History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS6E22Muse

* AnAesop: Kelis knows what message he wants to send; the problem is how to put it in a form that will make his ruler take it to heart.

* BigDamnHeroes: After hiking 200 miles across country, Harry turns up with the transmitter component B'Elanna needs to let ''Voyager'' know where they are.

* TheNeedless: After forgoing sleep to search for their missing crewman (he is after all Vulcan and [[BadassBoast can go for weeks without sleep]]) Tuvok falls asleep on the bridge, snoring loudly.

* [[SwordOverHead Spear Over Head]]: Captain Janeway refuses to kill the Queen of the Borg, throwing aside her spear for a PatrickStewartSpeech on the futility of their CycleOfRevenge.

* ThePowerOfLove: Kelis thinks that by filling the play with romance, his patron's heart will be filled with love instead of anger. B'Elanna points out that it's not that simple -- from the Autarch's point-of-view he's surrounded by hostile enemies, so love is the last thing on his mind. Coming from one half of ''Voyager'''s OfficialCouple this might not be convincing to fans, but it does apply to [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask Captain Janeway]] who deals with a life-threatening crisis every week.

* TogetherInDeath: In Kelis' first play Headstrong B'Elanna Torres orders Young Harry Kim to AbandonShip while she pilots the ''Delta Flyer'' on the verge of a warp core breach. He refuses, saying "We die together." B'Elanna replies, "No-one is going to die -- go!"

* EscapePod: Apparently there's one on the ''Delta Flyer'', but only with the resources to survive ten days -- Janeway only discovers Harry had to eject ten days after this happened. We later find that Harry followed the ''Flyer'''s warp trail, rather than try and get back to ''Voyager''.

* YouLookFamiliar: The woman playing Lanya will return as Crewman Cutler in Season One of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. John Schuck (playing an unnamed chorus member) has an extensive resume in the franchise, including the Klingon Ambassador in two movies, as well as roles in ''Enterprise'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.

* InfiniteSupplies: Averted; ''Delta Flyer'' crashes, but is presumably recovered as always. The mission itself was a search for dilithium.

* TheUnreveal: What effect did Kelis' play have on his society?

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: When B'Elanna walks on stage and announces that she's going to ascend in a [[TeleportersAndTransporters dazzling blaze of light]], the Chorus quickly improvs the line "On a far-away snow-covered peak", no doubt with this trope in mind.

* GreekChorus: In their traditional view as TheNarrator.

* TheGreatRepair

* AsideComment: In the play Seven of Nine does this for TheReveal that she's [[TheMole actually the]] [[ArchNemesis Queen of the Borg]], plotting revenge against Captain Janeway. "Say nothing, or you too will be assimilated." Once she leaves the stage Captain Janeway does the same, telling the audience she knows Seven's true identity and is planning a BatmanGambit. "Say nothing, or I will lose my advantage…and my ship as well."

* TakeThat: Against FanFic with its constant {{Shipping}}. They're too busy for romance, OK? Just forget about that GenerationShip suggestion in Season One.

* {{Flanderization}}: The protagonists in Kelis' play are all defined by a single characteristic. [[TheDeterminator Headstrong B'Elanna Torres]], [[EnsignNewbie Young Harry Kim]], [[TheStoic Logic Tuvok]], [[TheCaptain Captain Janeway]] versus [[IceQueen Seven of Nine]] aka the [[ArchNemesis Queen of the Borg]]. This [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything fits with the classic Greek play]] vibe of the episode, e.g. "Wise Penelope" from ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.

* YouLookFamiliar: The woman playing Lanya will return as Crewman Cutler in Season One of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. John Schuck (playing an unnamed chorus member) has an extensive resume in the franchise, including the Klingon Ambassador in two movies, as well as roles in ''Enterprise'' and ''Series/DeepSpaceNine''.

* YouLookFamiliar: The woman playing Lanya will return as Crewman Cutler in Season One of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. John Schuck (playing an unnamed chorus member) has an extensive resume in the franchise, including the Klingon Ambassador in two movies, as well as roles in ''Enterprise'' and ''Series/DS9''.

* [[SwordOverHead Spear Over Head]]: Captain Janeway refuses to kill the Queen of the Borg, throwing aside her spear for a PatrickStewartSpeech.

-->'''Kelis:''' No, no, no, no! Seven of Nine is a ''Borg'' -- the scourge of the Eternals. You're portraying her like a shy bride on her wedding night!

-->'''KELIS:''' These stories will continue for as long as we have the breath to tell them, and as long as our patrons remain wise and compassionate. And ''Voyager'' will continue on her journey to the [[ShiningCity gleaming cities of Earth where peace reigns, and hatred has no home]].

-->'''KELIS:''' These stories will continue for as long as we have the breath to tell them, and as long as our patrons remain wise and compassionate. And ''Voyager'' will continue on her journey to the [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas gleaming cities of Earth where peace reigns, and hatred has no home]].

* AsleepInClass: After forgoing sleep to search for their missing crewman (he is after all Vulcan and [[BadassBoast can go for weeks without sleep]]) Tuvok falls asleep on the bridge, snoring loudly.

* DramaticThunder: B'Elanna wants Kelis to get dilithium from the Autarch's hunting grounds. As he'd be executed if found there, Kelis is understandably reluctant. At that moment a coincidental roll of thunder sounds. Kelis' eyes widen as he says, "Did you...?" B'Elanna plays it beautifully, leaning forward menacingly and saying "''Don't'' get caught."