Mortal Coil

This Story: Season 4 Episode 12 (production code 180)
VOY Overall: Episode 80
Trek Overall: Story 507, Episode 536
Airdate: 17 Dec 1997
Written by Bryan Fuller
Directed by Allen Kroeker

Notes

• Running fired torpedo count: 23 / Confirmed crew deaths since pilot: 14 (crew of 140).
• We finally get a first name for Ensign Wildman’s daughter – Naomi (born 43 episodes ago).
• Naomi looks like a six year old despite being about 18 months old.  It’s said on screen this is due to the child’s father not being human.
• The first time we get a mention of the Kazon since they left the series in Basics, Part II.
• Loose references to events in the episodes “Phage” & “Jetrel” are made here – both relative to Neelix.
• It is said here that the Borg don’t assimilate every race they run into.  This seems to contradict what Locutus said in “Best of Both Worlds Part II” that the Borg wanted to raise quality of life for all species.
• Brooke Stephens plays Naomi Wildman here.  It is her only episode to do this, as she’s replaced by Scarlett Pomers for all subsequent appearances of the character.
• The only episode in December 1997.  Oddly the episode before this was aired three weeks prior, and the next one wasn’t aired for another four weeks.
• The Borg designation for the Kazon is “Species 329”.
• Kes gets another minor shout out in this episode.

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