Season 5

"Night"
Episode Number	95	''Night''
Production Number	095
Season	5
Stardate	52081.2  (Calendar Year 2375)
Original Airdate	10/14/1998
Story
Teleplay	Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Director	David Livingston
Synopsis
The crew of the U.S.S. Voyager is unsettled as a secluded and conflicted Captain Janeway reflects on the decision she's made along the mission and the consequences those judgements have had for them all. But soon the team of the U.S.S. Voyager encounters two never before seen alien species -- a nocturnal alien and its foe, the Malon -- and knows that one will not survive without their intervention. Knowing that coming to their aid makes a detour through dark, desolate space necessary, the Captain alone must once again determine her crew's fate.
Starring
Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway) Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay) Roxann Dawson (Lt. B'Elanna Torres) Robert Duncan McNeill (Lt. Tom Paris) Robert Picardo (The Doctor) Ethan Phillips (Neelix) Tim Russ (Lt. Commander Tuvok) Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim)
Guest Cast
Ken Magee (Emck) Steve Dennis (Night Alien) Martin Rayner (Dr. Chaotica)
Notes
Season 5 Premiere. This episode introduces the "Night Aliens," who have reflective silver eyes and are invisible unless you shine light on them, and the Malon, who dump their toxic theta radiation waste into the Void where the Night aliens live. Neelix suffers from nihiliphobia, the "fear of nothingness." This episode introduces the holo-program "Captain Proton." Tom Paris stars as Captain Proton, with Harry Kim as his side-kick and Seven as his secretary, Constance Goodheart. Tom and Harry programmed the Holodeck so that everything eppears in black and white. Seven recommends that Tuvok try Borg regeneration instead of meditation -- "a simple cortical implant would be required."
"Drone"
Episode Number	96	One and Seven of Nine
Production Number	096
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	10/21/1998
Story
Teleplay	Bryan Fuller, Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky
Director	Les Landau
Synopsis
There's a sudden emergence of a dangerous new lifeform aboard the U.S.S. Voyager -- a Superborg -- after The Doctor's 29th century mobile emitter technology mysteriously fuses with Seven of Nine's Borg nanoprobes as the result of a transporter accident.
Guest Cast
J. Paul Boehmer (The Drone) Todd Babcock (Ensign Mulchaey)
Notes
The Drone is created when Seven's nanoprobes infect and assimilate the Doctor's mobile emitter; it then assimilates a science lab workstation and extracts a tissue sample from Ensign Mulchaey.
"Extreme Risk"
Episode Number	97	Construction begins on the Delta Flyer
Production Number	097
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	10/28/1998
Story
Teleplay	Kenneth Biller
Director	Cliff Bole
Synopsis
Torres' crewmates are alarmed when she repeatedly engages in reckless activity including orbital skydiving. Meanwhile, after the U.S.S. Voyager directs its probe into a hazardous atmosphere, protecting it from a Malon freighter, Lt. Paris launches a newly constructed, all environment shuttlecraft, to retrieve it: the Delta Flyer.
Guest Cast
Hamilton Camp (Controller Vrelk) Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik) Daniel Betances (Pilot)
Notes
The new multi-spacial probe uses Borg unimatrix shielding, designed by Tuvok and Seven. The new shuttle, called the Delta Flyer, is warp-capable and uses unimatrix sheilding and a Borg-inspired weapons system. Neelix has started security training with Tuvok. The computer warns B'Elanna that "disengaging holodeck safety protocols presents extreme risk of injury." B'Elanna's grandmother used to make banana pancakes for her as a kid.
"In The Flesh"
Episode Number	98	Starfleet HQ Simulation, San Francisco, Earth
Production Number	098
Season	5
Stardate	52136.4
Original Airdate	11/11/1998
Story
Teleplay	Nicholas Sagan
Director	David Livingston
Synopsis
The U.S.S. Voyager discovers that Species 8472 has created a habitat simulation of Starfleet's San Francisco Yards, and are training their own to pose as humans to eventually invade Earth.
