Series: Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2, Episode 22
Original Air Date: April 8, 1996
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Tuvok and Ensign Bennett crash land a shuttlecraft on one of Drayan II's moons. Sadly, Bennett dies. Not long after, Tuvok encounters three Drayan children, apparent survivors of a recent crash themselves. While awaiting his own rescue, he promises to help and protect them, for which they are grateful.
As a rule, Star Trek stories about children are terrible. But most rules have exceptions. "Innocence" is wonderful, drawing out extraordinary dimension for Tuvok. Surprise surprise, the stoic Vulcan is an excellent father figure. As ever, he professes a lack of emotion, yet the devotion he expresses regarding his own children is genuinely moving, whatever the motivations. Highlights include a Vulcan epic lullaby and this line: "My attachment to my children cannot be described as an emotion. They are a part of my identity, and I am… incomplete without them."
Back aboard Voyager, Janeway and company must contend with the Drayan leaders. Their society lives in isolation, eschewing contact with other worlds and their typical fascination with technology. Trek, whose entire premise is dependent on super-tech, generally takes a patronizing view of such cultures. And yet as I write this, the leadership of my own country is flexing hard, way too impressed with themselves. Fear, distrust, even disgust with what the world has become are all understandable reactions. Maybe the Drayans aren't so crazy.
Acting Notes
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Marnie McPhail played the role of Alcia, First Prelate of Drayan II. "Innocence" was the first of two canon Trek appearances for McPhail.
McPhail was born in Columbus, Ohio. Her professional career began on Canadian television. At 14, she was cast in The Edison Twins. Moving back to the States brought regular cast roles on Generations and Days of Our Lives. Films include Star Trek: First Contact, Sugar and The Greatest Game Ever Played.
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