Janeway orders Paris to continue homeward, as the Alpha Quadrant’s a long way away. Michael Piller (created by), ← 6th of 168 produced in VOY → Upon reaching the opening, the find it to be too small for the ship, but large enough to establish contact with a ship in the Alpha Quadrant. Initially dismayed, the crew soon realizes that someone on the other side of the wormhole is scanning the probe. Was this review helpful to you? It is discovered that the passageway is much too small for Voyager to get through. Janeway tells Chakotay to have the crew prepare their messages within the hour in case he is successful. Kim compensates and the Romulan appears on screen. Ušica igle) je epizoda američke science fiction TV-serije Star Trek: Voyager, premijerno prikazana 20. februara 1995. godine.Radnja prikazuje kako USS Voyager pronalazi crvotočinu koja je premala da bi se kroz nju mogao vratiti u Alfa kvadrant, ali zato daje nadu da bi se kroz nju moglo stupiti u kontakt sa matičnim svijetom. Kim manages to get a subspace signal through, and eventually, they are able to have direct voice communication with the ship on the other side. The Romulan cuts off communication abruptly. The ship can’t go through the tiny wormhole, but Janeway wonders if he can accept letters to their loved ones. The Romulan doesn’t recognize Voyager, which surprises Janeway—the Intrepid-class is new, but it’s not classified. Once again, Lieutenant Baxter is in sickbay. They test the transporter by sending a test cylinder through. It keeps the episode moving nicely and keeps the viewer guessing about how it may actually turn out. Meanwhile, a vessel at the other end of the wormhole is investigating and making scans of the probe. Reviewers Lance Parkin and Mark Jones enjoyed the episode, praising its suspense, its twists and its depiction of the crew's frustration at their fate. They can’t make it back to the Alpha Quadrant, because if they do, the show’s over. When Baxter's injuries are healed by The Doctor, he thanks only Kes and leaves. Suggestions made were cropping the dog out of the shot and rehiring Mark actor, Considerable thought also went into the design of the metallic test cylinder that is beamed from, This episode marks the first appearance of veteran, Metaphorically referring to the function that Telek R'Mor serves in the story, Michael Piller opined, ", Before directing this episode, Winrich Kolbe directed most of, This episode's bustling production meeting was between 2:16 pm and 2:45 pm on Monday, 5 December (held a typical two days before filming was to commence on the episode). Voyager comes across a previously-undiscovered wormhole, which holds open the … I promise you'll hear from us. To recap, VOY s1, "eye of the needle" - Voyager manages to use a micro-wormhole to transport a Romulan in the alpha quadrant, he ends up being from 2151, crew decides against going back with him, he promises to deliver crew messages to starfleet in … He’s frustrated by the fact that the crew only occasionally remembers to turn him off when they leave sickbay, and sometimes he doesn’t actually want to be turned off, as he was in the midst of an experiment that he can only now get back to because Janeway reactivated him. In the lead-up to this episode's VHS release, Jeri Taylor believed this episode was a turning point, regarding viewer perception of both, Jeri Taylor was also pleased by the degree to which this episode surprised its audience. So every time there’s a shot at a way home, you know they won’t make it. "How can we do that? Stardate: 48579.4. After clearing up the reply, the crew hears a message from a Romulan cargo vessel in the Alpha Quadrant sector 1385. Janeway's reaction just after she is told by Tuvok that the crew's messages may not have reached home. After R'Mor is beamed back to his ship, Chief of Security Tuvok reveals that, upon researching the computer's data banks, he has discovered that R'Mor died four years before Voyager left the Alpha Quadrant. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly! Voyager 1.6: Eye of the Needle. Captain Janeway speculates that the wormhole is in an advanced state of decay and has likely been collapsing for centuries. Evidently, it was also decided that a log entry would start the new teaser; the log entry that begins the episode's final version does not appear at all in the final draft script. When a tiny wormhole is discovered, many possibilities rear their heads. When Kim inquires about her mother, Torres says she "thinks" she returned home to Qo'noS. He asks the Romulan what year it is, and he says it’s 2351—but it’s 2371 on Voyager. When the Voyager crew encounters a wormhole and makes contact with a Romulan ship on the other side, it raises the crew's hopes of getting back to Earth. A respectful friendship develops beautifully between Janeway and R’Mor, starting with the heartfelt audio conversation in Janeway’s quarters, all the way to their goodbyes in the transporter room. While reconfiguring the signal generator, Kim talks to Torres about the family he misses at home. Hilary J. Bader Set a course for home. Kes: Jennifer Lien. There’s coffee in that nebula! Kim expresses surprise that she only thinks her mother is there, but Torres tells him that she and her mother did not get along and informs him that no one back in the Alpha Quadrant cares one way or another whether she is alive. "Fine, and if you're lucky, you wouldn't die on the table while you were making up your mind. Taken aback by this turn of events and unprepared to respond fully just yet, The Doctor tells the captain he'll get back to her. While Neelix doesn’t appear in the episode, Kes indicates that the two of them plan to join Voyager’s crew in the Alpha Quadrant if Torres’s transporter notion works out. Janeway is worried that the wormhole will collapse before they get an answer, but there’s nothing anyone can do about that. Captain Janeway is quiet