After Kes is injured by an energy field on a planet's sacred ground, Janeway must undergo a spiritual quest in order to save her life.After Kes is injured by an energy field on a planet's sacred ground, Janeway must undergo a spiritual quest in order to save her life.After Kes is injured by an energy field on a planet's sacred ground, Janeway must undergo a spiritual quest in order to save her life.
Roxann Dawson
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Damaris Cordelia
- Security Guard
- (uncredited)
Tarik Ergin
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
Kerry Hoyt
- Crewman Fitzpatrick
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the directorial debut of Robert Duncan McNeill.
- GoofsThe elders claim that, to get through the biogenic field, one must have no doubt or hesitation, one must believe in making it past the field; yet, when Kes tried to walk through the field, she had no idea it was there and full confidence that she would make it past that particular area, and still she was struck down, an apparent contradiction. There is a difference, however, between doing something despite one's fears and doing something in ignorance of any possible consequence. This point was demonstrated by Janeway, who reached into the basket knowing some kind of creature was in there, as opposed to innocently reaching into it without knowing something potentially lethal was in it.
- Quotes
Old Man #2: If you can explain everything, what's left to believe in?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Inglorious Treksperts: We'll Always Have Paris (2021)
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An episode sacrificed to America's obsession with religion.
A perfectly boring episode exclusively built to feed the American obsession with faith and religion. Apparenty, even bible belt types watch space faring characters riding futuristic technologies that would have never existed had "faith" managed to impose its way back in the Renaissance.
How many of these devotional types realise that without science, most of them would not even exist? Without science, few of us would survive our first weeks, and amongst those who would, only a minority would reach the ripe age of thirty-five. The simple concept of infant mortality was never a notion religious natures concerned themselves with before science became dominant in our cultures.
Envisioning science as a system of beliefs is a dangerous and fallacious perception, only fitting the reductionist perspective of religious agendas, who see life as a cartoonish struggle between good and evil. Science is not a belief. It's a collection of empirical theories in constant trial, destined to be replaced when new ones prove to be more effective within their field and within the system. Scientists who participate in the stupid debate of science vs. religion probably have a devotional tendency themselves. They will be easily outclassed in such debates, for the simple reason that religious people cannot be reached by logic or reason, since their beliefs are solely based on irrational structures.
The very existence of episodes like this one, in an otherwise relatively intelligent series, is a worrisome warning. It predicts a future where America will increasingly fail to compete with no-nonsensical countries such as China, India, or pretty much any other culture on its way up, and not as religiously fanatical as the US.
The results are already out there for all to see anyway, with the steady decline of American scientific achievements and the rise of tomorrow's superpowers (which might even include good old Russia).
How many of these devotional types realise that without science, most of them would not even exist? Without science, few of us would survive our first weeks, and amongst those who would, only a minority would reach the ripe age of thirty-five. The simple concept of infant mortality was never a notion religious natures concerned themselves with before science became dominant in our cultures.
Envisioning science as a system of beliefs is a dangerous and fallacious perception, only fitting the reductionist perspective of religious agendas, who see life as a cartoonish struggle between good and evil. Science is not a belief. It's a collection of empirical theories in constant trial, destined to be replaced when new ones prove to be more effective within their field and within the system. Scientists who participate in the stupid debate of science vs. religion probably have a devotional tendency themselves. They will be easily outclassed in such debates, for the simple reason that religious people cannot be reached by logic or reason, since their beliefs are solely based on irrational structures.
The very existence of episodes like this one, in an otherwise relatively intelligent series, is a worrisome warning. It predicts a future where America will increasingly fail to compete with no-nonsensical countries such as China, India, or pretty much any other culture on its way up, and not as religiously fanatical as the US.
The results are already out there for all to see anyway, with the steady decline of American scientific achievements and the rise of tomorrow's superpowers (which might even include good old Russia).
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- Xolotl
- Aug 19, 2012
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