Guest Cast
Ray Walston (Boothby) Kate Vernon (Cmdr. Valerie Archer) Zach Galligan (Ensign David Gentry) Tucker Smallwood (Admiral Bullock)
Notes
Chakotay poses as "Commander Jason Hayek" from the U.S.S. Intrepid, patrolling the Neutral Zone. Chakotay's Starfleet service number is 47A612. Ensign Gentry's Starfleet service number is 99B3278. This habitat is Terrasphere 8, Starfleet Command re-creation, one of a dozen in the quadrant. The habitat uses thermionic generators as its power source. Starfleet Headquarter's Officer's Club is called the "Quantum Cafe." The last time Janeway was at Starfleet HQ was when she was given general orders for Voyager's first mission: "Proceed to the Badlands. Find the Maquis." The last time Chakotay was at Starfleet HQ was on March 3, 2368, when he gave his resignation to Admiral Nimembeh, who taught Tactical Analysis at the Academy. Writer Nick Sagan is Carl Sagan's son.
"Once Upon a Time"
Episode Number	99	Samantha Wildman is reunited with Naomi
Production Number	099
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	11/4/1998
Story
Teleplay	Michael Taylor
Director	John Kretchmer
Synopsis
As the U.S.S. Voyager searches for the crash-landed Delta Flyer and its crew -- Lt. Paris, Tuvok, and Ensign Samantha Wildman -- Neelix helps the littlest crewmember, Naomi Wildman, cope without her mother. Together, they are kept occupied by the odd characters in Naomi's storybook holonovel, the classic "Adventures of Flotter," but Neelix soon decides that a starship is no place for a child.
Guest Cast
Nancy Hower (Ensign Samantha Wildman) Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman) Wallace Langham (Flotter) Justin Louis (Trevis)
Notes
Last time we saw Naomi Wildman was in "Mortal Coil" and she was played by Brooke Ashley Stephens. Naomi quotes Starfleet Regulation #476.9: "All Away Teams must report to the Bridge at least once every 24 hours." Wallace Langham was on The Larry Sanders Show and last played Josh on Veronica's Closet. Michael Taylor joins the Voyager writing staff, from the Deep Space Nine writing staff.
"Timeless"
Episode Number	100	The Challenger captures the Flyer
Production Number	100
Season	5
Stardate	52143.6
Original Airdate	11/18/1998
Story
Teleplay	Rick Berman & Joe Menosky & Brannon Braga
Director	LeVar Burton
Synopsis
Fifteen years after the Starship U.S.S. Voyager crashes into a desolate ice planet, Commander Chakotay and former Ensign Harry Kim, sole survivors of the tragedy, steal the Delta Flyer from a Federation shipyard and return to the U.S.S. Voyager's frozen hull. Aided by Chakotay's striking love interest, Lieutenant Tessa Omond, Chakotay and Kim are hotly pursued fugitives with hope that somewhere embedded beneath the ice, they'll retrieve the only tools they believe can change the fate of their long-dead fellow crew members.
Guest Cast
Christine Harnos (Lt. Tessa Omond) LeVar Burton (Captain Geordi La Forge)
Notes
This is the 100th Episode of Star Trek: Voyager. (The premiere episode "Caretaker" was split into Episodes #100 and #101, so the 100th episode is production #201.) Captain Janeway states that Voyager has been in the Delta Quadrant 4 years, 2 months, and 11 days. The Quantum Slipstream Drive utilizes a quantum matrix, benemite crystals, and Borg technology. Harry and Chakotay are wanted on two counts of high treason and conspiracy to violate the Temporal Prime Directive. Harry uses a stolen Borg Temporal Transmitter to send a message back to the interplexing beacon in Seven's cranial implant. Her translink frequency is 108.44236000. Captain Geordi La Forge is the commanding officer of the Galaxy-class starship U.S.S. Challenger NCC-71099. Seven becomes intoxicated on one glass of champagne; she has a blood-synthehol level of 0.05%. The brief slipstream run brought them 10 years closer to home. "Timeless" ranked third for its time slot in all key male demographics, topping NBC, CBS and The WB. It was UPN's best rating in that time slot since Oct. 29, 1997.
