Meld story
Crewman Lon Suder murders an Engineering crewman for no apparent reason. Tuvok mind melds with him to ascertain his motive. Directed by: Cliff Bole. Story by: Mike Sussman.
15 total · 2 choice · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| capital punishment | choice | Tuvok advocated executing Lon. |
| psychopathy | choice | Lon Suder was called a sociopath, and he had killed merely for the pleasure of it. |
| anger | major | Lon |
| anger management issues | major | Lon |
| crime and punishment | major | The story involved a lengthy debate about how to treat the cold hearted killer Lon. Keeping him in the brig for the remainder of a decades long journey hardly seemed appropriate. Execution was mooted and rejected. He was put under indefinite house arrest in his quarters, in the end. |
| exercising self-control | major | Tuvok and Lon struggled to repress their violent urges. |
| facing one's darker side | major | Tuvok |
| loss of emotional equilibrium | major | Lan and Tuvok |
| the instinct for violence | major | The Doctor attributes murder to this |
| catharsis | minor | Tuvok |