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Repentance (2001)

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Kathryn Janeway

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The oversimplifications are grotesque. Iko says he's a different person, the crew of Voyager has helped him to see that, but in truth it's Borg nanoprobes that have helped him -- the source of all of Seven's grief and guilt. Of course he has to die, lest we should miss full pummeling by the message that executions are Very Bad. My favorite Trek heroine, Kira Nerys, is a murderer; she killed a Bajoran collaborator when he caught her snooping. I've no doubt Kathryn Janeway would have turned her over to the Cardassians for execution. Though Janeway says she's there to talk if Seven needs her, she walks out on her prot�g�e twice -- once right after bringing the news of Iko's impending fate, and again at the end, when Janeway appears concerned she'll get emotional in front of Seven if she doesn't flee. This woman follows her gut when she should be acting like a Starfleet captain, and then follows the regs when Kirk, Picard, or Sisko would have stood up for what they believed in.

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The crew of the starship Voyager are on a mission to get home after being lost in the Delta Quadrant. On their way, they encounter an M-class planet whose inhabitants are struggling with a difficult decision. The planet is threatened by a nearby comet that is on course to impact the planet, destroying everything on it. The only way to save the planet is to launch a weapon of mass destruction, killing hundreds of innocent people in the process.

The crew of Voyager must find a way to stop this atrocity from happening, while also trying to figure out why the inhabitants of this planet are so willing to commit such an act of violence. At the same time, they must also confront their own guilt over the destruction they have caused in the past.

As Voyager prepares to intervene, they are interrupted by a mysterious alien ship that has come to the planet in search of a fugitive. This alien turns out to be an Ocampan named Tuvok, a former member of Voyager’s crew. Tuvok is trying to capture a dangerous criminal, but the only way to do so is to provide the criminal with sanctuary on the planet.

Captain Janeway must grapple with the moral implications of such an act, as providing sanctuary for a criminal could have serious consequences for the planet. Meanwhile, the crew is also trying to protect the innocent citizens of the planet from the imminent destruction of the comet.

As the crew and the planet’s inhabitants debate the moral implications of the situation, tensions mount as the comet draws ever closer. With time running out, Janeway must make a difficult decision: save the planet, or save Tuvok’s fugitive.

Back on Voyager, tensions are also running high as the crew deals with their own feelings of guilt and regret over the destruction they have caused in the past. As the comet draws ever closer, the crew must quickly come to a decision and figure out a way to save the planet without sacrificing innocent lives.

In the end, the crew is able to come to a solution that saves the planet without killing anyone. Through this, they are able to find redemption for the destruction they have caused in the past and prove that, no matter what, they will always do what is right. With the comet safely diverted, the crew of the Voyager can continue on their journey home.

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• Armor-Piercing Question : When Tom says not to take the prisoners seriously because everyone in the New Zealand penal colony had all sorts of sob stories too, Neelix asks him how many people there were sentenced to death. Tom is noticeably unable to respond.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing : Joleg plays the part of the innocent man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and convicted on circumstantial evidence. He then arranges for his brother to attack Voyager and tries to kill warden Yediq.
• Buy Them Off : According to Joleg, wealthy criminals can make financial restitution to their victims to avoid being executed. Neelix: That doesn't seem fair. Joleg: It's perfectly fair...unless you're destitute.
• Character Development : Aside from Iko's Heel–Face Turn , there's also Yediq. He starts off contemptuous of all the prisoners and doesn't take Iko's brain defect seriously as a reason for his sociopathy. This changes, however, after Iko saves his life, and he's last seen genuinely sad that Iko will still be executed.
• Death Glare : Tom, impatient for Neelix to stop reading about the Nygean justice system, flippantly says that "maybe [Benkarans] commit more crimes." The look that B'Elanna and Neelix both give him is not one of approval.
• Death Row : The inmates on the prison transport.
• Does This Remind You of Anything? : The Benkarans, who make up 80% of the Nygean prison population, serve as a stand-in for African-Americans within the US prison system.
• Downer Ending : Despite the Doctor's findings, the efforts of Seven of Nine, and even Yediq's change of heart, the family of Iko's victim ultimately rejects his appeal.
• Fake Defector : During the prison riot, Iko pretends to take the prisoners' side and demands to be the one to kill Yediq for the earlier beating . It's a ruse so that he can give Yediq a phaser to subdue the others.
• Foil : The two central prisoners, Iko and Joleg, contrast each other quite nicely. Iko is churlish and hostile prior to his operation, after which he genuinely feels guilt and remorse for what he's done. Joleg, on the other hand, initially seems to be polite and friendly up until he reveals his true colors during the riot.
• First Time Feeling : After receiving a treatment with Seven's nanoprobes, a previously undiagnosed brain condition that made Iko a sociopath is healed, making him feel guilt for his crimes for the first time. It makes him feel so sick to his stomach that he begs for the nanoprobes to be removed, even though that may kill him.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam : The repentant prisoner Iko is ultimately denied a stay of execution.
• Hope Spot : After Iko's request for an appeal is initially rejected without even being considered, Yediq uses his influence once he's convinced that the Doctor's findings about Iko's physiological defect are genuine to get them to agree. It's ultimately All for Nothing , as the victim's family rejects the appeal anyway.
• Immune To Phasers : The Doctor shows off this feature when a phaser shot passes through him to strike at Iko.
• Karma Houdini : Seven of Nine says that it's unfair that one man had to pay for the price of killing another man with his life, while she herself goes without punishment after destroying thousands of lives through Borg assimilation. Captain Janeway tells Seven that losing twenty years of her life to the Borg is enough punishment for her.
• My God, What Have I Done? : When Iko's injuries are treated with Seven's nanoprobes, they inadvertently correct a congenital defect in his brain that had made him a sociopath. As a result, he suddenly feels overwhelming guilt over the crimes he committed.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown : Yediq and his goons deliver one to Iko after he obliquely threatens Yediq's children . Leads to a What the Hell, Hero? from Janeway.
• Playing Sick : Joleg tries to do this after the failed prison break, but it doesn't work.
• Please Kill Me if It Satisfies You : Thanks to his newly-awakened conscience, Iko believes that he deserves to die for his crimes. During his appeal to the family of his victim, he admits that he can accept his own death if that's what they want. When he learns that his execution stands, he calmly accepts it .
• Prison Episode : An odd case in that Voyager itself is converted into a Prison Ship .
• Shoot the Hostage : Since the Doctor is a hologram, this doesn't hurt him, but it does slightly mess with his holo-matrix.
• The Sociopath : Joleg is outwardly friendly and sympathetic — and turns Neelix into an Unwitting Pawn to orchestrate a prison break and put Voyager in danger.
• These Hands Have Killed : A time-delayed variant, but... Iko: You say I've changed, but I look at these hands every day and I see them squeezing that man's throat and I hear the sounds he made. I'm disgusting.
• Think Nothing of It : After Neelix makes it clear to Yediq that Starfleet officers actually feed their prisoners. Joleg: Thanks for standing up to Yediq. Neelix: Just doing my job. Joleg: Still, it was kind.
• Took a Level in Kindness : Iko, thanks to Seven's nanoprobes. He demonstrates this by giving his uneaten meal to another prisoner (one whom Iko apparently has a history of bullying and stealing his meals) after he has been healed.
• Wardens Are Evil : At first, Yediq seems like a straightforward example, only giving his prisoners one meal a day and beating Iko for stepping out of line. As detailed under Character Development above, though, he comes to change his ways when Iko saves him from the rioting prisoners and even regrets that the reformed criminal will still be executed.
• You Have to Believe Me! : Said by Joleg when he tries to convince Neelix that he had nothing to do with his brother's attack on Voyager . Neelix doesn't buy it for a second.
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Summary [ ]

