Flesh and Blood

This Story: Season 7 Episodes 9 & 10 (production codes 253 & 254)
VOY Overall: Episodes 155 & 156
Trek Overall: Story 578, Episodes 611 & 612
Airdate: 29 Nov 2000
Story by Jack Monaco (Pt I), Bryan Fuller, & Raf Green
Teleplay by Brian Fuller (Pt I), Raf Green & Kenneth Biller (Pt II)
Directed by Mike Vejar (Pt I) & David Livingston (Pt II)

Notes

• Running fired torpedo count: 71 (four this episode).  This contradicts the hard limit set in “The Cloud” of 38.
• As originally aired, this was just a single double length episode. However, on all subsequent airings, it aired as a two parter.  For my marathon I’m watching it as one, but I’m counting it as two.
• The last episode to air in the year 2000.
• This is a sequel to the episode “The Killing Game“.
• This is the last time the Hirogen appear in Voyager.
• The only time the Breen and the Jem’Hadar appear in Voyager (albeit as holograms).
• The holographic generator prop is the same prop that was an AI prop from the episode “Think Tank“.
• The console used to to control said holographic generator is itself a reused prop.  This time the console from one of the Captain Proton episodes.
• The events of this episode are recalled in “Author, Author“.
• Kejal was played by Cindy Katz.  She was also Yteppa in the DS9 episode “Second Skin“.
• Weiss was played by Spencer Garrett.  He was also Simon Tarses in the TNG episode “The Drumhead“.
• The “New Alpha Hirogen” (otherwise unnamed) was placed by Paul Eckstein.  He was also a “Young Hirogen” in the episode “The Killing Game”.  It’s unclear if they’re supposed to be the same one.  Other roles he’s had: Limara’Son in DS9’s “Rocks and Shoals“, Supervisor Yost in “Gravity“, an unnamed Jem’Hadar in DS9’s “The Dogs of War“, and will return in Voyager’s “Prophecy” as a Klingon named Moran.
• Vaughn Armstrong is in this episode.  He’s modern Trek royalty with a metric ton of roles. Will list them all here: Was the Klingon Capt Korris in TNG’s “Heart of Glory” & “Shades of Gray“, the Cardassian Gul Danar in DS9’s “Past Prologue“, the Romulan Telek R’Mor in Voyager’s “Eye of the Needle“, the Cardassian Seskal in DS9’s “When it Rains….” & “The Dogs of War“, Two of Nine & Lansor in Voyager’s “Survival Instinct“, a Vidiian Captain in “Fury“, an Alpha Hirogen in “Flesh and Blood“, the Klingon Korath in the Voyager finale, “Endgame“.  He also did a lot on Enterprise.  He was Admiral Forrest in 14 different episodes of that show.  He was also a Klingon Captain in “Sleeping Dogs“, a Kreetassan Captain in “Vox Sola” & “A Night in Sickbay“, plus the mirror version of Forrest in “In a Mirror Darkly“.

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