The Killing Game (Star Trek: Voyager)

"The Killing Game"
Star Trek: Voyager episodes
Episode nos.Season 4
Episodes 18 & 19
Directed byDavid Livingston (Part I) and Victor Lobl (Part II)
Written byBrannon Braga
Joe Menosky
Featured musicDavid Bell
Production code186 & 187
Original air dateMarch 4, 1998 (1998-03-04)
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"The Killing Game" is a two-part episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the 18th and 19th episodes of the fourth season. It is set in the 24th century aboard a starship returning to Earth after having been stranded on the other side of the Galaxy.

This is the third and fourth episodes that continues the Hirogen story arc after the events in "Hunters" and "Prey". The Hirogen have taken over Voyager and conscripted its crew to serve as holodeck prey by controlling their minds using neural interfaces which make them believe they really are their fictional characters. The Hirogen hunt them in holodecks 1 and 2 using different programs.