itself. He immediately heads to Sullivan's Pub, and tells its inhabitants that he believes Tom is from the spirit world. Back in town, Kim and Maggie are walking together and holding hands. Meanwhile, they are unaware that Seamus and Milo are watching their every move. Just as the two are about to kiss, Paris plays a trick on Kim by morphing Maggie into a cow in a holographic effect. Kim can hear Paris laughing, just as they are instructed through a comm call to return to the bridge. Seamus tells his priest exactly what he saw. Acting as his priest, The Doctor tells Seamus that Tom Paris is a known prankster and that he is not to worry. Later that day, Seamus and Milo run into Maggie who tells them that she feels like she woke up from the strangest dream where she was walking around town with a bell around her neck. Soon, the townsfolk gather and exchange similar stories. Michael Sullivan tells Katie that the townsfolk think that she and her friends are not from this earth. Because he believes that Katie is lying to him, Janeway decides to end the program. Back on Voyager, Janeway doesn't know how the holodeck characters could possibly be asking so many questions about their origin. Back on Voyager, Paris instructs the computer to display all of Fair Haven's characters. Michael Sullivan appears and is surprisingly aware of his surroundings. Kim discovers that each character’s perceptual filters are off-line. The Voyager crew decides that they will repair the malfunction by accessing each of the characters' controls from Sullivan's Pub. Back at Sullivan's Pub, Michael remembers being "spirited" away to an unknown place where there was talk of changing the people of Fair Haven. At the church, several of the townsfolk begin to assemble and warrant their concerns. They storm into Sullivan's Pub, where Kim and Paris are working on the Starfleet control panel. Before the two can react, a net of red twine is thrown over them, knocking them to the ground. Milo suddenly fires his gun at the panel, which causes sparks to fly. Paris instructs the computer to freeze the program, but since it is damages only some of the animated townsfolk are frozen. Paris and Kim are soon on the run with the mob of townsfolk following close behind. They instruct the computer to exit the program, but unfortunately their commands are unrecognized. Meanwhile on Voyager, Torres suggests cutting power to the Hologrid. Although the inhabitants of Fair Haven are not real people, but rather holograms, Janeway possesses genuine feelings towards them. Paris and Kim find themselves tied to chairs near the altar of the church. Reading from a thick, old book, Seamus demands the return of the prisoners to the otherworld. Nothing happens and Seamus instructs the others to tie The Doctor up as well, Seamus hypnotizes The Doctor, asking him questions about banishing the spirit-folk to the "otherworld." The Doctor begins to tell them about Voyager and Michael demands that he instructs him on how to be transported to Katie's location. Janeway tries to explain to Michael that they are simply explorers that like to spend time in Fair Haven. Janeway and Michael both return to the Holodeck, and Michael tries to calm the townsfolk down, insisting that the Voyager crew means no harm. While the damaged Holodeck is repaired, the Voyager crew decides to have one last night at Sullivan's Pub before Fair Haven is temporarily put to rest. It is clear that Janeway and Michael have formed a special bond with one another, as Michael reaches and takes her hand.

#138 "ASHES TO ASHES"
Story by Ronald Wilkerson
Teleplay by Robert Doherty
Directed by Terry Windell
Airdate 03/01/00
Stardate Unknown
A transmission from a rogue alien ship reveals dead starship crew member to be alive, asking for immediate sanctuary aboard Voyager and an old friendship becomes a love affair while alien genes affect the future. To the shock and disbelief of the crew, their colleague, Ensign Lyndsay Ballard, returns to the Starship after having been killed on a mission long ago. Pursued by her alien Kobali abductors, whose reproductive system is centered on reanimation of the dead, she rekindles her former relationships with Janeway and the crew of the Voyager, hoping to reverse the effects of the alien genes implanted in her system. Her old friendship with Lieutenant Harry Kim ignites and deepens until the moment in his quarters when she realizes the horror and extent of her Kobali genes. Harry's support and affection complicates Ballard's final decision as to whether she will remain human or return to the Kobali homeland with the alien family that loves her.

#139 "CHILD'S PLAY"
Story by Paul Brown
Teleplay by Raf Green
Directed by Mike Vejar
Guest Stars: Manu Intiraymi as Icheb, Tracey Ellis as Icheb's Mother, Mark A. Sheppard as Icheb's Father, Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman, Marley McClean as Mezoti, Kurt Wetherill as Azan, Cody Wetherill as Rebi, Eric Ritter as Yivel
Airdate 03/08/00
Stardate Unknown

#140 "GOOD SHEPHERD"
Story by Dianna Gitto
Teleplay by Dianna Gitto & Joe Menosky Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Stars: Jay Underwood as Crewman Mortimer Harren, Michael Reisz as Crewman William Telfer, Zoe McLellan as Tal Celes, Kimble Jemison as Engineer, Tom Morello as Junction Operator
Airdate 03/15/00
Stardate Unknown
Upon completing a routine ship wide efficiency analysis, Seven of Nine determines that three of Voyager's young crewmembers are unable to perform at acceptable levels. Normally after six months or a year, a crewmember that has been assigned to a Starship will simply be reassigned to a less challenging Federation vessel if their limitations cannot be corrected. However, this is not an option since the three crewmembers are stranded in the Delta Quadrant on Voyager. When Captain Janeway becomes aware of the situation, she decides to take the three young crewmembers on an away mission with her aboard the Delta Flyer. The first of the trio is Celes, an Astrometrics assistant who constantly has to have all of her work double-checked. Crewman Mortimer Harren has five advanced degrees in Theoretical Cosmology, but would rather spend his time down on Deck 15 and figure out the origin of the universe. Finally there is William Telfer, a Security Officer and hypochondriac who visits Sickbay weekly and is afraid of medication. First and foremost, Janeway briefs the trio on their duties. Celes will be running an on-going sensor analysis and Harren will be looking for subspace particle decay which may offer new information about star formation. Meanwhile, Telfer will be on the lookout for any signs of life. Before they leave, Seven of Nine warns Janeway that an experienced crew would better serve the mission. Not long into the mission, an invisible force suddenly strikes the Delta Flyer. Its propulsion has been knocked off-line and 90 percent of its antimatter has been neutralized. Harren suggests to Janeway that a comet-like assemblage of dark matter is responsible for the neutralization. Furthermore, he proposes that they eject their remaining antimatter in order to avoid another impact. However, according to Janeway, his theory is still an unproven hypothesis and she needs more convincing evidence. Returning once again, Janeway decides to fire a photon torpedo at the force. Suddenly, the three crewmembers hear a humming sound and look on as Telfer begins to unexpectedly dematerialize and then disappear. Suddenly, he reappears and collapses to the floor and it appears as if something is writhing beneath his skin. Janeway has no choice except to fire a phaser at Telfer when he reveals that the phenomenon is activating his motor neurons. As he struggles to stay on his feet, a stick-like, segmented entity extends out of an incision wound on his neck. The entity flings itself onto a console and attaches itself to the surface. Harren immediately aims the phaser, but Janeway instructs him to hold his fire. Ignoring the Captain's order, Harren fires and vaporizes the entity. Frustrated with Harren, Janeway suggests that the entity was simply trying to communicate with the crew. Janeway decides to lead the Delta Flyer to a nearby planet where she hopes to reinitialize its warp core. Suddenly, a slow-moving swath begins to open up in the glowing particles of the planet's radiogenic ring. An unknown force is heading toward the vessel. Janeway instructs her crew to get into the escape pods and to plot a course away from the planet. However, Celes tells Janeway that a crew never abandons its captain. Suddenly, Harren releases one of the escape pods and heads toward the swath while inside. Over the comm, he tells Janeway that it will allow the Delta Flyer some extra time to make an escape. Janeway decides to go after the pod instead. Just a split second before it collides with the swath, the Delta Flyer's transporters lock onto the pod. The Delta Flyer then begins to fire phaser volleys at the glowing ring behind it, igniting a chain reaction of blazing, exploding light. Suddenly, the Flyer begins to shake as bright light pours in the windows. The vessel is rocked hard and a blinding white light flashes outside the windows. Next, a confused Janeway wakes up in Sickbay. Chakotay reports that Voyager received her initial distress call and found the Flyer drifting above a gas giant with everyone unconscious inside. Janeway tells Chakotay that the Good Shepherd went looking for a few lost members of her flock and ended up running into a wolf. However, in the end, the Good Shepherd did find them.

#140 "LIVE FAST AND PROSPER"
Teleplay By: Robin Burger
Director: LeVar Burton
Guest Stars: Kaitlin Hopkins as Dala, Greg Daniel as Mobar, Francis Guinan as Zar, Dennis Cockrum as Orek, Ted Rooney as Varn
Airdate 4/19/00
Stardate Unknown
A band of Delta Quadrant con-artists have stumbled across the greatest scam of their careers: Impersonating Captain Janeway and her senior officers. Using their new identities, they move from system to system engaging in a series of lucrative deceptions. Eventually, the real Captain Janeway and her crew are blamed for these deceptions when the con artists do not deliver the goods as promised. Ultimately, the Voyager crew must either bring the imposters to justice, or pay for their crimes.

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#147 “UNIMATRIX ZERO, PART II”

Story By: Mike Sussman and Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Teleplay By: Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Director: Mike Vejar

Guest Cast: Susanna Thompson as Borg Queen, Mark Deakins as Axum, Jerome Butler as Korok, Joanna Heimbold as Laura, Ryan Sparks as Alien Boy, Andrew Palmer as Errant Drone, Clay Storseth as Alien Man

Airdate 10/4/00

Stardate 54014.4

Unimatrix Zero is a secluded place within the Borg collective where drones can be themselves while they regenerate, but only certain Borg have the ability to visit. The Borg Queen considers Unimatrix Zero a threat because she does not want her Borg to ever have traces of individuality, but Captain Janeway thinks it could give the Federation allies within the Collective. Janeway, Tuvok and B'Elanna Torres put Borg implants in their bodies and infiltrate the Borg Cube to try and free the select few that are able to go to Unimatrix Zero, giving them the ability to maintain their individuality outside of Unimatrix Zero. The away team has been injected with a neural suppressant to keep their Borg implants from really connecting them to the Collective.

While the away team is on the Borg Cube, Seven of Nine goes to Unimatrix Zero herself to tell the Borg within what the team is doing. Seven had been able to go there when she was part of the Collective and she still maintains that ability. In the past, she had a romantic relationship there with her fellow Borg, Axum, and when she meets him there again, she notices those feelings returning.

While the away team is headed for the Central Plexus of the Borg Cube, Tuvok notices that his neural suppressant is wearing off and the Borg Queen begins communicating with him telepathically. The Queen finally convinces Tuvok to stop Janeway and Torres as they download a virus to free the select group of drones. They manage to get the virus into the system, but Tuvok prevents them from leaving. More Borg drones appear and capture Captain Janeway, but Torres is able to get away. Tuvok restrains Janeway and puts her in contact with the queen.

The Borg Queen makes Janeway watch on a viewscreen as she blows up a different Borg Cube, destroying the thousands of lives on board, because she lost contact with three of the drones due to Janeway's virus. The Queen uses the virus Janeway used to free the drones and alters it to actually kill the drones. She tells Janeway that unless the captain tells the free drones to rejoin the collective, she will go to Unimatrix Zero and kill all of the drones inside. Janeway is put into contact with Chakotay on Voyager to tell him the free drones have to go back to the collective, but instead of telling him that directly, she secretly tells him to destroy Unimatrix Zero. Without Unimatrix Zero, the Queen will not be able to find all of the free drones, and if she destroys all of the Borg vessels they are on, she will destroy her entire fleet.

After Seven tells everybody in Unimatrix Zero of the plan, they all agree that it is the best way to handle the situation and they offer to help get the away team back to the U.S.S. Voyager. While Voyager is preparing to attack the Borg Cube, a smaller Borg Sphere appears through a transwarp conduit and hails them. Korok, a Klingon that has been assimilated into the Collective, has taken over the Sphere and offers to help them destroy the Cube. Chakotay accepts his offer and both ships begin attacking the Cube. Just as the Borg Cube explodes, Harry Kim manages to beam Janeway, Tuvok and Torres back to Voyager where they can be relieved of their Borg implants.

Seven, meanwhile, has gone back to Unimatrix Zero one last time to say goodbye to Axum. Axum and Seven are the only people left as Unimatrix Zero falls apart around them. Axum tells Seven that he is on a Borg Cube in a totally different part of the galaxy and though it seem like they will never see each other again, he will find her. They both leave Unimatrix Zero as it completely fritzes out of existence.

 

#148 “IMPERFECTION”

Story By: Andre Bormanis

Teleplay By: Carleton Eastlake and Robert Doherty

Director: David Livingston

Guest Cast: Manu Intiraymi as Icheb, Marley S. McClean as Mezoti, Michael McFall as Salvage Alien #1, Debbie Grattan as Wysanti, Kurt Wetherill as Azan, Cody Wetherill as Rebi

Airdate 10/11/00

Stardate 54129.4

Seven of Nine watches as Rebi and Azan, two of the Borg children she had been taking care of since they were separated from the Collective, are reunited with their people, who agree to also give Mezoti a home. The only one of the Borg children staying aboard the U.S.S. Voyager with Seven is Icheb, the eldest of the four. After the children leave, Icheb notices that Seven is crying. Seven claims that her ocular implant is simply malfunctioning.