USS Voyager is being attacked by a ship which just decloaked and then recloaked. They are all surprised when a disruptor they were hit with had a Klingon signature. A hail to the cloaked ship gets no response. They discover it is a D7-class cruiser, retired decades ago. With the age in mind, Voyager uses a metaphasic sweep to locate the ship, and fires.

Aboard the Klingon ship, the cloak has failed. The captain orders his crew to answer the hail to buy time to repair the cloak. When Captain Kathryn Janeway asks them to stand down, they refuse to surrender to an enemy of the Klingon Empire .

Act One [ ]

Janeway tries to explain that the Federation and the Klingon Empire signed a treaty eighty years earlier, but the captain won't believe it. Janeway states that she isn't lying, but even if she were not, the Klingons are no match for her ship. She says to prove it to them she will introduce him to "a Klingon serving on board", referring to B'Elanna Torres , though she doesn't divulge that Torres is half-Klingon. Kohlar agrees.

Once aboard Voyager , Captain Kohlar refuses to answer any questions until he meets Torres. They arrive in the ready room , and immediately he asks about her child. He suddenly wants to return to his vessel, accepting the PADD containing the Khitomer Accords in passing, and even gives his word not to fire on Voyager again.

Back on his ship, he defends the information to his comrades, citing religious scrolls and signs that this is true. Kohlar's second-in command, T'Greth , expresses skepticism over whether the Federation and the Empire are at peace and if Torres' child is the one they're looking for, insisting on further investigation. Kohlar rebukes him, reminding him that their ancestors had nothing but their faith when they began this voyage. He declares that the day of separation has arrived.

Suddenly, the Klingon ship's warp core begins to overload, and Kohlar hails Voyager asking for emergency transport. Tuvok points out to Janeway that the Klingon crew outnumbers Voyager 's, but Janeway decides to beam them aboard despite the security risk. She orders that the Klingons be placed in the shuttle bay behind force fields as a security precaution and once they are aboard, Voyager goes to warp to escape the blast.

Kohlar shows up in the ready room to thank the captain, but Tuvok points out the containment failure was caused by a self-destruct mechanism, not damage. Kohlar explains it is a sacred duty to be here, and there was no other way to get everyone aboard. He explains that his great-grandfather was part of a sect that believed the Empire had lost its way. It told them to journey to a distant region of the galaxy , to find the savior of his people, the kuvah'magh . He has determined that is the unborn child of Lieutenant Torres.

At the staff meeting, Tom Paris and Torres can't believe it. Paris makes jokes, and Torres resents the whole thing. Tuvok is concerned about the security risk, but since the Klingon crew includes civilians Janeway isn't willing to keep them confined and allows them to live in normal quarters with extra security and sensitive areas of the ship off-limits. Kim brings up the problem of the limited amount of quarters aboard, and Neelix suggests that willing officers can double up. Despite Chakotay 's suggestion they would never harm their messiah, she also has round-the-clock security put on Torres.

Act Two [ ]

In the mess hall , Neelix begins serving gagh , and after Captain Janeway consults him, she concludes everything seems to be going well – but not for long. Two Klingons fight over their food, and security has to break them up. Harry Kim , part of the detail, is told by the female Klingon he would make a good mate.

After a tiring day, Neelix returns to his quarters… or rather, Tuvok's quarters since he was the only crewmember who hadn't been paired up with anyone. Tuvok is very put out, in his Vulcan way, preferring solitude however since the alternative is to leave a Klingon family with nowhere to sleep he has no choice to agree. Neelix promises him they'll have 'fun' and decides to teach him Klingon drinking songs. As Neelix makes himself at home nosily, Tuvok is left as exasperated as he can get.

Torres is ambushed during her shift by groups of Klingons who just want to admire her, and has to transport herself to her quarters to avoid them. After all that, the captain asks her to speak with their council of elders, because ten of the Klingons have started a hunger strike.

When she arrives with Paris, the first thing they notice is she is not fully Klingon. T'Greth gets angry, believing she can't be the mother of the kuvah'magh . But Kohlar puts him back in line, saying it is written nowhere that the messiah's blood must be pure Klingon. When Paris says he is the father, T'Greth can't believe it, and storms out. That's when Kohlar asks for her help to stop a holy war.

Act Three [ ]

Back in the briefing room, he explains that, whether she believes her baby is a savior or not, she must help him convince his people it is. His people have suffered enough. He doesn't know whether her child is it, but he wants them to stop looking for it, since they have found nothing but hardship before. He asks for her to review the scrolls and create a "creative interpretation" to present before the council.

They end up studying all night, but she argues for her not being the messiah, as he argues for it. Getting annoyed with her, he asks her if she honors any of their ways, and she says no. But he tries to build common ground; he suggests they say a plea for the dead together, and helps her remember the words from her childhood.

Harry Kim shows up in sickbay with a mark on his cheek. The Doctor doesn't believe he cut himself shaving, and recognizes it as a bite mark, indicative of a Klingon mating ritual. Kim wants to know how he can get out of this, but The Doctor says the only other way is to kill her. Since that's unacceptable, he hands Kim an authorization for intimate relations for an alien species, pending the captain's approval.

Tom Paris accepts T'Greth's challenge

She tells them exaggerated stories, and Kohlar applauds, but T'Greth is unconvinced. Stories are not the issue, he says; it is whether or not she carries their savior. She recites the scroll well, but T'Greth believes (correctly) it is Kohlar doing the talking, and makes a remark which insults Paris. Since the scrolls also say he should be an honorable warrior, T'Greth challenges him to a fight to the death, and he accepts.

