Star Trek Voyager, Episode 43: Sacred Ground (1995) Review

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(More customer reviews)"Sacred Ground" (Story by Geo Cameron, Script by Lisa Klink, First Aired October 30, 1996) is really Episode 49 of "Star Trek: Voyager," but is on Tape 43 because things are really messed up in this video collection once you get to the start of Season Three. This should come between Episode 48 "Remember" and Episode 50 "Future's End," and that is where you should watch it, especially since Episode 42 was the cliffhanger from the end of Season Two, "The Basics, Part 1," and the last we say Captain Janeway and company, they were stuck on a primitive planet while "Voyager" was in the hands of the Kazon. Anyhow, now on to our episode:
On a visit to the Nechani homeworld Kes (Jennifer Lien) is visiting a shrine when she is struck by a mysterious energey burst that renders her unconscious. The Doctor can do nothing and Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is told by the Magistrate (Henry Groener, a.k.a. the Mayor on "BtVS") that Kes violated a holy place that only monks can enter after having undergone a purification ritual that protects them from the energy field. A desperate Neelix (Ethan Phillips) discovers a ancient Nechani legend of a king who underwent the ritual to save the life of his unconscious son and Janeway gets permission to make a similar attempt. However, this proves easier said than done and the chief attraction of this episode is the process by which Janeway comes to the realization that even a Starship captain has to take some things on faith.
"Sacred Ground" is a nice little off-track episode, having nothing to do with the quest to get back to the Alpha Quadrant or the various entanglements that have plagued the "Voyager" crew. It also has a nice trio of guest stars in Keene Curtis, Estelle Harris, and Parley Baer as the three old people Janeway meets during the ritual.

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