fourth episode second season american science fiction television series star trek voyager 20th episode overall episode aired upn network february story written based experience serving united_states_navy rewritten executive producer guest writer set 24th century series follows adventures starfleet crew starship uss voyager stranded delta quadrant far rest federation episode voyager encounters space borne mistake vessel member species presence aliens induce premature mating cycle causing question ready children taylor incorporated suggestion character samantha organ donor saved wife life script work series earned permanent spot voyager writing staff producers episode received nielsen ratings percent placing position week overall episode praised cast director satisfied felt taken episode critics gave episode mixed response performance criticizing character dynamics message women wanting mother plot uss voyager encounters cloud space dwelling captain takes ship closer look ship soon drawn creatures proximity helm controls shields crew endeavor escape creatures begin voyager hull havoc ship systems version creatures large voyager arrives crew realize mistaken male species smaller creatures attempting mate ship male attacks voyager adopts position submission based behavior crew observed smaller members species losing interest smaller creatures voyager allow leave response voyager exposure aliens begins eating including insects soil fever dangerously elevated pulse blood pressure growth doctor treatment locks office finally explain captain undergoing mating cycle process happens usually affects years old years old children parents discussing children family lieutenant decides ready father instead decided ultimately doctor believes artificially induced creatures proximity ship come later life ready episode concern arises captain discuss ship appropriate place raise children ensign samantha announces pregnant husband alpha quadrant production running temporary titles development episode settling final title episode originally written season held upn second season jump start networks programming countries including united_kingdom episode included season executive producer creator described fitting end season leaves revelation aboard voyager pregnant production episode required extensive computer graphics production required little extra production features like extra cast sets making bottle episode wrote story based experience serving united_states_navy night tasked cleaning ship came port giant employed assist sailors ship traveled witnessed gradual accumulation thousands sea creatures following ship special unique memory basis script sold star trek working intern staff basis previous script met taylor pitch stories including later said story sold strength single line dialogue crew finally figures shed alien creatures line captain believe lost sex appeal laugh caused magic word sold african american write star trek composition shots including voyager alien creatures accomplished heavy use computer generated imagery cgi produced viewing alien distance special effect composition footage sperm viewed close alien computer generated rewrote script need mate story later wrote requesting character named young girl kidney donation saved wife life taylor wrote character department head namesake animal lover described motivation lobbying couldn imagine people middle grief loss child think save life jimmy says ancient times gods heroes placing stars live says taken place stars written taylor wrote story focused alien creatures taylor focused story instead writing prose story worked seven page treatment reacted plot thought eating sex things know lot explained later interview fought living having sex drafting shot taylor concern young age interesting couple time inaugurated term writer star trek voyager brought script series creators review told good script said don think teaser works received notes script began feel experience audition script taylor expressed pleasure technical descriptions script asked science background ironically instead attended specifically avoid taking science courses technical details day presenting rewrite taylor asked join voyager writing staff unaware vacancy having come board fee expecting initially reluctant took taylor offer opportunity write television taylor conceded upn holding episode second season resulted ensign strange gestation period seven months reception ratings broadcast september according nielsen_media_research received ratings percent meant watched percent united_states percent watching television time decrease previous episode projections received ratings percent following episode non rated percent placed position overall highest ratings week broadcast cast crew response members cast voyager found episode enjoyable praised opportunity interact character maternal level thought episode great vessel stretch acting calling constant wonderful surprise thought episode great vehicle learn character species said took character different level thought stories challenged concepts ideas attitudes traditions things star trek creator originally wrote science fiction think important star trek director praised performance disappointed character saying went soft end complained wasn uncommon wonderful concept fall victim failing courage determination critical response critics mixed response book delta quadrant unofficial guide voyager found revelation acting high points episode felt sexual politics statements cheesy possible clichés pregnancy abortion ill accused plot dull acting thought plot supposed touch teenage pregnancy instead emphasized women wish mothers men immature rated episode cinefantastique thought episode flowed reasonable logical episode didn good use characters said character fitted certain role jealous boyfriend shoot looking alien sounding board characters furthermore felt themes episode appropriate early season episode believable year later gave episode stars home media release home media release came episode release vhs alongside projections united_kingdom united_states released single episode cassette september dvd release season box set united_states formed second season released dvd
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