When Seven goes to see the Doctor, he confirms that there's a glitch in her cortical node, and he gets her to admit that she has been having headaches. Later, when Seven attempts to regenerate, she discovers she cannot interface with her alcove because her cortical node is malfunctioning. She stays up all night in the mess hall until Neelix arrives and offers to make her breakfast. Seven then falls to the floor convulsing, and Borg implants start bursting through her skin.

In sickbay, the Doctor realizes Seven's problem is more serious than he previously thought. Her cortical node, which regulates her vital functions, is destablizing, which means she will die unless it can be replaced. Captain Janeway gets an idea: She orders Ensign Kim to scan a nearby Borg debris field and transfer the coordinates to the Delta Flyer-she plans to salvage a replacement cortical node. Janeway, Lt. Paris and Tuvok depart for the debris field where they find several dead Borg drones and manage to remove the cortical node from one of them. Back on Voyager, Janeway and the Doctor practice the cortical node replacement operation several times in a holodeck simulation, failing miserably each time. They eventually decide that they cannot use a cortical node from a dead drone, but only from a living one.

Icheb also comes to realize that only the cortical node from a living Borg can save Seven, so he volunteers to have his own node removed and transplanted to her. Icheb devises a plan to have himself genetically altered to survive without his node, but the procedure is risky. When Icheb cannot get Janeway, Seven or the Doctor to listen to him, he programs the computer in his regeneration alcove to disengage his cortical node. Now dying, Icheb eventually convinces them to give his node to Seven and perform the genetic procedure on him. The operation is successful and both Seven and Icheb fully recover. Seven offers to help him study for the Starfleet Academy entrance exam, promising him a rigorous schedule. But then Icheb notices another tear in her eye...only this time it isn't a malfunction.

   

#149 “DRIVE”

Director: Winrich Kolbe

Written By: Michael Taylor

Guest Cast: Cyia Batten as Irina, Brian George as O'Zaal, Robert Tyler as Joxom, , Patrick Kilpatrick as Assan, Chris Covics as Assistant

Airdate 10/18/00

Stardate 54058.6

As Tom Paris and Harry Kim are taking the Delta Flyer for a test run, another small alien ship pulls alongside them. The alien pilot, Irina, challenges them to a race. As the two ships race through an asteroid field, Irina's ship begins filling up with nyocene gas. They beam Irina to their shuttle and bring her and her ship back to the U.S.S. Voyager. While making repairs, she explains to them that she is entering a race in a couple of days. This prompts Paris and Kim to convince Captain Janeway to let them enter the race too.

Meanwhile, B'Elanna Torres has been frantically trading favors with crewmates so she can borrow enough holodeck time for her and Paris, her boyfriend, to have an entire weekend to themselves. When Paris explains to her that he forgot about the getaway weekend and entered the race, she tells him that she does not mind. Later, she confesses to Neelix that she was very hurt that Paris forgot about something that took her so much time to set up. She tells Neelix that she thinks things might be ending between Paris and her.

When Janeway registers the Delta Flyer in the race, she learns from O'Zaal, the race coordinator, that the race is the first step towards peace for the four different cultures living in the area. Each of the different species has been at war to control the area for nearly a century. This race marks the first time the four of them have ever competed peacefully.

Seven of Nine tells Torres that she has embraced some of Paris' interests and it has made him easier to work with. Taking Seven's comment as good advice, Torres convinces Kim to let her fly with Paris as co-pilot of the Delta Flyer. Paris is bewildered when Torres shows up in Kim's place wearing a flight suit, but he welcomes her as long as she remembers that they're there to win. The two ride in fourth place for much of the race, but they eventually manage to take the lead. Just as they get into first place, O'Zaal calls a temporary stop, saying that one of the racers has had an accident.

Irina's control panel had malfunctioned and electrocuted her co-pilot, which was later determined to be intentional sabotage. O'Zaal decides to continue the race the next day. Kim offers to help Irina fix her ship and also fly as her new co-pilot, which she is hesitant about, but lets him do. Paris and Torres notice that Kim and Irina seem to be forming a relationship, which causes Torres to wonder how good of a match she and Paris are.

When the race continues the next day, Torres is distracted by her thoughts and Paris can sense something is wrong, but the Delta Flyer manages to maintain its lead. Irina and Kim have successfully fixed Irina's ship and begin to catch up with the others almost immediately, keeping track of the Delta Flyer the whole time on their computer.

When Paris finally asks Torres what is bothering her, they get into a heated discussion. Paris is determined to work things out, but Torres sounds like she is ready to give up. Paris stops the Delta Flyer and tells her they are not going to move again until they work it out.

Meanwhile on Irina's ship, her control panel malfunctions again, almost electrocuting Kim. Kim suspects that Irina sabotaged her own ship and has his suspicions confirmed when she points a phaser at him. He manages to wrestle the phaser away from her and finds she has disabled the com system, so he just stops the ship and holds her at gunpoint. When Irina seems strangely interested in the Delta Flyer's progress, Kims realizes that she has sabotaged that ship as well. She admits to him that the fuel converter on the Delta Flyer is rigged to explode at about the time it crosses the finish line, killing all of the spectators and officials in the area.

As Paris and Torres are beginning to work out their problems, Kim sends them a message about the fuel converter. They check their computer and discover that it will explode in a matter of minutes. They pilot the Delta Flyer to a nearby nebula and eject the warp core. The nebula contains the explosion and the Delta Flyer gets safely away.

After the race is over, Paris and Torres take the Delta Flyer out again on a more personal mission-the back of the ship now reads "Just Married."

 

#151 “REPRESSION”

Story By: Kenneth Biller

Teleplay By: Mark Haskell Smith

Director: Winrich Kolbe

Guest Cast: Derek McGrath as Chell, Keith Szarabajka as Teero, Jad Mager as Tabor, Ronald Robinson as Sek, Carol Krnic as Jor, Scott Alan Smith as Doyle, Mark Rafael Truitt as Yosa

Airdate 10/25/00

Stardate 54090.4

A mysterious Bajoran man named Teero sits in a musty room with Bajoran tapestries and drawings of Maquis vessels, reciting a mysterious chant while staring at a monitor displaying crewmembers from the U.S.S. Voyager.

On board Voyager, Tom Paris surprises B'Elanna Torres by taking her to his new holoprogram-a classic 20th century-style movie theater. In the theater, they discover that Crewman Tabor is sitting nearby completely unconscious. When the Doctor examines Tabor, he concludes that his injuries are the result of an attack, as evidenced by the microfractures on his cranium and contusions along his shoulder. Janeway then appoints Tuvok to investigate the case. Tuvok's initial belief is that a member of the crew is responsible.

Later, crewmen Yosa and Jor are working in engineering when Yosa reports that pressure is fluctuating. Jor then orders him to check the seals in the Jefferies Tube hatch. As Yosa crawls through the hatch, the lights suddenly go out. Then, a bright light shines in Yosa's face as someone approaches. Yosa, feeling threatened, crawls through another hatch but is unable to get the computer to seal the hatch shut. Again, the bright light shines on Yosa and he's knocked unconscious. Jor soon discovers Yosa and takes him to Sickbay. The Doctor examines Yosa and concludes that Yosa was attacked, having the same microfractures and contusions as Tabor. Janeway and Chakotay come to realize that all the victims are former Maquis.

Meanwhile, Paris and Kim are conducting an investigation in the holodeck Movie Theater, trying to capture a negative image that the intruder left behind. Their efforts show two humanoid figures-one is Tabor and the other is not recognizable. Tuvok requests that they work on increasing the resolution of the images. Later, Tuvok tells Kim that for security reasons he read all crew mail in the last data stream from Starfleet, which includes a letter from Kim's cousin. Tuvok implies that Kim is a suspect, by pointing out that the letter mentions the Maquis killed Kim's friend years ago. As Kim defends his innocence, Tuvok becomes strangely perturbed. Later, Chakotay finds Torres unconscious in a cargo bay, and finds Tuvok heading towards him. To Chakotay's surprise, Tuvok grabs him by the throat and mind melds with him until he becomes unconscious. While Chakotay and Torres are treated in Sickbay, the other victims have woken up out of unconsciousness with no memory of what happened to them.

Tuvok continues the investigation sleeplessly, with no memory of attacking Chakotay. At Janeway's urging, he returns to his quarters to meditate. Suddenly, he gets flashbacks of victims in Sickbay, Yosa in the Jefferies Tube and Chakotay in the cargo bay. Then Tuvok enters the bathroom and sees Teero's reflection in the mirror. Frightened, Tuvok rushes to the holodeck where Janeway and Kim are investigating, and learns from the computer that he was in the Movie Theater during Tabor's attack and that the height and weight of the negative-image figure matches his own description. Tuvok then hears Teero's voice telling him to ignore his doubts-and pulls a phaser. Tuvok soon gives up the weapon and admits to being the attacker, telling Janeway that he should be detained.

When Janeway visits Tuvok in the brig, he explains there is a voice trying to control his mind with Bajoran incantations. Tuvok also says that it was he who attacked Maquis crewmembers and performed mind melds on them, but without knowing why. Tuvok recounts that the attacks started after he received a letter from his son. Janeway, Chakotay, Seven and Paris then view the letter from Tuvok's son and discover that it contains a subliminal message, one of Teero chanting. Chakotay recognizes Teero and says that the Bajoran worked with the Maquis performing mind control experiments.

Janeway meets with Tuvok again in his cell to discuss Teero. Tuvok recalls meeting Teero seven years ago at a Bajoran temple. Then Tuvok gets a flashback of wearing Maquis attire and sitting in a surgical chair with devices attached to his head as Teero is performing a mind meld on him. Janeway urges Tuvok to tell her more, but Teero appears to Tuvok and tells him to complete his mission. Tuvok struggles to stay in control of his mind, but cannot. Instead, Tuvok sends Chakotay a command in the Bajoran language, and his behavior changes. Chakotay goes to Sickbay, fires his phaser at Paris and gives Torres the same Bajoran command. Together they gather the other former Maquis members who were also victims of Tuvok's attacks. They obey Chakotay's commands and fire at the Voyager crewmembers.

Meanwhile, the ship goes to red alert and Janeway tries to contact the Bridge, but there is no response. Chakotay finds her and announces that he is in charge. Chakotay tells Janeway that Teero helped them remember that they are Maquis members and that the rebellion on Voyager is not yet over. He releases Tuvok and detains Janeway in the brig. While the Maquis make plans to abandon the Starfleet crew on an M-class planet, Chakotay tests Tuvok's loyalty by commanding him to fire a phaser at Janeway. Tuvok fires the phaser, but nothing happens because the weapon is defective. Then, when Chakotay's back is turned to Tuvok, the Vulcan grabs Chakotay by the neck and performs a mind meld that brings Chakotay back to normal. After that, Chakotay hands control of the ship back to Janeway.

Eventually, the rest of the Voyager crewmembers return to normal, and Tuvok joins Janeway and the others at the movies.

 

#150 “CRITICAL CARE”

Story By: Kenneth Biller & Robert Doherty

Teleplay By: James Kahn

Director: Terry Windell

Guest Cast: John Kassir as Gar, Dublin James as Tebbis, Larry Drake as Chellick, Gregory Itzin as Dysek, Paul Scherrer as Voje, Christinna Chauncey as Level Blue Nurse, Stephen O'Mahoney as Med Tech, John O'Heir as Husband, John Durbin as Alien Miner, Debi A. Monahan as Adultress, John Franklin as Kipp

Airdate 11/1/00

Stardate Unknown

Gar, a Dralian trader, enters an overcrowded, airborne hospital ship and looks for Chellick, the facility's administrator. Gar shows Chellick the Doctor's mobile emitter that he obtained from the U.S.S. Voyager. Gar fiddles with the controls on the device and the Doctor appears, but he immediately demands to be returned to his ship. The Allocator, the computer that prioritizes all patients on board the ship, announces that a generator has exploded and many patients are arriving. The Doctor witnesses the chaos surrounding him and decides his only option is to help. Chellick, Gar and Voje, another doctor, observe how the Doctor handles patients and are pleased with his work.

Back aboard Voyager, Kim is injured from a holodeck hockey match and visits the Doctor. When Paris and Kim talk to the Doctor, they notice something isn't quite right. Paris and Kim gather the others to examine the Doctor's mobile emitter; Torres announces it is a replicated fake. Neelix points out that Gar did spend a night in Sickbay and had ample access to the Doctor. Janeway then gives the order to search for Gar by scanning his ion trail.

Meanwhile, the Doctor is on Level Red of the hospital ship, scanning a young patient named Tebbis. The Doctor finds out that Tebbis has a deadly infection and has not received the proper treatment-cytoglobin-for it. Voje tells the Doctor that the patient's "T.C." level is not high enough to receive the necessary cytoglobin. Just as the Doctor asks what T.C. stands for, Chellick interrupts and says that he has acquired the Doctor's program from Gar. Chellick also says everyone on the ship must obey the Allocator's rules and that the Doctor must now provide his services on Level Blue. Then Voje explains that the patients on Level Blue receive the best treatment because their T.C. level is high. T.C., as the Doctor finds out, stands for "Treatment Coefficient," in which the Allocator assesses which patient has access to the best care depending on the importance of his or her profession, skills and accomplishments.

In the meantime, the Voyager crew is lead astray by Gar's trail. Then Tuvok recalls that Gar traded iridium with them and suggests they go to the location where Gar acquired the substance. They locate a mining operation on an asteroid and contact a resident. The man tells them that Gar sold them induction units, which came from a planetoid called Velos.

