Coda (Voyager episode)

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Star Trek: VOY episode
"Coda"
Captain Janeway's father
Episode no.	57
Prod. code	158
Airdate	January 29, 1997
Writer(s)	Jeri Taylor
Director	Nancy Malone
Guest star(s)	Len Cariou as Admiral Janeway
Year	2373
Stardate	50518.6
Episode chronology
Previous	"Alter Ego"
Next	"Blood Fever"

Coda is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15^th episode of the third season.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Janeway and Chakotay are travelling back to Voyager on a shuttlecraft when they are forced down by electrical interference from a nearby planet. Janeway is critically injured in the crash and has to be revived by Chakotay via CPR and cordrazine. Katheryn activates their homing signal and unknowingly shows the Vidiians (who Chakotay discovers have shot them down) right where to find them. They are then captured and killed by the Vidiians (Chakotay is shot, Janeway is strangled).

Then Janeway finds herself back on the shuttle. They are tracking Vidiian ships on sensors who are on an intercept course. They start having problems with the warp core and it explodes. Janeway and Chakotay are right where they started again; in the shuttle. Then they once again see Vidiian ships on an intercept course when suddenly the ships disappear. They are contacted by Voyager and brought back safe and sound. The Doctor informs Janeway that she has been infected by Vidiian phage and then euthanizes her with nerve gas. Then, once more they are back on the shuttle. They see a strange bright light in front of them that is coming towards their shuttle; suddenly it engulfs them.

Next, she finds herself in an out-of-body experience. She sees Chakotay trying, unsuccessfully, to revive her. Crew members arrive and transport her straight to sickbay, and her "spirit" follows, trying unsuccessfully to contact the crew. The Doctor and Kes get some signs of life, but ultimately, Janeway dies.

"Spirit" Janeway is next encountered by the "spirit" of her "father", who is there to transfer her to the "next world". He allows her to stay for her funeral. Something about the whole thing doesn't seem right to her. Soon after her funeral, she stalls going with her "father" so she can figure out what is going on.

Suddenly, she sees a vision of looking up at Chakotay and the Doctor, still on the surface of the planet, as if they are still trying to revive her. A second and third vision makes it obvious this is all a ruse, and her "father" is really a non-corporeal being trying to coax her spirit away from her body so he can feed off of it. She refuses to go, and they are successful in finally reviving her. She makes a full recovery on Voyager. Janeway invites Chakotay on a holo-date and he accepts.