Voyager-Season Four-Ritterson's Episode Guides

Star Trek Voyager Episode Guide

SEASON FOUR (2374)

Jeri Ryan joins cast as Seven of Nine

Jennifer Lien leaves show in second episode

#69 "SCORPION, PART II"

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Jennifer Lien (Kes), Majel Barrett (Narrator)

Airdate 9/03/97

Stardate not given

Janeway strikes a deal with the Borg to exchange the modified nanotechnology for a safe trip through Borg territory, but almost immediately things go wrong. The Borg attempt to force Janeway into a direct neural link to the Collective, but she instead demands that the Borg choose a single drone to facilitate verbal communication, and a female human Borg called Seven of Nine is appointed. An ambush by Species 8472 destroys the Borg cube containing Janeway, but she, Tuvok and a number of Borg safely transport back to Voyager. The Borg quickly assimilate the cargo bay which they have taken over, and Janeway must recover from injuries she sustained in the attack on the Borg ship. When Seven of Nine demands a change in the ship's course taking it into the heart of Borg space, Chakotay decides to abort the newly-forged alliance with the Borg. Now the crew faces the prospect of a Borg invasion from within, or a violent death at the hands of Species 8472, unless Janeway and Chakotay can overcome their differences of opinion regarding cooperation with the Borg.

#70 THE GIFT

Written by Joe Menosky

Directed by Anson Williams

Guest Stars: Jennifer Lien (Kes)

Airdate 9/10/97

Stardate not given

Seven of Nine, isolated from the Borg Collective and left behind on Voyager, begins a turbulent process of recovery in sick bay. The Doctor believes that she can regain her human biology and identity, but her assimilation during early childhood will make the process difficult. Seven of Nine begins to experience seizures - the Borg's last line of defense is to kill a drone before another species can try to gain an understanding of its Borg technology. Kes miraculously destroys the offending Borg implant through telekinesis, an ability with which she has not experimented for two years. Seven of Nine reviles the crew's attempt to restore her humanity, even making the accusation that Janeway's forced removal of her Borg enhancements are no better than Borg assimilation. Tuvok resumes his meditative exercises with Kes to focus her new abilities, but she begins to exhibit a terrifying command over the structure of matter itself. Between Seven of Nine attempting to regain communications with the Borg, and Kes' increasing lack of control over her enhanced abilities, the crew may lose friends both old and new.

#71 DAY OF HONOR

Written by Jeri Taylor

Directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino

Guest Stars: Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik), Alan Altshuld (Ranen), Michael A. Krawic (Klingon), Kevin P. Stillwell (Ketati), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Airdate 9/17/97

Stardate not given

Voyager encounters a handful of ships carrying the only survivors of a Delta Quadrant race which was all but wiped out by the Borg, and Janeway agrees to the refugees' requests for supplies. The reminder of the Borg's destructive power doesn't help the crew's perception of Seven of Nine, who requests an assignment to engineering. B'elanna, who is already suffering her way through the traditional Klingon Day of Honor, doesn't welcome the former Borg, who has proposed using transwarp flight to speed Voyager's journey. The transwarp experiment fails, forcing B'elanna to dump the warp core into open space - and the Ketati refugees take possession of the core before she and Paris can salvage it via shuttle. And the Ketati would also like Janeway to hand Seven of Nine over to them so they can settle old scores.

#72 NEMESIS

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: Michael Mahonen (Broam), Matt E. Levin (Rafen), Nathan Anderson (Namen), Peter Vogt (Penno), Booth Colman (Voray Soldier), Meghan Murphy (Karia), Terrence Evans (Ambassador Treen), Marilyn Fox (Marna), Pancho Demmings (Kradin Soldier)

Airdate 9/24/97

Stardate 51082.4

Chakotay is stranded on a world torn by war, his shuttle shot down by one of the aggressors. After a reluctantly friendly Voray defender is shot down by the Kradin while trying to take Chakotay back to his shuttle, the first officer has to adopt the Voray's indigenous clothing for cover. That night, he is traveling with the Voray soldiers to their base, in the hope that they will be able to contact Voyager, and sees for himself the way the Kradin dispose of the Boray. Still wary of involving himself in their way, Chakotay is forced to defend himself when the nemesis ambushes his party, and escapes wounded while the rest of the Boray fall in the attack. He makes his way to a nearby village and is cared for until the Kradin attack there, too. On Voyager, Janeway has been offered help in locating her first officer. An ambassador from one of the warring races beams up to discuss the situation, an ambassador who is horrified at the way his helpless people are being preyed upon by their merciless nemesis...an ambassador of the Kradin.

