Counterpoint story
While passing through Devore space, Voyager is routinely searched for telepaths. Directed by: Les Landau. Story by: Michael Taylor.
15 total · 3 choice · 3 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| betrayal | choice | Kashyk betrayed Janeway |
| mutual trust | choice | Kashyk betrayed Janeway |
| trust in a potential foe | choice | Janeway's tough decision in trusting Kashyk |
| infatuation | major | Janeway and Kashyk mutual |
| sacrifice for one's beliefs | major | Kashyk pretended to support the telepathic refugees |
| social oppression | major | Voyager was ferrying telepath refugees to safety. |
| attitude of superiority | minor | Torat was a textbook pompous scientist. |
| flirtation | minor | Janeway and Kashyk in late night wormhole finding session |
| hatred of exceptional people | minor | Kashyk expressed a view that the concept of trust was unknown to telepathic races. |
| music | minor | Kashyk played the second movement of Mahler's First Symphony throughout the ship in order to "relax" the crew. Later Janeway derived an epiphany from Tchaikovsky's Symphony Number Four. |