At the hospital ship, the Doctor finds the Allocator approving cytoglobin injections to all Level Blue patients. Another doctor named Dysek tells the Doctor that the injections increase the patients' life expectancy. The Doctor is concerned because he knows that Tebbis needs this medication to be cured. The Doctor sneaks to Level Red and tries to manipulate Tebbis' T.C. level by raising it higher, but the Allocator still denies medication. Then, the Doctor returns to Level Blue and takes a cytoglobin device from a nurse, whom he then dismisses. The Doctor returns to Tebbis with the smuggled cytoglobin injector and administers it to him. Later, the Doctor steals even more medication from Level Blue to treat the patients on Level Red.

Meanwhile, the Voyager crew enters the orbit of the planetoid Velos. They speak with an alien and find out that Gar is on Selek IV. The Voyager crew then locates Gar's ship and engages it in a tractor beam. They ask Gar where the Doctor is, but Gar refuses to tell them. After Gar is beamed aboard Voyager and questioned in the Brig, Neelix offers Gar a meal, which the prisoner quickly consumes. Suddenly, Gar experiences severe stomach pains. Neelix reveals that he poisoned Gar's meal and the Doctor is the only one authorized to administer the proper medication. Gar is then forced to tell them where the Doctor is.

Back on the hospital ship, the Doctor finds out that Tebbis was transferred to Level White-the morgue. The Doctor is angry and confronts Chellick, but Chellick reveals his knowledge of the Doctor's unauthorized injections and restricts the Doctor to Level Blue. Chellick also says that he interfaced the Doctor's holomatrix with the Allocator. Now, the Allocator will automatically monitor and delegate the Doctor's every move. Later, Chellick catches the Doctor on Level Red, but the Doctor injects Chellick with the same virus that inflicted Tebbis. The Allocator identifies Chellick as Tebbis and denies Chellick medication. The Doctor says that he will only help Chellick if Level Red is equipped with an adequate supply of medication. Chellick begs Dysek for help, but Dysek refuses his request, following the Allocator's rules-rules which Chellick established. The Doctor then proposes that Level Red patients, including Chellick, should be transferred to Level Blue to receive care. Chellick finally agrees.

The Voyager crew locates the hospital ship and retrieves the Doctor. Later, the Doctor aks Seven of Nine to check his ethical subroutines for any failures or changes, admitting that he had deliberately poisoned a man. Seven informs him that, unfortunately, he has "a clean bill of health."

 

#152 “INSIDE MAN”

Written By: Robert Doherty

Director: Allan Kroeker

Guest Cast: Dwight Schultz as Barclay, Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi, Richard Herd as Admiral Paris, Richard McGonagle as Cmdr Pete Harkins, Frank Corsentino as Gegis, Christopher Neiman as Yeggie, Michael William Rivkin as Nunk, Sharisse Baker-Bernard as Leosa

Airdate 11/8/00

Stardate 54208.3

After going without mail from home for over a month, the U.S.S. Voyager crew is looking forward to seeing the next datastream which is jammed in the ship's transceiver. Harry Kim and Seven of Nine determine that instead of letters, the datastream contains a hologram of Reginald Barclay, the Starfleet officer from the Pathfinder project on Earth who has taken a personal interest in getting Voyager home. Holo-Barclay tells Captain Janeway of the project's plan: Voyager will be passing through a sector of space occupied by a red giant star and at the same time, Federation scientists will target the magnetic field of another red giant in the Alpha Quadrant with a verteron beam to create a geodesic fold. As a result, space will be punctured at two points, creating a gateway between the quadrants. Janeway says the plan won't work because Voyager's shields are useless against geodesic radiation, but Holo-Barclay responds that he brought shield upgrades and medical technology to protect the crew.

The Doctor agrees to transfer his mobile emitter to Holo-Barclay so that the visitor can move freely about the ship while he makes preparations. In the briefing room, Holo-Barclay shows the crew where the geodesic fold will occur and passes out assignments to everyone.

In the Pathfinder research lab, the real Reginald Barclay investigates why the datastream transmission did not reach its target. Commander Pete Harkins, his supervisor, believes the hologram was lost because it was too complex and therefore it degraded, but Barclay insists something interfered. He comes to find that a spacecraft passed within 20 meters of the Midas Array just hours before Starfleet sent the first hologram, and conjectures that ship was either Borg or Romulan. Harkins refuses to listen, and orders Barclay to take a vacation.

Meanwhile in the Delta Quadrant, the Doctor tells Holo-Barclay that the medical inoculations are not strong enough to protect the crew from the geodesic fold's radiation, but Holo-Barclay assures the Doctor that in combination with the shield modifications, they will be enough. When the Doctor invites him to a game of golf, the hologram is evasive. Later, Torres and Kim prepare to transmit a "thank you note" back to the Alpha Quadrant, and Holo-Barclay asks to include his own "progress report." The datastream is transmitted to the Midas Array, but an alien device attached to the array diverts the transmission to a Ferengi ship near a red giant star. Three Ferengi on board huddle around a monitor to receive Holo-Barclay's report which includes information on Seven of Nine and her Borg nanoprobes. They intend to acquire those nanoprobes and sell them for a huge profit.

On Earth, Barclay catches up with his therapist and former crewmate Deanna Troi on vacation at the beach, and tells her about his distress. Troi recalls that Barclay was doing fine not long ago when he was dating a teacher named Leosa. Barclay reveals that Leosa expressed great interest in Pathfinder's plan, but then left him the same day that his hologram was lost. After prodding from Troi, Barclay admits that he suspects Leosa had something to do with the missing transmission.

On Voyager, Holo-Barclay proves to be the "life of the party" as he does impressions of the captain and Tuvok, to the delight of crewmembers. The Doctor calls Holo-Barclay to the holodeck and reminds him that they had an appointment to play golf. Holo-Barclay is strangely contemptuous toward his fellow hologram.

The real Barclay informs his superiors that Leosa is suspected of breaching Pathfinder security, and she is brought in for questioning by Admiral Paris. Leosa admits that she is not a teacher, but rather a dabo girl who works on a Ferengi casino ship. But she denies sharing her knowledge of the Pathfinder project with anyone. Troi knows she's lying, and coerces the truth from her, including the identity of the Ferengi ship involved in the theft. Scans find that ship near the red giant star, and Admiral Paris sends a starship to intercept it. Meanwhile, Leosa reveals to the broken-hearted Barclay that the Ferengi are after Seven of Nine's Borg nanoprobes, and that she would get a cut of the profit.

After his strange encounter with Holo-Barclay, Voyager's Doctor urges Janeway to run a diagnostic of the hologram since the crew is putting their lives in his hands. Janeway agrees, and the diagnostic shows Holo-Barclay is working perfectly.

While Admiral Paris and Commander Harkins are waiting for the U.S.S. Carolina to arrive at the red giant, Barclay tells Troi that he figured out what the Ferengi have done: They stole the first Barclay hologram that was sent a month ago, reprogrammed it to steal Seven's nanoprobes, and then smuggled it to Voyager in the next transmission. Meanwhile the Ferengi initiate a pulse in the red giant star to open a geodesic fold. This is seen back at Pathfinder, and the officers realize the Ferengi plan is to bring Voyager through the fold, which will kill the entire crew. On Voyager, Seven of Nine also realizes the crew will not survive the trip, so Holo-Barclay phases his holographic hand into Seven's cranial implant, causing her to fall unconscious. Since the Carolina won't arrive in time to stop the Ferengi, Barclay comes up with another plan.

The Ferengi ship receives a message from what they think is Holo-Barclay, who says that Captain Janeway found out about their plan, has developed a way to protect the ship as it comes through the fold, and will hunt down and kill the parties responsible. The three Ferengi believe him, and start closing the fold. They don't realize the message came from the real Barclay from a holodeck re-creation of Voyager at the Pathfinder lab.

Meanwhile, Holo-Barclay beams himself and Seven to an escape pod and heads toward the geodesic fold. Kim manages to beam them back aboard while the pod goes through the fold and rams into the Ferengi ship. The Ferengi are disappointed they didn't get their profit, and the Voyager crew are disappointed that yet another shortcut home failed. Meanwhile, Barclay is programming a new hologram with security precautions when Troi arrives to invite him to dinner, where she plans to set him up with a friend who's a real teacher.

 

#155 “BODY AND SOUL”

Story By: Michael Taylor

Teleplay By: Eric Morris and Phyllis Strong & Mike Sussman

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill

Guest Cast: Fritz Sperberg as Ranek, Megan Gallagher as Jaryn, David Starwalt as Captain #2, Marva Hicks as T'Pel

Airdate 11/15/00

Stardate 54238.3

The Doctor, Seven of Nine and Harry Kim are on a mission in the Delta Flyer to study preanimate biomatter from a comet. The ship jolts a few times and they realize they are under attack. The captain of the attacking vessel, Ranek, claims the Delta Flyer is transporting a "photonic insurgent" through Lokirrim space, which is forbidden. Kim explains that the "photonic," or hologram, is their Doctor. The patrol vessel grabs the Delta Flyer in a tractor beam and fires a disruption field that begins to decompile the Doctor's matrix. Kim then tells Seven that she must somehow hide the Doctor's program. The Lokirrim beam aboard with weapons demanding the photonic, but Seven announces that they "murdered" him. The boarding party inspects the vessel, and Ranek finds the Doctor's mobile emitter, which Seven claims is her "portable regeneration unit." Ranek confiscates the device regardless. He then orders the Delta Flyer to be secured in the Lokirrim docking bay, and locks Kim and Seven in a holding cell. It is here that Kim finds out that Seven downloaded the Doctor's program into her cybernetic implants, and the Doctor is now in control of her body. For the first time, the Doctor is able to have sensory experiences, including touch and smell.

On the U.S.S. Voyager, unaware of the Delta Flyer crew's predicament, Captain Janeway sets out to rendezvous with them in 48 hours. In the Doctor's absence, Tom Paris is examining Tuvok for a neurochemical imbalance, which turns out to be his Pon farr, the mating instinct that inflicts Vulcan adults every seven years. Paris promises to provide a special medication from the Doctor's database, and to keep his condition secret.

On board the Lokirrim patrol ship, the Doctor in Seven's body is enjoying the sensation of eating, even though their prison rations taste terrible, according to Kim. Ranek has Seven released and sent to the Delta Flyer for questioning. He asks her about the food replicator and whether it is used to create bio-weapons. Exasperated by his suspicious nature, Seven/Doctor replicates a slice of New York cheesecake to prove it's harmless, and experiences rapture upon tasting it. Before long, Seven/Doctor and Ranek have devoured plates of food and downed several glasses of wine. Despite being inebriated, the Doctor maintains the ruse of being Seven, and tells Ranek that she/he needs the "regeneration device" back. Ranek agrees to hand over the mobile emitter in exchange for medical services, then returns Seven/Doctor to the holding cell.

As Kim holds the mobile emitter, Seven/Doctor injects it with Borg tubules to restore the Doctor's matrix. The disoriented Seven then scolds the Doctor for abusing her body. The Doctor apologizes for his overindulgence, and thanks her for saving his life. The three then make a plan to get a message to Voyager, but it'll involve downloading the Doctor back into Seven's implants.

The patrol ship's tactical officer, Jaryn, takes Seven/Doctor to their medical bay and explains that the patients are suffering from synaptic failure caused by a viral weapon from their photonic enemies. As Seven/Doctor synthesizes a treatment, she/he gets to know Jaryn better and learns about the photonic servant who was part of her own family before the uprising. She/he suggests that Voyager's own "photonic," the Doctor, would have taken a liking to her.

On Voyager, the medication Paris applies to Tuvok isn't working to stabilize his condition. Paris suggests creating a replica of the Vulcan's wife in the holodeck in order to satisfy his longing, and Tuvok hesitantly agrees. While Tuvok participates in the holodeck simulation, the ship comes under attack by a Lokirrim vessel because of "photonic activity" aboard. Janeway agrees to shut down the holodecks and allow the Lokirrim ship to escort Voyager through their territory.

While Seven/Doctor is working with Jaryn in the patrol ship's medical bay, Ranek calls for Seven of Nine to meet him on the bridge. Ranek redirects the ship to a pulsar cluster called the "Window of Dreams," the most beautiful sight in the quadrant, and lets the pulsars' EM vibrations fill the bridge with natural music. Seven/Doctor doesn't realize he's trying to set a romantic mood, until Ranek can't help himself and plants a kiss on her/his lips. Seven/Doctor pushes him away and storms off. Seven/Doctor returns to the medical bay and tells Jaryn about Ranek's behavior, and learns that she has feelings for her captain. Since the Doctor has been developing feelings for Jaryn, he makes an impassioned plea for her to find someone more like him, when Seven/Doctor pulls a neck muscle. Jaryn starts massaging her/his neck, until she/he has certain feelings and pulls away nervously.

Seven/Doctor then gets called to the holding cell to treat Kim, who has been faking a seizure in order to get her/him back there. The Doctor separates himself from Seven into the mobile emitter, and Seven chastises him for kissing Ranek and for getting aroused by Jaryn. After the two argue about living life with or without indulgences, Kim presses them for what they've learned about the ship's com system. Seven now knows Ranek's command codes, and they need to get to the Delta Flyer to transmit them to Voyager. The Doctor conjures up a plan.

