When Kes spends free time with a smitten Tom Paris, Neelix is overcome with jealousy and instigates a messy fight with the Lieutenant. In the aftermath, the Captain sends the sparring pair on a shuttlecraft mission to an M-Class planet, to replenish food supplies. When their craft experiences an interference pattern, they crash on the planet. Seeking cover from the trigemic vapors, Paris and Neelix seal themselves inside a cave and then discover they have company there -- an embryonic pod which hatches an alien baby, a repto-humanoid being. They must work together to sustain the newborn, and preserve each other's life when its angry mother approaches.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres
Jennifer Lien as Kes
Robert Duncan McNeill as Lt. Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips as Neelix
Robert Picardo as The Doctor
Tim Russ as Tuvok
Garrett Wang as Harry Kim

Guest Cast:

George Spelvin as Gleknar

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