"Infinite Regress"
Episode Number	101	The personalities fight Seven for dominance
Production Number	101
Season	5
Stardate	52188.7
Original Airdate	11/25/1998
Story	Robert J. Doherty and Jimmy Diggs
Teleplay	Robert J. Doherty
Director	David Livingston
Synopsis
Mysteriously, the U.S.S. Voyager comes upon a floating Borg Vinculum -- a device that interconnects Drone's minds aboard a Borg vessel -- which swiftly causes Seven of Nine to manifest personalities other than her own including that of a Klingon warrior, a Ferengi, and a six-year-old human girl. Janeway is crushed to learn that before Tuvok, The Doctor and she can intervene, Seven may be completely lost.
Guest Cast
Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman) Neil Maffin (Captain Ven) Erica Mer (Human Girl)
Notes
The production numbers are getting all shuffled up.... Captain Ven is of Species 6339, who created a virus to destroy the Borg. Naomi Wildman, Sub-Unit of Ensign Samantha Wildman, begins to emulate Seven of Nine so that she can learn to be the Captain's assistant.
"Nothing Human"
Episode Number	102	The Doctor creates Dr. Moset to assist B'Elanna
Production Number	102
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	12/2/1998
Story
Teleplay	Jeri Taylor
Director	David Livingston
Synopsis
After Torres is stricken by a bizarre, injured alien that latches itself onto her body, The Doctor creates another holographic physician, a Cardassian exobiologist named Dr. Crell Moset, to save her life. But Torres refuses treatment when it's learned that the physician engaged in unethical wartime medical practices.
Guest Cast
David Clennon (Dr. Crell Moset) Jad Mager (Ensign Tabor) Frank Welker (Alien Voice)
Notes
Dr. Moset cured the Fostosa Virus during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. He infected thousands of Bajorans with the disease and then used them as subjects to gather information on the effects of the disease. (During his justification speech, Moset compares experimenting on Bajorans to experimenting on lower lifeforms and animals.) Tabor's brother and grandfather were killed by Dr. Moset during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. At the end of the episode, the Doctor deletes the medical consultant program and all of its related files. The Doctor begins a new hobby: holo-imaging. He gives the crew a slide-show presentation.
"Thirty Days"
Episode Number	103	Janeway reduces Thomas Paris to the rank of Ensign
Production Number	103
Season	5
Stardate	52179.4
Original Airdate	12/9/1998
Story	Scott Miller
Teleplay	Kenneth Biller
Director	Winrich Kolbe
Synopsis
The U.S.S. Voyager makes a fascinating discovery, a massive ocean floating in space and populated by the Moneans, a maritime alien species. When Janeway learns that the Monean's deep sea home is losing containment, she offers Starfleet technological assistance, a modified, now seaworthy Delta Flyer piloted by an eager Lieutentant Tom Paris. But soon after Paris and Riga, one of the young Monean scientists, return from their deep sea exploration, Paris is accused of a stunning breach of protocol -- with dire consequences.
Guest Cast
Willie Garson (Riga) Benjamin Livingston (Prefect) Heidi Kramer (Megan Delaney) Alissa Kramer (Jenny Delaney)
Notes
The working title for this episode was "Down Deep." Captain Janeway demotes Thomas Eugene Paris to the rank of Ensign and sentences him to 30 days in the brig. This is the only actual appearance of the oft-mentioned Delaney sisters, who help out Tom and Harry with their Captain Proton adventure. Willie Garson plays Carrie's friend Stanford on HBO's "Sex and the City."
"Counterpoint"
Episode Number	104	Janeway lets down her guard with Kashyk
Production Number	104
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	12/16/1998
Story
Teleplay	Michael Taylor
Director	Les Landau
Synopsis
Telepathic alien refugees from the Devore Imperium are picked up by Voyager, but the ship is intercepted and boarded by a Devore squadron intent on capturing the defectors. Soon Kashyk, the lead Devore officer pleads with Janeway to grant him asylum.
Guest Cast
Mark Harelik (Inspector Kashyk) Randy Oglesby (Kir) J. Patrick McCormack (Prax) Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik) Randy Lowell (Torat) Jake Sakson (Adar)
Notes
The working title for this episode was "Refugee." Voyager has had 4 telepaths on board: The Vulcans Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok and Ensign Vorik; Betazoid Ensign Jurot (who has never appeared on-screen); and Betazoid crewman Lon Suder, who was killed by the Kazon in the episode "Basics, Part II".) Vorik appears in this episode, but doesn't actually have any speaking lines. Voyager gives up two of its shuttles to the telepathic refugees.
