Star Trek: Voyager
“Parturition”
Episode Number | 23 (2.07) |
Production Number | 123 |
Season | 2 |
Stardate | 49068.5 |
Original Airdate | 09-Oct-1995 |
Teleplay | Tom Szollosi |
Director | Jonathan Frakes |
Synopsis
When Kes spends free time with a smitten Tom Paris, Neelix is overcome with jealousy and instigates a messy fight with the Lieutenant. In the aftermath, the Captain sends the sparring pair on a shuttle mission to an M-Class planet to replenish food supplies. When their craft encounters an interference pattern, they crash on the planet. Seeking cover from trigemic vapors, Paris and Neelix seal themselves inside a cave and then discover they have company there — an embryonic pod which hatches an alien baby, a repro-humanoid being. They must work together to sustain the newborn — and preserve each other's lives when its angry mother approaches.