Act Four [ ]

Paris later justifies his decision to the captain, in the observation lounge. He says that if he had said no, they would have had a riot. Torres asks the captain to put a stop to it, and she agrees. She has Kohlar and T'Greth come in and explains to them he is willing to fight, but she is the one preventing him from doing so. T'Greth calls them all cowards, but Kohlar says there is a compromise. Emperor Mur'Eq instituted a non-lethal form of combat so his warriors would kill their enemies and not each other in duels before battle. T'Greth considers this cowardly as well, but when it's pointed out that an honorable leader of the Empire came up with it he finally accepts, since he has no other way to prove Paris' lack of honor.

Kim continues to hide from the female Klingon, officer Ch'Rega . Fortunately, Neelix takes her off his hands by making him appear weak, and threatening to disembowel him if he eats that much food again. The female Klingon now looks with lust at Neelix.

Tom Paris in battle

Meanwhile on the holodeck , the competition begins, both combatants wielding blunt bat'leths . However, after much dancing around and swinging to no avail, T'Greth suddenly becomes weak, unable to stand, and collapses. Kohlar identifies it as the nehret , a disease which kills those not fortunate enough to die in battle. After moving him to sickbay, The Doctor identifies a retrovirus which attacks the cytoplasm of the cell . When he scans all of the Klingons, he finds they are all carriers . It is not contagious, except to Klingons. His next examination is of Lieutenant Torres. He finds that both she and the baby have the virus.

T'Greth awakens, and returns to the council. He tells them Torres and her child have the disease, which is not what the scrolls say. He convinces them that Kohlar will not believe them, and they have to take control by force.

Act Five [ ]

Seven of Nine is scanning planets in astrometrics where the Klingons could settle, and T'Greth asks to go along, saying he believes Kohlar. Meanwhile, another Klingon asks Kim how the transporters work, especially the way of transporting so many targets. When the first team is ready for transport, consisting of many Klingons and Chakotay, they all knock out him and Harry Kim.

Paris defends Voyager 's bridge

As Tuvok detects phaser fire and goes with a team, the Klingons try to transport all of Voyager 's crew down to the surface. While a force field was erected around the bridge , they manage to transport crews from engineering and most of the ship. By the time Tuvok catches them, they have beamed onto the bridge. After a fire fight, all of the Klingons are down, and the crew is transported back aboard.

T'Greth wakes up in sickbay, not Sto-vo-kor , because The Doctor synthesized an antivirus from the child's hybrid stem cell antibodies. T'Greth, now fully cured, is surprised, but begins believing again: the child has indeed saved his people.

Tuvok returns to his quarters to find them locked by Neelix. As he is about to use his security clearance to override the seal, Neelix emerges with Ch'Rega following what has obviously been a very intense lovemaking session. Tuvok finds the quarters totally wrecked, and orders Neelix out when he offers to stay and clean.

As he departs, Kohlar gives Torres a bat'leth owned by his great-grandfather as a gift for her daughter and asks for her promise to tell her daughter about him and his people. Later in their quarters, Paris and Torres discuss recent events and if what happened was truly destined given all the "coincidences" involved. Paris suggests they name their daughter Kuvah'magh "just to be safe", since she did indeed become the Klingons' savior and Torres agrees to add it to the list.

Log entries [ ]

• " Chief engineer's personal log, stardate 54518.2. I've spent the last two days reviewing the Sacred Scrolls in preparation for my appearance before the Klingon council. Kohlar also suggested I prepare a few colorful stories to help win them over. "
• " Captain's log, stardate 54529.8. While we're helping the Klingons into their new home, life aboard Voyager is gradually returning to normal. "

Memorable quotes [ ]

"I've been studying Klingon etiquette. You shouldn't quarrel over food. Save your strength for battle, to fight those who would challenge you."

"You're going to get yourself killed!" "What makes you so sure I'd lose?" "Oh, please."

" Today would be a very bad day to die. "

" I see fear in your eyes, Human. " " The only Klingon I'm afraid of is my wife after she's worked a double shift. "

" Grant me a warrior's death, I beg of you. " " Sorry, no mercy killings on my bridge. "

" When I say you're limited to two servings of brak't , that's all you get! Do you understand me, ensign? "

" The child cured me? " " Well, I was the one who devised the treatment. " " Doctor. " " Yes, of course, the child cured you. "

" Where are the images of Kahless? Where's your family crest? " " They clashed with the carpet. "

(Harry Kim walks into sickbay with a towel to his cheek) " What happened to you? " " I cut myself shaving. " (Kim removes towel) " Is that a bite mark? " " One of the Klingons attacked me. " " Did you do something to provoke him? " " Not him… Her. And she wasn't provoked, she was… aroused. " " Ah… "

" I salute you, captain. You did more damage to our vessel than my engineer thought. "

(Hailing the Klingon cruiser) " This is Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation starship Voyager . Stand down. " " We will not surrender to sworn enemies of the Klingon Empire. " " I think there's been a misunderstanding. The Empire signed a peace treaty with the Federation more than 80 years ago . If I'm not mistaken, it's still in effect. "

" The scrolls say 'You will find me, when two warring houses make peace.' Our people and the Federation, our greatest enemy, are at peace. "

" T'Greth, there is precedent for an honorable compromise. A non-lethal bout, fought with blunted bat'leths . The victory goes to the first warrior to knock his opponent to the ground three times. " " A coward's rule! " " Was the Emperor Mur'Eq a coward?! He was the one who instituted these rules to ensure that his warriors would kill their enemies, and not each other! "

" Gentlemen, I'm afraid Lieutenant Paris had no authority to accept this challenge - there will be no death matches aboard my ship. "

"Is that how you remember it?" "Exaggeration is a big part of Klingon story telling. She's doing great."

"Then maybe you can tell me how to convince a female twice my size that I'm not interested!" "Hmm. You probably can't." "Great."

Background information [ ]

A repainted Hallmark USS Voyager and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey combined with an AMT Klingon D7 battle cruiser to make up the Paris' baby mobile

Story and script [ ]

• The episode was originally scripted to open with a scene aboard the Klingon cruiser, where Kohlar ascends to the captaincy following the death of the previous captain as a result of the nehret . This scene was filmed on 15 November 2000 , but was cut for time. ( Star Trek Magazine issue 151 )
• According to Larry Nemecek, the idea was pitched to the writing staff of Star Trek: Voyager during the series pre-production, before "Caretaker" even aired. [1]

Cast and characters [ ]

• Sherman Howard previously played Endar in TNG : " Suddenly Human " and the Vulcan Starfleet officer Syvar in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Shakaar ". Paul S. Eckstein also guest-starred in DS9. He played Limara'Son in " Rocks and Shoals " and an unnamed Jem'Hadar in " The Dogs of War ".