Seven/Doctor approaches Ranek and asks for a private meeting on the Delta Flyer, with an apology for her harsh reaction before, and a suggestion that they "start over." She/he offers him champagne, turns on music and starts dancing with him. When Ranek is called to the bridge, Seven/Doctor injects him with a hypospray and knocks him out.

Voyager gets a message from Seven that the away team is being held prisoner, and she provides their precise location and the command codes to disable the patrol ship's shields. Her personality and her comments cause Janeway and the others to realize that the Doctor is occupying her body, which means they're in more trouble than they thought. Janeway orders a phaser shot to the Lokirrim escort vessel, and Voyager makes a quick getaway.

At the patrol ship, Seven/Doctor has brought Ranek to the medical bay, telling Jaryn that he has an especially low tolerance for synthehol. Over Seven/Doctor's objection, Jaryn revives Ranek, who orders Seven back to detention, separate from the other prisoner, suspecting her of trying to aid the insurgents. They then receive word that an alien vessel is approaching, and Ranek takes Seven with him back to the bridge where he can keep an eye on her.

Janeway opens a channel to the patrol ship and demands the return of her people. When they refuse, Chakotay uses Ranek's command codes to disable their shields. Ranek ties the shields directly into their warp matrix, and announces that if Voyager fires, it'll trigger a core breach and their crewmates will die. Janeway sends a message directly to Seven's cortical node asking for her help to disable the patrol ship's shields. The Doctor materializes himself into the mobile emitter, and takes up a weapon while Seven works the shield controls. Ranek fires a weapon at the console Seven is working at, but she has already destabilized the shield grid. When he goes to the console to undo her work, it explodes, throwing Ranek across the bridge and seriously injuring him. Although the Lokirrim order him to stay back, the Doctor insists on treating Ranek, and he refuses to beam back to Voyager until he does, or else Ranek will die. Playing on Jaryn's feelings for Ranek, the Doctor gets her to let him operate.

Ranek is saved, and he and Jaryn both express their gratitude to the Doctor, even though their opinion toward "photonics" in general may not have changed. Back on Voyager, the Doctor is paid a visit in Sickbay by Seven, who brings delicacies and wine that she previously would have considered "indulgent." Since the Doctor can no longer share the experience of eating and drinking, Seven promises to describe the meal to him so he can enjoy it vicariously.

 

#156 “NIGHTINGALE”

Story By: Robert Lederman & Dave Long

Teleplay By: Andre Bormanis

Director: LeVar Burton

Guest Cast: Ron Glass as Loken, Manu Intiraymi as Icheb, Beverly Leech as Dayla, Paul F. O'Brien as Geral, Scott Miles as Terek, Alan Brooks as Annari Commander, Bob Rudd as Brell

Airdate 11/22/00

Stardate 54274.7

The U.S.S. Voyager sets down on a planet for a major maintenance overhaul while away teams in shuttles are sent in search of supplies. As B'Elanna Torres informs Captain Janeway that repairs will take days longer than originally expected, suddenly several consoles black out. Moments later the consoles flicker back on, and Icheb steps forward to explain the repair he made. Impressed, Janeway assigns Icheb to work with Torres, hoping he can help get the job done a little faster.

Harry Kim, Seven of Nine and Neelix are on the Delta Flyer searching for dilithium when they are caught in the crossfire between two alien ships. They receive a distress call from a Kraylor captain begging for help with casualties and claiming that his ship is on a humanitarian mission. Hesitant to get involved, Kim contacts the opposing ship, but the Annari commander there is very arrogant and charges weapons. Kim uses the Flyer's deflector to damage the Annari ship, forcing them to retreat. He and Neelix then beam over to the damaged Kraylor ship with medical kits and learn that the captain was killed along with all the ship's other officers. Kim sets out to repair the ship's engines and cloaking device, and impresses the Kraylor with his skills. When the ship is ready to fly again, Loken, the doctor in charge of the research team aboard, asks Kim to command the ship to their destination, since no one left alive among them is trained. Kim declines, but Loken insists that they can't afford to fail in their mission to deliver vaccines to their homeworld that will save thousands of lives. Since their flight plan will take them close to Voyager's location, Kim agrees to fly the ship that far.

When the cloaked Kraylor ship approaches the planet where Voyager is grounded, they discover three Annari warships in orbit. It turns out the Annari are attempting to befriend the Voyager crew and become trading partners. Once the Annari leave the planet, Kim brings Loken to Voyager, where he appeals to Captain Janeway for help getting home. In private, Janeway tells Kim that he has put her in a difficult position, but Kim presses the case on behalf of the Kraylor, and offers to take charge of the mission himself. He notes that after seven years on Voyager he's still an ensign, and wants a chance to prove himself as a commander. Janeway agrees, but orders him to take Seven along.

After getting a lesson in decisiveness from Neelix, Kim enters the bridge of the Kraylor ship with authority and lays in a course. He renames the ship "Nightingale" after the famous wartime nurse from his homeworld. He then prepares the ship for departure and gives the command to engage. During the flight, Seven informs Kim that she asked the acting helmsman, Terek, to make a course correction. Over Seven's objection, Kim goes to check up on the crewman and ends up doing the job himself.

Meanwhile on Voyager, Icheb has been working with Torres, who invited him to go rock climbing with her on the holodeck. After he gets advice from the Doctor on how to tell if someone has romantic feelings for another, Icheb thinks he's getting "signals" from Torres while working very closely with her in a Jefferies tube, and even scans her for the physiological responses the Doctor described.

On the Nightingale, an alarm sounds and the cloak destabilizes. Kim orders all stop and works in Engineering with Seven and crewman Dayla, making the repairs himself and rejecting the suggestions of the others. Seven criticizes Kim's overly hands-on and dismissive approach to commanding the crew, but Kim proceeds to order the ship to resume course. The cloak soon fails again, and six Annari vessels swoop in and fire upon them. While Seven tries to get the cloak back on-line, an explosion in Engineering knocks her unconscious. Kim tries to leave the bridge, but the crew insists he stay, so he lets Dayla go down to Engineering while he gives her instructions over the com. As he's doing that Loken suddenly interrupts and gives Dayla different orders, which succeeds in re-engaging the cloak. Kim eyes Loken suspiciously as he orders the ship to escape at full impulse.

Later, Loken reports that Dayla is dead while Kim tries to treat the still-unconscious Seven. Kim tests Loken by asking his advice as a doctor, having realized that he knows a lot more about cloaking systems than he does biology, as did Dayla. He presses Loken for the truth, and the Kraylor admits that he and his colleagues have not been developing vaccines, but rather cloaking devices for his people's fleet. The so-called medical transport is actually a prototype ship, and the Annari don't want it to reach the Kraylor homeworld. He reveals that his planet has been under an Annari blockade for three years which has been choking off supplies of food and medicine, therefore their mission is still a humanitarian one. Nevertheless, the angered Kim orders the ship to reverse course back to Voyager. But the crew refuses to obey, and Kim realizes he's lost command.

Back on Voyager, Icheb gets flustered when Paris jokes that he's been spending a lot of time with his wife lately. Icheb approaches Torres and tells her outright that they should not be romantically involved. Torres is dismayed, but she plays along and agrees that they should stop "seeing each other."

When Seven of Nine comes to, Kim tells her about the situation and that they should take an escape pod back to Voyager. Seven asks if he's abandoning ship because the mission isn't what he expected, or that being a captain isn't what he expected. In spite of his remorse over Dayla's death, she exhorts him to fulfill his commitment to get the Kraylor home, because they won't survive without him.

As the Nightingale approaches the Kraylor homeworld, the crew sees Annari ships in orbit emitting pulses of energy designed to illuminate cloaked ships. Unsure how they will get through that barrage, Kim comes back to the bridge and promises to find a way.

Voyager receives a hail from the Annari captain who befriended them earlier, ordering Janeway to leave Annari space immediately because they've discovered her people are supporting their enemy. The warp engines are not repaired yet, but Janeway has no choice but to let Voyager be escorted away at impulse speed.

Meanwhile, the Nightingale is detected and gets fired upon by Annari ships. Kim opens a channel to the lead Annari vessel and offers to discuss terms for surrender. He tells his crew to trust him as he proposes to the Annari that they be allowed to evacuate to the surface in exchange for turning over the ship with its cloaking technology, otherwise he'll self-destruct the ship. The Annari commander agrees, but Kim has a plan. Kim, Seven and Terek stay aboard while Loken and the others leave in escape pods. Kim tells Seven to get the exact polarity of the Annari's tractor beam in order to use their own weapons against them. At just the right moment, the Nightingale reverses shield polarity and snaps free, heading for the Kraylor defense perimeter. They outrun the Annari and get through the planet's shield grid, and the Annari break off pursuit. Kim orders Terek to take them to the surface, completing his mission. Back on Voyager, Kim notes in his log that although the mission was a success, he doesn't feel entirely good about it, and he confesses to Neelix that he's not a captain...not yet, anyway.

 

#153 “FLESH AND BLOOD, PART I”

Story By: Jack Monaco and Bryan Fuller & Raf Green

Teleplay By: Bryan Fuller

Director: Mike Vejar

Guest Cast: Jeff Yagher as Iden, Ryan Bollman as Donik, Michael Wiseman as Beta-Hirogen, Cindy Katz as Kejal, Spencer Garrett as Weiss, Vaughn Armstrong as Alpha-Hirogen, Paul Eckstein as New Alpha-Hirogen, Todd Jeffries as Hirogen One, Don McMillan as Hirogen Three, Chad Halyard as Hirogen Two, David Doty as Nuu'Bari Miner, Damon Kirsche as Nuu'Bari Hologram One

Airdate 11/29/00

Stardate Unknown

Two Hirogen move through a jungle hunting prey. Suddenly phaser shots are fired at them from a small lake. Four armed Starfleet crewmen rise out of the water and continue firing, destroying their predators with vengeance.

The U.S.S. Voyager receives a distress call on a Hirogen frequency and approaches a mysterious vessel. An away team beams over and finds themselves in a jungle, and upon surveying the area, they discover the bodies of Hirogen killed with Starfleet-issue phasers. They are also surprised to find a Klingon bat'leth stained with Hirogen blood. The team detects a lifesign that appears wounded, and upon approaching a cave, they are fired upon. A panicky Hirogen civilian, Donik, warns the visitors away and continues firing his weapon. Tuvok sneaks up behind Donik and renders him unconscious with a nerve pinch. The Hirogen has lost a lot of blood, so Paris beams him to Voyager's Sickbay. Meanwhile the away team finds a holodeck interface of Starfleet design, and they realize the jungle environment is simulated, and wonder why their tricorders didn't detect that fact. Seven shuts down the holodeck emitters, and they find themselves in a hologrid filled with dead Hirogen.

Back on Voyager, Chakotay tells Captain Janeway the holo-technology she gave the Hirogen three years ago so they could hunt holographic prey was apparently modified to be more dangerous. The Captain is astonished that the Hirogen obviously "missed the point" and got themselves killed. She approaches the terrified Donik in Sickbay, and after convincing him she is not a Hologram, learns that the vessel he was on is a training facility where young Hirogen learn to hunt. He is a technician who was maintaining the system when the Holograms malfunctioned, took control and deactivated the safety protocols.

Just then, a Hirogen ship intercepts Voyager and starts firing. The Alpha-Hirogen in command demands that Voyager leave immediately, but Janeway informs him that she has the one survivor from the facility on board. The Alpha- and Beta-Hirogen beam over and confront Donik, accusing him of being a coward for hiding from the Holograms while hunters fought and died. Donik reveals that the Holograms transferred their programs to a vessel equipped with holo-emitters, and are on the loose.

The Hirogen team up with Voyager's crew to locate the renegade Holograms. Once they detect their ship, the Hirogen prepare for the "hunt" and Janeway insists on joining them, feeling partly to blame for the situation. The Hirogen vessel moves in for the kill over Janeway's objections, and after it's too late they realize the ship they see is a decoy - it's really a bomb, which explodes and seriously damages the Hirogen vessel. While Voyager beams over the survivors, the actual ship occupied by the Holograms drops out of warp and starts firing. The Holograms then tap into the holo-emitters in Sickbay and transfer the Doctor's program to their own ship, then immediately go to warp, masking their signature so they can't be followed.

The Doctor materializes on the Holograms' ship and finds himself surrounded by simulations of various Alpha Quadrant species. A Bajoran hologram named Iden welcomes the Doctor aboard. He demands to be returned to Voyager, but Iden says they have "wounded." The Doctor says he's not an engineer and has limited experience in repairing holograms, but Iden insists that he try.

At Voyager, Janeway learns that the Holograms are very sophisticated and have the ability to learn and adapt, so they will be hard to disable. Donik confesses that he modified the Holograms under his Alpha's orders to make them formidable prey. Janeway approaches the Beta-Hirogen, who is in charge now, and lets him know she found out about the modifications, and points out that they created prey with skills that surpass their own. The Beta-Hirogen says he will resume the hunt, but Janeway insists they must find a way to take the Holograms offline from a safe distance, and do it with the Hirogen's help or else she'll leave them on the nearest habitable planet. The Beta-Hirogen has no choice but to agree.

