VOY · SEASON 66×01

Equinox, Part II

NOMADIC PICK · GREAT DISCUSSION EPISODEJaneway at her most ruthless.
FIRST SHOWN (US)
22 September 1999
ON
UPN
STARDATE
None given
DIRECTED BY
David Livingston
PRODUCTION NO.
221

WRITTEN BYTeleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky; story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

IN BRIEF

SPOILER-FREE

Janeway's pursuit of the renegade Equinox becomes an obsession, while aboard the fleeing ship the Doctor, stripped of his ethics, turns on Seven of Nine.

SYNOPSIS

SPOILERS
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Voyager survives the alien assault and sets off after the Equinox, but Janeway's pursuit of Ransom grows ruthless. She threatens an Equinox prisoner with the creatures, ignores Chakotay's objections and finally relieves him of duty. Aboard the Equinox, Ransom's crew have deleted the Doctor's ethical subroutines, and he prepares to probe Seven's mind for the codes she has encrypted. Seeing how far his crew have fallen, Ransom has a change of heart and tries to surrender, but Burke leads a mutiny against him. Ransom and Gilmore beam Seven, the Doctor and several Equinox crew back to Voyager. Burke and the remaining mutineers are killed by the aliens, and Ransom stays aboard as the Equinox explodes. Janeway restores Chakotay to duty, the Equinox survivors are taken on as crewmen at the lowest rank, and Seven promises to help the Doctor rebuild his ethics.

DID YOU KNOW?

  1. 01The season 6 premiere, broadcast on UPN on 22 September 1999.
  2. 02John Savage returns as Captain Rudolph Ransom, Janeway's dark mirror.
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