Elogium

"Elogium"
Star Trek: Voyager episode
Strange creatures accelerate Kes' reproductive process
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 4
Directed by	Winrich Kolbe
Teleplay by	Kenneth Biller Jeri Taylor
Story by	Jimmy Diggs Steve J. Kay
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production code	118
Original air date	September 18, 1995 (1995-09-18)
Guest stars
Nancy Hower - Ensign Samantha Wildman Gary O'Brien - Crew Member #1 Terry Correll - Crewman
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List of Star Trek: Voyager episodes

"Elogium" is the 20th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, and the fourth episode in the second season.

Plot

When the crew of Voyager investigate a cluster of space-borne life forms, Kes prematurely enters a stage in her life known as the "Elogium," which is the only time in her life when she can conceive a child. This causes Neelix a quandary as he decides whether or not he is ready to be a father. Just as he decides that he is, Kes begins to have the same quandary as to whether she should even bare a child at all. It is then revealed that the Elogium was artificially brought on by the radiation emitted by the lifeform cluster. This means that it is possible Kes will go through another Elogium later on in her life when she is ready.

At the end of the episode, Ensign Wildman informs Captain Janeway that she (Wildman) is pregnant by her husband who is still in the Alpha Quadrant.

External links

• Elogium at the Internet Movie Database
• "Elogium" at TV.com
• Elogium at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Elogium at StarTrek.com
• definition of the word Elogium at die.net