5x01 Night - Star Trek: Voyager Episode Guide

Star Trek: Voyager

- Episode 05x01

Episode: 05x01
Title: Night
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 195
First Aired: Oct. 14, 1998

Season 5 » Episode #01 - Night

Summary: Voyager enters an area of space that is devoid of stars. The crew is told that it might be two years before they make it to the other side. As time in the void drags on, the crew becomes more and more despondent, and Capt. Janeway secrets herself away in her ready room.When the ship losses power, and is attacked and boarded, Voyager is rescued by another race’s ship. The Malon ship that rescued Voyager has an amazing proposal for the crew. If they turnover the boarding party alien whom they captured during the attack, the Malon will take Voyager through a spatial vortex that they know about, that will take them all the way across the void.However, the crew learns that the Malon are using the void as a dumping ground, and poisoning the territory of the attacking aliens. The crew must decide if they should destroy the spatial vortex, or take the easy way out.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Chakotay	played by Robert Beltran
B'Elanna Torres	played by Roxann Dawson
Tom Paris	played by Robert Duncan McNeill
Tuvok	played by Tim Russ
Harry Kim	played by Garrett Wang
Dr. Chaotica	played by Martin Rayner
Night Alien	played by Steven Rankin
Controller Emck	played by Ken Magee
Satan's Robot	played by Tarik Ergin

Season 5 / Episode 1: - Night

Seven of Nine: Chance is irrelevant. We will succeed.
The Doctor: A vote of Borg confidence. Who could argue with that?

Season 5 / Episode 1: - Night

Captain Kathryn Janeway: Four years ago, I destroyed the Caretaker's array to protect the Ocampa. That act of compassion stranded this crew in the Delta Quadrant. I'm not about to give that order again.
Chakotay: This situation is a little different.
Captain Kathryn Janeway: Oh, it's close enough. I'm asking this crew to make too big a sacrifice. I won't make that same mistake.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When the Voyager is thrown into darkness you see Tuvok and Kim on the bridge and then the scene cuts to the mess hall as the lights go out. Several scenes later when the Voyager's name is shown the mess hall is illuminated.
CONT: Whilst Voyager is heading towards the vortex the Malon apparently disable Voyager's engines. However when we see the exterior of the ship, both warp and impulse engines are undamaged and functioning normally.

TRIVIA

This is the first time Tom Paris runs the Captain Photon holodeck program, along with the character of Chaotica, who is featured in later episodes.
The spatial vortex in the void brings Voyager 2 years closer to the Alpha Quadrant.