History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS5E23Relativity

* BrickJoke: In "Future's End", Captain Janeway complained that temporal paradoxes give her a headache. Here Janeway she complains about a headache when Ducane explains the temporal weirdness to her.

* TheOtherDarrin: Captain Braxton is played by a different actor here than in "Future's End".

Seven of Nine is used by the crew of the future Federation starship ''Relativity'' to find out who is responsible for the sabotage of ''Voyager'' with a temporal weapon that would destroy the ship. After Seven is transported to the date when the saboteur is likely to appear on ''Voyager'', she discovers that the saboteur himself is a future version of Captain Braxton who was stripped of his command and sent to rehabilitation after suffering from temporal psychosis. The crew of the ''Relativity'' put both the future and present versions of Braxton in confinement while Captain Janeway is used to stop the saboteur from planting the weapon before Seven interacts with a past version of Janeway (as well as herself) to contaminate the timeline.

* BrickJoke: In "Future's End", Captain Janeway complained that temporal paradoxes give her a headache. Here Janeway visibly gets a major headache when Ducane explains the temporal weirdness to her.

* CloseEnoughTimeline: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Captain Janeway is sent back in time by Ducane to prevent the placing of the weapon that led to the whole chain of events in the first place. After completing her mission, Ducane states that there's an incursion factor of .0036. We're not given any reference point as to exactly what this means, but it's implied that it's very small and Ducane comments that it's better than he expected (It's possible that it means to B'Elanna encountering Janeway (with a different hairstyle) in the hallway. B'Elanna asks her a question and Future Janeway, careful of any possible changes, tells her to use her best judgment on an issue. As Present Janeway was on the same deck, it likely lessened any real damage. B'Elanna probably didn't notice the hair in her haste and if she mentioned running into Janeway, the other Janeway might believe that she forgot the brief encounter in her haste to get to the bridge).

* DeathIsCheap: When the opening version of Seven dies from TemporalSickness, the ''Relativity'' crew simply recruits another version from the past to replace her. The second Seven later recruits a third version of herself to capture Future Braxton for the same reason.
* DoYouTrustMe: Seven has to appeal to Past Janeway on the basis of a relationship that hasn't even started yet.
* FaceRevealingTurn / WhamShot: The episode appears to be starting with an ordinary flashback scene. Then Past Janeway waves aside an ensign bent over a console. It's Seven of Nine, ''sans'' her Borg implants.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Janeway is noted for multiple violations of the Temporal Prime Directive and asked to not attempt any more time travelling. However, this isn't the last of her time travel shenanigans, blatantly violating the directive in the [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E23Endgame show's finale.]]

* LampshadeHanging: Ducane admits that ''Voyager'' has a habit of appearing on their temporal scanners and advises they be more careful about time travel. [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Imagine the trouble they have with Archer's crew.]]

** Repeated use of time travel causes the user to become progressively ill, to the point of being fatal in certain circumstances. One version of Seven is killed this way, forcing the agents to recruit a Past Seven to take her place.

** Admiral Patterson drops his apparently stern demeanor by ordering [[FirstNameBasis Katie]] to give him a hug.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: When Seven of Nine is chasing Future!Braxton, who teleports by activating his tricorder, she manages a shot that flips it out of his hand and away, forcing him to run instead of teleport.

* ChekhovsGun: The temporal reading that Past!Janeway picks up alerts her when more such weirdness occurs in her future.

* CloseEnoughTimeline: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Captain Janeway is sent back in time by Ducane to prevent the placing of the weapon that led to the whole chain of events in the first place. After completing her mission, Ducane states that there's an incursion factor of .0036. We're not given any reference point as to exactly what this means, but it's implied that it's very small and Ducane comments that it's better than he expected (It's possible that it means to B'Elanna encountering Janeway (with a different hairstyle) in the hallway. B'Elanna asks her a question and Future!Janeway, careful of any possible changes, tells her to use her best judgment on an issue. As Present!Janeway was on the same deck, it likely lessened any real damage. B'Elanna probably didn't notice the hair in her haste and if she mentioned running into Janeway, the other Janeway might believe that she forgot the brief encounter in her haste to get to the bridge).

