Muse (episode)

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This article is about the Star Trek: Voyager episode. For the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, see "The Muse"; for the term, see muse.

"Muse"
VOY, Episode 6x22 Production number: 244 First aired: 26 April 2000
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Written By Joe Menosky Directed By Mike Vejar
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When Torres is stranded on a pre-industrial planet, she unwittingly inspires a poet to write a play about the crew of Voyager.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Memorable Quotes 3 Background Information 3.1 Awards 3.2 Video and DVD releases 4 Links and References 4.1 Guest Stars 4.2 Co-Star 4.3 Uncredited Co-Star 4.4 References

[edit] Summary

"Delta Flyer log, stardate 53918. Harry and I are continuing toward the fourth planet. Sensors have picked up natural dilithium deposits on nearly every land mass."

In a context similar to an ancient Greek theater, and with a similar style, a company is playing the story of B'Elanna Torres stranded aboard the Delta Flyer. There are many poetic licenses. The play is highly successful, and the spectators request more stories on the same theme. The theater crew's patron is particularly interested in that, and wants a new play very soon. The poet who wrote the play negotiates two weeks to write a new one.

After the play, the poet abandons his friends, and runs to the mountains, heading to the wreckage of the Delta Flyer. There, Lieutenant Torres lies restricted on a seat. She is injured, and he treats her with sanguisugas. She gets him to treat her with a dermal regenerator.

The poet explains he derived the first play from the ship logs he was able to listen to, and he is eager to learn more about USS Voyager in order to write his next play. He thinks Torres is "an eternal", some sort of deity. B'Elanna is reluctant, but she is able to trade stories about Voyager for her freedom and help in restoring the ship, which is badly damaged.

Thanks to some dilithium brought to her by the poet, she is eventually able to restore power to the ship, but she cannot repair the subspace transmitter, and the planet metallurgy is insufficient to replace the missing piece.

The poet tells Torres that a war is brewing in his country, and if that happens it is likely that the mountain where the Delta Flyer is stranded will be visited by soldiers. With his next play, he wants to convince his patron not to start the war. Torres then gets to help him with writing the script. She eventually visits the theater, being presented as a fellow poet from another island.

Harry Kim finally reaches the Delta Flyer, carrying the piece Torres needed to repair the transmitter, and they can finally communicate with Voyager. They will be rescued soon.

At this point, Torres is so involved with the play, and its author, that she leaves the Delta Flyer and beams to the theater, takes part in the show, and gets beamed away during the climax. The play is eventually successful in convincing the patron not to initiate the war.

[edit] Memorable Quotes

"One to beam— to ascend... to the heavens."

- Torres

"Logical Tuvok does not cry. That's why they call him logical!"

- Kelis the Poet

[edit] Background Information

• Tony Amendola (Chorus #3) is much better-known for his role as the Jaffa master Bra'tac on Stargate SG-1.
• Kellie Waymire (Lanya) also played Crewman Elizabeth Cutler in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.
• John Schuck is better-known for his role as the Klingon Ambassador in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He also played Legate Parn in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Maquis, Part II" and Antaak in the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "Affliction" and "Divergence".
• B'Elanna Torres asks for a bronze alloy of "two parts tin to five parts bronze"; presumably she means tin and copper.
• Kelis' notion that Captain Janeway would throw away her spear rather than destroy the Borg Queen and claim she would not kill harkens back to TOS: "Arena" where Captain Kirk tossed away his weapon rather than kill the Gorn captain and told the Metrons that he would not kill.
• See also Theatre of ancient Greece at Wikipedia.

[edit] Awards

• This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.

[edit] Video and DVD releases

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 6.11, 4 December 2000.

Oddly, the video sleeve for this volume depicts an event in "Fury". Presumably, this is because, in production order, "Fury" would have been included on this volume. The aired order may have changed after the sleeve design was finalised.

• As part of the VOY Season 6 DVD collection.

[edit] Links and References

[edit] Guest Stars

• Joseph Will as Kelis
• Kellie Waymire as Lanya
• Tony Amendola as Chorus #3
• Jack Axelrod as Chorus #1
• Michael Houston King as Jero
• Kathleen Garrett as Tanis
• Stoney Westmoreland as Warlord

And

• John Schuck as Chorus #2

[edit] Co-Star

• Majel Barrett as Computer Voice

[edit] Uncredited Co-Star

• Alexander Fors as Apprentice

[edit] References

autarch; bloodletting; Borg Queen; bronze; Delta Flyer; dermal regenerator; dilithium; Eastern Sea; Eternal; F-type star; fever; gold; class L; medkit; plasma; spatial eddy; subspace transmitter; tin; viper; Vulcan; winter's tear

Previous episode: "Live Fast and Prosper"

Star Trek: Voyager Season 6

Next episode: "Fury"