"Ex Post Facto"
Production no. 808

Director: LeVar Burton
Story by: Evan Carlos Somers
Teleplay by: Evan Carlos Somers and Michael Piller

"Maybe I kill myself slowly because I don't have the courage to do it quickly."
(Lidell Ren)

Plot: Tom Paris is arrested and punished for killing a Banean military scientist, Tolen Ren. However, the punishment inflicted on Tom, to relive the last moments of his victim, begins to have a detrimental effect on Tom's brain so it is up to Tuvok to try and find out who was the real killer and why Tolen Ren was murdered.

Guest cast:

Robin McKee ("Lidell Ren")
Ray Reinhardt ("Tolen Ren")
Francis Guinan ("Minister Kray")
Aaron Lustig ("Doctor")
Henry Brown ("Numiri Captain")

Some trivia:

* Ray Reinhardt also played Admiral Aaron in TNG's "Conspiracy".

Memorable scenes:

* The scenes with Tuvok investigating the murder are quite good.

My comments: Not a bad episode. The whole episode takes on a film noir feel and has a rather good plot. Tuvok is also quite good in this episode and the mind meld was great. The only thing that is a little disappointing about the episode is that some of the characters are somewhat stereotypical.