Chakotay is captured by a young Kazon who is undergoing a manhood ritual.Chakotay is captured by a young Kazon who is undergoing a manhood ritual.Chakotay is captured by a young Kazon who is undergoing a manhood ritual.
Roxann Dawson
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Tim DeZarn
- Haliz
- (as Tim de Zarn)
Tarik Ergin
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
Heather Ferguson
- Command Officer
- (uncredited)
Julie Jiang
- Voyager Ops Lt. j.g.
- (uncredited)
Louis Ortiz
- Ensign Culhane
- (uncredited)
Rob Plaza
- Voyager Ops Officer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe episode was partly written as an attempt to remedy the fact that Voyager's producers felt Chakotay had been underused in the first season.
- GoofsChakotay does not have his medicine bag on him when he is beamed back to Voyager. It was either on the Kazon ship or in the shuttle that exploded, yet he uses it when he is back on Voyager.
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Initiations
The producers of Voyager envisaged the Kaizons as a race with a street gang mentality. Initiation rituals and learning to kill from a young age to earn your badges.
However Initiations is a flawed and a rather dull story.
It opens with Chakotay on a shuttlecraft to perform a native Indian ritual ceremony for his father. Only to be attacked by a young Kaizon called Kar (Aron Eisenberg.) If he kills Chakotay he will earn his warrior status with his people.
Only Kar fails. Chakotay destroys his ship and saves Kar's life. He now stands in disgrace with his Kaizon elders. They arrive and take both Kar and Chakotay away.
Now Captain Janeway has to figure out what has happened to her first officer and go on a rescue mission. Voyager finds signs of debri but it is of Kar's destroyed ship.
All this could had been avoided if Chakotay had just done his ritual in his quarters or the holodeck.
The Kaizons have been described as warmed up Klingons but more dull. It is hard to disagree with this notion.
However Initiations is a flawed and a rather dull story.
It opens with Chakotay on a shuttlecraft to perform a native Indian ritual ceremony for his father. Only to be attacked by a young Kaizon called Kar (Aron Eisenberg.) If he kills Chakotay he will earn his warrior status with his people.
Only Kar fails. Chakotay destroys his ship and saves Kar's life. He now stands in disgrace with his Kaizon elders. They arrive and take both Kar and Chakotay away.
Now Captain Janeway has to figure out what has happened to her first officer and go on a rescue mission. Voyager finds signs of debri but it is of Kar's destroyed ship.
All this could had been avoided if Chakotay had just done his ritual in his quarters or the holodeck.
The Kaizons have been described as warmed up Klingons but more dull. It is hard to disagree with this notion.
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- Prismark10
- Mar 10, 2024
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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