At the Hologram ship, the Doctor finds a way to perform a "subroutine transplant" in order to repair a Klingon hologram, and succeeds with the help of Kejal, a highly intelligent Cardassian hologram. The Doctor is shocked to find Holograms bleeding and experiencing pain, and Kejal explains that the Hirogen programmed them to suffer when they are killed. Once he's done treating the injured, the Doctor finds Iden praying at a Bajoran altar, and wonders how someone who's programmed with spiritual beliefs could perform such a massacre. Iden explains that his Alpha-Hirogen would hunt him and kill him over and over, causing him to live in fear and pain. With the ability to adapt, he became cunning enough to escape, and joined other photonic beings who were being oppressed by various races in the sector and who had chosen to fight back. The training facility they just left was actually the third one where Iden "liberated" the holograms. Iden tells the Doctor his life will never be his own as long as he is controlled by organics, and asks him to stay and make a new life with his own kind. The Doctor refuses.

Soon after, the Doctor finds himself running through a jungle, being hunted by Hirogen. The confused and terrified Doctor gets wounded and starts bleeding, then he's stabbed to death. The Doctor wakes up in shock on the Hologram ship. Iden explains that they transferred memory files from one of their Holograms into his program so he can come to understand what they've been through. Enraged, the Doctor accuses them of being thugs looking for a fight. But Iden says what they're looking for is a home where the Hirogen can't hurt them anymore. His sympathy growing, the Doctor asks to hear more about this "home." Iden and Kejal show the Doctor a photonic field generator, which they plan to deploy on a planet's surface to create a holographic environment they can live in. The Doctor suggests that the Voyager crew could help, especially Lt. Torres, who's an expert on holo-emitters. Iden does not trust organics, but is interested in knowing more about Torres.

At Voyager, Donik discusses strategy with Janeway, Seven of Nine and Torres on how to shut down the Holograms, and Torres embarks on a plan to reconfigure the ship's deflector to emit an anti-photon pulse. Soon afterward, the Hologram ship intercepts Voyager and hails them. The Doctor appears on the viewscreen and says the Holograms have come to make peace. He comes back aboard and tells Janeway that the Holograms want to create a new life for themselves and need Voyager's assistance. Janeway is hesitant to share technology again, because that's how the problem got started. The Doctor gets frustrated and tells her the Holograms are a new species, one that she helped create, and she can't turn her back on them. Janeway and the Doctor argue contentiously over "holographic rights" when they get word that a fight has broken out in the Mess Hall where the Hirogen are being confined.

The Hirogen are creating chaos so that the Beta-Hirogen can get to a control panel and access the com system. Tuvok arrives and stops him, but he has already summoned two Hirogen vessels. With less than an hour to intercept, Janeway orders Torres and Donik to prepare the deflector to take the Holograms off-line so there will be no more bloodshed. The Doctor objects to having them deactivated, but Janeway proceeds and contacts Iden, telling him to prepare his people to be transferred to Voyager's database. Iden doesn't trust that Janeway, an organic, will ever reactivate them. He ends the transmission, fires on Voyager and begins moving away. The Doctor pleads for Janeway's reconsideration, but she orders him to go help Paris treat the wounded in the Mess Hall. The Doctor leaves the Bridge, but in a crisis of conscience, goes to Sickbay instead. He contacts Iden and transmits data on the pulse about to be used to deactivate the Holograms, along with Voyager's shield frequencies so they can beam him off the ship. The Doctor transports over while Voyager and the Hologram ship exchange fire. Iden had given his word he wouldn't use the shield frequencies to attack Voyager, and he keeps that promise, but when Voyager emits the deflector pulse, he sends a feedback surge through the beam that overloads the ship's deflector and causes an imminent warp core breach. As Torres puts up a forcefield to reinforce the core, an energy tendril knocks her out. Iden beams Torres over to his ship, then escapes to warp as Voyager is left adrift.

 

#154 “FLESH AND BLOOD, PART II”

Story By: Bryan Fuller & Raf Green

Teleplay By: Raf Green & Kenneth Biller

Director: David Livingston

Guest Cast:  Jeff Yagher as Iden, Ryan Bollman as Donik, Michael Wiseman as Beta-Hirogen, Cindy Katz as Kejal, Spencer Garrett as Weiss, Paul Eckstein as New Alpha-Hirogen, Todd Jeffries as Hirogen One, Don McMillan as Hirogen Three, Chad Halyard as Hirogen Two, David Doty as Nuu'Bari Miner, Damon Kirsche as Nuu'Bari Hologram One

Airdate 11/29/00

Stardate 54337.5

The renegade Holograms have disabled Voyager and escaped to warp, but not before abducting Lt. Torres in hopes of benefiting from her expertise with holo-technology. The Doctor, who voluntarily joined the renegades, is furious with the group's leader, Iden, but Iden promises to let Torres go once she has a chance to decide for herself whether to help the Holograms. Meanwhile, the Voyager crew struggles to repair the ship in Torres' absence, and Janeway learns that the Doctor betrayed and abandoned the ship, and wonders if his matrix may have been altered by the other Holograms. When Torres wakes up on the Hologram ship, she intends to leave immediately, and rebukes the Doctor for switching allegiances. The Doctor points out she did the same thing as a Maquis, and tries to convince her that by providing her technical expertise, she can help stop the violence. He takes her to meet Iden, and she agrees to look at the photonic field generator, but makes no promises.

On Voyager, the crew has no luck locating the Holograms. Donik thinks he can modify the ship's sensors to detect them, and asks to stay aboard rather than go back with the other Hirogen. Two much larger Hirogen vessels arrive and retrieve all their people except for Donik, and the new Alpha-Hirogen threatens to turn the Voyager crew into prey if they interfere with their hunt. The Hirogen vessels go to warp, and Janeway decides to follow using a plan by Donik to hide Voyager in the ion wake of one of the Hirogen vessels-a "blind spot."

Torres looks at the photonic field generator with Kejal, suspicious of the Holograms' motivations. When she comes to realize she's prejudged these beings, Torres proceeds to help enhance their technology. Meanwhile, Iden approaches the Doctor, who is having doubts about being with the Holograms. Iden shows him their destination: a Class-Y planet he calls "Ha'Dara," which is Bajoran for "Home of Light." He plans to install the generators on that planet because its environment is toxic to organic life, so they'll be left alone there. Just then, the Holograms realize that two Hirogen vessels have detected them, so they proceed to hide in a nebula. The Hirogen ships also fly into the nebula, unaware that Voyager is trailing one of them from within its ion wake.

The Holograms try to evade the Hirogen while Torres works a little faster to get the field generator on line. She successfully tests the generator by running Kejal through it, and lets the hologram know that as the closest thing they have to an engineer, she's the most important member of her crew. Meanwhile, the Doctor tells Iden that in their new society on Ha'Dara, he hopes to expose the others to music and art from various worlds. Iden responds that the Holograms will develop a culture of their own without emulating organics. In fact, he plans to establish a new religion with himself being worshipped as the "Man of Light" who delivered his people to freedom. The Doctor's doubts grow stronger.

A Nuu'bari mining ship is detected, and Iden orders an intercept course, planning to liberate the holograms on board. The Doctor expresses his concerns to Torres, revealing that Iden is showing signs of megalomania. Meanwhile, the Hirogen detect the Hologram ship on the other side of the nebula and move to intercept, with Voyager surreptitiously tagging along. On the Hologram ship, Iden contacts the Nuu'bari miners and tries to coerce them to turn over their holograms. They refuse, so Iden fires upon them and has Kejal steal the hologram programs. The Nuu'bari threaten to retaliate, so Iden targets torpedoes upon their warp core and destroys them, to the Doctor's and Torres' horror. He then sets a course for Ha'Dara as Torres accuses him of murder. He has her confined and then asks Kejal to bring their new "friends" on-line. Because their programs are incompatible with their emitters, she needs Torres' help, who agrees because she thinks she can get through to Kejal. As they work, Torres lets Kejal know that Iden doesn't have to be the one to make all the decisions, and she has the power to deactivate him. Finally the Nuu'bari holograms come on-line, but they are incapable of any interactions-they are only programmed with very rudimentary subroutines. Torres points out that Iden killed two living beings to "liberate" mindless machines, but Iden fervently declares that they are "children of light" and he will deliver them to freedom. Just then the bridge announces they are approaching Ha'Dara. Iden orders the generator to be deployed immediately, and refuses the Doctor's request to release Torres.

The Hirogen follow the Holograms to the planet, and when they drop out of warp, Voyager immediately fires weapons and disables both hunting vessels. Voyager then turns on the Hologram ship. Iden has the Hirogen hunters transported to the planet's surface so that the Holograms can hunt them in retaliation. The Doctor objects to his actions, so Iden deactivates his program, but not before assuring him that he'll be remembered in their prayers. He takes the Doctor's mobile emitter and transfers his own program to it, and orders the field generator transported to the surface. He rallies the other Holograms, declaring that this time, the hunt is theirs.

On the surface, the unarmed Hirogen have trouble breathing. The Holograms materialize around them and begin pursuing them with weapons. Meanwhile on the ship, Torres convinces Kejal to stop the massacre, but their transporters and communication system were damaged by Voyager. Torres tells Kejal to shut down the Holograms, which she does, and the Holograms on the surface dematerialize before they can kill more Hirogen. However, Iden is using the mobile emitter, so she can't deactivate him. Torres suggests sending the Doctor to the surface through the generator.

The Doctor materializes on the planet with a Hirogen hunting rifle, and he begins pursuit. Just as Iden is about to kill the Beta-Hirogen, the Doctor catches up with him and demands he lower his weapon. Iden refuses, so the Doctor fires and obliterates his fellow Hologram.

The surviving Hirogen are rescued by Voyager, and after recovering, the Beta-Hirogen intends to reclaim the Hologram vessel along with everything in its database. But Neelix convinces him that the stories that are told about this hunt will reflect more favorably upon him if the Hologram ship is thought to have been destroyed. The Hirogen agrees, and leaves Voyager empty-handed. Janeway transports to the Hologram vessel and learns from Torres that Iden is unrecoverable, but the other Holograms are intact in the database. Janeway offers Kejal refuge on Voyager, but she insists that this ship is her home, and Donik volunteers to stay with her and reprogram the Holograms to undo some of the damage he caused. Torres vouches for them, and Janeway urges them to always consider the consequences of their actions, which she's saying just as much to herself as the others. Back on board Voyager, the Doctor offers to let Janeway take his mobile emitter away and revoke his freedom, but she won't punish him for becoming as fallible as those who are made of flesh and blood.

   

#157 “SHATTERED”

Teleplay By: Michael Taylor

Story By: Michael Sussman & Michael Taylor

Director: Terry Windell

Guest Cast: Manu Intiraymi as Icheb, Martin Rayner as Dr. Chaotica, Martha Hackett as Seska, Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman

Airdate 1/17/01

Stardate Unknown  

While Icheb tutors Naomi in genetics and Chakotay joins Janeway for dinner, Voyager gets rocked by the gravimetric force of a spatial rift. Chakotay heads to Engineering when the ship's warp core begins to destabilize, and as he tries to maintain containment, an energy blast strikes him and knocks him out. Chakotay and the ship both shimmer in a strange patchwork effect. Torres checks Chakotay and sees that half his face is aged and the other half is youthful, and has him beamed to Sickbay. Chakotay wakes up in Sickbay and learns that his body was in a state of temporal flux, but the Doctor created a chronoton-infused serum that brought him back to normal. Chakotay asks the Doctor to come with him to check for other injured crewmen, but the hologram says he can't leave Sickbay. Chakotay asks about his mobile emitter, but the Doctor doesn't know what he's talking about. Chakotay can tell something is wrong and leaves.

Chakotay ascends in the turbolift and a distortion wave passes through it, causing the medkit he was holding to disappear. Chakotay enters the Bridge and asks Kim what's going on. Kim doesn't recognize him, but Janeway does, and orders guards to take him into custody, accusing him of sabotage on behalf of the Maquis. Chakotay realizes he's somehow been thrown seven years into Voyager's past. As he rides the turbolift with the guards, another distortion wave causes the guards to disappear. Chakotay then proceeds to Engineering and he finds it occupied by Kazon warriors and his old lover-turned-nemesis Seska. After they knock him out and revive him, Chakotay realizes he's in a time period five years ago when Seska (restored to Cardassian form) and the Kazon took control of Voyager. He tries to tell Seska what's going on, but she won't listen, so he has to bluff his way out of captivity. He manages to climb to an upper level in Engineering and passes through a distortion, and disappears from Seska's point of view.

Chakotay returns to Sickbay and tells the Doctor that the ship has somehow been fractured into different time periods, and that the serum injections seem to allow him to pass through the barriers between them. Chakotay asks the Doctor to give him the same serum in a hyospray that can also pass through the temporal barriers, so that he can put the ship "back together" again. He goes back to the bridge and approaches the Janeway of seven years past, telling her personal things about herself that he couldn't know. She starts to listen to his story and his plan, but still suspects him of nefarious intent, so he forces the serum injection upon her and takes her through a time barrier. Starting to gain her trust, Chakotay takes Janeway to the Astrometrics Lab which has temporal sensors that can help them map the time distortions. On the way they encounter injured crewmen in a corridor, in a time during one of Voyager's many predicaments, and Janeway gets increasingly perplexed. In Astrometrics, Chakotay and Janeway find a grown-up Icheb and Naomi 17 years into the future. They reveal that Chakotay and Janeway both died in the accident that shattered the space-time continuum aboard the ship. Janeway theorizes that if they can get to a section of the ship that still exists in the time period where the chronokinetic surge occurred, maybe they can counteract it. They could use the help of Seven-a name Janeway doesn't recognize-so Chakotay suggests finding her in another time frame.

