Tuvok crash-lands on a moon along with Ensign Bennet. Bennet does not survive and his remains are stored in a containment field in the damaged shuttle. Tuvok discovers three children, Tressa, Elani and Corin. They tell him the craft they were on also crashed, killing the adults. They convince him other members of their race, the Drayans, mean to do them harm. Tuvok helps the children elude a search party. Later, when the danger passes, they behave as children normally would, getting into things they should not and asking incessant questions as Tuvok tries to contact his ship.
The leader of the Drayans, Alcia, contacts Voyager to say they have found the shuttle and the crewman should be removed as soon as possible. The planet is sacred to the Drayans and their presence desecrates it.
Tuvok's efforts fail as two of the children, Elani and Corin, vanish in the middle of the night. Captain Janeway and Paris take a shuttle down to the surface while being pursued by other Drayans, who do not wish the shuttle to sully the sacredness of the moon. Soon, a confrontation occurs between the aliens and the Voyager crew. The crew believe the aliens mean to harm the last child, until it is finally explained that they were not children at all, but actually confused Drayans at the end of their life; their species ages in reverse.
Tressa recalls the truth about her circumstances. With Alcia's permission, Tuvok promises to stay with Tressa to the end.
Productionedit
Writer Lisa Klink previously wrote the episode Resistance. She pitched the idea for "Innocence" and Michael Piller asked thematically "What's it about?" and Klink explained "It's about Tuvok as a father. How do Vulcans raise their children to be logical?" and they continued developing the episode from there.[2] Klink knew that Tim Russ could sing and wanted to include a Vulcan lullaby which caused him some concern. She reassured him that "a Vulcan lullaby would be practical and include a lesson" and the composer chose a suitably somber melody. Klink even got inducted into the songwriters union ASCAP as a result.[2]
Klink was pleased with how the episode turned out, highlighting it as one of her favorites. She was pleased with both the main storyline and B-story. She thought the performances were great, Tim Russ was great, "even the kids were good", and she was pleased with Robert Picardo's "perfect" comic delivery.[2]
Keith R. A. DeCandido of Tor.com gave the episode 7 out of 10, and said it was an excellent episode and he would have rated it even higher except for the ending. In particular he praised Tim Russ proving "himself once again to be one of the best parts of Voyager" by bringing so much to the character of Tuvok "a strong sense of compassion, of efficiency, and of logic" and showing that he's an excellent parent. DeCandido was critical of the ending, and found the analogy "at best ignorant and at worst insulting."[4]
Referencesedit
^"Catching Up With Director James L. Conway, Part 2". StarTrek.com (Interview). February 16, 2012. It was a very sweet show, but I don't have a lot of memories from that.
^ abcd"DS9 & Voyager Writer Lisa Klink Looks Back". StarTrek.com (Interview). October 21, 2011.
"Innocence" at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)
January 01, 1970
innocence, star, trek, voyager, innocence, 38th, episode, star, trek, voyager, 22nd, episode, second, season, innocence, star, trek, voyager, episodeepisode, season, 2episode, 22directed, byjames, conway, story, byanthony, williamsteleplay, bylisa, klink, feat. Innocence is the 38th episode of Star Trek Voyager the 22nd episode of the second season 3 Innocence Star Trek Voyager episodeEpisode no Season 2Episode 22Directed byJames L Conway 1 Story byAnthony WilliamsTeleplay byLisa Klink 2 Featured musicJay ChattawayProduction code138Original air dateApril 8 1996 1996 04 08 Guest appearancesMarnie McPhail Alcia Tiffany Taubman Tressa Sarah Rayne Elani Tahj D Mowry Corin Richard Garon Ensign BennetEpisode chronology Previous Deadlock Next The Thaw Star Trek Voyagerseason 2List of episodes Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editTuvok crash lands on a moon along with Ensign Bennet Bennet does not survive and his remains are stored in a containment field in the damaged shuttle Tuvok discovers three children Tressa Elani and Corin They tell him the craft they were on also crashed killing the adults They convince him other members of their race the Drayans mean to do them harm Tuvok helps the children elude a search party Later when the danger passes they behave as children normally would getting into things they should not and asking incessant questions as Tuvok tries to contact his ship The leader of the Drayans Alcia contacts Voyager to say they have found the shuttle and the crewman should be removed as soon as possible The planet is sacred to the Drayans and their presence desecrates it Tuvok s efforts fail as two of the children Elani and Corin vanish in the middle of the night Captain Janeway and Paris take a shuttle down to the surface while being pursued by other Drayans who do not wish the shuttle to sully the sacredness of the moon Soon a confrontation occurs between the aliens and the Voyager crew The crew believe the aliens mean to harm the last child until it is finally explained that they were not children at all but actually confused Drayans at the end of their life their species ages in reverse Tressa recalls the truth about her circumstances With Alcia s permission Tuvok promises to stay with Tressa to the end Production editWriter Lisa Klink previously wrote the episode Resistance She pitched the idea for Innocence and Michael Piller asked thematically What s it about and Klink explained It s about Tuvok as a father How do Vulcans raise their children to be logical and they continued developing the episode from there 2 Klink knew that Tim Russ could sing and wanted to include a Vulcan lullaby which caused him some concern She reassured him that a Vulcan lullaby would be practical and include a lesson and the composer chose a suitably somber melody Klink even got inducted into the songwriters union ASCAP as a result 2 Klink was pleased with how the episode turned out highlighting it as one of her favorites She was pleased with both the main storyline and B story She thought the performances were great Tim Russ was great even the kids were good and she was pleased with Robert Picardo s perfect comic delivery 2 Marnie McPhail who plays the Drayan leader Alcia also appeared in Star Trek First Contact as Ensign Eiger that same year 4 Reception editKeith R A DeCandido of Tor com gave the episode 7 out of 10 and said it was an excellent episode and he would have rated it even higher except for the ending In particular he praised Tim Russ proving himself once again to be one of the best parts of Voyager by bringing so much to the character of Tuvok a strong sense of compassion of efficiency and of logic and showing that he s an excellent parent DeCandido was critical of the ending and found the analogy at best ignorant and at worst insulting 4 References edit Catching Up With Director James L Conway Part 2 StarTrek com Interview February 16 2012 It was a very sweet show but I don t have a lot of memories from that a b c d DS9 amp Voyager Writer Lisa Klink Looks Back StarTrek com Interview October 21 2011 Innocence Star Trek com a b DeCandido Keith R A 2020 06 01 Star Trek Voyager Rewatch Innocence Tor com External links edit Innocence at IMDb nbsp Innocence at Memory Alpha Innocence at Wayback Machine archived from the original at StarTrek com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Innocence Star Trek Voyager amp oldid 1224358063, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
