Summary[]
As Janeway and Chakotay are approaching a planet, their shuttle crashes and they are killed by Vidiians. Suddenly they find themselves back in the shuttle on the way to the planet, and experience a déjà vu. This time they change course, but they run into a Vidiian vessel and are killed again. In the next cycle, two Vidiian ships prepare to attack and vanish when Janeway activates a tachyon burst. Back on Voyager, however, Chakotay doesn't remember any Vidiians. Moreover, Janeway has contracted the Vidiian phage, for which the Doctor fails to find a cure and sees no other solution but euthanasia. Janeway finds herself on the shuttle yet again, and this time a temporal anomaly destroys the shuttle. Next, Janeway reappears at the crash site of the first cycle, watching as Chakotay tries to revive her. After her "death" back on the ship, she can't interact with her environment but can give Kes an idea of her presence. The "ghost" of Janeway's father appears, telling her that she is dead and that she has to let go. But Janeway doesn't want to leave yet and reacts on his attempts to make her join him with growing distrust. Her "father" is actually the manifestation of an alien being in her brain, while Janeway is still on the planet after the shuttle crash. She recovers after her successful fight against the alien intruder. Janeway invites Chakotay on a holo-date and he accepts.
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- Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Monday, February 22, 1999 - 8:42 pm: Treason is not a good way to get an audiences respect/sympathy. cableface on Friday, June 11, 1999 - 2:54 pm: When did she commit treason? Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Thursday, May 18, 2000 - 12:09 pm: Allowing an enemy of the Federation to serve aboard her ship. (The Maquis) This is not unlike allowing Russians to serve aboard a US Navy submarine because your ship is stuck in the Australian outback. DonnaL on Saturday, May 20, 2000 - 12:43 pm: I think treason is a little too strong of an accusation. Starfleet command may someday question Janeway making them senior officers, but she can make a case that it was necessary for survival and mutual cooperation. Besides, the whole Cardassian treaty mess is very complicated politically. Seems like there were a lot of Maquis sympathizers in the Federation. It wasn't like the Maquis had vowed the burying of the Federation or had the capacity.
- DonnaL on Saturday, May 20, 2000 - 12:43 pm: This is one of the better episodes. But what was the purpose of making Janeway think she was in a time loop? Possibly done to increase the chances of her submitting to the alien.
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