Nightingale

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Stardate: 54274.7 – While Voyager stops for major maintenance on an uninhabited planet, Harry Kim, Seven, and Neelix use the Delta Flyer to search for dilithium when they come across a war between two alien races, the Kraylor and the Annari. After receiving a distress call from a damaged Kraylor ship claiming to be on a humanitarian mission, Harry accepts his first chance at commanding a vessel of his own. However, power goes to his head as captain of the crippled alien ship under attack. Finding the ship has an uninspiring name, he renames it the Nightingale. Meanwhile, on Voyager, Icheb believes B’Elanna Torres has become attracted to him.

Our Take

Harry finally gets his command and mostly squanders it on ego trips and bad decisions, which is either realistic character work or seven seasons of stagnation finally paying off in the least satisfying way. The B-plot with Icheb and Seven lands better than it should. A middling hour that works if you like watching Kim eat humble pie.