throughout, saddened that despite everything all their efforts were for nothing. He asks what Voyager's mission is in the Delta Quadrant. Kes enters sickbay with her Human anatomy work complete. Original air date: February 20, 1995 Janeway decides to head for it anyway and she orders Lieutenant Tom Paris to set a course. With no other options, Captain Janeway is left with her original request: she asks the Romulan to transmit their personal messages to Starfleet – in twenty years. With a successful transport, R'Mor holds the test cylinder. “We raise one ship from the Alpha Quadrant, and it has to be Romulan!” I adore this episode tremendously, even though it ticks all the cliché boxes, because it works. Story by But not without pitfalls. The ship will have to get within a thousand kilometers and Kim notes that diverting the ship to the wormhole will mean a significant course change. This was also the only Voyager writing by Bill Dial, who also co-wrote two DS9 episodes. She appeals to his feelings of missing his family and convinces him to urge his government to grant Voyager's request to relay their messages to their family and friends back home. He agrees and suggests that, when they get back to the Alpha Quadrant, he would welcome a visit from them. Baxter rudely directs all of his comments to Kes, and openly questions The Doctor's abilities. When the Voyager crew encounters a wormhole and makes contact with a Romulan ship on the other side, it raises the crew's hopes of getting back to Earth. A disbelieving Doctor quizzes her on the material and finds that she has memorized it well. Janeway tells her to use whatever personnel is necessary to implement it. As the episode's designated first assistant director. Bill Dial and Jeri Taylor JDH. https://www.cbs.com/.../star-trek-voyager-eye-of-the-needle Just fabulous work by both Armstrong and Kate Mulgrew. In her quarters, she converses with the Romulan, who has examined their subspace carrier wave and determined that it really did come from the Delta Quadrant. Janeway asks the Romulan captain, R'Mor, to relay messages from the crew to their families and Starfleet. As Janeway suggests that the crew start preparations to leave Voyager, Tuvok stops her and, while scanning the Romulan with his tricorder, asks the Romulan for the year. Paris: Robert Duncan McNeill. When the Voyager crew encounters a wormhole and makes contact with a Romulan ship on the other side, it raises the crew's hopes of getting back to Earth. Janeway tells Kes that she has actually heard reports of him being brusque, rude, and lacking bedside manner; they are thinking about reprogramming him. The Voyager Transcripts - Eye of the Needle Captain's log, stardate 48579.4. Torres actress, The Doctor's search for a name eventually became an arc that spanned the entire series, although he ultimately never did settle on a name in the series' usual timeline. Torres comes to Janeway with a notion that they might be able to punch a transporter beam through. There's no question that if we try to transport ourselves through that wormhole we'll end up twenty years in the past." Please state the nature of the medical emergency. We can send a message through, and it leads to the Alpha Quadrant—but it’s in Romulan space! View production, box office, & company info. TV Episode The Voyager crew detects a wormhole in the Delta Quadrant, and immediately changes course with hopes it will provide passage home. [8], In 2020, SyFy Wire ranked "Eye of the Needle" the 14th best episode of Star Trek: Voyager; they note that crew is able to make contact with a ship in the Alpha Quadrant but there is a plot twist. ← 351st of 791 released in all → Golden expands R’Mor’s backstory based on this episode, and shows us more of the Romulan Empire in the 2350s. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. Janeway tells Kes that she has actually heard reports of him being brusque, rude, and lacking bedside manner; they ar… He has requested a troop transport rendezvous with him, and they can beam there, which Janeway accepts. "Of course and quite expertly, too." In a senior staff meeting, B'Elanna Torres says that the microprobe will be destroyed in 72 hours. Written by Kim and Paris get the communications frequency locked in, but they still have a problem with the phase variance in the subspace signal. The crew are unable to transport back to the Alpha Quadrant for fear of altering history, and similarly the Romulan cannot try to prevent Voyager's fate before it occurs without also altering events. This was the only Voyager story by the prolific Hilary J. Bader, who also contributed stories to DS9 and TNG, as well as a couple of scripts for the latter, and also wrote for several Trek videogames. 4 of 4 people found this review helpful. "Eye of the Needle" is the seventh episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. This is also his first time playing a Romulan in a Star Trek series after having played Klingons and Cardassians in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). Eye of the Needle The Romulan points out that he’s been on his mission for a year, and isn’t always kept in the loop. Voyager arrives to discover that the wormhole’s mouth is only thirty centimeters in diameter. In the final version of this scene, however, the shot remains with The Doctor before cutting to a view of, Speaking about her experience of writing this episode, Jeri Taylor noted, ", The first briefing room scene of this episode is immediately followed, in the installment's shooting script, by a scene that involves Kes and Neelix in the latter's kitchen. Summary: Voyager finds a tiny wormhole to the Alpha Quadrant. The "Harry Kim Wormhole" magnified on main viewer, Aboard the USS Voyager, Captain Kathryn Janeway notes in her log that Ensign Harry Kim has discovered subspace emissions indicative of a wormhole and Voyager's crew are elated by the possibility of a way home.