As a shuttle containing Chokotay and Tunok returns from an away mission it is clear that something is very wrong; they are transported to sick bay where The Doctor states that Commander Chakotay is brain dead. The shuttle's records suggest that it was attacked by a ship that then retreated into a nebula. Janeway orders the crew to turn the ship around and head into the nebula thinking the attackers may be able to reverse what they did to Chakotay. As they approach the nebula Voyager changes direction to head away again; the evidence suggests that Tom Paris changed the heading but he strenuously denies this. He is further implicated when he was the closest to the scene when second course change occurs. A medical examination suggests at the moment of the changes he was under the influence of another consciousness. It soon becomes apparent that this consciousness can jump between people when B'Elanna ejects the warp core. As the entity clearly doesn't want to go back to the nebula Janeway becomes more determined that they must go there. When they finally get there it becomes apparent that the real danger didn't come from the 'entity' which was trying to stop them going into the nebula but one that possessed a single crew member and was determined to get the whole crew into the nebula.
This was a decent episode with a twist that I had not seen coming although it was a pity that this episode about a non-corporeal being followed another episode about such a being. The opening scene in which Janeway started a new holodeck program seemed a little out of place as it played no further part in the episode, I can only assume it was setting things up for a later story. It was nice that Kes could sense the beings presence even though it didn't lead to its identification it kept us reminded that she has some limited telepathic powers.
This was a decent episode with a twist that I had not seen coming although it was a pity that this episode about a non-corporeal being followed another episode about such a being. The opening scene in which Janeway started a new holodeck program seemed a little out of place as it played no further part in the episode, I can only assume it was setting things up for a later story. It was nice that Kes could sense the beings presence even though it didn't lead to its identification it kept us reminded that she has some limited telepathic powers.