| "Counterpoint" | |
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| Star Trek: Voyager episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Les Landau |
| Written by | Michael Taylor |
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Production code | 204 |
| Original air date | December 16, 1998 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Counterpoint" is the 104th and tenth episode of the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager. In this space science fiction television show, a spacecraft, the Federation's USS Voyager is stranded on the wrong side of the galaxy as it must slowly makes its way home to Earth. In this episode, Voyager and its crew encounter the Devore aliens, posing particularly difficult choices for the ship's captain, Starfleet Captain Kathryn Janeway.
It was aired on the United Paramount Network (UPN) on December 16, 1998.[1][2]
It was written by Michael Taylor and directed by Les Landau.[3]
The events of this episode are later referred to in the Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 episode "Supernova, Part 1" where one of the crew of the USS Dauntless reveals that she was one of the Brenari refugees that Voyager had rescued. Returning Janeway's act of kindness, the Brenari releases Janeway from the brig and trusts her word about the threat that the ship is facing while Janeway recalls the event despite several years having passed and is pleased to meet the young woman once again.