Demon

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Stardate: Unknown – In search of the vital chemical deuterium essential to Voyager’s energy supplies, they discover a hostile “Demon class” planet with reserves large enough to replenish the ship. Ensign Kim and Tom Paris take a shuttlecraft to the planet’s surface in environmental suits. Soon they are found on the planet without suits, and the ship’s atmosphere becomes poisonous to them.

Our Take

A solidly creepy hour that leans on atmosphere rather than action, and it mostly works. The silver liquid planet looks genuinely unsettling, and Kim finally gets real material for once. The ending stretches logic even by Voyager standards, but it’s an entertaining premise executed with enough tension to justify the watch.