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Investigations (Voyager episode)
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"Investigations" is the 36th episode of Star Trek: Voyager
, the 20th episode in the second season. It had an average fan rating of 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek website as of September 2009.
starts a ship-wide information broadcast as an attempt to raise crew morale. However, his initial reports are somewhat downbeat as he shares the news that helmsman Tom Paris
(whose conduct had become increasingly erratic through several preceding episodes) is to leave the ship permanently to join a Talaxian convoy.
It emerges that someone on board Voyager has been sending information to an enemy race, the Kazon
. After Seska and the Kazon abduct Tom Paris from the Talaxian ship, Neelix suggests on his broadcast that it was Paris who had betrayed them all. Captain Janeway privately reveals to Neelix that Paris' insubordination, departure and joining the Kazon was all part of an act to flush out a suspected traitor on board. The Maquis
members of the crew, including Commander Chakotay
, had not been told as it was suspected that the traitor was from the Maquis. She asks Neelix to use his new journalistic role to investigate.
Neelix eventually discovers that the real traitor is Michael Jonas, a Maquis engineer. Jonas locks down Engineering, injures Neelix, and attempts to draw Voyager into a trap laid by Kazon forces. Neelix recovers and attacks Jonas, who falls over a second floor railing and dies. Tom Paris returns after damaging the Kazon ship and stealing a shuttle.
The then Prince Abdullah, now King Abdullah II
of Jordan
, a fan of the show, appears as a non-speaking character. He did not have any lines because he was not a member of the Screen Actors Guild
.
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
, the 20th episode in the second season. It had an average fan rating of 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek website as of September 2009.
Plot
NeelixNeelix
Mr. Neelix is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. He is played by actor Ethan Phillips.-Fictional Biography:Mr. Neelix is a Talaxian originally from Rinax, a moon of the planet Talax, in the Delta quadrant, although his great-grandfather was Mylean. His entire family...
starts a ship-wide information broadcast as an attempt to raise crew morale. However, his initial reports are somewhat downbeat as he shares the news that helmsman Tom Paris
Tom Paris
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Paris, played by Robert Duncan McNeill, is a character in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Paris serves as the chief helmsman and an auxiliary medic aboard the USS Voyager...
(whose conduct had become increasingly erratic through several preceding episodes) is to leave the ship permanently to join a Talaxian convoy.
It emerges that someone on board Voyager has been sending information to an enemy race, the Kazon
Kazon
In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon are a Delta Quadrant race. The Kazon are technologically inferior to the United Federation of Planets as it exists in the twenty-fourth century...
. After Seska and the Kazon abduct Tom Paris from the Talaxian ship, Neelix suggests on his broadcast that it was Paris who had betrayed them all. Captain Janeway privately reveals to Neelix that Paris' insubordination, departure and joining the Kazon was all part of an act to flush out a suspected traitor on board. The Maquis
Maquis (Star Trek)
In the American Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Maquis are a 24th Century paramilitary organization or terrorist group first introduced in the 1994 episode "The Maquis" of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who subsequently also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and...
members of the crew, including Commander Chakotay
Chakotay
Chakotay , played by Robert Beltran, is a character in Star Trek: Voyager. He is the First Officer of the USS Voyager.-Character biography:...
, had not been told as it was suspected that the traitor was from the Maquis. She asks Neelix to use his new journalistic role to investigate.
Neelix eventually discovers that the real traitor is Michael Jonas, a Maquis engineer. Jonas locks down Engineering, injures Neelix, and attempts to draw Voyager into a trap laid by Kazon forces. Neelix recovers and attacks Jonas, who falls over a second floor railing and dies. Tom Paris returns after damaging the Kazon ship and stealing a shuttle.
Royal cameo
Abdullah II of Jordan
Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein is the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 after the death of his father King Hussein. King Abdullah, whose mother is Princess Muna al-Hussein, is a member of the Hashemite family...
of Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
, a fan of the show, appears as a non-speaking character. He did not have any lines because he was not a member of the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
.