Elogium
Joe Siegler
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Elogium
This Story: Season 2 Episode 4 (production code 118)
VOY Overall: Episode 20
Trek Overall: Story 451, Episode 476
Airdate: 18 Sep 1995
Story by Jimmy Diggs & Steve J. Kay
Teleplay by Kenneth Biller & Jeri Taylor
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Notes
- Running fired torpedo count: 1
- One of the four episodes produced for Season 1, but held over for Season 2.
- This episode is supposed to be an allegory for teen pregnancy.
- The first appearance Nancy Hower as Samantha Wildman. She would appear in eight episodes overall in Voyager. She is also said to be pregnant here (the father was her husband).
- It is etablished here that Kes is not yet two years old – her lifespan is just 9 years old.
- Deep Space Nine gets a shoutout here.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Delta Flyers Podcast ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 20 - Elogium - 18 Sep 1995 1/2 Basically, Kes enters puberty / heat too early due to an external force. Ocampans can only do this once. It does bring a bit of creep to the Kes/Neelix thing tho as she's not even 2 yrs old. They also spend some time on "intimate
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 20 - Elogium - 18 Sep 1995 2/2 relationships" & procreation on the ship. A detail that would be a thing based on their reality. Shows that Jennifer Lien can act, but they rarely give her stuff to do. First appearance of Samantha Wildman. Neelix is an ass here.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) January 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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