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  1. 1. What rating would you give "Jetrel"?

    • 5. It's great, I loved it!
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    • 4. It's good
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    • 3. It's average
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    • 2. It's not that good
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    • 1. I hated it!
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Production: 115

Season: 1 Episode: 14

DVD Disc: 4

Air Date: 05.15.1995

Stardate: 48832.1

 

Neelix is aghast when a Haakonian named Ma'Bor Jetrel contacts the U.S.S. Voyager and asks to meet with him. The Haakonians had fought a long, destructive war against his people 15 years earlier. Jetrel is the scientist who helped them conquer Talax by developing the Metreon Cascade, a superweapon that killed over 300,000 people on Talax's moon Rinax, including Neelix's family. But now Jetrel says he has come forward to examine Talaxians like Neelix who helped evacuate survivors from Rinax, in the process exposing themselves to high concentrations of metreon isotopes. Although he considers Jetrel a monster, Neelix agrees to be examined, and is informed that he also has the fatal blood disease.

 

Later, Jetrel convinces Janeway to make a detour to the Talaxian system. Using the ship's transporter systems, Jetrel feels he may be able to develop a cure by retrieving samples of the Metreon cloud still surrounding Rinax. Janeway agrees, but Neelix is still bitter. He angrily condemns Jetrel for the devastation he's caused, only to learn that the scientist is also paying the price-he too has the disease and only has a few days to live.

 

The ship's arrival at Rinax opens old wounds for Neelix. He confesses to Kes that he's lied for years about being part of the Talaxian defense forces. He never reported for duty; instead, he spent the war hiding on Talax.

 

Later, Neelix seeks out Jetrel, only to find the Doctor deactivated and Jetrel covertly conducting experiments in the lab. Suspecting the worst of Jetrel, Neelix tries to notify Janeway, but the scientist renders him unconscious.

 

Jetrel heads for the transporter room, where he is confronted by the Captain. Jetrel pleads with Janeway to let him conclude his work and bring back the deceased Talaxian victims of Rinax. He believes that he can use the transporter to regenerate their disassociated remains, and confesses he came to Voyager as a pretext to use the ship's transporter; Neelix was falsely diagnosed and is fine.

 

Janeway allows Jetrel to proceed, but the improbable experiment fails. The scientist collapses, knowing that he will never be able to redeem himself. Neelix pays a last visit to Jetrel and tells him that he is forgiven, allowing the Haakonian to die with some semblance of peace.

 

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway

Robert Beltran as Chakotay

Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres

Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris

Ethan Phillips as Neelix

Robert Picardo as The Doctor

Tim Russ as Tuvok

Garrett Wang as Harry Kim

Jennifer Lien as Kes

 

Guest Cast:

Larry Hankin as Gaunt Gary

James Sloyan as Ma'bor Jetrel

 

Creative Staff:

Director: Kim Friedman

Teleplay By: Jack Klein & Karen Klein and Kenneth Biller

Story By: James Thornton & Scott Nimerfro

 

Related Items:

 

metremia

Rinax

Haakonian shuttle

Haakonians

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The conflict between Neelix and Jetrel reminds me of the Bajorans and Cardassians. Jetrel created the weapon that killed thousands of Neelix's people, including his family. A sad episode.

 

4

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A 4 here also. Good story. It added real depth and understanding into how Neelix became the loner and drifter we first discovered him to be in "Caretaker". I admire his courage in confronting his emotions despite how much he must have suffered as a result of his planets decimation.

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This is another great episode that I love. The speech Neelix gives about those hurt by the weapon is very sad and emotional. I thought that his dream sequence was also really well done.

 

5 stars

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