"Gravity"
Production no. 905

Director: Terry Windell
Story by: Jimmy Diggs
Teleplay by: Bryan Fuller and Nick Sagan

"Son hal lok, love, is the most dangerous emotion of all; it produces many other emotions-- jealousy, shame, rage, grief. You must learn to supress them all, otherwise they will consume you."
(Vulcan master to young Tuvok)

Plot: Tuvok, Paris and the Doctor are trapped on a desert planet when their shuttle disappears into a sinkhole. Whilst the crew attempt to rescue the away team, Tuvok, the Doctor and Paris befriend an alien woman, Noss. With each passing day, Noss begins to fall in love with Tuvok and Tuvok himself begins to find himself attracted to her despite his Vulcan mentality.

Guest cast:

Lori Petty ("Noss")
Leroy D. Brazile ("Young Tuvok")
Paul Eckstein ("Yost")
Joseph Rushkin ("The Vulcan Master")

Some trivia:

*  Joseph Rushkin was also seen playing Gault in TOS' "The Gamesters of Triskelion", Odo's unseen informant in DS9's "Improbable Cause" and the Klingon Tumek in DS9's "The House of Quark" and "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places".
*  Paul Eckstein was last seen on Voyager as a young Hirogen in "The Killing Game".

Memorable scenes:

*  The scenes between the Vulcan master and young Tuvok are excellent and give us an insight into Tuvok's past.
*  The scenes between Paris and Tuvok are also quite good.
*  The goodbye scene is quite sweet.

Some quotes:

"Emotion can be a powerful tool. To deny their existence is illogical. But you must learn to control them."
(Vulcan Master)

"I've always believed that under that cold Vulcan exterior was...an even colder Vulcan interior. But now I'm convinced you're a hopeless romantic"
"There's no need to insult me, Mister Paris."
(Tom Paris and Tuvok)

My comments:  Not the most memorable of episodes, but it's a good insight into Tuvok's past, where we learn that Tuvok has not always been the stoic Vulcan that he is today. Lori Petty was quite good as Noss but I didn't really see too much chemistry between the two actors. Nevertheless, it was an OK episode.