Day of Honor

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"Day of Honor"
Star Trek: Voyager episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 3
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño
Written by Jeri Taylor
Featured music Dennis McCarthy
Production code172
Original air dateSeptember 17, 1997 (1997-09-17)
Guest appearances
  • Alexander Enberg - Vorik
  • Alan Altshuld - Lumas
  • Michael A. Krawic - Rahmin
  • Kevin P. Stillwell - Moklor
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"Day of Honor" is the 71st episode of Star Trek: Voyager , the third episode of the fourth season. Roxann Dawson stars as B'Elanna Torres, chief engineer of the Starfleet spaceship USS Voyager. On a spaceship stranded on the other side of the galaxy, trying to make its way back to Earth the crew tries to make sense of their professional and personal lives.

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Plot

It is the "Day of Honor," a time each year when Klingons undertake personal reflections on their goals and actions. B'Elanna Torres is not happy — she has to work with Seven of Nine, whom she cannot stand. She has been hostile towards her friend Tom Paris lately, because she is uncomfortable accepting gestures of friendship. Even worse, an accident in Engineering forces her to eject the warp core to save the ship.

B'Elanna and Tom take a shuttle out to recover the core. A ship run by the Caatati, a race of energy-starved aliens, reaches it first. The aliens put a tractor beam on it and prepare to tow it away. B'Elanna warns them not to tractor the core, since doing so is dangerous and could cause the core to explode, killing everyone. The Caatati try to chase them off, firing at their shuttle and causing a hull breach. B'Elanna and Tom have barely enough time to don spacesuits and beam themselves off the shuttle before it explodes. They float alone together in space and watch as the aliens depart.

Voyager receives a distress call from the two lost crew members, who have a limited amount of oxygen in their spacesuits. The ship is held up by the Caatati, who demand supplies in exchange for the warp core. The Borg-hating aliens also demand Seven of Nine. She manages to satisfy them by building them a thorium generator that will provide all the energy they need; they are so pleased, they return the warp core and agree to let them keep Seven.

As B'Elanna and Tom float in the vacuum of space, they begin to feel dizzy as their oxygen runs out. When they start to lose consciousness, they say good-bye to each other. B'Elanna insists she cannot die without telling Tom the truth. It takes some effort to admit it, but she tells Tom that she loves him. Moments later, Voyager arrives and beams them aboard.

Reception

"Day of Honor" was rated as the 16th best romantic episode of Star Trek, noting a focus on B'Elanna's love life. [1]

In 2020, Gizmodo listed this episode as one of the "must watch" episodes from season four of the show. [2]

Tor.com rated this 7 out 10, concluding, "A good episode about the struggles of fitting in and figuring out your place in the universe, especially when your universe has been reduced to a single ship zipping its way home." [3]

Releases

In 2017, the complete Star Trek: Voyager television series was released in a DVD box set with special features. [4] [5]

See also

The "Torres Trilogy":

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References

  1. ↑ "Star Trek's 15 Greatest Romances". screenrant.com. 6 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Star Trek: Voyager's Must-Watch Episodes". io9. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. ↑ DeCandido, Keith R. A. (2020-10-05). "Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: "Day of Honor"". Tor.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  4. ↑ Wright, Matt. "REVIEW: "Star Trek: Voyager" – The Complete Series on DVD". TrekMovie.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Star Trek: Voyager - The Complete Series (DVD Review)". Why So Blu?. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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