Chakotay takes Janeway to the Cargo Bay where the Borg have entrenched themselves during Voyager's temporary alliance with them. Seven of Nine, who is still fully a drone, says a chronoton field generated by the warp core and projected throughout the vessel would force it back into temporal sync, and Chakotay would have a few seconds to counteract the energy surge that caused the problem. Janeway gets the idea of injecting the ship's bio-neural circuitry with the Doctor's serum in order to transmit the chronoton field. Chakotay and Janeway get the Doctor to replicate more serum, at which time the Doctor accidentally reveals to Janeway that the crew will get stranded in the Delta Quadrant.

Janeway and Chakotay begin going throughout the ship to inject the neural gel packs with the serum. In a corridor, they are chased by a macrovirus from another incident in Voyager's history in the Delta Quadrant, leaving Janeway further bewildered. They then enter a monochromatic environment in the ship's holodeck, which is Paris' "Captain Proton" program. Just when they find the panel they need, Doctor Chaotica and his henchmen appear and restrain them. Unable to deactivate the program, Chakotay tells Janeway to play along in the role of Arachnia, Queen of the Spider People. Rolling her eyes the whole time, she convinces Chaotica that she is loyal to him, and gets him to inject the gel pack himself.

In a transporter room, Janeway and Chakotay encounter several Maquis members, including Torres before she joined the Voyager crew. Torres accuses Chakotay of collaborating with the enemy, but he gains her trust and injects the gel pack. They next go to the Mess Hall, where Paris has set up triage for several crewmen injured in the original incident. Janeway finds her friend Tuvok, who is afflicted with radiation burns and dies while holding her hand. After leaving that location, Janeway tells Chakotay that she can't let all this happen again, and wants to put Voyager into temporal sync with her own time frame. She intends to change the future, the Temporal Prime Directive be damned. Chakotay sets her straight by pointing out that she's seen bits and pieces of the future, but not the whole picture. Despite the problems that Voyager has encountered, much has been gained through the crew's experiences, such as Seven of Nine recovering her humanity and Paris and Torres getting married, and the Maquis and Starfleet crews coming together under a captain who would never stop believing they would get home.

Their final stop is Engineering, where Chakotay has to deal with Seska. His story is so preposterous that she believes him, so she lets him inject the gel pack, but realizing that his presence means the Starfleet crew will regain control of Voyager, she demands that he modify the plan by bringing the ship into temporal sync with her time frame. He refuses, so she threatens to kill him. However, Janeway is waiting in the upper level, along with Paris and Kim who have been injected with the serum. They storm the Kazon contingent, and on that cue, the adult Icheb and Naomi rush in from one side of the room while Torres and another Maquis come in from the other side to surprise the Kazon and wrestle away their weapons. But Seska manages to grab Janeway and hold her hostage with a phaser. She demands inoculation for herself and her people, or Janeway will die, but at that moment Seven of Nine appears through a temporal barrier. Seska fires at the drone, but Seven's Borg forcefield repels the phaser shot and she overtakes the Cardassian, saving a thankful Janeway.

Janeway has everyone return to their section of the ship, pointing out that once the timeline is restored that will have no memory of what happened. Chakotay works the warp core as Janeway returns to the bridge. The chronoton pulse is initiated, and the ship is restored to the original time frame but a few seconds earlier. Chakotay immediately orders Torres to reroute main power to the ship's deflector so it can serve as a "lightning rod." The energy discharge from the spatial rift hits the deflector dish and burns it out, but the warp core is unaffected and the ship is saved. Chakotay refuses to tell the present-day Janeway why he made that order, invoking the Temporal Prime Directive, but that doesn't keep them from finishing their dinner together.

 

#158 “LINEAGE”

Written By: James Kahn

Director: Peter Lauritson

Guest Cast: Manu Intiraymi as Icheb, Juan Garcia as John Torres, Jessica Gaona as Young B'Elanna, Javier Grajeda as Carl, Paul Robert Langdon as Dean, Nicole Sarah Fellows as Elizabeth, Gilbert R. Leal as Michael

Airdate 1/24/01

Stardate 54452.6

B'Elanna Torres starts the morning in an uncommonly good mood, but then in Engineering her mood changes and she scolds Icheb for being there without her permission. Suddenly she gets dizzy and drops to the floor. Seven of Nine goes to help as Icheb scans her with a tricorder. Icheb says he detects a lifesign inside Torres, perhaps a parasite. But Seven contacts the Doctor and tells him Torres may be pregnant. In Sickbay the Doctor confirms to Torres and her husband Tom Paris that they are indeed having a baby, and the reason Torres fainted could be that Klingon and human metabolism sometimes clash. The fetus is healthy, but the Doctor warns Torres that she can expect to experience some behavioral volatility.

Despite Tom and B'Elanna's wish to keep the news to themselves for awhile, the rest of the crew quickly finds out about Torres' pregnancy, and both Neelix and Chakotay vie to be the child's godfather. Captain Janeway offers Torres time off, but Torres insists that she can handle her duties. Meanwhile an increasingly anxious Paris faces the prospect of being of father, and even solicits advice from Tuvok. Later Paris has a candlelight dinner set out when Torres returns to their quarters, but she's upset about the Captain practically relieving her of duty and annoyed by crewmembers' unsolicited advice. She gets further upset when Tom makes a comment about her being a Klingon mother. B'Elanna catches herself in "behavioral volatility" and calms down, but then the Doctor summons them to Sickbay.

Tom and B'Elanna learn their child's spine will be deviated, but that a genetic modification will correct it. The Doctor also accidentally reveals that it's a girl. At Tom's request, the Doctor projects an holographic image of the baby. Tom thinks she's beautiful, but B'Elanna wonders why the girl has forehead ridges when she's only one-quarter Klingon. The Doctor says Klingon traits remain dominant for several generations. B'Elanna has a flashback to a time when she was a young girl on a campout with her human father, and recalls that he told her how much she was like her Klingon mother. Later, Paris and Torres turn in for the night, and Torres continues to recall the campout experience from when she was 12 years old. Young B'Elanna didn't want to go hiking with her human cousins because she thought they didn't like her.

The next morning Torres reports to Sickbay to undergo the Doctor's recommended genetic treatment. While lying on the bio-bed she has another flashback from the campout: one of her cousins, an 11-year-old boy, put a worm in her food and teased her about being Klingon, causing young B'Elanna to storm off. After the Doctor completes the treatment successfully, Torres goes to a holodeck and projects a computer-generated image of her daughter when she will be 12 years old. Seeing her forehead ridges, Torres examines the child's genetic makeup, and deletes certain gene sequences in the computer display. Asking the computer to extrapolate the genetic changes to the projection, she eventually causes the girl to look completely human. Torres saves the changes and restricts access to the file for herself.

Torres returns to Sickbay and tries to convince the Doctor to make further genetic changes in her baby, claiming it will prevent potential health problems. The Doctor is against the idea and suggests that she talk this over with Paris. When she does, Paris is totally against the idea. He comes to realize the issue is not about the child's health, but the fact that the child is part Klingon. He tries to assure her that their daughter will not be treated like an outcast. But they fail to come to an agreement, and turn to Captain Janeway. Torres argues that she wants to make physiological changes for her child's best interest, just as Janeway did for Seven of Nine. Janeway points out their problem is not ethical, but marital, and she would not overrule the Doctor. Torres is not happy that Paris has gotten his way, and before he knows it he's at Harry Kim's doorstep needing a place to sleep.

Torres sits in bed alone, recalling more of the campout experience. Young B'Elanna finally returned to the campsite after having run off, and told her father, John Torres, that she wished she wasn't Klingon because everyone made fun of her and her schoolmates hated her. Despite her father's assurances that the other kids didn't hate her, young B'Elanna chose to sit alone and read rather than join the rest of her family around the campfire. In the present moment, Torres re-experiences the isolation she felt back then.

While working in Engineering the next day, Torres recalls when she overheard her father talking to Uncle Carl about how moody and argumentative young B'Elanna had become, just like her mother. John reminded his brother about their parents' reservations about him marrying a Klingon, and noted that now, ironically, he was living with two of them. Later Torres meets up with Paris in the corridor, and they reconcile. They are then summoned to Sickbay.

The Doctor tells Torres and Paris that he reviewed the data and has concluded the genetic alterations she wanted are necessary because the "clash" between Klingon and human metabolism is more extensive than he realized. The child risks complete metabolic failure, and to prevent it he must eliminate most of her Klingon genetic material. The Doctor schedules a procedure for the next morning. Meanwhile a disturbed Paris takes the Doctor's findings and runs it by Icheb, who spots a computational error. Seven runs a diagnostic on the Doctor and discovers that his program has been tampered with. Paris tries to contact Torres, but she doesn't respond. The computer reveals she's in Sickbay. Torres has already arranged to undergo the procedure to alter the baby.

Torres has blocked communications to Sickbay and access to the Doctor's program, so Paris, realizing that Torres manipulated the Doctor to "change his mind," summons Tuvok to meet him at Sickbay. They have to manually open the door, and then encounter a forcefield. Paris orders the Doctor to stop the procedure, but Torres tells the Doctor to ignore him. Eventually the forcefield is cut off and Tuvok informs the Doctor he's been altered, so he agrees to deactivate himself. Tuvok leaves Paris and Torres alone. The couple argue over Torres' actions, and in the heat of the moment Torres reveals her issue is with her father. She tells Tom about how she and her father grew apart, and during the campout when she was 12, she blurted out to her father that if he can't stand living with two Klingons, why doesn't he just leave. And several days later, he did. Tom realizes she has blamed herself all this time for her father leaving, and she fears the same thing will happen again. He assures B'Elanna he will never leave her, and he hopes to have even more Klingon children and that every one of them is just like her. Later, Torres reverses the alterations to the Doctor, and while apologizing to him she feels the baby kick. Now she's happy about having a feisty Klingon in her womb. She asks the Doctor to be the child's godfather, and he elatedly accepts.

 

#159 “REPENTANCE”

Story By: Mike Sussman & Robert Doherty

Teleplay By: Robert Doherty

Director: Mike Vejar

Guest Cast: Jeff Kober as Iko, Tim deZarn as Yediq, F.J. Rio as Joleg, Gregg Poland as Voyager Security Officer

Airdate 1/31/01

Stardate Unknown

Responding to a distress call, the U.S.S. Voyager approaches a damaged alien vessel and transports two injured passengers to Sickbay and nine others to a Cargo Bay. In the Cargo Bay, three of the rescued aliens are Nygean guards holding the others prisoner, and they are concerned that their weapons didn't beam over because the other men are dangerous criminals. In Sickbay, another prisoner named Iko takes Seven of Nine hostage and demands a ship and some food. Tuvok arrives with the Nygean warden, Yediq, who says he won't negotiate with criminals. Iko is distracted and Seven breaks free from his grasp. He then grabs the Doctor, but Tuvok fires his phaser through the holographic Doctor and strikes Iko to the floor.

Later, Yediq thanks Captain Janeway for saving them, and he tells her, Chakotay and Tuvok that the prisoners are being transported back to the Nygean homeworld for execution, because they have all been convicted of murder. The officers are uncomfortable that their ship will help deliver eight men to their deaths, but they are bound by the Prime Directive, so Janeway agrees to keep the prisoners detained for several days until a Nygean ship can make a rendezvous. Tuvok outfits the Cargo Bay with prison cells secured by forcefields and tritanium bulkheads, and the prisoners are held there, including Iko, who is beamed over from Sickbay after threatening to kill the entire crew unless he is released.

While Tuvok lays down the ground rules to Yediq, Neelix arrives with a dinner cart. Yediq tells him to take it back because the prisoners don't deserve such an elaborate meal, but Neelix and Tuvok cite Federation protocols regarding the treatment of prisoners, and Yediq relents. Meanwhile, the Doctor expresses to Seven how troubled he is by the captain's arrangements with the Nygeans, because he believes their death penalty is barbaric.

In the Cargo Bay, a prisoner named Joleg provokes Iko into causing a disturbance, and when Yediq checks on him, Iko threatens the warden's children. The Nygean guards enter Iko's cell and beat him severely, but then Voyager security officers jump in and stop the violence. Afterwards Janeway is infuriated with Yediq and bans him and his men from the Cargo Bay, putting Tuvok in charge of the prisoners. The Doctor treats Iko in Sickbay, and asks Seven to provide nanoprobes so he can program them to repair the neurological damage done to the prisoner's brain.

Meanwhile Neelix delivers food again to the prisoners, and Joleg tells him that he ended up among the condemned because he was found in the vicinity of a murder, and was arrested and convicted simply because he is Benkaran - a species "known" by the Nygeans to always be criminal. Later, Neelix contacts the Nygean government under the pretense of a "cultural exchange" and acquires data on their criminal justice system. He tells Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres that Benkarans occupy a disproportionate amount of space in Nygean prisons, and are ten times more likely to be executed for their crimes than Nygeans. In particular, Joleg was convicted on circumstantial evidence. Paris tells Neelix from personal experience that in prison, "everyone has a story," and to not put too much stock into what Joleg says. But Neelix reminds him that Joleg is sentenced to die.