* DeadpanSnarker: Past!Janeway asking the admiral if an armed chase through the corridors is part of the tour of ''Voyager''.
* DeathIsCheap: When the opening version of Seven dies from TemporalSickness, the ''Relativity'' crew simply recruits another version from the past to replace her. The second Seven later recruits a third version of herself to capture Future!Braxton for the same reason.
* DoYouTrustMe: Seven has to appeal to Past!Janeway on the basis of a relationship that hasn't even started yet.
* FaceRevealingTurn / WhamShot: The episode appears to be starting with an ordinary flashback scene. Then Past!Janeway waves aside an ensign bent over a console. It's Seven of Nine, ''sans'' her Borg implants.

* RememberThatYouTrustMe: An odd variation, as Seven is using this on Past!Janeway, who hasn't yet met Seven.
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: The temporal weapon destroys ''Voyager'' until Seven stops Future!Braxton.
* SanitySlippage: Future!Braxton is suffering from temporal psychosis.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: With shades of a StableTimeLoop. Future!Braxton lost his mind and was sent to rehab, and is now trying to destroy ''Voyager'' in the past so their interference in his life is prevented. When the crew of the ''Relativity'' learn this, they arrest Present!Braxton, with the implication he'll be sent to rehab just like his future self warned him about.

** Repeated use of time travel causes the user to become progressively ill, to the point of being fatal in certain circumstances. One version of Seven is killed this way, forcing the agents to recruit a past!Seven to take her place.

** When Past!Janeway confronts Future!Braxton:

* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Seven of Nine is sent through time by the timeship ''USS Relativity'' (which is from the 29th century) to save ''Voyager'' from being destroyed by a strange device that is "out of phase" with normal time, since she is the only one that can see it due to her ocular implant.

* TemporalSickness: Repeated use of time travel causes the user to become progressively ill, to the point of being fatal in certain circumstances. One version of Seven is killed this way, forcing the agents to recruit a past!Seven to take her place.

* LetMeGetThisStraight: Janeway trying to figure out the temporal paradox she's caught up in. Especially the part where she has to arrest Braxton even though they've just done so, and there's already a third Braxton in ''Relativity's'' brig. Ducane telling her that all three Braxtons will be reintegrated for the trial nearly breaks her brain. [[http://reviewboy.com/relativity.html Jim Wright's take on this scene really sells it.]]
--> Janeway's headache is actually visible. It throbs like a red alert beacon. "Wait a minute, let me get this straight. I'm going back in time to stop Braxton...But you already have him."\\
Ducane smirks. "And there's a third one in our brig. I arrested him earlier today. But don't worry. They'll all be reintegrated in time for the trial." (Oh? And how exactly does THAT work?)\\
Janeway blinks. Blinks again. Neural processes...failing...She needs coffee, and she needs it now. "And Seven?"\\
Ducane smiles again. "Oh, I assure you--when all this is over, there'll be just one Seven of Nine."\\
Thump. Whump tump. The vein in Janeway's forehead throbs like the subwoofer during a Schwarzeneggar (sic) film. "All right. Let's get started before my headache gets any worse."

Thump. Whump tump. The vein in Janeway's forehead throbs like the subwoofer during a Schwarzeneggar film. "All right. Let's get started before my headache gets any worse."

* CloseEnoughTimeline: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Captain Janeway is sent back in time by Ducane to prevent the placing of the weapon that led to the whole chain of events in the first place. After completing her mission, Ducane states that there's an incursion factor of .0036. We're not given any reference point as to exactly what this means, but it's implied that it's very small and Ducane comments that it's better than he expected (It's possible that it means to Belanna encountering Janeway (with a different hairstyle) in the hallway. Belanna asks her a question and Future!Janeway, careful of any possible changes, tells her to use her best judgment on an issue. As Present!Janeway was on the same deck, it likely lessened any real damage. Belanna probably didn't notice the hair in her haste and if she mentioned running into Janeway, the other Janeway might believe that she forgot the brief encounter in her haste to get to the bridge).

* CloseEnoughTimeline: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Captain Janeway is sent back in time by Ducane to prevent the placing of the weapon that led to the whole chain of events in the first place. After completing her mission, Ducane states that there's an incursion factor of .0036. We're not given any reference point as to exactly what this means, but it's implied that it's very small and Ducane comments that it's better than he expected.

* FaceRevealingTurn: The episode appears to be starting with an ordinary flashback scene. Then Past!Janeway waves aside an ensign bent over a console. It's Seven of Nine, ''sans'' her Borg implants.