Continuity [ ]

• This is the twelfth time the crew of Voyager discover a direct connection between the Alpha Quadrant and Delta Quadrant, having previously discovered a wormhole connecting the two quadrants (" Eye of the Needle "), descendants of human abductees (" The 37's "), descendants of aliens who have visited Earth (" Tattoo "), a Cardassian weapon (" Dreadnought "), Ferengi (" False Profits "), former Borg that were assimilated in the Alpha Quadrant (" Unity "), descendants of Earth dinosaurs (" Distant Origin "), a communications network that extends to the Alpha Quadrant (" Message in a Bottle "), another Federation starship (" Equinox "), another former Borg that was assimilated in the Alpha Quadrant (" Survival Instinct "), and a long-lost Earth spaceship (" One Small Step "). In this episode, they encounter Klingons.
• Except for the purely Klingon B'Elanna Torres created by the Vidiians in " Faces ", this episode marks the first appearance of flesh-and-blood Klingons in the entire series. Klingons have previously appeared only as holograms (" Real Life ", " Day of Honor ", “ The Killing Game ”, " Flesh and Blood "), virtual constructs in a simulated environment (" Unimatrix Zero "), memories (" Flashback ") or hallucination (" Barge of the Dead ").
• Janeway mentions a peace treaty having been signed more than eighty years ago and believes it to still be in effect. While this treaty was suspended between 2372 and 2373 , it was reactivated in DS9 : " By Inferno's Light ".
• The Doctor hands Kim a PADD, telling him its "authorization for [Kim] to engage in intimate relations with a member of an alien species." Coincidentally, it was Kim that failed to get this clearance once before in the fifth-season " The Disease ", in which The Doctor lambasts Kim after he has sex with Derran Tal , exclaiming "you had intimate contact with an alien species without medical clearance?"
• When Kohlar asks Torres if she helped destroy a Borg vessel, she replies "I suppose." This likely references the events of " Dark Frontier ", where Voyager beamed a photon torpedo aboard a Borg probe, destroying it, or when she led a transwarp conduit collapse while there was a Borg starship in it.
• The bat'leth given to Torres is the same prop originally made for " The Sword of Kahless ", suggesting that it was already very old when Kohlar's grandfather gave it to him. ( citation needed • edit )
• This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling For A Series.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment ): Volume 7.7, 3 September 2001
• As part of the VOY Season 7 DVD collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

• Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Also starring [ ]

• Robert Beltran as Chakotay
• Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres
• Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris
• Ethan Phillips as Neelix
• Robert Picardo as The Doctor
• Tim Russ as Tuvok
• Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
• Garrett Wang as Harry Kim

Guest Stars [ ]

• Sherman Howard as T'Greth
• Paul Eckstein as Morak
• Wren T. Brown as Kohlar

Co-Stars [ ]

• Peggy Jo Jacobs as Ch'Rega
• Majel Barrett as Computer Voice

Uncredited Co-Stars [ ]

• Mary Alexander as Klingon crewman
• Paul Ambrose as Klingon crewman
• Michael Bailous as operations officer
• Patrick Barnitt as Klingon crewman
• Richard Bishop as operations officer
• Bill Blair as Klingon crewman
• Tara Bordes as Klingon girl
• Michael Braveheart as Klingon crewman
• Julie David as command officer
• Carter Edwards as command officer
• Tarik Ergin as Ayala
• Ken Gruz as Klingon crewman
• Peter Harmyk as Thompson
• Grace Harrell as Klingon crewman
• Eric Hunter as command officer
• Clynell Jackson III as Klingon crewman
• Alicia Lewis as sciences officer
• Dennis Madalone as Klingon crewman
• Brita Nowak as Klingon crewman
• Louis Ortiz as Klingon crewman
• James Pearson as Klingon crewman
• Stephen Pisani as operations officer
• Keith Rayve as Klingon crewman
• Katie Rowe as Klingon crewman
• Pablo Soriano as Klingon crewman
• Gregory Sweeney as Klingon crewman
• J.T. Taylor as Klingon crewman
• Loran Taylor as sciences ensign
• Chester E. Tripp III
• Curtis Wong as operations officer
• Klingon boy
• Three Klingon crewmen
• Third Klingon crewman

Stand-ins [ ]

• Brita Nowak – stand-in for Jeri Ryan and Peggy Jo Jacobs
• Stuart Wong – stand-in for Garrett Wang

References [ ]

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External links [ ]

• "Prophecy" at StarTrek.com
• " Prophecy " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Prophecy " at Wikipedia
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Whatever Happened To The Cast Of Star Trek: Voyager?

The third "Star Trek" series to air in the 1990s, "Star Trek: Voyager" was also the flagship series for the all-new Paramount television network UPN. Making its debut in January of 1995, the series saw Captain Kathryn Janeway command the state-of-the-art starship Voyager on a mission to pursue a group of Maquis rebels. However, when a phenomenon envelops them both and hurls them to the distant Delta Quadrant, Starfleet officers and Maquis terrorists become one crew on a perilous journey home.

Despite a few cast shake-ups, "Voyager" ran for seven seasons and featured a consistently stellar ensemble. The series helped launch the careers of several of its lesser-known actors, while others can count the series as the highest point in their filmography. Some walked away from Hollywood after it concluded, while a few have since made big comebacks, returning to the roles that made them famous.

Since it ended in 2001, "Voyager" has aged like fine wine, earning new fans thanks to the magic of streaming where new generations can discover it anew. Whether seeing it for the first time — or even if you're watching it for the umpteenth — you may be wondering where the cast is now. Well, recalibrate the bio-neural gel packs and prep the Delta Flyer for launch because we're here to fill you in on what's happened to the cast of "Star Trek: Voyager."

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

It's no secret that Kate Mulgrew wasn't the first choice to play Captain Janeway in "Star Trek: Voyager." Academy Award-nominee Geneviève Bujold was famously cast first  but filmed only a few scenes before quitting the show during the production of the series pilot, leading to Mulgrew being brought in. Today it is difficult to imagine anyone else in the role, though it's hardly Mulgrew's only iconic TV series.

Following the show's conclusion in 2001, Mulgrew took a few years off from acting, returning with a small role in the 2005 film "Perception" with Piper Perabo. After a guest appearance on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Mulgrew snagged a recurring role on "The Black Donnellys" in 2007 alongside Jonathan Tucker and Olivia Wilde and another in the short-lived NBC medical drama "Mercy" in 2009. Her return to a main cast, however, came in the Adult Swim series "NTSF:SD:SUV::," where she played an eye patch-wearing leader of an anti-terrorism task force alongside future "Star Trek" star Rebecca Romijn .

