Blood Fever (Voyager episode)
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| Star Trek: VOY episode | |
| "Blood Fever" | |
 Vorik |
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| Episode no. | 58 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 316 |
| Airdate | February 5, 1997 |
| Writer(s) | Lisa Klink |
| Director | Andrew J. Robinson |
| Guest star(s) | Alexander Enberg as Vorik |
| Year | 2372 |
| Stardate | 50537.2 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Coda" |
| Next | "Unity" |
Blood Fever is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 16th episode of the third season.
Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres dismisses the Vulcan Ensign Vorik at the end of his shift in Engineering. Before he leaves he turns to her and declares kunat so'lik. That is, he proposes that B'Elanna become his mate. He explains that he has an intended bride back at home, but since Voyager is not likely to reach home anytime soon, he has decided to pick a mate aboard the ship, and has found B'Elanna suitable. Flabbergasted, she declines. He grabs her, cradling her face, and she punches him.
As he mends Vorik's dislocated jaw in Sickbay, The Doctor discovers that the ensign is beginning his first pon farr. He is in a sexual frenzy and requires a mate. Since there is no mate available, The Doctor suggests he meditate, and summons Tuvok to advise the younger Vulcan.
Meanwhile, B'Elanna joins Tom Paris and Neelix for an away team mission to a planet to lay in a supply of gallicite. She becomes increasingly aggressive and agitated, snapping at Neelix and refusing to cooperate with her teammates. She attacks Paris, biting him savagely on the cheek and then stalking off on her own. When Paris reports back to Voyager, his description of her behavior leads Tuvok to conclude that she has contracted pon farr from Vorik. The ensign had initiated plak tow, a telepathic mating bond, when he seized her face in Engineering.
Tuvok and Chakotay travel to the planet's surface to help Paris hunt down the addled B'Elanna Torres. They tell her that her discomfort is from the pon farr, and she needs to return with them to the ship. Before they can take her into custody, the away team is surrounded by aliens called the Sakari, and Paris and Torres are separated from their senior officers. Finding herself alone with Paris in the caves, B'Elanna tries to seduce him. She is in heat, and having already chosen Paris as her mate with the bite on the cheek, is determined to have sex with him. He admits that he would like to oblige her, but refuses to take advantage of her while she is in such a state.
Tuvok and Chakotay discover that the aliens are peaceful, just a little jumpy after having run from previous invaders on their planet. Tuvok advises Paris to have sex with B'Elanna to help purge the pon farr. He awkwardly agrees, but before the two can engage in the act Vorik storms in to claim B'Elanna, challenging Paris to the kunat kalifee, a ritual fight. B'Elanna angrily rejects the idea, declaring that she'll fight Vorik herself. She beats him half to death and wins, and both of them are purged of their pon farr.
As the away team prepares to leave the planet, they make a horrifying discovery. The invaders the Sakari were running from were the Borg.
[edit] External links
- Blood Fever article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Episode summary from Startrek.com