"Latent Image"
Episode Number	105	The Doctor has a breakdown
Production Number	105
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	1/20/1999
Story	Eileen Connor
Teleplay	Joe Menosky
Director	Mike Vejar
Synopsis
While employing his holo-imaging device, The Doctor discovers that his short-term memory buffer has been tampered with and fervently initiates an investigation to find the person or thing responsible for the corruption.
Guest Cast
Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman) Nancy Bell (Ensign Ahni Jetal)
Notes
Ensign Jetal died 18 months ago when an alien attacked Jetal and Ensign Kim. The Doctor could only save one of them and he chose Ensign Kim.
"Bride of Chaotica!"
Episode Number	106	Arachnia charms her way into Dr. Chaotica's lair
Production Number	106
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	1/27/1999
Story
Teleplay	Bryan Fuller
Director	Allan Kroeker
Synopsis
Armed conflict erupts when aliens from the Fifth Dimension mistake Ensign Paris' "Captain Proton" holographic novel for reality. The aliens consider the novel's main character, the evil Dr. Chaotica, to be a threat so they knock the U.S.S. Voyager's controls off-line. Janeway is forced to assume the role of the story's powerful Arachnia, Queen of the Spider People, and infiltrate Chaotica's Fortress of Doom. Meanwhile, The Doctor takes on the role of the novel's President of Earth to help the aliens defeat Chaotica.
Guest Cast
Martin Rayner (Dr. Chaotica) Nicholas Worth (Lonzak) Jim Krestalude (Alien #1) Tarik Ergin (Satan's Robot)
Notes
The aliens from "the fifth dimension" are phontonic beings. To them, the Holodeck appears real, but the "biochemical carbon-based" lifeforms do not. Neelix actually tells Janeway that there only four working lavatories for a ship of 150 people, and only three working showers. He also mentions that the Bolians on board are uncomfortable because of this...either they go to the bathroom a lot or they need to take a lot of showers??? The Paramount press release mistakenly referred to "Lieutenant Paris 'Captain Proton' holographic novel" in the first sentence of the synopsis. At this point, he is an Ensign. This episode was filmed while the bridge set was being rebuilt after the fire damage. Tarik Ergin is usually seen playing background bridge officer Lt. Ayala.
"Gravity"
Episode Number	107	Noss doesn't understand why Tuvok doesn't love her
Production Number	107
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	2/3/1999
Story	Jimmy Diggs and Bryan Fuller & Nick Sagan
Teleplay	Nick Sagan & Bryan Fuller
Director	Terry Windell
Synopsis
A shuttle carrying Tuvok, Paris and The Doctor disappears into a collapsing sinkhole and crash lands on a deserted wasteland. While the U.S.S. Voyager tries to rescue them from this risky area of space, the away team befriends Noss, an exotic alien woman who's also trapped on the planet. Soon, she falls in love with Tuvok and although it's illogical for a Vulcan, he finds himself attracted to her too.
Guest Cast
Lori Petty (Noss) Leroy D. Brazile (Young Tuvok) Paul Eckstein (Yost) Joseph Ruskin (Vulcan Master)
Notes
The Doctor: "I'm a doctor, not a battery." Tuvok performs a mind meld with Noss before she leaves, naturally.
"Bliss"
Episode Number	108	Voyager escapes from the biosplasmic creature
Production Number	108
Season	5
Stardate	52524.3
Original Airdate	2/10/1999
Story	Bill Prady
Teleplay	Robert J. Doherty
Director	Cliff Bole
Synopsis
Finally, after five long years, an exhilarated crew of the U.S.S. Voyager finds a wormhole that will bring them back to the Alpha Quadrant. As the happy crew prepares to return to Earth, a skeptical Seven of Nine discovers that the wormhole may not be what it seems. She violates captain's orders and enlists The Doctor, little Naomi Wildman and an alien pilot, Qatai, to help her stop the ship from entering the wormhole.
Guest Cast
Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman) W. Morgan Sheppard (Qatai)
Notes
The wormhole is actually an enormous bioplasmic organism that feeds on antimatter and biomatter. It reads the crew's thoughts to manipulate them into entering the creature.
