VOY · SEASON 66×09

The Voyager Conspiracy

NOMADIC PICK · GREAT DISCUSSION EPISODEVoyager's history put on trial.
FIRST SHOWN (US)
24 November 1999
ON
UPN
STARDATE
53329
DIRECTED BY
Terry Windell
PRODUCTION NO.
229

WRITTEN BYWritten by Joe Menosky

IN BRIEF

SPOILER-FREE

Seven upgrades her alcove to absorb the ship's records directly, and starts spotting patterns in Voyager's history that point to a hidden agenda.

SYNOPSIS

SPOILERS
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Seven modifies her alcove so she can absorb Voyager's databases while she regenerates. Meanwhile the crew help an alien, Tash, repair a catapult that can fling ships across vast distances, offering a shortcut home. After taking in huge amounts of data, Seven begins connecting events. She convinces Chakotay that Janeway secretly planned to strand Voyager in the Delta Quadrant to build a Federation foothold. After another regeneration she spins a different theory from the same facts and tells Janeway that Chakotay is plotting a Maquis takeover. When the captain and first officer compare notes, they realise Seven is unwell. The Doctor confirms she has overloaded herself with information. Seven then decides the real conspiracy was to capture her, and she flees in the Delta Flyer. Janeway follows and talks her round. Seven is treated, and the catapult cuts three years from Voyager's journey.

DID YOU KNOW?

  1. 01The only Voyager episode with the word “Voyager” in its title.
  2. 02Albie Selznick (Tash) had earlier played the Tak Tak consul in “Macrocosm” and a juggler in TNG's “Cost of Living”.
  3. 03Seven's theories draw on earlier episodes, including “Caretaker”, the “Scorpion” two-parter and “Message in a Bottle”.
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