PRO · SEASON 22×06

Imposter Syndrome

NOMADIC PICK · FUN PICKDouble trouble with holographic crew doubles.
FIRST SHOWN (US)
1 July 2024
ON
Netflix
STARDATE
None given
DIRECTED BY
Sung Shin

WRITTEN BYWritten by Diandra Pendleton-Thompson

IN BRIEF

SPOILER-FREE

To slip away and reclaim the Infinity before Starfleet destroys it, the crew leave holographic doubles in their place. Unfortunately, the doubles are convinced they are the real thing.

SYNOPSIS

SPOILERS
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The young crew learn that the Infinity is to be destroyed, flown into a star to bury all evidence of the classified mission. Determined to follow the spiral map to Chakotay, they decide to take the ship, and they create holographic doubles of themselves to cover their absence. Unfortunately, the doubles are so faithful that they believe they are the originals, and real and fake crew members keep running into each other around Voyager-A, neither side able to prove who is genuine. After a tense standoff, the two Rok-Tahks work together and suggest overloading the holographic system, which resets the doubles with no memory of the plan. Maj'el keeps the Doctor busy by asking him for opera lessons. The real crew beam aboard the Infinity moments before it launches towards a giant star, and Jankom cloaks it, so Voyager believes the ship destroyed. As the Infinity sets course for the spiral nebula, the rebooted holograms glitch and swap personalities.

DID YOU KNOW?

  1. 01Writer Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, a staff writer on the series, also wrote the season 1 episodes “First Con-tact” and “Let Sleeping Borg Lie”.
  2. 02Like the rest of season 2, the episode was first released in France on 22 March 2024, more than three months before its Netflix debut.
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