"Dark Frontier"
Episode Number	109 & 110	The Borg Queen and Seven of Nine
Production Number	109 & 212
Season	5
Stardate	52619.2
Original Airdate	2/17/1999
Story
Teleplay	Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Director	Cliff Bole & Terry Windell
Synopsis
After defeating a Borg vessel, Janeway launches an ambitious plan to steal a piece of Borg technology that could get the U.S.S. Voyager home. When the Borg detect her plan, they swiftly access Seven of Nine's neural transceiver and make her an "offer" she can't refuse -- rejoin the Borg collective or the U.S.S. Voyager and it's crew will be assimilated. Janeway must confront the Borg in their own vessel in order to rescue Seven, risking a possibly devastating confrontation with the Borg Queen!
Guest Cast
Susanna Thompson (The Borg Queen) Kirk Bailey (Magnus Hansen) Laura Stepp (Erin Hansen) Katelin Petersen (Annika Hansen) Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman) Eric Cadora (the Alien)
Notes
"A Special Two-Hour Telefilm" airing at 8:00 pm. Seven and Voyager found the remains of the S.S. Raven in the episode "Raven". Through the logs downloaded from the S.S. Raven, we get a glimpse into the lives of the Hansens before they were assimilated. The Borg assimilated approximately 392,000 drones from Species 10026 (Brunali) after Seven joined them. Using the Borg Transwarp Coil, Voyager was able to get 20,000 light years closer to home, shaving 15 years off their trip. Borg drones assigned to Unimatrix 01 are in direct contact with the Borg Queen. Seven of Nine was the Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01. The Borg don't have a homeworld, but a massive Borg Unicomplex in space which contains trillions of drones. Susanna Thompson previously played Dax's former lover Lenara Kahn in the DS9 episode "Rejoined", which featured the infamous "lesbian kiss." Susanna Thompson was one of the final actresses considered for the role of the Borg Queen in the movie Star Trek: First Contact. This episode did very well in the ratings, with a 7.0 rating/11% share. The Borg refer to Humans as Species 5618; origin Spatial Grid 325. The Borg refer to Ktarians as Species 6961.
"The Disease"
Episode Number	111	Harry Kim falls in love with Derran Tal
Production Number	111
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	2/23/1999
Story	Kenneth Biller
Teleplay	Michael Taylor
Director	David Livingston
Synopsis
Without Starfleet medical clearance and in violation of interspecies protocol, Ensign Harry Kim has a passionate love affair with an exotic alien explorer, Derran Tal of the Varro species. But the escapade puts both the Voyager crew and the Varro species in jeopardy when Kim and Tal become biochemically interdependent.
Guest Cast
Musetta Vander (Derran Tal) Charles Rocket (Jippeq) Christopher Liam Moore (Stowaway)
Notes
Janeway puts a formal reprimand into Harry Kim's record for disobeying her direct orders.
"Course: Oblivion"
Episode Number	112	The duplicate Lieutenants Torres and Paris marry
Production Number	112
Season	5
Stardate	52586.3
Original Airdate	3/3/1999
Story	Bryan Fuller
Teleplay	Bryan Fuller & Nick Sagan
Director	Anson Williams
Synopsis
Lieutenants Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres tie the knot, but their holographic honeymoon is cut short by a phenomenon that breaks down the U.S.S. Voyager's infrastructure and disintegrates not only the ship but the crew.
Guest Cast
Notes
This episode features the duplicates from the 4th season episode "Demon". The copies were so exact that they forgot they were the duplicates. The events in this episode occur 10 months after the events in "Demon". The ship disintegrates before the real U.S.S. Voyager can respond to the distress call. The duplicate Tom Paris still holds the rank of lieutenant.
"The Fight"
Episode Number	113	Chakotay, the Maquis Mauler
Production Number	113
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	3/24/1999
Story	Michael Taylor
Teleplay	Joe Menosky
Director	Rick Kolbe
Synopsis
While the ship is caught in Chaotic Space, a zone where the laws of physics are in a state of flux, Commander Chakotay believes he's a 24th century boxer, The Maquis Mauler. Before long, he's going head to head with the Delta Quadrant's champion, Kid Chaos.
