In an emergency message to Chakotay, Seska discloses that their newborn son has been banished by Culluh to a servant colony. Chakotay feels conflicted about rescuing the baby because he was manipulated into fatherhood by Seska. When the crew detects a distress signal from a Kazon shuttle, they transport aboard the critically injured Teirna, a former aide to Seska, who delivers the news that Culluh has killed Seska. So with Teirna restricted to secured quarters, Voyager heads on a rescue mission through the Kazon-Nistrim territory where Kazon raiders viciously attack the ship. Before long, the fierce battle is over and the Voyager crew has lost — outwitted by their most bitter foe. Surrounded and defenseless, Captain Janeway must surrender the ship to Culluh. At his side is an alive and well Seska who taunts Chakotay with their son. The Kazon abandon the 148 members of the Voyager crew on the surface of Hanon IV, a primitive, ferocious planet. Stripped of their technology, they must use the most basic skills to survive. While they watch helplessly, their enemy lifts off the surface with their ship but, unbeknownst to the Kazon, two Starfleet crew members are stowed away on board.

Brad Dourif (Crewman Lon Suder)
Martha Hackett (Seska)
Anthony De Longis (Maje Culluh)
John Gegunhuber (Jal Teirna)
Simon Billig (Lieutenant Hogan)
Henry Darrow (Kolopak)
Scott Haven (Kazon engineer)

• Second season finale, Voyager's first finale that ends with a cliff hanger.
  
• Since Tuvok's mind-meld with Suder ("Meld"), Suder has developed an interest in horticulture and has seemed to have lost his violent tendencies.
  
• The Doctor detects that Tierna is suffering from a blood disorder, but it is actually due to the chemicals in his bloodstream that he will detonate to cause the explosion which allows the Kazon to overtake Voyager.