Of course, Mulgrew found a major career resurgence in 2013, starring in one of Netflix's earliest forays into original programming, "Orange is the New Black." In the series she stars as Red, an inmate at a women's prison, a role that would earn her an Emmy nomination. Mulgrew returned to "Star Trek" in 2021, voicing both Kathryn Janeway and a holographic version of the character in the Nickelodeon-produced CGI-animated series  "Star Trek: Prodigy."

Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay

Sitting in the chair next to Captain Janeway for seven seasons was Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay, a former Maquis first officer. Though Beltran counts his heritage as Latino, Chakotay was actually the first Native American series regular in the franchise but was sadly under-used, a fact that the actor has  commented on . Following "Star Trek: Voyager," Beltran's work on the small screen was mostly limited to guest appearances, popping up in episodes of "CSI: Miami" and "Medium" in the 2000s while filling roles in movies like "Taking Chances," "Fire Serpent," and "Manticore." 

Beltran's first recurring part on TV after "Voyager" was in the series "Big Love," starring Bill Paxton and Jeanne Tripplehorn. In the series, he played Jerry Flute — another Native American — who has plans to construct a casino on a reservation. However, over the next decade, Beltran seemed to move away from acting, with a sparse handful of minor roles. He revealed on Twitter that he turned down a chance to play Chakotay one more time in the revival series "Star Trek: Picard," as he was unhappy with the part they'd written for him. 

Nevertheless, Beltran did come back to join Kate Mulgrew for the animated children's series "Star Trek: Prodigy." Voicing Chakotay in his triumphant return to the franchise, the series sees the character lost in space and his former captain on a mission to find him.

Tim Russ as Lt. Tuvok

Actor Tim Russ had already made a few guest appearances in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and even the film "Star Trek Generations" before joining the main cast of "Star Trek: Voyager" in 1995. Russ became a fan-favorite as Vulcan Lt. Tuvok, who was later promoted to Lt. Commander. However, after seven seasons playing the stoic, emotionless Tuvok, Russ kept busy with a variety of different roles, mostly guest-starring in popular TV hits.

This includes guest spots in everything from "ER" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" to episodes of "Hannah Montana" and "Without a Trace." He even appeared on the big screen with a small role in "Live Free or Die Hard" in 2007, but it didn't keep him away from TV, as he also had a multi-episode appearance on the hit soap "General Hospital." That same year, Russ joined the main cast of the Christina Applegate comedy "Samantha Who?" and later began working in video games, providing voice work for "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" and "The Last of Us Part 2." 

Since then, the actor has kept busy with countless roles in such as "Criminal Minds," "NCIS: New Orleans," "Supergirl," and "The Good Doctor." More recently, Russ turned up in an episode of Seth MacFarlane's "Star Trek" homage "The Orville,"  and in 2023 voiced Lucius Fox in the animated film "Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham."

Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres

On "Star Trek: Voyager," the role of chief engineer was filled by Roxann Dawson who played half-Klingon/half-human B'Elanna Torres. Starting out as a Maquis rebel, she eventually becomes one of the most important members of the crew, as well as a wife and mother. Following her run on the series, Dawson had just a handful of on-screen roles, which included single episodes of "The Closer" and "Without a Trace." That's because, like her franchise cohort  Jonathan Frakes , Dawson moved behind the camera to become a director full-time.

Getting her start overseeing episodes of "Voyager" first, Dawson moved on to helm entries of "Star Trek" spin-off "Enterprise" before broadening to other shows across television. Since 2005, Dawson has directed episodes of some of the biggest hits on TV including "Lost" and "The O.C." in 2006, eight episodes of "Cold Case," a trio of "Heroes" episodes, and more. 

We could go on and on rattling off the hit shows she's sat behind the camera for but among her most notable might be the David Simon HBO series "Treme" in 2011, "Hell on Wheels" with future starship captain Anson Mount, and modern masterpieces like "Bates Motel," "The Americans," and "This is Us." Her most recent work saw her return to sci-fi, helming two episodes of the Apple TV+ series "Foundation."

Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim

Despite never seeing a rise in rank and perpetually remaining a low-level ensign, Harry Kim — played by Garrett Wang – often played a crucial role in defeating many of the enemies the crew would face in the Delta Quadrant. When "Star Trek: Voyager" left the airwaves, though, Wang bounced around, with his biggest role arguably coming in the 2005 Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries "Into the West." He has continued embracing his role as Ensign Kim by appearing at many fan conventions, where he found an entirely new calling. 

Beginning in 2010, Kim embarked on a career as an event moderator, serving as the Master of Ceremonies at that year's FedCon (a science fiction convention held in Germany). Later, he was the Trek Track Director at the celebrated Dragon Con event, held annually in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the course of his new career, Wang has held moderating duties and hosted panels and events at major pop culture conventions in Montreal, Edmonton, Phoenix, and Denver. According to Wang, his biggest role as a moderator came at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in 2012, where he interviewed the legendary Stan Lee .

In 2020, Wang joined forces with co-star Robert Duncan McNeill to launch "The Delta Flyers," a podcast that discusses classic episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager."

Robert Duncan McNeill as Lt. Tom Paris

Robert Duncan McNeill guest-starred in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as a hotshot pilot who broke the rules and wound up booted from Starfleet. So when producers developed a similar character, they brought in McNeill to play him, resulting in brash, cavalier helm officer Tom Paris. In 2002, after "Star Trek: Voyager" ended, McNeill starred in an episode of  "The Outer Limits" revival  and a few more small roles. However, like Dawson, McNeill left acting not long after the series ended to become a director and producer, starting with four episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Into the 2000s, McNiell helmed episodes of "Dawson's Creek" and "One Tree Hill" before becoming an executive producer on the action-comedy series "Chuck" starring Zachary Levi. Ultimately he'd direct 21 episodes of that series across its five seasons. From there, McNeill went on to sit behind the camera for installments of "The Mentalist," "Blue Bloods," and "Suits." 

Since the 2010s, McNeill has served as an executive producer on further shows that included "The Gifted," the Disney+ reboot of "Turner & Hooch," and the SyFy series "Resident Alien." In addition to hosting "The Delta Flyers" podcast with co-star Garrett Wang, McNeill came back to "Star Trek" in 2022 when he voiced the character of Tom Paris in a cameo on the animated comedy "Star Trek: Lower Decks."

Ethan Phillips as Neelix

Another actor to appear on "Star Trek" before taking a leading role on "Voyager," Ethan Phillips played the quirky alien chef Neelix for all seven seasons of the show's run. A well-established veteran, his TV roles prior had included dramas like "NYPD Blue" and family hits like "Doogie Howser, M.D." Unfortunately, his role on "Voyager" never translated to big-time success after, though he hardly struggled for work. That's because he went back to his former career as a character actor.

In the ensuing years, Phillips could be seen all over the dial and beyond, with parts in "Touched by an Angel" and "8 Simple Rules" among many others, even popping up in a guest-starring role in an episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2002. Later he did a three-episode run on "Boston Legal," another Beantown-based legal drama from David E. Kelley, this one starring "Star Trek" legend William Shatner and "Deep Space Nine" alum René Auberjonois. Some of the biggest shows he's found work on during the 2010s meanwhile include "Better Call Saul" and a recurring role in the Lena Dunham comedy "Girls." He's also had roles in major movies, showing up in "Inside Llewyn Davis," "The Purge: Election Year," and "The Island."

Though he hasn't come back to "Star Trek," Phillips did return to sci-fi in 2020, joining the main cast of the HBO space comedy "Avenue 5" alongside Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Though she didn't arrive on "Star Trek: Voyager" until Season 4, Jeri Ryan arguably became the series' biggest star. She came in to help liven up a series that was struggling and joined the cast as a former Borg drone named Seven of Nine . It proved to be just what the series needed and a career-defining role for Ryan. One of the few cast members of "Voyager" to parlay her role into bigger success, Ryan immediately joined the David E. Kelley legal drama "Boston Public" after the series ended.

There she had a three-season run and in 2006 she secured another starring role on another legal drama, this time in the James Woods series "Shark," with Danielle Panabaker and Henry Simmons. Smaller recurring roles came after, including multi-episode stints on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Two and a Half Men," and "Leverage," before Ryan returned to a main cast with her co-starring role in "Body of Proof" in 2011 alongside Dana Delany. Parts in "Helix" and "Bosch" came after, as well as brief recurring roles in "MacGyver" and "Major Crimes," leading right up to her return to "Star Trek" in 2020.

That year, Ryan joined the cast of the revival series "Star Trek: Picard." Returning to the role of Seven of Nine, she supported series lead Patrick Stewart by appearing in all three seasons, and rumor has it she may even star in a spin-off. 

Jennifer Lien as Kes

Joining the Starfleet and Maquis crew aboard Voyager was Kes, a young alien woman with mild telepathic powers and just a nine-year lifespan, and played by Jennifer Lien. Unfortunately, her character never quite gelled, and in Season 4 Lien was written out to make way for Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

Leaving the series in 1997, Lien's career stalled in front of the camera, though she did manage a role in "American History X" alongside "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" star Avery Brooks. However, most of her subsequent work came in animation, with voice work in "Superman: The Animated Series" — where she played Inza, the wife of Doctor Fate — and a starring role as Agent L in "Men in Black: The Series." 

Unfortunately, Lien pretty much left acting shortly after that. She married filmmaker Phil Hwang and started a family but has faced personal problems along the way. While struggling to deal with her mental health, Lien was arrested in 2015 for indecent exposure and again in 2018 for driving without a license. 

If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website .

Manu Intiraymi as Icheb

Late in Season 6 of "Star Trek: Voyager," a storyline saw the ship rescue a stranded vessel commanded by a group of wayward Borg children. At the conclusion of the story, four young drones join the crew, becoming a surrogate family of sorts to Seven of Nine after jettisoning their Borg identities. The eldest of them is Icheb, a teenager who becomes like a brother to Seven, played by actor Manu Intiraymi. The young actor went on to make 11 appearances across the final two seasons of the show. 

When "Voyager" ended in 2001, Intiraymi continued acting, with his largest role coming in "One Tree Hill." There he played Billy — a local drug dealer — in a recurring role in 2012. Further projects were mostly independent films like "5th Passenger" in 2017 and "Hell on the Border," a 2019 Western starring David Gyasi, Ron Perlman, and Frank Grillo. 

In 2017, Intiraymi came under fire for criticizing fellow "Star Trek" actor Anthony Rapp, who'd made accusations of sexual assault against Kevin Spacey . A few years later, fans speculated those comments may have been why he wasn't asked to return to the role of Icheb in "Star Trek: Picard," with a new actor playing the part in a scene that killed off the character.

Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman

Plenty of TV shows have added a kid to shake up the status quo late into their run, and "Star Trek: Voyager" was not immune to this trope. In addition to Borg kids like Icheb, Samantha Wildman — the newborn daughter of a crewperson — became a recurring character beginning in Season 5, played by Scarlett Pomers. She'd wind up in 16 episodes, including a few where she played a leading role. In the aftermath of the end of the series, Pomers appeared in the Julia Roberts film "Erin Brockovich," and in 2001 joined the cast of the sitcom "Reba."

For six seasons Pomers starred as Kyra Hart, daughter of the show's star played by Reba McEntire. Appearing in a whopping 103 episodes, it was only Pomers' second regular role but also her last on-screen performance. When that series concluded, Pomers essentially retired from acting. Unfortunately, her exit from the stage was at least partly due to her ongoing battle with an eating disorder, and Pomers has since become an outspoken advocate for those struggling with anorexia and mental illness. In a 2019 interview with StarTrek.com , Pomers also talked about her subsequent career as a photographer, musician, and jewelry designer.

If you are struggling with an eating disorder, or know someone who is, help is available. Visit the National Eating Disorders Association website or contact NEDA's Live Helpline at 1-800-931-2237. You can also receive 24/7 Crisis Support via text (send NEDA to 741-741).

Martha Hackett as Seska

In the early seasons of "Star Trek: Voyager," one of the most compelling ongoing storylines was that of Seska, a Bajoran and former Maquis rebel and on-again-off-again lover of Chakotay. Played by recurring guest star Martha Hackett, it was later revealed that Seska was actually an enemy agent in disguise. Hackett would appear in a total of 13 episodes of the series, making it by far the largest role in her career. Still, she has appeared in some big hits over the last two decades.

Those included a small role in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in 2005 and an appearance in the cult horror movie "The Bye Bye Man" in 2017. It also includes one-off appearances in episodes of popular projects on the small screen, like "The Mindy Project" in 2014, "Masters of Sex" a year earlier, and a recurring role in the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" between 2016 and 2018. Thanks to her iconic role as Seska, though, Hackett continues to be a regular on the "Star Trek" convention circuit and was interviewed for the upcoming "Star Trek: Voyager" documentary "To the Journey."

Robert Picardo as the Doctor

For 30 years, the world of science fiction meant one thing when the moniker of "The Doctor" was uttered, but that all changed in 1995 with the launch of "Star Trek: Voyager." There, actor Robert Picardo — already known for antagonistic roles in "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" and "InnerSpace" — starred as the Doctor, the nameless holographic chief medical officer aboard the Voyager. Known for his offbeat humor and cantankerous attitude, he was played to perfection by Picardo, and it would become the actor's signature role. 

Still, even after leaving sickbay as the Doctor, Picardo had a healthy career, moving quickly into a role in "The Lyon's Den" starring Rob Lowe and Kyle Chandler in 2003. A year later he joined another iconic sci-fi franchise when he secured a recurring part in "Stargate SG-1"  as Richard Woolsey, a grumpy U.S. official who opposed the Stargate program. Following a string of appearances on the flagship series, Picardo joined the main cast of "Stargate: Atlantis" in 2006. A few years later, Picardo had another repeat role, this time as Jason Cooper on "The Mentalist," and he later enjoyed a stint on the Apple TV+ drama "Dickinson."

In 2023, the actor made a guest appearance on the "Quantum Leap" revival playing Doctor Woolsey, whose name is a clear tribute to his two biggest TV roles.

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Seeking Repentance in Star Trek

On Yom Kippur, Gul Dukat and Neelix make an important distinction between forgiveness and atonement.

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Last week, Jews celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, while also preparing for the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which we celebrate from sunset October 8 to nightfall October 9. It may be that a fellow Trekker who happens to be Jewish will apologize to you this week, since a central tenet of the Jewish faith is that observing this Holy Day requires each person to seek atonement from G-d for transgressions both against G-d, (which is or is not supernatural, depending on which Jew you ask) and transgressions against fellow humans. Notably, despite the proliferation of apologies, Yom Kippur is not the day of forgiveness because forgiveness and atonement are not the same. Where forgiveness is entirely at the discretion of the victim, atonement to G-d for transgressions against humans requires repentance — an activity that someone undertakes to try to repair the damage they have done in wronging others.

So much of Star Trek — and all good science fiction — can be used to draw parallels to or illuminate facets of the real world, and the show doesn’t disappoint even with something as specific as Yom Kippur. Two episodes in particular, one which focuses on an anti-hero’s quest for repentance and another which focuses on an anti-hero’s quest for forgiveness, can help us understand the right way to seek atonement and the wrong way to seek atonement. Unsurprisingly, DS9 stands out as the series that grapples with these questions the most, and it is not unusual for fans to connect the journey of the deeply religious Bajorans from slavery to freedom to the story of Biblical Jews in the second book of the Torah, Exodus. But DS9 is not the only series that grapples with these questions, and it is to Voyager that we turn first.

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Jetrel,” Neelix is confronted with the worst war criminal known to his home Talaxian society, a scientist named Dr. Ma'Bor Jetrel. It was Jetrel who designed the “metreon cascade,” a weapon of mass destruction that killed 300,000 Talaxians on the Talaxaian moon of Rinax at the end of a ten year war between the Talaxians and Haakonians. Fifteen years later, Jetrel tracks down Voyager to find Neelix, claiming that the scientist has come to test Neelix for a fatal blood disease called “metremia” that Talaxian rescue workers to Rinax, including Neelix, may suffer from as a result of their exposure to metreon isotopes. Jetrel has spent the last decade and a half since the metreon cascade trying to find a way to repent for his war crime. Though he first claims to Captain Janeway and Neelix that he is seeking to develop a cure for metremia, we later learn that Jetrel has also theorized a way to use the metreon isotopes in the cloud surrounding Rinax to bring victims of the cascade back to life using Voyager's transporter technology.

Jetrel's efforts to bring back metreon cascade victims ultimately fails—even at 120% of recommended limits, Voyager 's transporters do not have enough power to pull together all of the subatomic particles of the victims—and Jetrel dies of advanced metremia, ending his research. Despite his failure to bring back those he has killed, it is clear at the end of the episode that Jetrel has done what he believed he could in seeking repentance for his crime: not only does he recognize that what he did made him “a monster” in the view of both his family and himself, but he then spent the remainder of his life trying to repair the damage he had done, even when his persistent efforts resulted in his exile from his own society.

Notably, after initially protesting to Neelix that he was just a scientist and that the decision to fire their weapon at Rinax was a decision made by military leadership, Jetrel eventually comes around to understanding that his role in conceptualizing and helping build the weapon of mass destruction is unforgivable. Jetrel admits to Neelix, "There is no way I could ever apologize to you, Mr. Neelix. That's why I have not tried.” The first step to repentance is an admission of guilt.

Jetrel's story of a grievous wrong done against others, followed by a lifetime spent trying to fix what he had broken, stands in sharp contrast to one of the all-time great villains of the Star Trek universe, Gul Dukat. The Cardassian leader spends much of DS9 avoid avoiding confrontation with the consequences of the atrocities he committed during the Occupation of Bajor. One episode serves as a case study in Dukat's unwillingness to seek repentance for his actions, instead seeking only unearned forgiveness.

“Return to Grace,” takes place in 2372, during the Klingon wars with both Cardassia and the Federation. Major Kira Nerys is transported by Gul Dukat, now captain of the Cardassian freighter Groumall, to a conference between Cardassia and Bajor where Bajorans intend to share important intelligence about the Klingons. They arrive, however, to find the outpost destroyed by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Kira and Dukat team up to modify the Groumall so that it is capable of chasing down and destroying those responsible.

The central plot of “Return to Grace,” however, is not what is most revealing about how Dukat views repentance and forgiveness. Unlike Jetrel, who we see in only one episode, Dukat is a recurring character who repeatedly fails to admit that he has done wrong, even at his death refusing to atone for his war crimes. As illustrated in “Return to Grace,” Dukat cares only about gaining Kira's unearned forgiveness and does not even care to truly work toward earning it. Kira even sums this up for the audience when she tells his daughter, “Ziyal, what your father wants from me is forgiveness. That's one thing I can never give him.” In fact, Dukat never really asks forgiveness for his gravest misdeeds, only at one point responding to Kira after she attempts to set boundaries with him, “I’m sorry, Major. I didn’t mean any harm. I was only making conversation.” There is no repentance in this apology.

On Voyager , Jetrel understood that what he did was something so horrible that an apology was meaningless, and that forgiveness could be given only by the victim. Dukat, on the other hand, never truly accepts or understands his role in the Occupation, which killed fifteen million Bajorans. This contrasts against the outcome of the episode’s B-plot which is Kira confronting her common past with Dukat as a soldier who is responsible for killing people. In the end, Kira repents by trying to end the cycle of violence and protecting Ziyal from having to live the life that a resistance fighter lives. “The best way to survive a knife fight is to never get in one,” Kira tells Ziyal. This is Kira’s atonement.

Yet instead of seeking to repent for his past crimes, the title of the episode reveals what Dukat was truly after: grace, the unmerited and free salvation of a sinner. Grace is required here because Dukat refuses to take responsibility for his sins. The “grace” he seeks is in fact a return to power; rather than feel remorse or guilt for his role in oppressing, killing, raping and torturing Bajorans, Dukat wishes to return to a position where he again has that sort of power over others. Near the end of the episode, Dukat tells Kira, “There was a time when the mere mention of my race inspired fear. And now… we're a beaten people. Afraid to fight back because we're afraid to lose what little is left.... Don't you see, Major? They're paralyzed. They're beaten and defeated. I am the only Cardassian left, and if no one else will stand against the Klingons, I will.” In these words, there is no remorse, no atonement. There is no understanding of why the Cardassians have had their power circumscribed – a consequence of their violation of humanoid rights.

These episodes hammer home the lesson that forgiveness cannot begin when there is no repentance in sight. In the final scene of “Jetrel,” Neelix delivers a final message to the dying Jetrel: that he forgives him. Jetrel never sought that forgiveness and in fact thought it was something he could never ask for. Recognizing that what he had done was destructive, Jetrel instead spent the end of his life seeking to undo at least some of the horrors he had unleashed. He is an example of looking at and owning the worst parts of oneself, and then trying to do something about it. Dukat, on the other hand, is an example of what happens when someone can't even admit to having done anything wrong. The lesson of Yom Kippur is that what matters is the repentance.

But the secret — which Dukat failed to learn — is that forgiveness is just a bonus.

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Core Faculty in Women’s Studies at the University of New Hampshire. Her research focuses on cosmology and particle physics. Find her on twitter @IBJIYONGI.

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Sarah silverman's surprising reason for appearing in star trek: voyager explained.

Sarah Silverman was in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager season 3 and later explained her surprising reason for taking the role of Rain Robinson.

• Sarah Silverman chose to act on Star Trek: Voyager instead of other offered sitcom roles because she felt the acting challenge was better.
• Silverman's character Rain Robinson was comedic yet nuanced, bringing a lot to Voyager's "Future's End"
• Silverman was a perfect fit for Voyager and left a lasting impact on the show.

Sarah Silverman had a surprising reason for agreeing to her guest appearance in Star Trek: Voyager season 3. Star Trek TV shows have been known to attract some impressive guest stars over the years, and Silverman is no exception. The actor and comedian is mostly famous for her stand-up but also has many television and film roles under her belt. One of Silverman's earliest TV roles was in Voyager season 3, episodes 8 and 9, "Future's End Parts I&II."

Silverman joined Voyager 's cast of characters as Rain Robinson, a 20th-century scientist whom Voyager 's crew encountered after traveling back in time to 1990s Los Angeles. Rain mainly spent the episode with Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) and Tuvok (Tim Russ) after the two became stranded on Earth during a reconnaissance mission. Although Silverman might seem like an odd choice for a show that was technically a drama, the actor had a surprising reason for wanting to do the role .

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Sarah silverman explains her star trek: voyager guest role, silverman agreed to the role for a very specific reason.

Speaking to Star Trek Monthly around the time of the episode's release, Silverman stated that the reason she chose to appear in a Star Trek series was precisely because Voyager was a drama rather than a sitcom. According to Silverman, sitcom roles interested her less than a role like Voyager , which would allow her to include comedy but also wouldn't feel too unrealistic and could help her approach the role with nuance. Read Silverman's full quote below:

"I'm a stand-up comic too, so I am always sent situation comedies. I saw so much more potential for real humor in this Star Trek, and the opportunity to act a little bit more in the realm of reality than in a sitcom. I'm unhappy with almost one hundred percent of all sitcoms that are on. I'm just not interested in them. But to be able to do a show which is an hour-long that takes itself seriously enough that I can look at this character realistically, was just exciting. This was a person that you could go in a few different directions with, instead of like on a sitcom where the roles are so familiar already."

It is interesting that Silverman felt her role on Voyager would be more in the " realm of reality " given that Star Trek is science fiction . Voyager often dealt with situations that would never happen in real life, versus sitcoms which are almost always more grounded in premise. However, Silverman was seemingly less interested in the over-the-top comedic nature of sitcoms whereas something like Voyager could be a little more real with character dynamics . This can be seen in "Future's End" and is part of the reason Silverman was so wonderful in her Voyager role.

Why Silverman Was The Perfect Choice For Rain Robinson In Star Trek: Voyager’s “Future’s End”

Silverman brought some wonderful qualities to rain robinson.

Sarah Silverman ended up being the perfect choice to play Rain Robinson in "Future's End." The character was always going to be comedic on some level, so hiring a comedian to play her was ultimately a smart choice. However, what made Silverman so perfect was that she was able to balance the humorous moments in "Future's End" with a very human, nuanced portrayal of Rain , who as a 20th-century woman served as the audience surrogate to the Voyager characters she interacted with.

Star Trek has always walked a thin line between campy and serious storytelling, and this is demonstrated perfectly in "Future's End." Both Robinson and Silverman also walked this line with incredible finesse, and the character ended up improving on the role that was previously held by characters like Dr. Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home . Even though Sarah Silverman was only in one Star Trek: Voyager two-parter , she left an indelible mark on the show and is still quite a well-remembered guest star.

Source: Star Trek Monthly issue 25

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The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before. 

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• Episode aired Nov 27, 1995

Disguised while on an away mission Captain Janeway is rescued by a man who thinks that she is his daughter. Disguised while on an away mission Captain Janeway is rescued by a man who thinks that she is his daughter. Disguised while on an away mission Captain Janeway is rescued by a man who thinks that she is his daughter.

• Winrich Kolbe
• Gene Roddenberry
• Rick Berman
• Michael Piller
• Kate Mulgrew
• Robert Beltran
• Roxann Dawson
• 15 User reviews
• 5 Critic reviews

• Capt. Kathryn Janeway

• Cmdr. Chakotay

• Lt. B'Elanna Torres
• (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)

• (credit only)

• Lt. Tom Paris

• Ensign Harry Kim

• Mokra Order Soldier
• (uncredited)

• Mokra homeworld alien

• Alsaurian Prisoner
• Alsaurian Citizen
• Michael Piller (showrunner)
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• Trivia The Mokra's leather strappings on their uniforms are made from horse tack.
• Goofs Janeway's com badge/universal translator is taken before she is rescued by Caylem, yet she can still talk with people on the planet.

[Caylem has been fatally wounded]

Caylem : Ralkana... He said you had been shot.

Captain Kathryn Janeway : He was lying to you, Father. I'm all right.

Caylem : And your mother?

Captain Kathryn Janeway : She's fine. She was so happy to get your letters. She wanted me to tell you something. She forgives you. We both do.

Caylem : [smiles] My sweet girl.

• Soundtracks Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title Written by Jerry Goldsmith Performed by Jay Chattaway

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• November 27, 1995 (United States)
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• Runtime 46 minutes
• Dolby Digital

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