#73 REVULSION

Written by Lisa Klink

Directed by Kenneth Biller

Guest Stars: Leland Orser (Isomorph) and Spectrum, the holographic fish

Airdate 10/01/97

Stardate 51186.2

Voyager receives a distress call from a hologram aboard an alien ship who claims that his organic crewmates are dead. Naturally, the Doctor takes a particular interest in this away mission and visits the ship along with Torres. The hologram is a nervous wreck with a great deal of hostility toward organic life forms, which manifests itself in a conversation B'elanna. On Voyager, Seven of Nine is assigned to help Harry with a new project, and Harry goes from dreading her company to seeing her as viable female companionship, although the former Borg is only confused by his flirtations (and scares him with her own direct approach to human relationships). If the Doctor can escape his fellow hologram's murderous obsession, Harry may need his help if Seven of Nine gets her hands on him.

#74 THE RAVEN

Teleplay by Bryan Fuller

Story by Bryan Fuller and Harry Doc Kloor

Directed by LeVar Burton

Guest Stars: Richard J. Zobel Jr. (Chancellor Gorman), Mickey Cottrell (Bomar Assistant), David Anthony Marshall (Father), Nikki Tyler (Mother), Erica Lynne Bryan (Little Girl), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

Airdate 10/08/97

Stardate not given

Seven of Nine has been experiencing vague visions about the Borg, including the rather incongruous image of a shrieking raven inside a Borg ship. While Seven tries to deal with these disturbing episodes, Janeway opens negotiations with the somewhat paranoid Bomar race, who only offer the Voyager crew a long, convoluted path through their territory. The talks with the Bomar are made even more difficult when Seven of Nine's Borg nature resurfaces and, after threatening to assimilate Neelix and forcing her way into a shuttle, she escapes and flies right into Bomar space. The Bomar consider Seven's unplanned journey - and Janeway's plans for a rescue mission - to be hostile actions, but nothing can stop a Borg drone when it is receiving a homing signal to rejoin the Borg collective.

#75 SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Written by Sherry Klein & Harry Doc Kloor

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Annette Helde (Takar), Rosemary Forsyth (Alzen)

Airdate 10/29/97

The crew begins to exhibit strange medical symptoms and the Borg, Seven of Nine, soon discovers the cause.

#76 YEAR OF HELL, PART I

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Allan Kroeker

Guest Stars: John Loprieno (Obrist), Peter Slutsker (Krenim Commandant), Rick Fitts (Zahl), Deborah Levin (Ensign Lang), Sue Henley (Ensign Brooks), Kurtwood Smith (Annorax)

Airdate 11/05/97

Distressed at the loss of his family and an entire colony of his people by a hostile alien enemy, Krenim leader, Annorax, has mastered time manipulation and can obliterate history, making entire lifeforms and civilizations cease to have ever existed. In this way, he hopes to restore his loved ones by erasing the enemy that caused their deaths. His well-calculated plans are thwarted by the incursion of the U.S.S. Voyager. Captain Janeway and her crew come between Annorax and his plans, for which it seems he will make good on his promise to destroy the starship.

#77 YEAR OF HELL, PART II

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Mike Vejar

Guest Stars: John Loprieno (Obrist), Peter Slutsker (Krenim Commandant), Rick Fitts (Zahl), Deborah Levin (Ensign Lang), Sue Henley (Ensign Brooks), Kurtwood Smith (Annorax)

Airdate 11/12/97

A crippled U.S.S. Voyager, structurally weakened and shattered beyond operation, hides from the pursuing Krenim weapon-ship, in the conclusion of a two part story. Most of the crew has abandoned the U.S.S. Voyager, leaving only a skeletal staff and the determined Captain Janeway on-board. With whole segments of the proud starship missing, and life-support systems failing, Captain Janeway is adamant about defeating the Krenim or going down with her ship.

#78 RANDOM THOUGHTS

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directed by Alexander Singer

Guest Stars: Gwynth Walsh (Nimira), Wayne Pere (Guill), Rebecca McFarland (Talli), Jeanette Miller (the woman), Ted Barba (Malin), Bobby Burns (Frane)

Airdate 11/19/97

A visit to the homeworld of the Mari, a race of telepathic beings, gives the U.S.S. Voyager crew a chance for some much-deserved "shore-leave." However, these beings, who have forbidden violent thoughts as well as actions have B'Elanna Torres arrested for involuntarily thinking of an angry retaliation to an incident. Tuvok becomes involved in her case and makes a startling discovery about the Mari.

