Child's Play story
The family of Icheb, one of the Borg children, is found, but he is reluctant to rejoin them. Seven, too, is reluctant for him to leave the ship; and his parents are concealing the real reason for desiring his return. Directed by: Mike Vejar. Story by: Paul Brown.
15 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| belonging | choice | Icheb struggled to reconcile his ties to his biological family with the sense of home and acceptance he had found aboard Voyager. He ultimately realized that he no longer fully belonged in the agrarian life he'd left behind and, after realizing that his family planned to use him as a suicide weapon against the Borg, willingly accepted joining the Voyager crew on their journey back to the Alpha Quadrant. |
| choosing between conflicting loyalties | choice | Icheb about leaving Voyager for his family |
| attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy | major | The Brunali homeworld was under continuous assault by the Borg. |
| biological weapons | major | Seven condemned and Icheb defended |
| father and son | major | Icheb reuniting with his estranged parents |
| guardian and child | major | Seven and her Borg foster children |
| implanted weapon | major | Icheb was biodesigned by his parents to contain a Borg killing virus. |
| maternal love | major | Seven for Icheb and the Borg children |
| mother and son | major | Icheb reuniting with his estranged parents |
| sacrificing a loved one to defeat an enemy | major | Icheb to foil the Borg |