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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS from
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Kim returns to the U.S.S. Voyager from the Banean homeworld
with shocking news: Paris has been found guilty of murder.
As his punishment, he's been sentenced to relive the crime
from his victim's perspective every 14 hours, thanks to
memory engrams implanted in his brain by a Banean doctor.
Kim recounts how he and Paris were introduced to an
engineering physicist named Tolen Ren, who they hoped could
help them repair a damaged piece of equipment. Paris took an
immediate interest in Ren's young, attractive wife Lidell,
and when Ren turned up dead, he was arrested.
When Janeway orders Voyager to the Banean planet, Neelix
warns her that they are likely to be approached by a Numiri
patrol vessel, since the Numiri are at war with the Banea.
They are stopped by the Numiri, who offer a warning and then
allow the ship to proceed. Janeway meets with the Banean
Minister, who explains that the evidence — the murder as
seen through Ren's own eyes — undeniably proves Paris's
guilt. Paris vehemently denies any wrongdoing. As Janeway
and Tuvok talk to him, he enters another cycle and once
again relives the murder, this time losing consciousness.
The Baneans grant Janeway permission to take Paris back to
Sickbay for a medical evaluation.
The Doctor reports that the neurological implant is causing
serious brain damage. While Paris remains unconscious, Tuvok
launches his own murder investigation. He interviews Ren's
wife, who says she saw Paris kill her husband. Later, Paris
tells Tuvok that he thinks she spiked his cup of tea the
night of the murder. The conversation is interrupted by a
Numiri attack that the Voyager crew successfully fends off.
Tuvok performs a Vulcan mind meld with Paris and relives the
14-hour cycle. When he emerges from the experience, Tuvok
declares that he is convinced of Paris's innocence. What's
more, he knows why the Numiri chose to attack Voyager.
Eager to clear Paris, and wondering why the Numiri would
assault Voyager, Tuvok gathers the key players in the murder
mystery. He deduces that a Banean traitor altered Ren's
memory engrams, since Paris' daily flashbacks include
equations taken from Ren's weapons research. Thus, Numiri
agents used Ren's brain to send secret data to the enemy.
Having relived the crime from the victim's viewpoint, Tuvok
also realizes that the real killer was shorter than Paris,
and exposes the Banean doctor who implanted the engrams as
both Lidell's secret lover and Ren's killer. A grateful
Paris later thanks Tuvok for saving his life.
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