Guest Cast
Ray Walston (Boothby) Carlos Palomino (the Boxer) Ned Romero (Great Grandfather)
Notes
"Think Tank"
Episode Number	114	Kurros communicates with the Think Tank
Production Number	114
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	3/31/1999
Story
Teleplay	Rick Berman and Brannon Braga
Director	Terrence O'Hara
Synopsis
In the midst of a clash with the Hazari bounty hunters, Janeway is offered assistance from a "think tank," a small yet exotic alien ship containing disparate life forms, each able to communicate telepathically. Their spokesperson, Kurros, offers to help solve the dilemma with the Hazari, only in exchange for Seven of Nine as payment. When Seven declines their "offer," the think tank focuses on taking her by force.
Guest Cast
Jason Alexander (Kurros) Christopher Darga (Y'Sek) Christopher Shea (Saowin) Steve Dennis (Fennim)
Notes
Kurros claims that the Think Tank has cured the Vidiian phage (see "Phage"). The Borg refer to the Hazari as Species 4228. They make excellent tactical drones.
"Juggernaut"
Episode Number	115	Fesek and Torres on board the freighter
Production Number	115
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	4/26/1999
Story
Teleplay	Bryan Fuller and Nick Sagan
Director	Allan Kroeker
Synopsis
The U.S.S. Voyager rescues two Malon crewmen from an abandoned, out of control waste export freighter that's about to unleash a theta radiation blast into the sector. Soon, Lieutenant Torres leads an away team to board the freighter and contain the poison -- despite warnings from its crewman, Fesek and Pelk, about the Angel of Decay that wreaks havoc aboard the cargo ship.
Guest Cast
Ron Canada (Controller Fesek) Lee Arenberg (Pelk) Scott Klace (Dremk) Alexander Enberg (Malon 3)
Notes
This episode was shown on a special day, Monday 4/26/1999 at 9:00. The Malon call the monster the "Vihaar." Alexander Enberg also plays the recurring Vulcan character Ensign Vorik. At the end of the episode, a sonic shower is actually seen in use, by B'Elanna Torres.
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
Episode Number	116	Seven shares a disastrous dance with Lt. Chapman
Production Number	116
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	4/28/1999
Story	Brannon Braga
Teleplay	Michael Taylor
Director	Robert Duncan McNeill
Synopsis
While tutoring Seven in social graces, The Doctor finds himself falling for her; and Neelix commits a serious diplomatic error while working out a trade agreement with the Kadi, a cloistered alien race.
Guest Cast
Brian McNamara (Lt. William Chapman) Scott Thompson (Tomin) Ian Abercrombie (Abbot) David Burke (Regular Guy)
Notes
Seven scans the crew manifest and determines that there are two suitable mates: Lt. William Chapman and Ens. Doug Bronowski.
"11:59"
Episode Number	117	Shannon O'Donnel meets Henry and Jason Janeway
Production Number	117
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	5/5/1999
Story	Joe Menosky
Teleplay	Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Director	Ron Surma
Synopsis
Captain Janeway reminisces about her ancestor Shannon O'Donnel, the first of her family's long line of explorers and one who helped build the Millennium Gate on Earth. As Janeway relates the story, the episode revisits the town of Portage Creek, Indiana on New Year's Eve 2000, as Shannon O'Donnel nears the deadline to convince the town's last holdout, local bookstore owner Henry Janeway, to approve the building of massive, half a mile high Milliennium Gate, a model for the first colony on Mars.
Guest Cast
Kate Mulgrew (Shannon O'Donnel) Kevin Tighe (Henry Janeway) Bradley Pierce (Jason Janeway) John Carroll Lynch (Mr. Moss) Christopher Curry (Driver) James Greene (Passerby) Kristina Hayes (Field Reporter)
Notes
Shannon O'Donnel was an engineer who trained to be an astronaut, but was cut from the NASA space program. The Millennium Gate was a self-contained biosphere that was large enough to be seen from orbit. This episode correctly notes that the new millennium begins in the year 2001. It also predicted that the "Y2K Bug" would be a non-event.
