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Counterpoint (Voyager episode)
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"Counterpoint" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
, the tenth episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek
website (as of August 6, 2007).http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/104125.html Kate Mulgrew
chose this as her favorite episode of the series.
is passing through Devore space, where telepathy is illegal and telepaths are sent to relocation centers. Devore warships are far larger and more powerful than Voyager, so the ship is subject to frequent inspections to check for telepaths. As the episode opens, one of these inspections, complete with rough treatment of the crew and their equipment, is underway.
The lead Devore inspector, Kashyk, takes up residence in Janeway
's ready room. He plays Mahler
's first symphony
throughout the ship to "relax" the crew. However, Kashyk expresses an interest in human culture, allows Voyager to get away with a course deviation that his assistant, Prax, says would normally result in it being impounded, and suggests that Janeway could use a friend like him.
The Devore ships then leave Voyager, after which Captain Janeway orders that twelve Brenari refugee
s, along with several members of the Voyager crew, all of whom are telepathic, be brought out of transporter
suspension in cargo bay one, which contains contaminated antimatter
to block Devore sensors.
Soon after, Kashyk returns to the ship, this time alone. He tells Janeway that he knows all about the telepathic refugees and that the nebula
containing a wormhole
that she plans to transport them to for their escape is a Devore trap. He says that he is defecting and requests asylum on the ship in return for his assistance in avoiding Devore ships. She agrees to grant him safe passage out of Devore space if the Brenari are amenable.
The Brenari leader, Kir, agrees to cooperate. Kir points Janeway to a scientist, Torat, who can help them predict the next appearance of the wormhole. At this point, Janeway begins to cooperate with Kashyk. Torat is reluctant to help Voyager, so she introduces Kashyk as a fellow professor who doubts his work. To prove himself, and in exchange for mercurium isochromate, Torat provides the two with some data on the wormhole. Later, the two work to pinpoint the next appearance of the wormhole. After standard algorithms fail, Janeway, considering the music that is playing in the background, suggests that the pattern may be found in a subspace counterpoint
. This time, the computer analysis works, allowing the next occurrence of the wormhole to be predicted.
Unfortunately, Voyager is soon detected by a Devore scanning array. Janeway plans to fight the ships with the new information about them she has obtained from Kashyk. But he tells her she will never survive against two of them and offers to take command of the impending inspection to ensure the refugees escape. She agrees, and the two kiss before Kashyk leaves in his ship.
The Devore inspectors soon board the ship. Janeway meets Kashyk in her ready room, who plays Tchaikovsky's
fourth symphony
, second movement and demands that she cease altering her course and leave Devore space. After sending Prax away, he asks about the wormhole. She tells him it is off the port bow
and a photon torpedo will open it. He then congratulates her, ordering Prax to Cargo Bay one to capture the refugees and ordering two photon torpedoes to be fired to destroy the wormhole.
However, he soon realizes that it is he who has been double crossed. The neutrino
emissions indicating a wormhole off the port bow are actually antimatter residue signatures, and it is not refugees, but cargo containers filled with vegetables, that are suspended in the transporters in Cargo Bay one. Janeway changes the music to Mahler's first symphony, while the refugees escape through the wormhole via shuttlecraft
. Prax suggests that Voyager be impounded and the crew sent to relocation centers, but Kashyk, noting the effect the loss of the telepaths would have on both of their careers, leaves the ship and allows Janeway on her way.
's Symphony No. 1 in D Major
: II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu Schnell and Tchaikovsky
's Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
: II. Andantino in modo di canzona.
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, the tenth episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek
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Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
website (as of August 6, 2007).http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/104125.html Kate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew
Katherine Kiernan Maria "Kate" Mulgrew is an American actress, most noted for her roles on Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Kathryn Janeway and Ryan's Hope as Mary Ryan...
chose this as her favorite episode of the series.
Plot
The USS VoyagerUSS Voyager (Star Trek)
The fictional Intrepid-class starship USS Voyager is the primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It is commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway....
is passing through Devore space, where telepathy is illegal and telepaths are sent to relocation centers. Devore warships are far larger and more powerful than Voyager, so the ship is subject to frequent inspections to check for telepaths. As the episode opens, one of these inspections, complete with rough treatment of the crew and their equipment, is underway.
The lead Devore inspector, Kashyk, takes up residence in Janeway
Kathryn Janeway
Kathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew, is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. As the captain of the Starfleet starship USS Voyager, she was the lead character on the television series Star Trek: Voyager, and later, a Starfleet admiral, as seen in the 2002 feature film Star Trek...
