Synopsis:
A painful chapter in Neelix's past is reopened when the
man responsible for killing his family beams aboard Voyager.
Neelix is aghast when a Haakonian named Ma'Bor Jetrel
contacts Voyager and asks to meet with him. The Haakonians had
fought a long, destructive war against his people 15 years
earlier. Jetrel is the scientist who helped them conquer Talax
by developing the Metreon Cascade, a superweapon that killed
over 300,000 people on Talax's moon Rinax, including Neelix's
family. But now Jetrel says he has come forward to examine
Talaxians like Neelix who helped evacuate survivors from Rinax,
in the process exposing themselves to high concentrations of
metreon isotopes. Although he considers Jetrel a monster, Neelix
agrees to be examined, and is informed that he also has the
fatal blood disease.
Later, Jetrel convinces Janeway to make a detour to the
Talaxian system. Using the ship's transporter systems, Jetrel
feels he may be able to develop a cure by retrieving samples of
the Metreon cloud still surrounding Rinax. Janeway agrees, but
Neelix is still bitter. He angrily condemns Jetrel for the
devastation he's caused, only to learn that the scientist is
also paying the price-he too has the disease and only has a few
days to live.
The ship's arrival at Rinax opens old wounds for Neelix. He
confesses to Kes that he's lied for years about being part of
the Talaxian defense forces. He never reported for duty; instead,
he spent the war hiding on Talax.
Later, Neelix seeks out Jetrel, only to find the Doctor
deactivated and Jetrel covertly conducting experiments in the
lab. Suspecting the worst of Jetrel, Neelix tries to notify
Janeway, but the scientist renders him unconscious.
Jetrel heads for the transporter room, where he is confronted
by the Captain. Jetrel pleads with Janeway to let him conclude
his work and bring back the deceased Talaxian victims of Rinax.
He believes that he can use the transporter to regenerate their
disassociated remains, and confesses he came to Voyager as a
pretext to use the ship's transporter; Neelix was falsely
diagnosed and is fine.
Janeway allows Jetrel to proceed, but the improbable
experiment fails. The scientist collapses, knowing that he will
never be able to redeem himself. Neelix pays a last visit to
Jetrel and tells him that he is forgiven, allowing the Haakonian
to die with some semblance of peace.
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Cast:
Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway™
Robert Beltran as Chakotay™
Roxann Biggs-Dawson as B'Elanna Torres™
Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris™
Jennifer Lien as Kes™
Ethan Phillips as Neelix™
Robert Picardo as The Doctor
Tim Russ as Tuvok™
Garrett Wang as Harry Kim™
Guest Cast:
Larry Hankin as Gaunt Gary
James Sloyan as Ma'bor Jetrel
Creative staff:
Director: Kim Friedman
Story By: James Thornton & Scott Nimerfro
Teleplay By: Jack Klein & Karen Klein and Kenneth Biller
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