Writer:	Larry Brody, Michael Piller
Director:	Alexander Singer
Star:	Robert Picardo (The Doctor),  Robert Duncan McNeill (Lt. Thomas "Tom" Paris),  Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim),  Tim Russ (Lt. Commander Tuvok),  Ethan Phillips (Neelix),  Jennifer Lien (Kes),  Roxann Dawson (Lt. B'Elanna Torres),  Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay),  Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway)
Recurring Role:	Nancy Hower (Ensign Samantha Wildman)
Guest Star:	Richard Chaves (Chief),  Richard Fancy (Alien),  Joseph Palmas (Antonio),  Douglas Spain (Young Chakotay),  Henry Darrow (Kolopak)

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Chakotay: (pointing out a symbol on a display to Janeway) The one on the right is the one I found today.
Janeway: And now, something you saw on that trip years ago, suddenly shows up again on a moon's surface almost 70,000 light years away? I don't suppose you have any theories to explain this?
Chakotay: I can give you an official Rubber Tree people theory if you like. Sky Spirits.
Janeway: Sky Spirits?
Chakotay: It's an ancient myth. Sky Spirits from above, created the first Rubber people in their own image, and led the way to a safer land where the Rubber people would live for eternity.
Janeway: You obviously don't put a great deal of faith in this explanation.
Chakotay: How much faith do you put in Adam and Eve? Hasn't science proven that all Humans developed from a single evolutionary process?
Janeway: That's what I was always taught. On the other hand, none of my teachers spent much time in the Delta Quadrant. (edit) The Doctor: (About Kes) She is far more devious than I ever expected. (edit) The Doctor: Hmmm, interesing sensation, blowing one's nose. It's my first time.
Kes: I think this is very brave of you.
The Doctor: Nothing of the sort. I intend it to be an educational experience.
Kes: I'm sure you'll learn a lot. (edit) Kes: Don't you have any compassion for the way she feels?
The Doctor: Every member of this crew is an adult, I will not coddle them. Compassion can be your department - fortunately, you have enough for both of us. (edit) Kim: Doc, I don't feel so good.
The Doctor: Neither do I, but you don't hear me complaining. (edit)

Trivia: Young Chakotay tells his father that he spoke to Captain Sulu about joining Starfleet. This is the same Sulu that served under Captain Kirk in The Original Series. As a child, Chakotay lived in a colony along the Cardassian border, so Sulu's ship must have been assigned to border patrol during that time period. (edit) Trivia: As of this episode, Voyager has been gone 10 months. (edit) Stardate: 49101.3 (edit)

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