Seeing Tuvok solve a whodunit mystery is always cool, but the suspense in this one is ruined fairly early by a very small cast. Random Thoughts вЂ“ On a world where violent thoughts themselves are forbidden, BвЂ™Elanna is busted for just such crimethink. They manage to restore the timeline which began this leg of the voyage (or at least close enough) and even provide the captain which a more productive life in the reset universe. Aboard the timeship, Chakotay finally sees the egocentric nature of the captainвЂ™s ways.

Year of Hell, Part II вЂ“ A seriously shredded Voyager takes refuge in a nebula (good old nebula!) to enact repairs. Meanwhile, Chakotay and Paris are captured by the вЂњtimeshipвЂќ manipulating history repeatedly. The result is a vast empire вЂњdefendedвЂќ by ships with superior technology to VoyagerвЂ™s, and months upon months of continuous attacks. Year of Hell, Part I вЂ“ A race with control over time resets history in a region of space through which Voyager is passing. When Seven finally sees (literally) the reality of the situation on Voyager, itвЂ™s almost enough to send her scrabbling back to the collective. Scientific Method вЂ“ A dark and Гјber-creepy story about aliens who can walk freely among the specimens of various species upon which they experiment. The Raven вЂ“ Slowly becoming biologically more human, Seven has strange visions composed of memories of her time as a drone mixed with symbolic remembrances of her childhood. The sole survivor is a clearly deranged hologram the whole thing descends into psycho killer mode quickly and, together with вЂњPrototypeвЂќ serves as a cautionary tale for BвЂ™Elanna: Never board an alien ship which is not populated by humanoids. Revulsion вЂ“ Torres and The Doctor board an alien ship which had sent a distress signal. Nemesis вЂ“ Not to be confused with the godawful tenth Star Trek movie, вЂњNemesisвЂќ instead tells a strange tale of ChakotayвЂ™s informal enlistment into a guerilla war. Day of Honor вЂ“ BвЂ™Elanna plays out the events of the Police song вЂњAny Other DayвЂќ except on a starship and involving her refusal to complete a Klingon rite of passage. The last few minutes with Janeway and Kes running down corridors become unintentionally hilarious if you imagine the explosions are a bombardment from the producers trying to get Kes off the damn show already вЂ¦ **ДЈ. The Gift вЂ“ Kes is rapidly вЂњchangingвЂќ and вЂњbecoming something elseвЂќ (namely expendable with the arrival of Seven of Nine), so her psychokinetic abilities are running amok. Naturally, the Borg rapidly renege on the deal (shocker!), but Janeway et al are way too clever to completely trust them. Scorpion, Part II вЂ“ A Borg drone is assigned to work with Janeway, Tuvok and the Voyager crew, who come up with an ingenious biological weapon to use against Species 8472. The introduction of Seven to the cast also results in the swift ejection of Kes from Star Trek: Voyager, regrettable only in that she didnвЂ™t take freakinвЂ™ Neelix with herвЂ¦ДЎ. the mouthpiece for outsiders to learn human culture. In return, the so-called вЂњSeven of NineвЂќ rapidly begins stealing the show, along with the companionship of the Doctor these two characters essentially become a fragmented Data, i.e. Stealing the drone through whom the Borg communicated with voyagerвЂ™s crew during the season-opening battle with Species 8472. This is when Voyager becomes assimilated вЂ“ not merely by Borg- and Borg technology-centered episodes, but also by the new character Seven of Nine herself.

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