* PlotHole: Why is Seven of Nine able to see the weapon when ''Voyager'' is in dry dock? We know that the weapon will be installed by Capt. Braxton two years later when the ship is under attack by the Kazon but not earlier.
** It seems to be implied that somehow the weapon out of temporal phase will "always" be present on the ship after it's planted from the building of ''Voyager'' to its destruction, except in the short instance where it's shortly before the time when the saboteur places the weapon in its location. So in this instance of the TimeyWimeyBall, you can go to any time in ''Voyager's'' existence and view the weapon (if you're a Borg drone or a former drone with a still working visual implant) being there, but during the attack on ''Voyager'' by the Kazon is the only time it isn't there because it's "just about" to be placed there.

** As well as to [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd "Future's End"]] and [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E6Timeless "Timeless"]] when Braxton chews Janeway out over her temporal violations. Incidentally, Braxton mentions cleaning up ''three'' of Janeway's temporal violations. Two future episodes, [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E10Shattered "Shattered"]] and [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E23Endgame "Endgame"]], could be the third.

** It seems to be implied that somehow the weapon out of temporal phase will "always" be present on the ship after it's planted from the building of ''Voyager'' to it's destruction, except in the short instance where it's shortly before the time when the saboteur places the weapon in it's location. So in this instance of the TimeyWimeyBall, you can go to any time in ''Voyager's'' existence and view the weapon (if you're a Borg drone or a former drone with a still working visual implant) being there, but during the attack on ''Voyager'' by the Kazon is the only time it isn't there because its "just about" to be placed there.

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* CallForward: During Janeway's chat with Admiral Patterson in the opening, she mentions Tuvok's infiltration of Chakotay's ship and her intention to recruit Tom Paris for [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E1Caretaker their upcoming mission]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Janeway is noted for multiple violations of the Temporal Prime Directive and asked to not attempt any more time traveling. However, this isn't the last of her time travel shenanigans, blatantly violating the directive in the [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E23Endgame show's finale.]]

* PlotHole: Why is Seven of Nine able to see the weapon when Voyager is in dry dock? We know that the weapon will be installed by Capt. Braxton two years later when the ship is under attack by the Kazon but not earlier.
** It seems to be implied that somehow the weapon out of temporal phase will "always" be present on the ship after it's planted from the building of Voyager to it's destruction, except in the short instance where it's shortly before the time when the saboteur places the weapon in it's location. So in this instance of the TimeyWimeyBall, you can go to any time in Voyager's existence and view the weapon (if you're a Borg drone or a former drone with a still working visual implant) being there, but during the attack on Voyager by the Kazon is the only time it isn't there because its "just about" to be placed there.

* PreCrimeArrest: Commander Braxton is apprehended for "crimes he's going to commit."

* TimePolice: The job of the 29th Century Starfleet officers.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Janeway is noted for multiple violations of the Temporal Prime Directive and asked to not attempt any more time traveling. However, this isn't the last of her time travel shenanigans.

** In "Counterpoint", Janeway said she's on a FirstNameBasis with certain Starfleet admirals. This is true with Admiral Patterson who addresses her as "Katie" and treats her like a teacher would a favorite student.

* YouExclamation: Janeway!

* PreCrimeArrest: Commander Braxton is apprehended for "crimes he was about to commit."

* TimeTravel: Courtesy of a temporal transporter system. The episode jumps back and forth between several different time frames. The 'present' is in Season 5 (2375), but the episode opens before the start of the series when ''Voyager'' was in drydock at the Utopia Planitia shipyard (2371). The sabotage actually occurs during a Kazon attack in Season 2 (2372). And the USS ''Relativity'' and its crew are operating at an unspecified date and time in the 29th Century.

* YouExclamation

* LetMeGetThisStraight: Janeway trying to figure out the temporal paradox she's caught up in. Especially the part where she has to arrest Braxton even though they've just done so, and there's already a third Braxton in ''Relativity's'' brig. Ducane telling her that all three Braxtons will be reintegrated for the trial nearly breaks her brain.
--> '''Janeway:''' Wait a minute, let me get this straight. I'm going back in time to stop Braxton. But you already have him.\\
'''Ducane:''' And there's a third one in our brig. I arrested him earlier today. But, don't worry. They'll all be reintegrated in time for the trial.\\
'''Janeway:''' And Seven?\\
'''Ducane:''' Oh, I assure you, when all this is over there'll be just one Seven of Nine.\\
'''Janeway:''' All right. Let's get started before my headache gets any worse.