Death Wish

This Story: Season 2 Episode 18 (production code 130)
VOY Overall: Episode 34
Trek Overall: Story 465, Episode 490
Airdate: 19 Feb 1996
Story by Shawn Piller
Teleplay by Michael Piller
Directed by James L. Conway

Notes

• Running fired torpedo count: 11 (7 this episode) / Confirmed crew deaths since pilot: 5 (crew of 148)
• The Shawn Piller who pitched the story is the real life son of Voyager producer Michael Piller.
• The first of three appearances in Voyager by John DeLancie as “Q”.
• DeLancie considers this episode and the TNG episode “Tapestry” as two of the best Q episodes.
• The other Q (or Quinn) was played by Gerrit Graham. He also played the lead hunter in the DS9 episode “Captive Pursuit“.
• Jonathan Frakes who directed several episodes of Voyager makes his only on screen appearance as Riker in this episode.
• The character of Maury Ginsberg in this episode was played by an actor also named Maury Ginsberg. :)
• Peter Dennis plays Sir Isaac Newton here.  He also played Admiral Hendricks in the Voyager episode “Friendship One“.
• The comet effect at the start of the episode was a re-use from the TNG episode “Masks“.
• A scene shot Kim & Paris in Kim’s quarters was deleted for time. It ended up becoming the opening scene of the Voyager episode “The Thaw“.
• The first reference to the Borg in Voyager is made here, but they are not seen.  During this, the events of the TNG episode “Q Who” are recalled.

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