I had completely forgotten that the Caretaker from the pilot was supposed to have had a mate somewhere out there who could get them home in theory. Apparently it was mentioned there as a way of giving themselves an out if needed, but it never got used. They are also buidling up Kes' powers more and more. If I recall correctly when she finally leaves the show it is by becoming a being of pure energy and sending the ship hundreds or thousands of light years closer to home.
The episode opens with Kes training with Tuvok and then being late to her shift working for the Doctor as a result. While they are working the remains of the caretaker start vibrating and when Torres is called in she realizes it is reacting to another being of its kind which reminds them that the caretaker spoke of his mate who left many years earlier. Tuvok being the cautious one starts working on a toxin to use on this second caretaker if necessary while the ship follows its energy to another array. The station opens fire as it is scanned revealing thousands of Ocampa on board. One of them hails Voyager and initially refuses to talk but is convinced otherwise when Kes is brought to the bridge.
The Ocampan man named Tanis is convinced to come on board and after a brief meeting with Janeway gets to be alone with Kes. He tells her the other caretaker, named Suspiria, has extended their lives and trained their mental powers. He demonstrates by making all the plants in the hydroponics bay bloom at once. Alone we see Tanis talking to Suspiria and promises to deliver Voyager to her. Tanis offers to take Kes back to the station with him to live there but she needs time to thing about it. Tanis also contacts Suspiria for them. He starts training Kes' powers and she is able to move objects with her mind and even boil tea. She tries showing her new powers to Tuvok but loses control and burns him badly. He recovers though and insists that the two keep training together.
Tanis keeps trying to train Kes in the dangerous side of her powers and gets her to destroy her plants which really upsets her. There is some sort of energy field in engineering which they realize is Suspiria. Janeway tries talking to her but Suspiria doesn't want to talk, she wants to kill Janeway and destroy Voyager for killing her mate. At the same time Tanis lashes out and hurts Neelix which prompts Kes to attack him mentally which distracts Suspiria long enough for Janeway to use Tuvok's toxin on her. Suspiria is trapped but Janeway lets her and Tanis go to show that they mean no harm (never mind the toxin bit). Kes' powers seem to decrease after Tanis leaves, but Tuvok promises to keep working with her.
Review: A fairly bland episode without anything particularly wrong with it. I guess partially I am getting sick of them travelling vast distances only to keep running into the same races again. Also despite saying it was smaller it was clearly the same effect shot of the caretaker array from the pilot so that didn't seem all that awesome.
4 out of 10
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