After atmospheric disturbances force the crew to land Voyager on this mysterious planet, Captain Janeway leads an away team in search of the source of the SOS to be an old Earth aircraft. Upon further investigation, the team finds a massive chamber containing eight Earthings in cryogenic units, one of which is Amelia Earhart. After releasing them from suspended animation, the Voyager crew comes under attack when a group of the planet's inhabitants mistake them for members of the Briori — an alien race which abducted more than 300 people from Earth in 1937 and brought them to this planet as slaves. It's learned that over time, the slaves revolted and killed the aliens. The eight surviving "37's" became part of the planet's history and the cryogenic chamber was their shrine. Since then, the descendants of the original 300 cultivated the planet and created a home much like Earth. The crew of Voyager is invited to stay, and Janeway must face her greatest challenge as she allows each crew member the personal choice to stay behind and begin a life among these kindred humans.

Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway)
Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay)
Roxann Biggs-Dawson (Lt. B'Elanna Torres)
Jennifer Lien (Kes)
Robert Duncan McNeill (Lt. Tom Paris)
Robert Picardo (The Doctor)
Ethan Phillips (Neelix)
Tim Russ (Lieutenant Tuvok)
Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim)

Sharon Lawrence (Amelia Earhart)
David Graf (Fred Noonan)
James Saito (Japanese Soldier [Nogami])
Mel Wrinkler (Jack Hayes)
John Rubinstein (John Evansville)
Tom Virtue (Lt. Walter Baxter)

• This episode was produced for the first season, but was held back to the second season.
  
• Janeway notes that there are 152 crewmen on Voyager at this point.
  
• This episode marks the first time a Federation Starship has successfully landed on a planet in any Star Trek series.