Category: Voyager

Stardate 48921.3: A strange energy disturbance detected by the crew turns out to be a swarm of space-dwelling life forms whose electrophoretic emissions cause sudden hormonal maturation in Kes. She spontaneously enters the Elogium in preparation to have a child, which she desperately wants. Neelix is troubled by the thought of becoming a father and seeks the advice of Tuvok. Kes’ condition causes Janeway to wonder about the implications of raising families aboard Voyager, but the crew’s immediate concern is the dominant member of the swarm, which views the ship as a rival for mates.

teleplay by Kenneth Biller and Jeri Taylor
story by Jimmy Diggs and Steve J. Kay
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Nancy Hower (Ensign Wilder), Gary O’Brien (Crewmember), Terry Correll (N.D. Crewmember)

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

Stardate 49011.0: Harry Kim wakes up in San Francisco where he finds himself in bed with his fiancee. He is a bright young Starfleet engineer, and his friend Ensign Danny Byrd got his slot on the Voyager which disappeared several months before, yet the last thing Harry remembers is piloting one of Voyager’s shuttles in the Delta Quadrant. His efforts to make sense of the situation make his superiors suspect that Harry is a Maquis spy. He discovers that he is in an alternate timeline and finds allies in strange places as he tries to return to his own reality.

written by Brannon Braga
directed by David Livingston
music by Jay Chattaway

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Louis Giambalvo (Cosimo), Jennifer Gatti (Libby), Jack Shearer (Admiral Strickler), Mark Kiely (Lt. Lasca), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Notes: Jennifer Gatti had previously appeared as Worf’s love interest in the Next Generation two-parter Birthright.

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

Stardate not given: As Tom Paris admits he’s falling in love with Kes, Neelix’s jealousy starts to get the better of him. But with the ship’s food reserves down to 30% of capacity, the feuding pair are dispatched to an inhospitable planet in hopes of procuring more food. But atmospheric storms disable their shuttle, causing them to crash-land on “Planet Hell” and cutting them off from Voyager. Trying to survive, they come upon some hatching eggs and are faced with two additional dilemmas – helping the newborn to survive and dealing with its returning mother.

written by Tom Szollosi
directed by Jonathan Frakes
music by Dennis McCarthy

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

Stardate not given: Although Voyager is about to enter Bothan space, the Doctor orders Janeway to relax with her holo-novel to help her deal with the stress of command. But the stress is magnified when she begins to see items and characters from the holonovel outside the holodeck. Neelix reports that not much is known about the Botha except that they are extremely territorial and that many ships have disappeared without a trace in their area of space. When the Botha rendezvous with Voyager, they launch an unprovoked attack. As they maneuver to resist the attack, Voyager’s crew are overcome by hallucinations which disable everyone on the ship except the Doctor and Kes, whose nascent telepathic powers enable her to resist the hallucinations. The fate of the crew hinges on their ability to find a way to repel the psychic attack.

written by Jeri Taylor
directed by James L. Conway
music by David Bell

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Michael Cumpsty (Lord Burleigh), Carolyn Seymour (Mrs. Templeton), Stan Ivar (Mark), Warren Munson (Admiral Paris), Lindsey Haun (Beatrice), Thomas Alexander Dekker (Henry), Patrick Karr (Bothan), Marva Hicks (T’Pel)

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

Stardate not given: While on a moon looking for polyferranide deposits to reseal the warp coils, Chakotay sees an ancient symbol. The last time he saw it was on a quest to Earth with his father, who explained it was a blessing to the land left by descendants of the ancient Rubber Tree People. Following a warp signature leads Voyager to a planet which seems to use the weather to prevent their approach. Chakotay goes alone to meet the planet’s inhabitants and meets the people worshipped by his ancestors as the “Sky Spirits.” Meanwhile, aboard the ship, Kes has noticed an appalling lack of compassion in the Doctor’s personality. She suggests that if he were ever sick, he would develop more empathy for the sufferings of his patients. He accepts her challenge, but his confidence is shaken by his experience with a 29-hour Livodian flu.

teleplay by Michael Piller
story by Larry Brody
directed by Alexander Singer
music by Jay Chattaway

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Henry Darrow (Kolopak), Richard Fancy (Alien), Douglas Spain (young Chakotay), Nancy Hower (Ensign Wildman), Richard Chaves (The Chief)

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

Stardate not given: The remains of the Caretaker suddenly begin to resonate with the life signs of another sporocystian life form and the crew begins to search for what is apparently the other caretaker. They find a smaller copy of the Caretaker’s array with over 2,000 Ocampa aboard. Kes meets with Tanis, who begins to teach her the traditions of her people. He also speaks of Suspiria, a member of the Caretaker’s race known as the Nacene, who lives in a sub-space layer called Exosia. But when Voyager finally encounters her, Suspiria wishes to destroy the ship in revenge for the death of her companion.

teleplay by Brannon Braga
story by Anthony Williams
directed by Cliff Bole
music by Dennis McCarthy

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Gary Graham (Tanis), Lindsay Ridgeway (Girl), Norman Large (Ocampa Man)

Notes: Actor Gary Graham was formerly a series regular on Fox’s well-regarded but short-lived Alien Nation series (and, at the time of this episode, was still occasionally returning to the role of Detective Matt Sykes in an intermittent series of Alien Nation TV movies); he would later play the recurring role of Vulcan Ambassador Soval in the next Star Trek spinoff, Enterprise.

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

Stardate not given: While buying tellerium on a planetary black market, a landing party is attacked by the Mokran police force. While Tuvok and Torres are taken into custody, Janeway is hidden by a member of the Alsurian resistance. Caylem is a tired old man who has been completely unstrung by the deaths of his wife and daughter in the struggle against the Mokra. In his sorrow, he believes that Janeway is his daughter and leads her into the heart of the Mokran defenses.

teleplay by Lisa Klink
story by Michael Jan Friedman and Kevin J. Ryan
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Joel Grey (Caylem), Alan Scarfe (Third Magistrate Augris), Tom Todoroff (Darod), Glenn Morshower (Mokran Guard)

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

Stardate not given: The crew beams aboard a damaged robot of humanoid design and B’Elanna takes up its repair as a challenge. When she manages to repair its power module, the robot asks her to produce more power modules so that more robots can be created. When Janeway objects, the robots kidnap Torres and threaten to destroy Voyager unless she cooperates. But the Praelor turn out not to be the only robots in the quadrant.

written by Nicholas Corea
directed by Jonathan Frakes
music by Dennis McCarthy

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Rick Worthy (3947/Cravic 122), Hugh Hodgin (6263/Prototype)

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell