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Nemesis (episode)

• View history
• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 1.5 Act Four
• 1.6 Act Five
• 2 Log entries
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.1 Production history
• 4.2 Story and script
• 4.3 Cast and characters
• 4.4 Production
• 4.5 Continuity
• 4.6 Reception
• 4.7 Video and DVD releases
• 5.1 Starring
• 5.2 Also starring
• 5.3 Guest stars
• 5.4 Co-stars
• 5.5 Uncredited co-stars
• 5.6 Stunt doubles
• 5.7 Stand-ins
• 5.8 References
• 5.9 External links

Summary [ ]

Commander Chakotay is captured walking at night in a jungle on a Delta Quadrant world by the Vori when his shuttle is shot down during a survey mission .

Act One [ ]

They quickly decide he is not a threat to them and decide to integrate him into their team. They tell Chakotay of the "Beast", the enemy they are fighting against. Chakotay explains to the soldiers that he needs to contact his vessel, the USS Voyager . He cannot reach the ship using his combadge , as the Kradin , the species hostile to the Vori, have disabled communications in the battle zone. Brone , the leader of the Fourth Vori Defense Contingent , assigns Namon to guide Chakotay to the wreckage of his downed shuttle. Brone advises Chakotay to wait for the dawn or the "new light", as he calls it before leaving.

The Vori speak an odd language which Chakotay easily picks up, mostly from engaging in conversation with a Vori youth named Rafin , who is teased by Namon on his inexperience in combat, as well as his nervousness in battle. Chakotay tries to relate Rafin to a young Kradin soldier out there who might be as afraid as he is to fight. During this, Rafin informs Chakotay on why the Vori hate the Kradin so much, such as their appearance, the burning seen in their eyes. Rafin's motivation for hatred of the Kradin stems from the destruction of Rafin's home village as well as their killing of Rafin's relatives.

The next day, while walking with Namon to search for the shuttle's wreckage, Chakotay tells him of his battles back in the Alpha Quadrant with the Cardassians , when he asks the commander if he has ever killed before. Chakotay tells the soldier that it was the worst thing he has ever had to do. Namon tells Chakotay that if he were a Vori, he would crave to drive off the Kradin from their world just as he does. Chakotay and Namon discover a small piece of the shuttle on the ground, and Voyager 's first officer remarks that there does not seem to be much left of his shuttle. Just then, he and Namon come under attack from two Kradin. Namon is hit, but he fires off a shot before falling which happens to kill one. Chakotay rushes the other and manages to take his weapon. " Don't make me kill you! ", he shouts at the Kradin soldier. The Kradin is shot anyway shortly after by Brone and Namon is declared "nullified".

Act Two [ ]

During Namon's memorial , Chakotay learns about the Vori's culture, specifically their burial rituals, like how they bury their bodies downturned. Afterwards, Chakotay is given Namon's uniform, as his Starfleet uniform is noticeable enough to draw attention by the Kradin. Chakotay hesitates, as it isn't his conflict, but Brone insists.

Brone then has Chakotay go through some basic training from Rafin, particularly in Vori firearms. Chakotay tries to talk to Rafin, saying it's all right to be afraid. He also suggests the "nemesis" is just as afraid of him, but Rafin seems to take a lot of offense. He's obviously been hardened like the rest, and reminds Chakotay of what their enemy has done to them. Rafin is a good shot, and takes his anger out on the targets before cutting the lesson early.

Later, the group sets off to meet a second group, the Seventh Defense Contingent . When they arrive at the rendezvous point, however, they discover that the other group has been slaughtered and desecrated. Brone then makes a speech to the group and challenges Chakotay on his neutral stance. Just then, the Kradin arrive and quickly kill most of the group, including Rafin. Chakotay tries to save him, but he's hit in the process and Rafin dies. Respecting his wishes, Chakotay turns him over and manages to escape to a nearby village. There, he is greeted and treated as a hero by some Vori before he collapses.

Act Three [ ]

On Voyager , Janeway reviews the information on what happened. Chakotay was indeed shot down by enemy fire, and the interference from the weapons is interfering with transporters and sensors . It appears there is a long war going on, and Neelix has contacted an ambassador named Treen with the details. He's willing to help Chakotay, but is unable to divert any resources to do so. Lieutenant Paris wants to take a team down, regretting not going with him in the first place, but Janeway says they need to talk to Treen more and consider options.

Meanwhile, Chakotay is awake and explains he is not really part of the Defenders. Regardless, the villagers insist on getting information on what is going on. He starts to tell them he was with the Fourth, and they are encouraged. Chakotay asks for communications equipment, but the only place is far away, and the villagers insist he stay the night and rest first. He agrees, and becomes friends with a young Vori girl named Karya . She asks him to deliver a letter to her brother, Daryo , who is fighting in the seventh defense contingent, which was ambushed and annihilated by Kradin forces. Chakotay agrees to drop off her letter at a restock unit despite this.

The next day the Vori village is attacked by the Kradin and most of the villagers, including Penno , Karya's grandfather, are marched off to extermination centers. After Karya is taken away herself, this enrages Chakotay and raises his weapon, but a group of Kradin is right behind him and disarm him. The villagers seem doomed.

Act Four [ ]

Meanwhile, the crew of Voyager is concerned about the fate of Chakotay on the planet 's surface after finding the wreckage of the shuttle inside enemy territory. Tuvok relates that Ambassador Treen has told him that his people's enemies are ruthless in their methods, using biochemical weapons and massacring innocent civilians. Janeway now wants a team to go to the surface. Paris is enthusiastic to join, but Lieutenant Tuvok suggests that he should go down to the planet to search for Chakotay on his own, despite Paris' objections. Tuvok alone will join a commando group provided by Ambassador Treen to expedite his search for Chakotay.

Chakotay is brought to the other Vori after being interrogated. Karya is there too, and says her grandfather is not well. Chakotay demands to talk to the guard, but he is knocked back. With nothing else to do, he sleeps next to Karya. The next day, they wake up to gunfire while the Kradin lead the older villagers to be killed while the younger ones are forced to work. Karya sees Penno and cries out for him to be let go, but eventually the Kradin take them both. Enraged, Chakotay knocks down a guard and jumps on the leader, only to be knocked down himself soon.

On Voyager, Ambassador Treen and his soldiers arrive to help with the search for Chakotay. It is then revealed that Treen is not Vori, but Kradin. Janeway thanks him for his help but Treen assures her that any enemy of their merciless nemesis, the Vori, is a friend of his.

Act Five [ ]

Chakotay is left upturned, but not for long as Brone is nearby and helps him. Brone says he will take Chakotay to the command post to contact Voyager , but Chakotay is now invested in the war, and insists he go with him to the Fifth Contingent. There, the Vori group come under attack and soon they are surrounded. A loud booming voice orders them to lower their weapons, but Chakotay refuses and keeps shooting. Then, Chakotay is approached by a single Kradin and almost shoots him but he discovers that the Kradin is actually Tuvok. Brone, injured and being taken away, shouts to Chakotay to ignore this, as it is a Kradin tactic. Eventually, Chakotay sees through the deception, but only a little. To prove that everything Chakotay had experienced was a delusion, Tuvok then leads him back to the village, where Chakotay is greeted by the people who should have been exterminated earlier that day and in a scene that was nearly identical to his first experience there.

Back on Voyager , The Doctor reveals that Chakotay has undergone extensive psychological conditioning and training to hate the Kradin. Everything he had experienced up to that day had been an illusion as part of the training. Apparently, risking his life to attack a Kradin officer was enough to promote him to active duty in the Vori's conditioning. Although no-one knows if the Kradin are actually guilty of the type of atrocities Chakotay was led to believe, Janeway states that the Vori are accused of the same. Kradin ambassador Treen enters sickbay to talk to Chakotay, but Chakotay says nothing and after a tense, angry silence storms out of the room. In the corridor outside sickbay, Chakotay remarks to Janeway, " I wish it were as easy to stop hating as it was to start. " He continues to walk away.

Log entries [ ]

• "Captain's log, stardate 51082.4. After searching for more than two days, we finally located what's left of Commander Chakotay's shuttle. I can only hope the commander has fared better than his vessel."
• "Captain's log, stardate 51096.5. Although Lieutenant Tuvok has managed to bring Commander Chakotay safely back to the ship, it may be some time before his psychological wounds are fully healed."

Memorable quotes [ ]

" How is he? " " Nullified. "

" Welcome aboard, Ambassador. Thank you for agreeing to help us find our crewman. " " Your thanks are unnecessary, Captain. Any victim of our bloodthirsty nemesis, the Vori, will always find friends among the Kradin people. "

" If we greet the nemesis in the trunks, you'll fire like the rest. As long as you're with us, you do my tellings. Fathom? " " Fathom. "

" Motherless beast! "

" From the condition of your hypothalamus, I'd say they had you so mixed up they could have convinced you your own mother was a turnip. "

" I wish it were as easy to stop hating as it was to start. "

" You are a scientist, an explorer. You are not a killer. "

Background information [ ]

Production history [ ].

• Production number: 011-40840-171
• Final draft script: 13 June 1997 [1]
• Working title : "The Recruit"
• Day 1 – 17 June 1997 , Tuesday – Paramount Stage 8 : Captain's ready room , briefing room ; Paramount Stage 9 : Corridor , sickbay , transporter room
• Day 2 – 18 June 1997 , Wednesday – Paramount Stage 16 : Ext. Forest
• Day 3 – 19 June 1997 , Thursday – Paramount Stage 16: Larhana settlement , alien campsite, int. caves
• Day 4 – 20 June 1997 , Friday – Paramount Stage 16: Commando campsite
• Day 5 – 23 June 1997 , Monday – Warner Bros. backlot : Larhana settlement, ext. woods
• Day 6 – 24 June 1997 , Tuesday – Warner Bros. backlot: Larhana settlement
• Day 7 – 25 June 1997 , Wednesday – Paramount Stage 16: Ext. Forest/woods
• Day 8 – 26 June 1997 , Thursday – Paramount Stage 16: Ext. Woods, commando campsite, ext. forest
• 2nd Unit – 29 July 1997 , Tuesday – Paramount Stage 9: Ext. Forest (blue screen)
• Airdate: 24 September 1997

Story and script [ ]

• This episode had the working title "The Recruit". [2] The episode's ultimately-used title (along with TNG : " First Contact ") later served as the subtitle of one of the Next Generation motion pictures (namely, Star Trek Nemesis ).
• During the first day of production on this episode, executive producer Jeri Taylor stated, " It's a story about how people can be taught to hate, about propaganda, and about how wars can come out of a conscious attempt to impose hate in people. It's one of those stories that is supposed to make you think a little bit. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 14) Writer Kenneth Biller himself remarked, " We set out to explore the whole nature of propaganda. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)
• The Vori language seems strange, but it merely substitutes various words with lesser-known synonyms (e.g., "glimpses" instead of "sees" or "eyes"). Janeway actress Kate Mulgrew commented about the Vori's vernacular, " Almost Chaucerian , they speak in what is like Old English. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 32 , p. 9) Regarding the creation of this communication style, Ken Biller commented, " I tried to create an interesting language for the aliens. Our aliens either sound too Human or they sound kind of hokey, and it's tough to find a balance. I decided to try to do something that was more stylized, where the language itself became part of the indoctrination, so that they spoke differently than our people do, and Chakotay began to speak with their language as he became more and more indoctrinated into this culture. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)

Cast and characters [ ]

• In the interview that Jeri Taylor gave on the first day of this episode's production period, Taylor noted that the installment presented an opportunity to remedy a feeling that the character of Chakotay (as played by Robert Beltran ) was not utilized enough at the end of the previous season: " Chakotay is a wonderful character played by a wonderful actor and, in the second half of the [third] season , we didn't find enough good stuff for him to do. So we are addressing that early on this season with a very strong episode for him. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 14) Indeed, the episode so centrally features the character of Chakotay that Kate Mulgrew once described the installment (referring indirectly to the Vori) by stating, " 'Nemesis' is just Robert Beltran alone, with a very bizarre species. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 32 , p. 9)
• Kate Mulgrew had high hopes for this episode. She predicted, " It should be interesting. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 32 , p. 9)
• Jeri Ryan ( Seven of Nine ) does not appear in this episode. It is the only episode, after she joined the cast of Star Trek: Voyager , in which she does not appear. Though Ryan was not part of this episode, she was on set on the first day of production, 17 June 1997 , to film additional scenes for " Scorpion, Part II " on second unit. The call sheet listed her makeup call at 5:30 am.

Production [ ]

A moment from the production of this episode

• Director Alexander Singer spent hours thinking about how to depict the episode's elaborate planet setting and how to overcome the related limitations. " We had to create a wooded forest that had many different aspects in both day and night, " he recalled. " There were many scenes that each had to look special and different. I spent many hours studying the possibilities. " ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 119 , p. 64)
• Ultimately, Ken Biller was pleased with the creation of the planet's jungle environment. " We did two location days on that show (on the Warner Bros. backlot ), and then built a great jungle set, " Biller explained, " so you can't really tell what's on the stage and what's on location. (Production designer) Richard James did a really great job. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)
• Makeup supervisor Michael Westmore was conscious of making the Kradin physically similar to Nausicaans , first seen in TNG : " Tapestry ". " The bad-looking good guys of ST:VOY's 'Nemesis', the Kradin, resembled the Nausicaans from ST:TNG but in a nastier way, " Westmore commented, " with the mouth opened a little more and the hair not quite as beaded and braided. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 42 , pp. 82-83)
• The Kradin uniforms were reuses of Mokra Order uniforms from the second season installment " Resistance ". ( Delta Quadrant , p. 200)
• The PADD that Karya gives to Chakotay, with a letter for her brother, Daryo, is a reuse of a PADD containing schematics for the Etanian Order starship, from the third season episode " Rise ".
• The Kradin and the Vori are armed with contemporary weapons. ( Delta Quadrant , p. 200)
• According to the unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 200), the Kradin aircraft were Harrier Jump Jet s modified with CGI .

Continuity [ ]

• The makeup of the Kradin resembles not only that of the Nausicaans but also that of Fek'lhr from TNG : " Devil's Due ", as well as the aliens from the Predator movies, giving the Kradin an archetypal vicious and untrustworthy appearance despite their good intentions.
• This is the third episode in a row wherein a Voyager shuttlecraft is lost, for a total of seven up to this point, after having previously lost six shuttles in " Initiations ", " Non Sequitur ", " Parturition ", " Unity ", " The Gift ", and " Day of Honor ". In " The Gift ", a Class 2 shuttle is lost when Kes evolves; in " Day of Honor ", the Cochrane is destroyed by the Caatati ; and here, Chakotay loses a third , of unknown type.
• Chakotay mentions his fight against the Cardassians as part of the Maquis in this episode, a conflict which is explored in many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
• The firearm used by the Vori is a Ruger Mini-14 fitted with a Muzzelite bullpup stock, model MZ14. [3] The Kradin firearm is also a modified assault rifle, the AKU-94 modification of a Kalashnikov. [4]

Reception [ ]

• Jeri Taylor once enthusiastically described this episode as "a script by Kenneth Biller that I love." Taylor then said, " He's written it in a very interesting and original fashion. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 14) She also cited this episode as "one of the strongest" of "some very interesting [Chakotay] shows" in the series and went on to say, " I was terribly pleased with that. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 36 , pp. 12 & 13)
• Ken Biller himself was very proud of this episode. Regarding the task of setting out to explore the issue of propaganda, Biller enthused, " [We] did it fairly successfully. " Speaking more generally about the installment, he continued, " Disappointments with it were [that] I think we shouldn't have said at the end that everything was a simulation. It should have been clear that some of these other young soldiers were also being recruited in the same way that Chakotay was. 'Nemesis' was probably, of what I did, my favorite of the year. It came out really pretty well, and it had a good twist. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)
• This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 4.5 million homes, and a 7% share. [5] (X)
• Cinefantastique rated this episode 2 and a half out of 4 stars. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 80)
• Star Trek Magazine scored this episode 3 out of 5 stars. ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 37 , p. 61)
• The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 201) gives this installment a rating of 7 out of 10.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 4.2, 2 March 1998
• As part of the VOY Season 4 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 [ ]

• Michael Mahonen as Brone
• Matt E. Levin as Rafin
• Nathan Anderson as Namon
• Peter Vogt as Kradin Commandant
• Booth Colman as Penno
• Meghan Murphy as Karya

Co-stars [ ]

• Terrence Evans as Ambassador Treen
• Marilyn Fox as Marna
• Pancho Demmings as Kradin Soldier

Uncredited co-stars [ ]

• B'Jahn as Vori villager
• Tulsy Ball as Vori commando
• Millie Baron as Vori villager
• Mac Beers as Vori villager
• Linda Bell as Vori villager
• Angela Bertolino as Vori villager
• Kradin commando
• Kradin soldier
• Michelle Butler as Vori villager
• George Cambio as Vori commando
• Mary Cervantez as Vori villager
• Carol Cetrone as Vori villager
• Louis Coleman as Vori villager
• Misty Dickinson as Vori villager
• Torrey Dickinson as Vori villager
• Maureen Flaherty as Vori villager
• Tom Gianelli as Vori commando
• John Gipson as Vori villager
• Glenn Goldstein as Vori commando
• Linda Gucciardo as Vori villager
• Brian Hall as Vori commando
• Norman Joseph as Vori villager
• Tam "Egypt" Lee as Vori commando
• Mark Major as dead Vori
• Cazimir Milostan as Vori commando
• Kradin guard
• Monica Peterson as Vori villager
• Steve Race as Vori commando
• Jerry Sherman as Vori villager
• Joey Spagnola as Vori villager
• Kristen Wong as Vori villager

Stunt doubles [ ]

• David Balcorta as stunt double for Robert Beltran
• Johnny Martin as stunt double for Matt E. Levin
• Paul Short as stunt double for Peter Vogt

Stand-ins [ ]

• John Austin – stand-in for Terrence Evans
• Debbie David – stand-in for Robert Beltran
• Sue Henley – stand-in for Kate Mulgrew and utility stand-in
• June Jordan – stand-in for Meghan Murphy
• Susan Lewis – stand-in for Roxann Dawson
• Lemuel Perry – stand-in for Tim Russ and Pancho Demmings
• J.R. Quinonez – stand-in for Robert Picardo , Nathan Anderson , Michael Mahonen , and Matt E. Levin
• Keith Rayve – stand-in for Robert Duncan McNeill , Nathan Anderson, and Peter Vogt
• Jennifer Riley – stand-in for Marilyn Fox
• Ron – stand-in for Matt E. Levin and Booth Colman
• Richard Sarstedt – stand-in for Robert Beltran
• Simon Stotler – stand-in for Ethan Phillips and Michael Mahonen
• John Tampoya – stand-in for Garrett Wang

References [ ]

2364 ; 2374 ; accusation ; aggressor ; ambassador ; bad breath ; basic training ; biochemical weapon ; blanket ; blister ; blossom ; brainwashing ; brother ; cadaver ; canteen ; Cardassian ; Chakotay's shuttle ; clash ; clash zone ; clay mark ; color ; conscript ; command post ; commando unit ; contingent ; crash landing ; Daryo ; dawn ; defender ; dozen ; driller ; elder ; extermination facility ; Fifth Contingent ; flower garland ; flaming ; footfall ; Fourth Vori Defense Contingent ; fuming ; gag ; girl ; Gloried Way After ; graduation ; grandfather ; gray ; Grove Yellow ; health ; hypothalamus ; intelligence report ; Kradin ; Kradin fighter ; " Krady beast "; Larhana settlement ; letter ; logic ; mind control ; neck-strapping ; nemesis ; new light ; novice ; omicron radiation ; photometric projection ; propaganda ; psychotropic manipulation ; radiation ; Rafin's uncles ; restock unit ; rotting ; scout walker ; Seventh Defense Contingent ; shuttlecraft ; stake ; tactical analysis ; team leader ; turnip ; village ; Vori ; Vori Defense Contingent ; Vori homeworld ; Vori homeworld star ; Vori language ; Vori village ; Vori/Kradin planet ; walk ; war ; warrior ; Way After

External links [ ]

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• " Nemesis " at Wikipedia
• " Nemesis " at the Internet Movie Database
• " Nemesis " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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Nemesis (episode)

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"Nemesis" was the 71st episode of Star Trek: Voyager , the 4th episode of the show's fourth season , first aired on 24 September 1997 . The episode was written by Kenneth Biller MA and directed by Alexander Singer MA .

• 2.1 Characters
• 2.2 Starships and vehicles
• 2.3.1 Shipboard areas
• 2.3.2 Planetary locales
• 2.4 Races and cultures
• 2.5.1 Technology and weapons
• 2.5.2 Materials and substances
• 2.6 States and organizations
• 2.7 Occupations and titles
• 2.8 Other references
• 3 Chronology
• 4.1 Related media
• 4.2 Background
• 4.4.1 Timeline
• 4.5 External links

Summary [ ]

Commander Chakotay 's shuttlecraft is shot down while on a routine scout assignment, in what is found to be a Kradin-Vori star system . A group of the Vori , a civilization that lives on the Kradin-Vori planet , find him in the forest of their world. They are soldiers traveling on military patrol, and they take Chakotay with them and tell him of the situation. They are at war with the Kradin , the " Krady beast ". Chakotay learns to speak the local idiom and finds out more of their culture.

The Vori outfit Chakotay and train him with their equipment so that he can travel safely with them. Their travel to meet another group of the Vori Defense Contingent becomes a battle, as they find the other group has been killed. Chakotay is the only survivor, escaping into a nearby village, the Larhana settlement .

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Characters [ ], starships and vehicles [ ], locations [ ], shipboard areas [ ], planetary locales [ ], races and cultures [ ], science and classification [ ], technology and weapons [ ], materials and substances [ ], states and organizations [ ], occupations and titles [ ], other references [ ], chronology [ ], appendices [ ], related media [ ].

• VOY episode & novelization : Caretaker : The beginning of Voyager 's arc in the Delta Quadrant .
• VOY episode & novelization : Endgame : The end of Voyager 's arc in the Delta Quadrant .

Map of vicinity.

• Depicts maps of the Kradin-Vori system and vicinity.
• Information about this episode is presented consistently in all volumes.

Background [ ]

• This episode marks the only time after Seven of Nine joined the series where she does not appear.

Connections [ ]

Timeline [ ], external links [ ].

• Nemesis (episode) article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
• Nemesis (Star Trek: Voyager) article at Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia.

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• All Just a Dream : Chakotay was being brainwashed to hate the Kradin through a simulation that depicted them as monsters. Everything that happened from his viewpoint, until Tuvok found him, never did.
• And This Is for... : The Defenders that Chakotay speaks to all have loved ones killed by their Nemesis. Namon: How many beasts will you send to the Wayafter, Rafin? Rafin: I couldn't say. Namon: Me, I'll nullify one for each brother and cousin that I've lost. And then one more after.
• Antagonist Title
• Artistic License – Gun Safety : Enforced. As Chakotay falls further under the brainwashing, he's walking around with his finger on the trigger of his rifle .
• Bait-and-Switch : The Voyager crew meticulously avoids stating the name of the faction they're meeting with, so the audience assumes that they're talking about the Vori, and that the Kradin are the villainous monsters. Then we get The Reveal , where the ambassador's delegation is a bunch of Kradin. This conflict isn't as simple as we'd thought.
• Beauty Equals Goodness : Subverted when it turns out that the Human Aliens are the bad guys, and their butt-ugly enemies are the ones helping Voyager .
• Berserk Button : Chakotay attacks the Kradin commandant who's hauling off Karya to the extermination facility . This marks his 'graduation' from the brainwashing, showing he's ready for battle.
• Blood Knight : Namon, who's clearly thirsting for Kradin blood. He gets to kill the Kradin who plugs him.
• Brainwashed : Chakotay, as it turns out.
• Brainwash Residue : The episode ends on a bit of a bitter note after Chakotay's rescue from the brainwashing camp. The Kradin ambassador who fought to secure his release comes to see him in sickbay, happy that he's in good health. Chakotay has to excuse himself, finding it hard to see him as anything other than a monster as he was made to believe by his captors.
• Captain Crash : As it was shot down, at least it wasn't Chakotay's fault.
• Civil War : The Clash .
• Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp" : The Vori dialect uses esoteric synonyms for common English words: "glimpse" instead of "look," "nullify" instead of "kill," "sphere" instead of "planet", "new light" instead of "morning" , "backwalk" instead of "fall back", and so on. Their speech is immediately comprehensible but sounds strange. The more time Chakotay spends with them, the more he starts talking like them.
• Cruel and Unusual Death : Chakotay is staked out in the sun to die, but is saved by Brone.
• Deadly Euphemism : Death is referred to as "nullification" by both sides.
• Death Glare : Before getting brainwashed, Vori say of him, "His glimpse is too tame to be a Krady." When Rafin's friend is killed, he picks up his own steely-eyed gaze, as does Chakotay by the time his indoctrination is complete.
• Delirious Misidentification : While under the Vori brainwashing, Chakotay sees Tuvok as a Kradin.
• Demonization : A common theme of this episode.
• Does This Remind You of Anything? : The handsome, human-looking, bare-armed Defenders wearing camouflage greens (as opposed to the usual Space Clothes ) and using assault rifles (as opposed to energy weapons) make this episode look like a gung-ho action movie of The '90s , which fits with the propaganda theme. It also has echoes of the brutality, dehumanization, and veteran PTSD/ inability to adjust to life after war of The Vietnam War , right down to unusual jargon.
• Due to the Dead : The Vori turn their dead face-down, while the Kradin are shown to leave their victims "neck-strapped and upturned," in violation of Vori customs . Brone: We beg peace from the Power that made us Vori, and we commend our brother Namon to the gloried Wayafter.
• Evil Sounds Deep : The Kradin speak with deep, distorted voices. Later subverted in both senses; the Kradin were trying to help find Chakotay, and when they appear outside the brainwashing simulation, their voices are perfectly normal.
• Evil Wears Black : The Kradin soldiers wear black, making us assume that they're evil.
• Execution by Exposure : Being left "neck-strapped and up-turned" is considered both torturous and sacrilegious, as it violates Vori funerary customs. Chakotay finds himself in this position after attacking the Kradin who drag Karya away.
• Fanservice : Any episode that opens with Chakotay Bound and Gagged is off to a good start. It gets better in the middle of the episode, when he's staked to the ground spread-eagle while wearing a muscle shirt.
• Fantastic Slurs : The Vori refer to the Kradin as "Krady beasts."
• Final Solution : Captured civilians who are too old to work are taken away to the Extermination Facility.
• Fire-Forged Friends : Deconstructed Trope ; Chakotay is made to empathize with various Defenders and Vori civilians who are then killed, so he'll feel anger towards their killers.
• Foreshadowing : When Chakotay first arrives, he notes that the Kradin might be just as scared of the Vori as vice versa. This sets up the reveal that the Kradin are at least no worse than the Vori, if not the actual "good guys."
• Going Native : After Namon dies, Chakotay is given his camouflage uniform under the justification that his bright red Space Clothes will stand out in the jungle. Which is true, but it also labels him as a Defender rather than a stranded alien, and causes him to subconsciously identify with the Defenders. He also starts talking more like them . More significantly he's given Namon's rifle for self defense .
• Good-Looking Privates : A girl from the village says that the Defenders, which Chakotay has joined, "glimpse great" in their jungle combat gear. They're actually the villains of the story.
• Gun Accessories : Namon has a big flashlight attached to the carry handle of his rifle.
• Hand Signals : The Vori Defenders use them.
• He's Dead, Jim : Namon.
• Human Aliens : The Vori—though, as Chakotay's interactions with them were during and just after his brainwashing, this may just be a facade.
• "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight : Chakotay sees Tuvok as a Kradin commando, and nearly shoots him before Tuvok talks him down. Tuvok: You are Commander Chakotay of the starship Voyager. You are a scientist, an explorer. You are not a killer.
• Improperly Placed Firearms : The Defenders use bullpup assault rifles including the British SA80 , while Kradin soldiers use a Kalashnikov type , both modified with plastic coverings. The Kradin aircraft are CGI-modified Harrier jets.
• Innocent Flower Girl : Karya greets Chakotay by placing a garland of flowers around his neck.
• The Kradin ambassador says, "I'm only sorry we weren't able to rescue you sooner from our nemesis . (Chakotay walks out) Have I said something wrong?"
• "Welcome to Larhana settlement, gloried defender. You are brightly greeted." At the end of the episode, Chakotay is shocked to get the exact same greeting from the same girl he'd seen being dragged off for execution.
• Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique : Chakotay suffers this off-screen, courtesy of the (illusory) Kradin.
• Just One Man : Tuvok rejects the idea of a Voyager away team blundering about a war zone, and suggests that one man go in with a team of Kradin commandoes. Paris: Fine with me. When do I leave? Janeway: Something tells me that's not what Tuvok has in mind. Tuvok: Naturally, I am the logical person to carry out this mission. Paris: Naturally.
• Kick the Dog : Deliberately Invoked by the "simulation" Chakotay finds himself in, where the Kradin seem to do nothing but commit war crime after war crime, including desecrating the Vori's dead, rounding up civilians for slave labour and eventual execution, and even threaten a young girl , all so that Chakotay and the other recruits would come to hate them.
• Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better
• Mutual Kill : Namon shoots the Kradin who shoots him. They both die.
• Never Say "Die" : Vori are not killed. They are nullified .
• New Meat : Novice Rafin, who has never killed anyone and has "the trembles" at the thought of confronting the Nemesis.
• Nicknaming the Enemy : The Nemesis . Also referred to as "Krady beasts." In a moment of Dramatic Irony , it turns out the Kradin use the same term for their enemy.
• Not Quite Dead : The Kradin bomb the Larhana settlement, force-marching away the survivors as slave labor, and send off Penno and Karya to be executed. Tuvok takes Chakotay back to the settlement to find it restored and everyone still alive. He receives the exact same greeting from Penno and Karya as before.
• Obviously Evil : Subverted with the Kradin.
• Off-the-Shelf FX : The Kradin look suspiciously similar to Yautja . They also bear more than a passing resemblance to the Nausicaans.
• Pistol Whip : Chakotay yells at one of the Kradin about Karya's ailing grandfather and gets a rifle to the face.
• Predator Pastiche : Vori mind control makes the Kradin look very similar to the Predator. And the episode focuses on soldiers fighting each other in a jungle to boot.
• Propaganda Machine : Chakotay thinks the stories of the Krady beasts are due to this. He doesn't realise that he's actually experiencing the process himself.
• Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil / Mars Needs Women : The Kradin are said to "make playthings of our sisters".
• Rousing Speech : Brone gives one after the Seventh Contingent is found massacred and their bodies desecrated.
• Separated by a Common Language : The universal translator that Chakotay has renders the Defenders' language into approximate English, but uses different base words: "clash" instead of "war", "savory" instead of "tasty", fly "so close to the sphere" instead of "low to the ground", and "Nemesis" instead of "Enemy".
• Series Continuity Error : At the briefing, Janeway asks Neelix what he knows about the war taking place on the planet, and he gives details about it in a manner that suggests he's well familiar with the conflict. Apparently the writers forgot that Neelix's knowledge of the Delta Quadrant had previously been established to end at the far side of the Nekrit Expanse , and that was about ten thousand light-years behind them. Although the nature and phrasing of Neelix's information suggests he got it all from the Kradin ambassador.
• A Shared Suffering ( Invoked Trope ): Having fought the Cardassians who were trying to take his own homeland, Chakotay identifies with the Vori Defenders. He tries to coach them out of their Black-and-White Morality , but ends up adopting it himself due to experiencing their privations first hand.
• Sighted Guns Are Low-Tech : When Rafin is showing Chakotay how to use their weapons, they both aim the rifle when shooting at targets. After Rafin gives a badass speech, he then shoots several targets without using the sights.
• Son of a Whore : The Defenders refer to the Kradin as "motherless beasts".
• Strange-Syntax Speaker : The Defenders have a Chaucer -like dialogue. Whether this is due to translation issues, or something to do with the brainwashing process, is not revealed, but Chakotay is shown talking the same way as the brainwashing takes effect .
• Teach Him Anger : Brone does this to novice soldiers, but the actual target is Chakotay.
• The Unreveal : We don't know for certain if the Kradin really are the good guys, as both sides accuse each other of the same atrocities . However, seeing as the Kradins help Voyager out without strings attached and the Vori brainwash random strangers to fight and die for them, the Kradins would appear to be at least better.
• The friendly ambassador Treen who's been informing Janeway about their Nemesis beams aboard, and he's a Kradin.
• Chakotay walks into a Vori village that he saw destroyed in a Kradin attack — and it's very much not destroyed, proving that what he experienced wasn't real.
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Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager was the third of the four television series spawned from Star Trek . Set during the same time period as The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine , Voyager starred Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway, a Starfleet officer in command of the USS Voyager , who upon the pursuit of rebels, suddenly finds herself and her crew mysteriously transported to a far-flung unexplored quadrant of the galaxy and then having to trying to find a way back. As Deep Space Nine featured the first African-American actor to be cast as the featured commander in a Trek series, Voyager broke ground as Mulgrew was the first actress to be cast as the featured starship captain in a "Trek" series. The series' cast included Robert Beltran , Jeri Ryan , Robert Picardo , Garrett Wang, Roxann Dawson , Robert Duncan McNeill , Jennifer Lien, Ethan Phillips and Tim Russ . The series ran on the UPN network in the US for seven seasons (1995-2001).

The following weapons were used in the television series Star Trek: Voyager :

• 1.1 Colt Official Police
• 1.2 Type 14 Nambu
• 1.3 Beretta 92F
• 1.4 Calico M950
• 1.5 Colt 1860 Army
• 1.6 Detonics Pocket 9
• 1.7 Flintock Pistol
• 1.8 M1911A1
• 1.9 Walther P38
• 2.1 Thompson Submachine Gun
• 3.1 Gewehr 98/40
• 3.2 Henry 1860
• 3.3 M1 Garand
• 3.4 AKU-94 Bullpup
• 3.5 AR-15 Sporter-1 Rifle
• 3.6 Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup
• 3.7 Springfield 1873 "Trapdoor"
• 4.1 Franchi SPAS-12
• 4.2 Double Barreled Shotgun
• 5.1 Mk 2 Hand Grenade

Colt Official Police

In the episode "The 37s" (Season 2, Episode 8), Fred Noonan ( David Graf ) who is Amelia Earhart's navigator, pulls out a hidden Colt Official Police to threaten the Voyager crewmembers, whom he thinks kidnapped him and his boss.

Type 14 Nambu

Though briefly held in Nogami's holster while in cryo-stasis, the Type 14 Nambu is quickly removed and held by Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ).

Beretta 92F

In the episode "Future's End" (Season 3, Episode 8), several of the militia members that kidnap Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) and B'Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ) in the 20th century can be seen using Beretta 92F pistols. They fire on the Federal agents and Voyager' s crew who come after the two and their crashed shuttlecraft. In order to avoid bloodshed, the Doctor ( Robert Picardo ) enters the militia shelter as the latter try vainly to shoot him, unaware he's a hologram and thus impervious to gunfire.

Calico M950

The power plant guards in the episode "Time And Again" (Season 1, Episode 4) are seen wielding Calico M950 pistols with the muzzle brakes removed, the Calicos standing in for alien weapons. The Calico M950 and Detonics Pocket 9 seen in this episode were supplied by Ellis Mercantile, which was one of the largest prop companies in Hollywood until they closed their doors.

Colt 1860 Army

In the episode "The Q and the Grey" (Season 3, Episode 11), the infamous Q ( John de Lancie ) brings Capt. Janeway to the Continuum to show her a civil war that was happening. Obviously the Continuum exists on a plane of being that is beyond mortal comprehension, so it was displayed for us in the context of the American Civil War, weapons and all. In this perception, Q appears to be using a Colt 1860 Army revolver, but in reality, it was a weapon beyond our imagination. A "Q" Colonel ( Harve Presnell ) also used one as well as Commander Tuvok ( Tim Russ ). While held up inside the manor, Q correctly fires exactly six shots from his revolver.

Detonics Pocket 9

In the episode "Time And Again" (Season 1, Episode 4), some of the saboteurs can be seen armed with Detonics Pocket 9 pistols, standing in for alien weapons. They are most notably seen when the saboteurs engage plant guards in a shootout at the main gate.

Flintock Pistol

Two Flintlock Pistols can be seen in "Author, Author" (Season 7, Episode 20) in the Captain's ready room during the Doctor´s holo-novel "Photons Be Free".

In the episode "The Killing Game" (Season 4, Episode 18) , several U.S. Army soldiers as well as members of the crew playing members of the French resistance and U.S. Army soldiers can be seen using M1911A1 pistols . In one scene, a brainwashed Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ) pulls his M1911A1 on Harry Kim ( Garrett Wang ) when he encounters him outside the holodeck, mistaking him for a Japanese soldier. It's only through some careful negotiating on Harry's part that Tom is convinced that the Ensign is not a threat and holsters his weapon, claiming that if Harry had given any other answer to the question Tom asked him, he would have shot him.

Walther P38

In the episode "The Killing Game, Part II" (Season 4, Episode 19), several Hirogen hunters playing the part of German officers and several holographic German soldiers can be seen carrying Walther P38s as their sidearms, the Hirogen using them to shoot Neelix ( Ethan Phillips ) and Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) as they're trying to flee from them while brainwashed into playing French resistance fighters.

Submachine Guns

Thompson submachine gun.

In the episode "The Killing Game, Part I" (Season 4, Episode 18), Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) can be seen using an M1928A1 Thompson while engaging the Germans in the battle for the town, still brainwashed into playing the role of a French resistance fighter, using it to take out a German searchlight. During "Memorial", Season 6, Tom Paris is watching a 20th-century television showing a scene from the 1959-1963 television show The Untouchables with a M1921 Thompson on the screen.

Gewehr 98/40

In the episode "The Killing Game" (Season 4, Episode 18), German soldiers and Hirogen hunters can be seen carrying G.98/40 rifles as their standard weapon (standing in for the Karabiner 98k ), one of which Katherine Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) commandeers when pursuing a Hirogen after breaking free of the brainwashing imposed on her and the other members of the crew trapped in the holodeck.

In "Author, Author" (Season 7, Episode 20) a Henry 1860 can be seen in Captain Jenkins ( Kate Mulgrew ) quarters in The Doctor´s holo-novel.

In the episode "The Killing Game" (Season 4, Episode 18), members of Voyager's crew and holograms playing the role of U.S. Army soldiers can be seen armed with M1 Garand rifles, as well as B'Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ), whom is playing the role of a member of the French resistance when Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ) encounters her in a bar where she'd been hiding during the fighting between the allies and the Nazis in the town. Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) can also be seen holding a Garand when questioning Janeway's change in attitude towards Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ), claiming that she was ready to "put a bullet in her head" earlier.

AKU-94 Bullpup

In the episode "Nemesis" (Season 4, Episode 4), Kradin soldiers can be seen carrying AKU-94s dressed up to resemble alien weapons.

AR-15 Sporter-1 Rifle

In the episode "Future's End" (Season 3, Episode 8), the militant extremists can be seen arming themselves with AR-15 Sporter-1 rifles with A2 -style handguards and birdcage flash suppressors when preparing to engage the Federal agents approaching their hideout.

Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup

In the episode "Nemesis" (Season 4, Episode 4), members of the Vori army can be seen carrying Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpups as their main weapon, Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) being given one when he joins them in their war against the Kradin, their sworn enemy. Some of these can also be seen fitted with tactical flashlights on the carry handle.

Springfield 1873 "Trapdoor"

The Springfield 1873 "Trapdoor" is seen in use by the "Union" Q soldiers as well as the "Confederacy" Q soldiers in "The Q and the Grey" (Season 3, Episode 11). The Voyager crew also took them up. When addressing the actual conflict of 1860-1865, they are anachronistic weapons, however, since their appearance is just a part of the "Q"s representation of their own civil war in imagery that humans and 'comprehend', the "Q" can choose whatever 'earth based' weapons they want. Despite resembling 19th Century Earth firearms, they turn out to be powerful "Q" created projective weapons.

Franchi SPAS-12

In the episode "Future's End" (Season 3, Episode 8), the assumed leader of the militant extremists, Porter ( Clayton Murray ), carries a Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun as his weapon of choice, holding Chakotay and B'Elanna at gunpoint and later firing on the Doctor with it, albeit to no effect as the hologram is unharmed, neutralizing all the extremists with 'surgically' accurate phaser fire.

Double Barreled Shotgun

During "Spirit Folk" (Season 6, Episode 17), the Irish villagers can be seen using Double Barreled Shotguns to capture Paris and Kim and to damage the Holodeck controls. Another shotgun can be seen in "Author, Author" (Season 7, Episode 20) in Captain Jenkin´s ( Kate Mulgrew ) quarters.

Miscellaneous

Mk 2 hand grenade.

In the episode "The Killing Game" (Season 4, Episode 18), several U.S. Army soldiers can be seen using Mk 2 hand grenades during the battle for the town, Seven of Nine altering one with Borg technology in an attempt to disable the holodeck simulation in which they're trapped, though the attempt backfires when the modified grenade takes out a sizable portion of the allied forces, leaving them to be overrun by the Germans.

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I can’t believe star trek: voyager didn’t switch two important neelix episodes.

Star Trek: Voyager should have switched two important Neelix episodes, one that aired in the first season and one that aired in the third season.

• Switching two Neelix episodes in Voyager's seasons 1 and 3 would have improved his character development.
• "Jetrel" and "Fair Trade" revealed Neelix's tragic past, but should have been aired in reverse order.
• Airing "Jetrel" in season 3 would have made Neelix more likable and even improved his story arcs in later seasons.

Star Trek: Voyager made a mistake by not switching two important Neelix (Ethan Phillip) episodes in seasons 1 and 3. Neelix was Voyager 's Talaxian cook, morale officer, and unofficial ambassador to the Delta Quadrant throughout the show's seven seasons. Introduced in season 1 alongside his then-girlfriend, Kes (Jennifer Lien) , Neelix became a more permanent fixture in Voyager 's cast of characters , and his storylines improved exponentially after he and Kes broke up and Lien left the show .

Although Neelix was often Voyager 's comic relief, he also had a tragic backstory that was revealed throughout the show's early seasons. Two episodes in particular, "Jetrel" in season 1 and "Fair Trade" in season 3, helped flesh out Neelix's backstory and laid the groundwork for other significant episodes in later seasons . "Jetrel" revealed that Neelix's family was killed in a brutal conflict with a race called the Haakonians, while "Fair Trade" dealt with some of his sordid past as a contraband smuggler before he joined Voyager 's crew. However, the two episodes should have been aired in a different order.

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Star trek: voyager should have switched the order of two important neelix episodes, neelix's character development would have been improved.

If Voyager had switched which seasons "Jetrel" and "Fair Trade" appeared in, it would have improved the show's storyline and Neelix's character exponentially. Voyager 's creative team conceived the story idea for "Fair Trade" as early as season 1, but the episode was put on the back burner to make room for "Jetrel" in the season's lineup. This was a mistake, given that both episodes' reveals about Neelix would work much better in reverse .

Neelix's over-the-top personality in Voyager season 1 would have benefitted greatly from some tempering, and seeing him struggle with self-doubt and how to do the right thing in "Fair Trade" could have made him more likable

"Fair Trade" was a very human story for Neelix. If the episode had aired in season 1, the exploration of Neelix's previous life outside the law, coupled with his genuine desire to help Voyager 's crew, would have grounded the character at a time when he was a caricature of himself . Neelix's over-the-top personality in Voyager season 1 would have benefitted greatly from some tempering, and seeing him struggle with self-doubt and how to do the right thing in "Fair Trade" could have made him more likable. Unfortunately, both "Jetrel" and "Fair Trade" did more harm to Neelix than good.

Why “Jetrel” Would Have Worked Better In Star Trek: Voyager Season 3

"jetrel" could have been a great season 3 episode.

In season 1, at a time when Neelix was on shaky ground in terms of character growth and popularity, "Jetrel" did him no favors. In the first place, "Jetrel" was a bad copy of "Duet" from Star Trek: DS9 , and the episode being so early on in the series when audiences knew very little about Neelix only served to make his tragic backstory fall flat. There was not much reason to care about what Neelix and his family had suffered , and as such, scenes that were meant to be particularly emotional or impactful packed less of a punch.

If "Fair Trade" had aired first and "Jetrel" had been a season 3 episode, both would have been significantly improved. Neelix's flaws and strengths could have been thoroughly explored before introducing an episode so clearly designed to tug at the audience's heartstrings . Star Trek: Voyager could have built much more sympathy and compassion for Neelix by giving time to make audiences like him. As it was, "Jetrel" in particular failed on several storytelling levels, and Neelix had to wait until later seasons to get more well-rounded storylines.

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Review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 5 “Mirrors”

Star Trek: Discovery picks up immediately where “ Face the Strange ” left off, as our protagonists track their quarry’s ship to a hidden, interdimensional pocket of space that holds a few surprises for them and the audience.

Thanks to some sciencing from Paul Stamets ( Anthony Rapp ) and Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ), Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) has a way to find where Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and L’ak ( Elias Toufexis ) are. Apparently, there’s a wormhole hiding in plain sight near where Discovery lost track of the criminals’ warp signature.

This wormhole is too small for a Crossfield- class ship to fit through, so Burnham and Cleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) – the latter of whom is on a mission to rehabilitate Moll, if possible – take a shuttle and see what’s on the other side of the wormhole’s aperture. Find a surprise, they do indeed, as the I.S.S. Enterprise , the evil version of the heroic Starfleet ship, is nestled in the wormhole – albeit without its crew, which apparently evacuated the vessel at some point. It’s beaten to hell and serves as a refuge for Moll and L’ak, whose own ship was destroyed by the interdimensional pocket of space’s destructive environment.

Discovery writers sure can be sneaky! They’ve been foreshadowing the appearance of a Constitution­ -class for the last two episodes; remember when Gen Rhys ( Patrick Kwok-Choon ) and Commander Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) both remarked the Connie was their favorite ship? As we’ll see, this isn’t the last bit of foreshadowing that comes true in this episode.

“How did it end up in interdimensional space?” “I don’t know. Must be one hell of a story.” – Book and Burnham upon seeing the I.S.S. Enterprise

Astute viewers will recognize an often-used cost-saving measure in the annals of Star Trek history: the reuse of sets from another concurrent show. (Seriously, rewatch TNG , DS9 , and Voyager and you’ll be surprised how often props and sets are reused between those shows.) As Burnham and Book explore various halls and rooms, including the bridge and sickbay, the familiar surroundings seen in Strange New Worlds are subtly transformed by Mirror Universe iconography. While nods to the iconic starship Enterprise are always appreciated, our initial reaction to this surprise location—admittedly tinged with pessimism—is that it’s of course it’s the Enterprise . A practical move, perhaps, to keep expenses in check. By Grabthar’s hammer… what a savings.

Finding the ship deserted sure is strange, and Burnham and Book ascertain Moll and L’ak are in sickbay, presumably with the next clue in the Progenitor puzzle. But first, the pair check out the transporter room, which holds some strange items, such as blankets, children’s toys, and a locket that holds a picture of two people, which Burnham inexplicably decides to take with her. Moreover, the dedication plaque of the I.S.S Enterprise tells the story of the ship and its crew: the Terran Universe emperor seemingly tried to make changes to the way things were done in that evil universe, and the Enterprise escaped and picked up refugees who were trying to flee the Terran Universe and enter the Prime Universe.

One of the leaders among those on the Enterprise was a Kelpien, who Burnham deduces must have been the Mirror Universe version of Saru, and that the crew must have fled the Enterprise once it got stuck in the interdimensional pocket of space. Is it just us, or does this sound like a potential episode of Strange New Worlds ?

Burnham, Book, Moll, and L’ak face off in sickbay, where Burnham makes a startling connection between L’ak and a particular dilemma he is facing. The criminal pair hope to use the Progenitor treasure to clear L’ak’s Breen blood bounty. Yes, L’ak is Breen, that enigmatic and masked species from Deep Space Nine . Neato!

The rest of the episode bounces between what’s happening on the Enterprise , and flashing back to how Moll and L’ak first met and became romantically involved. Moll, the courier, would do business on the Breen space station on which L’ak, a member of a royal Breen family, was posted. The two connected over L’ak’s recent demotion and efforts to fight the embarrassment that came with it.

Over some time, the two became nearly inseparable, and L’ak even took the bold step with Moll by showing her his face – a big deal in Breen culture, as keeping their masks on allows them to retain their true, semi-transparent form, and not the solidified appearance we’ve seen on L’ak. Their relationship is tested when L’ak’s superior (and uncle), Primarch Ruhn ( Tony Nappo ) decides to interrupt their courtship. L’ak doesn’t take kindly to being asked to kill Moll, so the Breen turns on his own people, earns a Breen blood bounty, and flees with Moll. The pair now share a goal: earn enough latinum to retire on an (unnamed) fabled planet somewhere in the Gamma Quadrant, free from the trials and hardships of the courier life.

Suffice it to say, “Mirrors” is most memorable because it casts a welcome light on the shadowed backstory of this season’s main villains. Moll and L’ak are now a relatable pair, star-crossed lovers who are hell-bent on earning themselves a happy ending. As much as we don’t want to see the Progenitors’ tech get into the wrong hands, who now doesn’t want to see everything work out for Moll and L’ak?

Anyway, the quartet still need to get off the Enterprise , but the shuttle on which Burnham and Book arrived is destroyed by the turbulent pocket of space. With mere minutes to spare before the Enterprise is destroyed by the wormhole’s tiny aperture, Book and Moll share some last-minute words about their shared relationship with the late Cleveland Booker, and how Book hopes Moll makes the right choices regarding her quest for the Progenitor tech. Burnham, meanwhile, engages in a melee with L’ak, and the Breen ends up injured and inadvertently relinquishes control to Burnham of the next map piece in the Progenitor puzzle. The courier and disgraced Breen end up escaping the ship in a convenient Terran warp pod, leaving the chase between our heroes and enemies for another day.

“If we hit it precisely with a sequential hexagonal pattern, it should stay open for approximately sixty seconds. But once it collapses, it’s gone for good.” “Why hexagonal?” “Doesn’t matter… it’ll work.” – Adira ( Blu del Barrio ), Rayner, and Stamets as the crew finds a way to get the wormhole aperture bigger. We think this line from Stamets is reflective of the evolving working relationship between the results-orientated Rayner and the crew, and how this relationship is getting better the longer Rayner is first officer.

Burnham devises a novel way to signal her first officer for help in getting the Enterprise through the aperture: a pulsing tractor beam emitting from the Enterprise , shot through the wormhole’s opening, in a numerical sequence featured in a famous play from Kellerun culture. Rayner is then able to lead his crew to devise a way to pull the Enterprise into normal space.

The sequence where Rayner is faced with command of a ship tasked with the near-impossible rescue of his captain is the best of the episode. It’s no secret Rayner was knocked down a few pegs after his demotion and reassignment to Discovery , but that lack of confidence and inner angst is demolished thanks to Rayner listening and working with his bridge crew to save the Enterprise . Plenty of lesser-known bridge officers get a say in how Discovery could help the Mirror ship, and lightning-fast decision-making shows Rayner back on his game.

The last element to note about this episode is some emotional trouble Doctor Hugh Culber ( Wilson Cruz ) is having. Tilly provides an outlet for this angst. Culber explains the experiences he’s had in the last few years – namely dying, coming back to life, and being a Trill host – really put into perspective the intellectual journey he is on in the face of the Progenitor’s quest. Tilly helps him realize he isn’t only experiencing an intellectual quest, but a spiritual one. This conversation is just another instance of Discovery setting up some wild expectations for what the crew might ultimately discover at the end of the season – something beyond the bounds of science, perhaps?

Even though their prey gets away again, Burnham and her crew have the next clue in the Progenitor puzzle, and it is hiding in the I.S.S. Enterprise ’s sickbay. Hidden in the map piece Burnham grabbed from L’ak is a vial, which Stamets will analyze soon. Burnham learns the crew who escaped from the I.S.S. Enterprise ended up in the Prime Universe and were able to start new lives. A Terran scientist aboard the Enterprise , Dr. Cho, ended up being a branch admiral, and we’re meant to assume she was one of the scientists on Dr. Vellek’s team hundreds of years ago as they studied the Progenitor tech. Dr. Cho then hid her piece of the Progenitor puzzle aboard her old ship as a symbolic gesture of her ability to find freedom in a new universe.

Discovery continues its final season with another thumbs-up episode that serves an important lore-building role in the franchise. Seeing the Breen again is a joy, especially since we were staring at one the whole time and never knew it. And how striking was that Breen space station where L’ak was based? Another important note for Star Trek historians is that now the Mirror Universe Enterprise is in the 32 nd century, and stationed near Earth thanks to Joann Owosekun and Keyla Detmer piloting the ship back to Federation space. Will we see that ship again this season?

As the Progenitor puzzle deepens, so do the emotional stakes for our crew, exemplified by Culber’s introspective journey, the subtle reignition of Book and Burnham’s relationship, and Rayner’s triumphant return to leadership. We’re now at the halfway point in this season, so there’s still plenty of time for surprises, emotional consequences, and expectation-setting for this eagerly awaited treasure.  

Stray Thoughts:

• Hopefully, you’re watching this episode with subtitles on, because goodness is it hard to hear what masked Breen says.
• The Mirror Universe version of the U.S.S. Enterprise was last seen in the Original Series episode “Mirror, Mirror,” albeit this wasn’t the Strange New Worlds version of the ship. Likewise, the Terran version of Spock, whom Booker asks if Burnham ever met, was in that same episode.
• How did Adira conclude they were the one who brought the time bug aboard Discovery ?
• Why didn’t Burnham and Book try talking down Moll and L’ak before diving into the room with the holo-projected doubles?

New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery stream Thursdays on Paramount+ , this season stars Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). Season five also features recurring guest stars Elias Toufexis (L’ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).

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