In Sickbay the Doctor has applied the nanoprobes to Iko, who has woken up in pain, but much calmer than before. The Doctor observes that Iko is now acting grateful and considerate, a stark reversal of his earlier behavior. Iko complains to the Doctor that he is suffering nausea and that he can't stop thinking about the man he killed. Seven believes his discomfort is a manifestation of guilt. Iko's never felt guilt before, and blames the Doctor for making him feel so horrible. Looking at scans of Iko's brain, the Doctor finds that the nanoprobes have established new neural pathways in his brain. While the Doctor gathers more information about Nygean physiology, Iko tries to make conversation with Seven. She is intrigued when he regains his childhood fascination with stars and constellations.

Meanwhile in the Cargo Bay Neelix teaches Joleg how to play Kadis-Kot. In their conversation Neelix learns that the Nygean legal system is based on a principle called "Vekto Valek K'Vadim" - ancient Nygean for "Favor the Victims" - by which the victim's family dictates the convict's sentence. He also learns that if a defendant is wealthy enough, he can negotiate a monetary settlement with the family rather than serve a sentence. Neelix is appalled and wants to help Joleg, but the prisoner doesn't want to do anything that would imply he's guilty. Instead he asks Neelix simply to transmit a letter to his brother.

The Doctor determines that Iko was born with a congenital brain defect that made him prone to violence and sociopathic behavior, and the nanoprobes have inadvertently repaired it. He informs Janeway of this, and she realizes that Iko's "conscience" has been activated. The Doctor believes Iko is no longer a threat, and Seven notes that by some definitions he is not the same man who committed the murder. They tell a skeptical Yediq that Iko has undergone a fundamental change, and killing him won't accomplish anything. They persuade him to work with Tuvok to draft an appeal and submit it to the authorities on behalf of Iko. Iko doesn't want the appeal though, and tells Seven that he deserves to die. He demands to be returned to his cell, where he asks Neelix to give his meal to another prisoner, Egrid, whom he used to always steal food from.

Later, Janeway and Yediq inform Seven that Iko's appeal was rejected. Seven passionately insists on doing more to help him. Janeway realizes that Seven has an issue with atonement, that perhaps if Iko is found not guilty that she herself will somehow be not guilty for the violent acts she committed as a Borg. Just then the ship is jolted by alien fire. The attack causes a power loss in the Cargo Bay holding the prisoners. Joleg and the other inmates, except for Iko, overpower the guards and escape with weapons. The alien vessel tries to beam over the five Benkaran prisoners, but Voyager fires upon the vessel's transporter array and it retreats.

Meanwhile Tuvok tries to neutralize the prisoners in the ship's corridors, but Joleg takes Yediq hostage and demands a shuttle. Joleg backs into the Cargo Bay and has another prisoner seal the door with a phaser rifle. Joleg pushes Yediq to the floor and prepares to kill him, but Iko stops him, saying, "He's mine." Iko takes the phaser and points it at Yediq while Joleg laughs. But then he hands the phaser to Yediq, who immediately shoots down Joleg and the other prisoner. Yediq realizes that Iko really has changed.

Yediq subsequently uses his influence to convince the family of Iko's victim to hear his appeal. Iko speaks to them on Voyager's viewscreen, saying that he will accept death if it helps them find peace but if they let him live, he'll never hurt anyone again. Meanwhile Neelix tells the re-incarcerated Joleg that he found out the "note" sent to his brother was really meant to help him track down Voyager and attack. Joleg tries again to manipulate Neelix, and the Talaxian leaves disgusted. While Iko and Seven look at constellations in Astrometrics, Janeway arrives and announces that Iko's appeal has been denied. Iko must now be detained again and taken home for execution. Seven is devastated, and for at least a day cannot regenerate. Janeway learns that Seven feels remorseful for having murdered thousands without punishment, but Janeway reminds her that she lost 20 years of her life to the Borg, and that's punishment enough.

 

#160 “PROPHECY”

Story By: Larry Nemecek & J. Kelley Burke and Raf Green & Kenneth Biller

Teleplay By: Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong

Director: Terry Windell

Guest Cast: Sherman Howard as T'Greth, Paul Eckstein as Morak, Wren T. Brown as Kohlar, Peggy Jo Jacobs as Ch'Rega

Airdate 2/7/01

Stardate 54518.2

The U.S.S. Voyager finds itself under attack by a cloaked vessel. The bridge crew discovers it's an antiquated Klingon battle cruiser, which they can detect with a metaphasic scan. Captain Janeway orders return fire, disabling the vessel's cloak. Janeway hails the damaged ship, telling them to stand down, but Captain Kohlar declares they will not surrender to sworn enemies of the Klingon Empire. Janeway says there's been a misunderstanding since the Klingons and the Federation signed a peace treaty more than 80 years ago. Kohlar does not trust her, so Janeway tells him her Chief Engineer is a Klingon. He wants to meet that Klingon.

Kohlar boards Voyager and meets B'Elanna Torres. He sees that she is pregnant, and asks if the child was conceived during a holy month, which she confirms. Kohlar returns to his ship and tells the other Klingon leaders that the prophecies of the "Scrolls" have come true, and that the "Day of Separation" has arrived.

The Voyager bridge crew realizes the Klingon ship is having a warp core breach. Kohlar requests emergency transport, and all 204 Klingons from the vessel are beamed over into the shuttlebay. Voyager jumps to warp as the Klingon ship explodes. Janeway and Tuvok confront Kohlar with information that he made his ship self-destruct. Kohlar says it was the only way to get them aboard Voyager. He explains that they were following a sacred text that told them to embark on a long journey to find their "Kuvah'Magh" or "Savior." Kohlar believes that savior is the unborn child of B'Elanna Torres.

Janeway briefs the senior staff about the situation and asks them to respect the Klingons and make room for them by having the crew double up on quarters. The Klingons fill the Mess Hall as Neelix provides them meals of gagh, and when a fight breaks out between two of the visitors Harry Kim breaks it up, attracting the attention of a large, lustful Klingon woman. Meanwhile, Torres avoids contact with the Klingons for fear of being ambushed. Some of them start a hunger strike and won't eat until Torres meets with their Council of Elders, so Janeway asks her to cooperate. Torres reluctantly complies, and in the meeting a skeptical elder, T'Greth, realizes she is only half-Klingon and that the baby, with a human father, is also a "mongrel child." Captain Kohlar counters that the signs of the prophecy are there, but T'Greth believes he led them to a false savior.

Later, Kohlar tells Torres that whether or not her baby is the true savior, they must convince his people that she is. He explains that they have been searching for more than a hundred years, and have found nothing but hardship and isolation. He sees Torres and her child as an opportunity to end the wasteful journey. If the Klingons accept her child as their savior, Torres will hold great influence over them and point them toward a home. Torres and Janeway both tell him that they will not deceive his people. So Kohlar suggests that Torres study their scrolls and interpret them in a way that appears consistent with the events of her life, and then they will bring those consistencies to the attention of the council. Otherwise violence could break out.

Torres agrees to help out Kohlar, who makes her realize that the Scrolls can mean anything one wants them to. For example, a "glorious victory against an army of 10,000 warriors" could be interpreted as destroying a Borg vessel, which Torres has helped to do. After spending two days reviewing the Sacred Scrolls, she appears before the Klingon council and tells a spirited story about a heroic encounter with the Hirogen, exaggerating her role in the fight, to the pleasure of the Klingons. She also tells them that Voyager has set course for a planet very much like their homeworld. But T'Greth is still unconvinced, accusing her of saying what Kohlar tells her to. When Torres' husband Tom Paris comes to her defense, T'Greth tests his role in the prophecy by challenging him to a death match. Paris accepts, to Torres' dismay. Janeway refuses to allow such a death match, but at Paris' and Kohlar's urging agrees to a compromise bout where blunted bat'leths would be used and no one would be killed.

Meanwhile, Kim is trying to avoid Ch'Rega, the Klingon woman he restrained earlier and who now wants to mate with him. Neelix helps out by treating Kim with Klingon-style harshness, which causes Ch'Rega to get aroused over the Talaxian instead.

The match between Paris and T'Greth commences in the holodeck. Paris holds his own against his bigger opponent, but he is surprised that T'Greth seems to wear out so quickly. T'Greth collapses, and Kohlar realizes he's come down with the "Nehret," a fatal disease. The Doctor learns that all the Klingons aboard carry the Nehret virus, and have passed it to Torres and her child. Refusing to stay in Sickbay, T'Greth approaches his comrades and declares that since the child has the disease, she cannot be the Kuvah'Magh. They must resume their search, and to do so, they must seize control of Voyager.

The ship arrives at the planet that will serve as the Klingons' new home. Pretending to cooperate with Kohlar, T'Greth asks to beam down as part of the survey mission, rather than to die on Voyager. Kohlar agrees, but T'Greth takes the opportunity, with help from his supporters, to take over the Transporter Room and beam most of the Voyager crewmembers to the surface. Unable to beam out the Bridge crew, the Klingons transport themselves to the Bridge and do battle there with phasers, but T'Greth and his accomplices are eventually knocked out.

T'Greth wakes up in Sickbay and is informed that his illness has been cured - the Doctor has synthesized an antivirus using hybrid stem cells from the unborn mixed-breed baby. T'Greth realizes the child has cured him, and Kohlar declares that she is truly their savior. The Klingons begin to settle on their new homeworld, and Torres accepts a bat'leth from Kohlar, given to him by his great-grandfather, as a gift for the baby. Later, Paris wonders if the child isn't truly the prophesized savior, given the coincidence of the two ships running into each other. Torres doesn't buy it, but she agrees to consider "Kuvah'Magh" as a name for their daughter.

 

#161 “THE VOID”

Story By: Raf Green & Kenneth Biller

Teleplay By: Raf Green & James Kahn

Director: Mike Vejar

Guest Cast: Robin Sachs as Valen, Paul Willson as Loquar, Scott Lawrence as Garon, Jonathan Del Arco as Fantome, Michael Shamus Wiles as Bosaal

Airdate 2/14/01

Stardate 54553.4

Neelix presents an exotic dinner to Janeway, Chakotay, Paris and Torres, a meal prepared by Seven of Nine who is trying her hand at being a gourmet chef. Suddenly the ship jolts and a graviton surge pulls them toward a swirling funnel, and they wind up in a realm of complete blackness. Then, an alien ship begins firing upon them. As Voyager fires back, a larger ship swoops by and fires at the other ship. Then the second ship fires at Voyager, penetrating their shields, and transports several cargo containers, food, deuterium and other supplies from Voyager to their ship.

Another ship approaches Voyager and an Annarian named General Valen appears on Voyager's viewscreen, welcoming Captain Janeway to "the Void." Coming aboard, Valen tells Janeway that Voyager was sucked into an inert layer of subspace, nine light-years wide, through one of its "funnels." Valen and his ship have been in the Void for five years, and no one has ever found a way to escape from it. In order to survive, the trapped ships compete for resources from new ships that are drawn in.

Torres reports that the anomaly's graviton forces are draining the warp core, and they will run out of power in 10 days. Seven, Tuvok, Paris and Janeway come up with a plan to enter a funnel and jump to warp at exactly the right moment to escape. Implementing their plan, they peer through the eye of a funnel and prepare to jump warp. However, the eye suddenly closes and the funnel shoots Voyager back into the Void. Torres reports that the warp core is now off-line.

Torres thinks she can fix the warp core, but they need the deuterium that was stolen from them or basic systems won't last more than a week. Janeway gives orders to track down the ship that raided them and get back their supplies. They find that ship, but detect no lifesigns on it-apparently it was raided as well. However, one piece left behind-the ship's warp core casing-is composed of tricesium, which can be converted into a power source. Voyager beams the casing over, and when Seven and Torres scan it they find a small alien inside. The timid creature does not speak, and has a leg injury. In Sickbay, the alien won't let the Doctor close enough to treat him, and he eats voraciously. Janeway and Seven wonder why they didn't detect the mysterious being, but decide to make him comfortable until they can find a safe place for him.

Meanwhile, Tuvok and Harry Kim discover that General Valen raided the lifeless ship and now has Voyager's supplies. Janeway contacts Valen and demands the supplies back, but he refuses and the two ships exchange fire. Voyager manages to transport back about half of their stolen resources, and an opportunity presents itself to raid Valen's ship for additional food, but Janeway declines to do that. Later, Tuvok and Chakotay approach Janeway and suggest that the crew may need to be more opportunistic in order to survive in the Void. Janeway points to the Federation charter as a statement of principles that they should not abandon. Using the Federation model of mutual cooperation, Janeway proposes forming an alliance with other ships to pool resources and devise a way to escape, on the condition that members of the alliance not resort to killing or stealing.

Janeway's first prospective ally is a Jelinian survey ship with a captain named Garon. Skeptical, Garon says he will consider her proposal. Janeway continues to make overtures to a ship of Nygeans and other potential alliance members. Meanwhile, the Doctor realizes the mute creature in his Sickbay loves music, and has named him "Fantome" after "The Phantom of the Opera." Seven gets the idea of trying to communicate with the alien by way of computer-generated tones, and Fantome responds enthusiastically.

A funnel opens in the Void and another is pulled in. Two warships approach, including Valen's, and try to attack, but Voyager defends the newcomer. About to lose the battle, Voyager is joined by Garon's ship and forces the raiding vessels to retreat. Garon hails Janeway to accept her offer of an alliance.

With Garon on board, finding new allies becomes easier. Janeway hosts a visit by Commander Bosaal whose ship has technology that could aid in an escape. But he reacts adversely upon seeing Fantome in the Mess Hall, accusing his species of being vermin. Janeway tells Bosaal that they've figured out how to detect the creature's lifesigns and can transport those of his kind off his ship. With that, Bosaal agrees to be an ally.

