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This Story: Season 3 Episode 13 (production code 156)
VOY Overall: Episode 55
Trek Overall: Story 484, Episode 511
Airdate: 9 Jan 1997
Story by Ronald Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias
Teleplay by André Bormanis
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño

Notes

• Running fired torpedo count: 18 / Confirmed crew deaths since pilot: 12 (crew of 142).
• A working title for this episode was “Old Scores”.
• This episode was originally pitched for the first season, but held back until now.
• The first of seven scripts André Bormanis did for Voyager.  He would become a staff writer on Enterprise after that.
• The first of five Voyager episodes directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.  He also directed three Deep Space Nine episodes as well.
• This episode won an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series”.
• One of only two Voyager episodes that Harry Kim does not appear – the other is “Blood Fever“.
• Carlos Carrasco plays Bahrat here.  He was also D’Ghor on DS9’s “The House of Quark“, a Klingon in DS9’s “Shattered Mirror“, and Krole in DS9’s “Honor Among Thieves“.
• The first (televised) appearance of the Vulcan Ensign Vorik.  The first time we’ve seen another Vulcan on Voyager besides Tuvok.
• Vorik was played by Alexander Enberg.  He also played a reporter in TNG’s “Time’s Arrow Part II“, a different Vulcan named Taurik on TNG’s “Lower Decks“, and a Malon Engineer in Voyager’s “Juggernaut“.
• Enberg is the real life son of Voyager producer Jeri Taylor.

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