Synopsis:
A mysterious force puts the crew in a delusional state
that causes their most deeply buried thoughts and desires to
surface.
As Voyager readies for a potentially dangerous encounter with
the Botha, the Doctor orders an exhausted Captain Janeway to
take some "R&R" in the holodeck. Janeway tries to
get into her favorite holonovel, but before long, she is called
back to the Bridge for first contact with the Botha. The Bothan
representative gives the crew a chilly reception, but sets up a
rendezvous to determine whether or not they will allow Voyager
to pass through their space.
Later, Janeway thinks she sees Beatrice, the little girl from
her holonovel, in one of the ship's corridors. Unable to
attribute Beatrice's appearance to experiments the crew is
performing on Voyager's imaging systems, Janeway wonders if she's
seeing things. But then Kes sees Beatrice, too. Later, after
Janeway hears the voice of her fiance Mark, she's attacked with
a knife by Mrs. Templeton, another holonovel character. Again,
Kes confirms the event.
Janeway puts Chakotay in charge of meeting with the Botha
while she undergoes medical testing. Once again, the alien
representative is hostile and this time, his ship engages the
crew in a battle, leaving Voyager damaged. Leaving Sickbay,
Janeway races to the Bridge, where the Bothan is on the
viewscreen. She's stunned to see it's Mark.
At least, that's how it looks to her. But on the same
viewscreen, Paris sees his disparaging father, Admiral Paris;
Kim sees his girlfriend Libby; and Tuvok sees his wife T'Pel.
Torres contacts Janeway from Engineering and reports that the
crew seems to have fallen under some kind of psychoactive
trance, the result of a bio-electric field emanating from the
Bothan ship. But even as she begins working on a way to block
the field, she falls prey to its spell.
It's up to Kes, whose telepathic abilities allow her to
resist the field, and the Doctor to block the mysterious force
that's disabling the ship. Kes manages to complete Torres' work
and restore the crew to normal. A telepathic Bothan confesses to
having caused the disturbance, but he disappears before they can
learn any more from him. As they continue on their way, the crew
reflects uneasily about what's lurking in the subconscious
corridors of their minds.
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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:
Stan Ivar as Mark
Michael Cumpsty as Lord Burleigh
Carolyn Seymour as Mrs. Templeton
Thomas Alexander Dekker as Henry
Lindsey Haun as Beatrice
Warren Munson as Admiral Paris
Patrick Kerr as Bothan
Marva Hicks as T'Pel
Creative staff:
Director: James L. Conway
Written By: Jeri Taylor
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