"Relativity"
Episode Number	118	''Relativity''
Production Number	118
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	5/12/1999
Story	Nick Sagan
Teleplay	Bryan Fuller & Nick Sagan & Michael Taylor
Director	Nick Eastman
Synopsis
In an episode that revisits Janeway's first day aboard the U.S.S. Voyager and then fast forwards 500 years beyond it when her ship is destroyed, Captain Braxton of the 29th century Federation Timeship Relativity contacts Seven of Nine to go back in time to solve the mystery of who planted the "temporal disrupter" which ultimately destroyed the U.S.S. Voyager. But when the new starship captain, Janeway, catches the mysterious Seven aboard the brand new U.S.S. Voyager, she detains her, an interference that could contaminate the time-line.
Guest Cast
Bruce McGill (Captain Braxton) Dakin Matthews (Admiral Patterson) Jay Karnes (Lieutenant Ducane) Josh Clark (Lieutenant Joe Carey)
Notes
Assistant Chief Engineer Joe Carey is seen in engineering on Janeway's first day, flirting with (Ensign) Seven and later speaking with Captain Janeway. This is his first appearance since episode #11: "State of Flux". Seven mentions the events that took place in Star Trek: First Contact when the Borg attempted to stop Zefram Cochran's warp drive launch. Relativity scans show that the weapon was planted by Species 329, The Kazon. It's actually a future version of Captain Braxton, who is suffering from temporal psychosis and blames Voyager. Captain Braxton was first introduced in the 3rd season 2-parter "Future's End, Part I"; however, he was played by Allan Royal.
"Warhead"
Episode Number	119	Kim tries to convince the Warhead to stand down
Production Number	119
Season	5
Stardate
Original Airdate	5/19/1999
Story	Brannon Braga
Teleplay	Michael Taylor & Kenneth Biller
Director	John Kretchmer
Synopsis
After the U.S.S. Voyager receives a distress signal from an alien machine, Ensign Kim, Torres and The Doctor determine that it's a complex, damaged weapon with artificial intelligence and sentient consciousness. But when they beam this mysterious device aboard, it interlinks with The Doctor's program and through him, insists the U.S.S. Voyager enable it to fulfill its mission of mass destruction.
Guest Cast
McKenzie Westmore (Ensign Jenkins) Steve Dennis (Onquanii)
Notes
Ensign Kim commands his first away team, which consists of The Doctor and Crewman Timothy Lang. Lang is often seen as one of Tuvok's security officers.
"Equinox, Part I"
Episode Number	120	''Equinox''
Production Number	120
Season	5
Stardate	52861.2
Original Airdate	5/26/1999
Story	Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Teleplay	Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Director	David Livingston
Synopsis
The U.S.S. Voyager finds another Federation starship lost in the Delta Quadrant, the science vessel U.S.S. Equinox, and helps it stave off an attack by creatures from another spatial realm. Captain Janeway now has a kindred spirit in its commander, Captain Ransom, and helps him salvage his war-torn vessel so they can journey home together. But when The Doctor retrieves data from the U.S.S. Equinox research lab, Janeway learns the hard truth that Captain Ransom has seriously violated the Starfleet oath by commiting mass murder in the Delta Quadrant. When she strips him of his command and confines him to quarters, he and his crew manage to escape with the U.S.S. Voyager's advanced technology -- and The Doctor and Seven of Nine as hostages aboard their ship.
Guest Cast
John Savage (Captain Rudolph Ransom) Titus Welliver (Lt. Maxwell Burke) Olivia Birkelund (Ensign Marla Gilmore) Rick Worthy (Ensign Noah Lessing) Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman) Steve Dennis (Crew member)
Notes
The U.S.S. Equinox NCC-72381 is a small, short-range Nova-class science vessel designed for planetary research. Its maximum warp speed is warp 8. It is assumed it was also pulled into the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker (see episode #1: "Caretaker"). A week in, a run-in with the Krowtonan Guard killed 39 Equinox crewman, half of the ship's crew. Captain Ransom is a Starfleet exobiologist, promoted to Captain after he made first contact with the Yridians (Borg species 6291), who were believed to have been extinct. Starfleet Regulation 191, Article 14: "In a combat situation involving more than one ship, command falls to the vessel with tactical superiority." Starfleet Regulation 3, Paragraph 12: "In the event of imminent destruction, a captain is authorized to preserve the lives of his crew by any justifiable means." B'Elanna and Max dated while they were at the Academy. He called her by her initials, "B.L.T.".