#79 CONCERNING FLIGHT

Written by Jimmy Diggs & Joe Menosky

Teleplay Written by Joe Menosky

Directed by Jesus Salvador

Guest Stars: John Vargas (Tau), Don Pugsley (alien visitor), John Rhys-Davies (Leonardo da Vinci)

Airdate 11/26/97

Small and nimble alien spacecraft attack the U.S.S. Voyager, using high energy transports to break through the ship's shields, scan its contents and pluck off valuable equipment. Janeway and Tuvok beam down to the pirates' homeworld in search of the ship's main computer. To their surprise, they find Janeway's holographic Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes an essential part of their plans to retrieve the goods and leads them to the pirate king, Tau.

#80 MORTAIL COIL

Teleplay Written by Bryan Fuller

Directed by Allan Kroeker

Guest Stars: Nancy Hower (Ensign Wildman), Brooke Ashley Stephens (Naomi), Robin Stapler (Alixia)

Airdate 12/17/97

Neelix is preparing a shipboard feast on the eve of Prixin, the Talaxian celebration of family, when he is asked by Chakotay to join him and Paris on a shuttle mission. Neelix is all too glad to help, but the assignment proves to be fatal for him. Upon the shuttle's return to the U.S.S. Voyager, Seven of Nine, citing Neelix's diverse functions within the crew, applies Borg technology to reactivate him. Alive and shaken by his death, Neelix questions his assumptions about life -- and the promised afterlife -- as the Prixin festivities commence.

#81 WAKING MOMENTS

Directed by Alexander Singer

Teleplay by Andre Bormanis & Kenneth Biller

Guest Stars: Mark Colson (the Dream Alien), Jennifer Grundy (Ensign)

Airdate 1/14/98

The Voyager crew is attacked by a species who occupy a parallel reality in the human dreamstate. Only Chakotay, with his native knowledge of waking dreams, knows how to lead a counterattack.

#82 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Directed by Nancy Malone

Guest Stars: Andy Dick (EMH-2), Judson Scott (Rekar), Valerie Wildman (Nevala), Tiny Ron (Idrin), Tony Sears (Starfleet officer)

Airdate 1/21/98

In an attempt to communicate with Starfleet, The Doctor is transmitted thousands of light years to an experimental prototype Starfleet vessel overrun by Romulans.

#83 "HUNTERS"

Teleplay by Jeri Taylor

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Tiny Ron as Alpha-Hirogen, Roger Morrissey as Beta-Hirogen

Airdate 2/11/98

Miraculously, the ship begins receiving messages, transmitted across the vast distances over the same relay system, from relieved family and friends back home. Voyager's crew is elated to finally hear from loved ones after so many years. However, for Captain Janeway and others, their joy is tempered by bittersweet news.

Many messages are still being held at the module. Voyager proceeds to the alien craft to attempt retrieval of the remaining transmissions. Tuvok and Seven of Nine are ordered to board a shuttle and inspect the craft. Before they can, however, they are captured, beamed aboard an alien vessel and trussed-up like animals as a rude introduction to the Hirogen, a hostile, alien race of hunters. Living for the thrill of the hunt, the Hirogens have targeted Voyager's crew as prey in their latest game.

#84 "PREY"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Directed by Allan Eastman

Guest Stars: Tiny Todd as Alpha-Hirogen, Clint Carmichael as the Hirogen Hunter

Airdate 2/18/98

Voyager encounters a Hirogen ship, adrift, with a critically wounded Hirogen hunter on board. Janeway orders that the alien be beamed into Voyager's sickbay, despite Seven of Nine's warnings that the formidable Hirogen would regard the crew as no more than prey to be hunted and killed. Janeway disavows her concern and brings the Hirogen onboard. His presence brings even greater danger when the creature that he has been hunting across space -- species 8247, lethal even to the Borg -- boards Voyager.

#85 "RETROSPECT"

Original air date: 2/25/98

Written by: Bryan Fuller & Lisa Klink (Teleplay);
Andrew Shepard Price & Mark Gaberman (Story)
Directed by: Jesus Salvador Trevino

Guest Stars: Michael Horton as Kovin, Adrian Sparks as the Magistrate, Michelle Agnew as Scharn

Seven of Nine experiences repressed memories as she encounters an alien arms merchant.

