Alliances

This Story: Season 2 Episode 14 (production code 131)
VOY Overall: Episode 30
Trek Overall: Story 461, Episode 486
Airdate: 22 Jan 1996
Written by Jeri Taylor
Directed by Les Landau

Notes

• Running fired torpedo count: 4 (three were fired this episode).
• A crew member dies in this episode. It is stated that he is the third since the show launched, taking the crew complement to 149 (from 152 as stated in an earlier episode).
• Spock is mentioned in this episode to Janeway by Tuvok – specifically the actions in Undiscovered Country relative to the Khitomer accords.
• At the end of the last appearance of Seska, she said she was pregnant by artificial insemination via Chakotay.  In this episode she says the First Magh of the Nisstram was the father – it is unclear what is true at this point.
• Charles Lucia plays Mabus here.  He was also Ves Alkar in TNG’s “Man of the People” and Keene in Enterprise’s “Fortunate Son“.
• Larry Cedar plays the Kazon Tersa here.  He was also Nydrom in DS9’s “Armageddon Game” and Tessic in Enterprise’s “Marauders“.
• The first of five appearances of Raphael Sbarge as Michael Jonas.
• The first of seven appearances of Simon Billig as Ensign Hogan.

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