's ready room. He plays Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
's first symphony
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed while Mahler was second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, Germany...
throughout the ship to "relax" the crew. However, Kashyk expresses an interest in human culture, allows Voyager to get away with a course deviation that his assistant, Prax, says would normally result in it being impounded, and suggests that Janeway could use a friend like him.
The Devore ships then leave Voyager, after which Captain Janeway orders that twelve Brenari refugee
Refugee
A refugee is a person who outside her country of origin or habitual residence because she has suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because she is a member of a persecuted 'social group'. Such a person may be referred to as an 'asylum seeker' until...
s, along with several members of the Voyager crew, all of whom are telepathic, be brought out of transporter
Transporter (Star Trek)
A transporter is a fictional teleportation machine used in the Star Trek universe. Transporters convert a person or object into an energy pattern , then "beam" it to a target, where it is reconverted into matter...
suspension in cargo bay one, which contains contaminated antimatter
Antimatter
In particle physics, antimatter is the extension of the concept of the antiparticle to matter, where antimatter is composed of antiparticles in the same way that normal matter is composed of particles...
to block Devore sensors.
Soon after, Kashyk returns to the ship, this time alone. He tells Janeway that he knows all about the telepathic refugees and that the nebula
Nebula
A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen gas, helium gas and other ionized gases...
containing a wormhole
Wormhole
In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
that she plans to transport them to for their escape is a Devore trap. He says that he is defecting and requests asylum on the ship in return for his assistance in avoiding Devore ships. She agrees to grant him safe passage out of Devore space if the Brenari are amenable.
The Brenari leader, Kir, agrees to cooperate. Kir points Janeway to a scientist, Torat, who can help them predict the next appearance of the wormhole. At this point, Janeway begins to cooperate with Kashyk. Torat is reluctant to help Voyager, so she introduces Kashyk as a fellow professor who doubts his work. To prove himself, and in exchange for mercurium isochromate, Torat provides the two with some data on the wormhole. Later, the two work to pinpoint the next appearance of the wormhole. After standard algorithms fail, Janeway, considering the music that is playing in the background, suggests that the pattern may be found in a subspace counterpoint
Counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...
. This time, the computer analysis works, allowing the next occurrence of the wormhole to be predicted.
Unfortunately, Voyager is soon detected by a Devore scanning array. Janeway plans to fight the ships with the new information about them she has obtained from Kashyk. But he tells her she will never survive against two of them and offers to take command of the impending inspection to ensure the refugees escape. She agrees, and the two kiss before Kashyk leaves in his ship.
The Devore inspectors soon board the ship. Janeway meets Kashyk in her ready room, who plays Tchaikovsky's
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
fourth symphony
Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878. The symphony's first performance was at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 10 /February 22 1878, with Nikolai Rubinstein as conductor.- Form :The symphony is in four...
, second movement and demands that she cease altering her course and leave Devore space. After sending Prax away, he asks about the wormhole. She tells him it is off the port bow
Bow (ship)
The bow is a nautical term that refers to the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is most forward when the vessel is underway. Both of the adjectives fore and forward mean towards the bow...
and a photon torpedo will open it. He then congratulates her, ordering Prax to Cargo Bay one to capture the refugees and ordering two photon torpedoes to be fired to destroy the wormhole.
However, he soon realizes that it is he who has been double crossed. The neutrino
Neutrino
A neutrino is an electrically neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin, chirality and a disputed but small non-zero mass. It is able to pass through ordinary matter almost unaffected...
emissions indicating a wormhole off the port bow are actually antimatter residue signatures, and it is not refugees, but cargo containers filled with vegetables, that are suspended in the transporters in Cargo Bay one. Janeway changes the music to Mahler's first symphony, while the refugees escape through the wormhole via shuttlecraft
Shuttlecraft (Star Trek)
In the Star Trek fictional universe, a shuttlecraft is a small auxiliary spaceship carried by the larger craft such as the Enterprise. Shuttlecraft were documented in the writer's guide for the series in 1966 and first appeared in the episode The Galileo Seven. Galileo was the name of the...
. Prax suggests that Voyager be impounded and the crew sent to relocation centers, but Kashyk, noting the effect the loss of the telepaths would have on both of their careers, leaves the ship and allows Janeway on her way.
Soundtrack
The two musical pieces heard are MahlerGustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
's Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed while Mahler was second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, Germany...
: II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu Schnell and Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
's Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878. The symphony's first performance was at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 10 /February 22 1878, with Nikolai Rubinstein as conductor.- Form :The symphony is in four...
: II. Andantino in modo di canzona.