#86 "THE KILLING GAME, PART I"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Danny Goldring as the Alpha Hirogen, Mark Metcalf as the Hirogen Medic, Mark Deakins as the Hirogen SS Officer, J. Paul Boehmer as the Kapitan, Paul Eckstein as the young Hirogen, Peter Hendrixson as the Klingon

Airdate 3/4/98 (both aired on the same night)

Having invaded Voyager and discovered the many uses of the Holodeck, Hirogen hunters have been playing a deadly game with Voyager crew members, putting them through various scenarios in which they are being hunted down as prey. One of the scenarios takes place in occupied France, with the Hirogen as Nazi SS Officers chasing down Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, Tuvok and Torres as members of the French Resistance.

#87 "THE KILLING GAME. PART II"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by Victor Lobl

Airdate 3/4/98 (both aired on the same night)

Implanted with subdermal transmitters, the crewmembers have no knowledge that they have identities beyond the characters they are playing. Only the Doctor, forced to mend the steady stream of wounded crewmembers to sick bay, is conscious of the invaders. He soon figures out a way to disengage Janeway and Seven of Nine, who then must begin to figure out how to defeat the Hirogen at their own game.

#88 "VIS-A-VIS"

Written by: Robert J. Doherty
Directed by: Jesus Salvador Trevino

Guest Stars: Dan Butler as Steth, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Daelen

Original air date: 4/01/98

Voyager comes to the aid of an alien, Steth, who claims to be the test pilot of a new spacecraft that has run into trouble. Paris, who has become weary of being on the Voyager volunteers to help him repair his ship. However, Steth is able to copy Paris's DNA and swaps physical appearances with him. Paris is then left behind in Steth's ship while the imposter takes over his duties at the helm and leaves the real Paris behind. It isn't long before "Steth" is confronted by Daelen, another alien who is seeking her original form. Back on the Voyager, Janeway suspects something is wrong, but Steth assumes her appearance and takes command.

#89 "THE OMEGA DIRECTIVE"
Written by: Lisa Klink (Teleplay);
Jimmy Diggs & Steve J. Kay (Story)
Directed by: Victor Lobl

Guest Stars: Jeff Austin as Allos, Kevin McCorkle as the alien captain, Majel Barrett as Computer Voice

Original air date: 4/15/98

Captain Janeway leads Voyager on a mission to destroy a deadly, unstable substance.

#90 "UNFORGETTABLE"

Written by: Greg Elliot & Michael Perricone

Directed by: Andrew J. Robinson

Guest Stars: Virginia Madsen as Kellin, Michael Canavan as Curneth

Airdate 4/22/98

Stardate?

Chakotay is captivated by a beautiful female alien who claims they've met before and were in love.

#91 "LIVING WITNESS"

Teleplay by: Bryan Fuller and Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Story by Brannon Braga

Directed by: Tim Russ

Guest Stars: Henry Woronicz as Quarren, Rod Arrants as Daleth, Craig Richard Nelson as the Vaskan Arbiter, Marie Chambers as the Kyrian Arbiter, Brian Fitzpatrick as Tedran, Morgan H. Margolis as the Vaskan visitor, Mary Anne McGarry as Tabris, Timothy Davis-Reed as Kyrian Spectator

Airdate 4/29/98

Stardtate ?

Seven hundred years after encountering two warring species, The Doctor testifies as the sole witness in a war crimes trial.

#92 "DEMON"

Originally Titled: "Demon Rock"

Story by Andre Bormanis

Written by Kenneth Biller

Directrd by Anson Williams

Guest Stars: Alexander Enberg as Vorik

Airdate Date: 5/6/98

Stardate ?

With fuel dwindling to nothing, the U.S.S. Voyager lands on a "demon" planet--so-called because its environment is toxic to human life--to collect from its vast deuterium lode. Both Tom Paris and Harry Kim are suited up in protective gear and sent out to collect the precious deuterium, but return without their protective suits. Instead, it is now the U.S.S. Voyager's environment that is poisonous to them.

#93 "ONE"

Written by: Jeri Taylor
Directed by: Kenneth Biller

Guest Stars: Wade Williams as Trajis Lo-Tarik

Original air date: 5/13/98

Once part of a vast collective, Seven of Nine experiences ultimate loneliness.

#94 "HOPE AND FEAR"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars Ray Wise as Arturis, Jack Shearer as Admiral Hayes

Original air date: 5/20/98

Stardate 51978.2

An alien passenger brings a message that makes Earth seem just within reach.

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