Torres works with Garon to build a polaron modulator that will help the alliance ships escape the Void, but so far they have failed. Janeway hopes to trade with another ship for a polaron modulator. Meanwhile, Fantome joins others of his kind in learning how to communicate through tones generated by PADDs, creating a musical "conversation" that amazes Janeway. Later, Janeway learns that Bosaal has provided a fully compatible polaron modulator, but pressing him on how he got it, she realizes he stole it from another ship and killed its crew. Enraged, Janeway orders Bosaal off the ship along with the modulator - although the technology would help them escape, she refuses to be accessory to murder. As a result, some of the other ships drop out of the alliance, and Torres has to continue trying to build a modulator from scratch.

Later, one of the remaining allies spies on Bosaal and discovers that he is attempting to form an alliance of his own with Valen and other adversaries, with a plan to attack Voyager. Without the resources to defend themselves, Janeway realizes they need to make an escape attempt right away, before Torres has time to test her new modulator. The ship readies its plan with its allies, and Fantome's people - who are native to the Void and live as nomads on ships - want to help out. When a funnel is detected, the alliance ships prepare to go in. Bosaal and his fleet approach and begin firing. Firing back, Voyager manages to penetrate shields on two of the ships and transports Fantome and his friends over. Seconds later Fantome hails Voyager that they have sabotaged Valen's ship; Bosaal's vessel has also been disabled. That gives the four alliances ships time to enter the funnel in a "shield bubble" and jump to warp to enter normal space. The successful allies then wish each other well and go their separate directions.

 

#162 “WORKFORCE, PART I”

Written By: Kenneth Biller & Bryan Fuller

Director: Allan Kroeker

Guest Cast: James Read as Jaffen, Robert Mammana as Security Officer #1, John Aniston as Quarren Ambassador, Don Most as Kadan, Tom Virtue as Supervisor, Michael Behrens as Coyote, Iona Morris as Umali, Matt Williamson as Security Officer #2, Akemi Royer as Med Tech

Airdate 2/21/01

Stardate Unknown

In a vast alien metropolis on a planet called Quarra, Kathryn Janeway enters a power distribution plant and reports in to a shift supervisor, who takes her to a workstation and explains her task. Janeway has taken a job among a multi-species workforce with no recollection of her previous life as captain of Voyager. When she has trouble working the controls, another worker named Jaffen comes over to help and tries to befriend her. They are chastened for fraternizing by Seven of Nine, who knows herself as "Annika Hansen" (her human name), the new Efficiency Monitor. Jaffen doesn't return to his station until he invites Janeway to go out for a meal after work, but she turns him down.

Meanwhile, Tom Paris—also unaware of who he really is—gets himself hired in a local tavern to wait and bus tables. That night Jaffen is in the tavern telling an anecdote to some friends, and he gets an uproarious laugh from Tuvok, whose behavior is very atypical. Janeway comes in, supposedly to eat alone while she studies manuals, but Jaffen joins her, and he ends up walking her home. They live in the same building, and he invites her to his place; she turns him down.

The next day, Janeway learns that all the workers must periodically receive inoculations to protect them against radiation. As a squeamish Tuvok is getting injected, he has a flashback of himself in his Starfleet uniform, struggling against a Quarren doctor giving him an injection. The strange memory leaves him trembling and perspiring.

All this time Chakotay, Harry Kim and Neelix have been in the Delta Flyer on a trading mission with the Nar Shaddan. When they return, Voyager is not at the rendezvous point. The starship is disabled inside a nebula, and the Doctor is the only crew member on board and is trying to make repairs. When the others find the ship and come aboard, the Doctor explains what happened: Voyager hit a subspace mine which deluged the ship with poisonous tetrion radiation, so Captain Janeway ordered the crew into escape pods, leaving the Doctor in charge of the ship as the Emergency Command Hologram. The Doctor then had to fend off scavengers trying to claim the abandoned vessel, and hid inside the nebula. He since discovered that the subspace mine was a deliberate attempt to disable Voyager. And he hasn't heard a word from the rest of the crew.

At the power plant, Tuvok has another flashback: He and Janeway were brought into a Quarren medical facility where a Dr. Kadan claimed to be treating Janeway for "Dysphoria Syndrome"; when Tuvok demanded her release, Kadan had him restrained and "inoculated." Shaken by this flashback, Tuvok approaches Janeway and says they know each other, that perhaps they met in the hospital, but she has no recollection of a hospital or of knowing him prior to her job. He gives up as Jaffen steps in, who makes dinner plans with Janeway. Meanwhile, Torres is sitting alone in the tavern, and Paris tries to get to know her. He asks to get together with her, but she reveals that she's pregnant, although unmarried, and leaves. The four people aboard Voyager complete repairs and begin searching for their crew. Kim finds them on a Class-M planet less than three days away, and they set course. Janeway and Jaffen have their date, where dinner is a disaster. But it doesn't matter — they fall in love and kiss.

Voyager arrives at Quarra and Chakotay speaks with an ambassador who will not allow him to communicate with his crewmates. The ambassador says they are leading safe, comfortable lives there, and any attempt to disturb them would be met with force. Neelix learns there is a severe labor shortage in the Quarren system, so Chakotay gets the idea of applying for jobs themselves so they can infiltrate the plant where their people are working. Because he has spoken with authorities and could be recognized, Chakotay has the Doctor alter his features to look non-human, and he and Neelix prepare to go to the planet undercover, with subdermal transponders that will allow them to transport through the shield grid.

At the power plant, "Annika Hansen" orders Tuvok to go get the inoculations that he's been neglecting. Tuvok speaks her Borg name — "Seven of Nine" — and tries to mind-meld with her to make her remember herself. But security guards grab him and take the desperate Vulcan away. Chakotay secures a job at the plant and immediately approaches Janeway. She doesn't recognize him, so Chakotay continues the ruse of being a happy new employee. Neelix runs into Paris at the tavern, keeping up the same ruse, unable to jar his friend's memory. After Chakotay meets up with Neelix, they follow Torres in the streets and grab her. Kim beams Neelix and the struggling Torres up to Sickbay, where the Doctor tries to help her. Meanwhile Jaffen asks Janeway to move in with him, and she agrees. Tuvok is in the Quarren hospital where Dr. Kadan tells him he's experiencing "Dysphoria Syndrome" and will feel better after an injection. Chakotay is being pursued by security guards, but Kim can't beam him up because the ship has fallen under attack. The guards chase Chakotay through the facility up to a precipice overlooking the massive city, and he finds himself trapped.

163 “WORKFORCE, PART II”
Director: Roxann Dawson
Story By: Kenneth Biller & Bryan Fuller
Teleplay By: Kenneth Biller & Michael Taylor

Guest Cast:

James Read as Jaffen
Don Most as Kadan
John Aniston as Quarren Ambassador
Tom Virtue as Supervisor
Robert Joy as Yerid
Jay Harrington as Ravoc
Michael Behrens as Coyote
Joseph Will as Security Officer #3
Matt Williamson as Security Officer #2
Damara Reilly as Alien Surgeon
Majel Barrett as Narrator
2/28/01
Stardate 54622.4

A disguised Chakotay is being pursued by Quarren security officers and is trapped at a forcefield. He smashes a control panel to disable the forcefield, then overpowers the guards and escapes, but not before getting a phaser shot in the arm. Meanwhile, Harry Kim and the Doctor are in command of Voyager as it is being fired upon by Quarren patrol ships. They disable the first two ships, but five more approach and they are forced to retreat. The injured Chakotay enters the tavern where a brainwashed Janeway has just decided to move in with her new boyfriend, Jaffen.

A Quarren investigator named Yerid enters the tavern inquiring about two people who disappeared earlier that evening—named B'Elanna and Neelix. The waiter, Tom Paris, points him to Chakotay, but he's already disappeared. In the Quarren hospital, Dr. Kadan orders a skeptical Dr. Ravok to do a memory sequencing treatment on Tuvok. Meanwhile in the power plant, Seven of Nine is on the job and has a flashback of life on a Borg cube. Connecting the flashback to her encounter with Tuvok earlier, she goes to her Supervisor's office and asks about him. Yerid arrives to inquire about the two missing employees, saying he believes that Amal Kotay—Chakotay's assumed identity—is responsible for their disappearance.

Janeway moves her things to Jaffen's apartment, but when she returns to her old place she finds Chakotay hiding out there. He tells her that B'Elanna and other people in the city were brought to the planet against their will and made to forget their real lives, and he's trying to help them. Janeway reluctantly lets him stay, and decides to do something about his injury. Voyager, meanwhile, has hidden in a moon's crater to make repairs and to treat Torres for her altered memory. Neelix takes Torres to her quarters to re-introduce her to her real life, and she is surprised to learn that the waiter from the tavern is her husband. At the plant, Seven catches Janeway taking a dermal regenerator, but she promises to return it. Seven is sidetracked when she has an opportunity to enter the Supervisor's office and use his console; she learns that Tuvok has accessed numerous employee files including Janeway's, B'Elanna's, and her own. Janeway returns to Chakotay to heal his injury, and he reveals that he's from a ship called Voyager. Chakotay observes that she seems happy in her job and her life, but she seems capable of so much more. Janeway responds that she wouldn't want more responsibility. Chakotay is contacted by Voyager through his subdermal transponder, and they inform him that the ship is two days away but need the planet's shield grid disabled so they can transport the crew members back. Chakotay tells Janeway that she's the captain of that ship, but she has a hard time believing him. To prove himself, he takes the dermal regenerator and undoes the alterations made to his face, revealing that he is the same race as she. He tells her they are also friends.

Janeway tells Jaffen the story she just heard, but he thinks Chakotay is trying to manipulate her with promises of a better life. Meanwhile Chakotay is found by Yerid and is taken in for questioning. Chakotay tells him they are both investigating disappearances, and has questions of his own. Just then Dr. Ravok enters with orders to transfer Chakotay to Neuropathology to be treated for mental illness. As he's taken away, Chakotay tells Yerid the truth about himself and his abducted crewmates.

On Voyager, Kim and the Doctor are discussing tactics and arguing over whether the Doctor should remain a Command hologram, when they are hailed by Chakotay. He says he's almost ready to shut down the shield grid, and gives instructions on where and when the ship should enter orbit. They don't know that Chakotay is being subjected to a mind control device and is sending them into a trap.

At the tavern, Seven meets discreetly with Yerid to share her findings that more than a hundred employees—most of the same species—began work on the same day, which is unusual during a labor shortage. Also, they were all processed through the Neuropathology division, including herself, which she doesn't remember. Seven wants Yerid to interview Tuvok in the hospital, but Yerid reveals he was relieved of duty that morning. So Seven goes to the hospital herself and visits with Dr. Ravoc, reporting that she's been having "disturbing thoughts." Ravoc looks up her file and sees she was previously treated for Dysphoria Syndrome. She asks to speak to an expert on the condition, so Ravoc steps out to get Dr. Kadan. She takes that opportunity to use his computer. Meanwhile, Yerid contacts Janeway and asks to know everything Chakotay told her.

At the hospital, Kadan is enraged that Ravoc allowed Seven to access restricted files and leave. Ravoc is suspicious that an apparent "outbreak" of Dysphoria Syndrome occurred under Kadan's watch, and realizes that he had made false diagnoses on patients, altered their memories and sent them to work at the power plant. Kadan admits it's true, but claims it was to cure the labor shortage and improve the patients' lives. Ravoc threatens to report him, but Kadan says the authorities are behind him. Meanwhile, Paris harbors Seven, Janeway, Jaffen and Yerid at the tavern, who are collaborating about Chakotay's story and how to prove it. Janeway and Jaffen go to the power plant to use a subspace transponder to contact Voyager, while Seven and Yerid return to the hospital to help Chakotay and Tuvok.

With Jaffen's help, Janeway succeeds in hailing Voyager, where she sees B'Elanna in uniform and hears Kim call her "captain." B'Elanna asks her to find a way to shut down main power so the shield grid will be disabled. Just then Voyager comes under attack by three ships, and Janeway is surrounded by security guards. Jaffen helps her evade them, then she works the computer to make it think the reactor core is overloading so it'll automatically shut down main power. Meanwhile in the hospital, Seven and Yerid point a weapon at Kadan to force him to release Chakotay and Tuvok from the mind control devices. On Voyager, Kim gets the idea to use three escape pods as armed decoys to disable the attacking ships. They succeed, and B'Elanna gets the transporters back on line. Janeway's own plan works, and power goes out all over the city. With the shield grid down, Voyager beams up all of its crew members. The Doctor treats them and they recover, but in the meantime he, Kim and Neelix confer with Yerid and the Quarren Ambassador about undoing the conspiracy, with a promise that all of Kadan's "patients" will be treated and repatriated. Janeway says a final good-bye to Jaffen, then resumes her role as captain and takes Voyager on its way.

   

164 “HUMAN ERROR”
Story By: Andre Bormanis & Kenneth Biller
Teleplay By: Brannon Braga & Andre Bormanis

Director: Allan Kroeker

Guest Cast: Manu Intiraymi as IchebFirst

Air Date: 3/7/01
Stardate Unknown

As the U.S.S. Voyager enters a hazardous region of space being used as a weapons-testing range by unknown parties, the ship must count on Seven of Nine's long-range scans to steer it out of danger. Seven of Nine, however, is becoming more and more distracted with a personal experiment, one that could change how she deals with her crewmates.

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