Nothing Human

This Story: Season 5 Episode 8 (production code 200)
VOY Overall: Episode 102
Trek Overall: Story 528, Episode 558
Airdate: 2 Dec 1998
Written by Jeri Taylor
Directed by David Livingston

Notes

• Running fired torpedo count: 40 / Confirmed crew deaths since pilot: 19 (crew of 140 (my count says 134) – but is 127?).
• A working title for this episode was “Not Human”.
• This is Jeri Taylor’s first script for Voyager after stepping down as one of the show’s producers following last season’s finale. It was also her last – she wrote no more for Star Trek after this, although she did remain on the credits as a producer, despite retiring from that role.
• The character of Tabor later reappears in the episode “Repression“.
• This episode has a lot similar plot points to the episode “Jetrel“.
• The only episode of Voyager that deals with events in the past of the Cardassion occupation of Bajor (for obvious reasons).
• The alien ship in this episode visually reminds me of the creature/ship from the TNG episode “Tin Man“.

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