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* WhatTheHellHero: Janeway tears into Harren for shooting the alien bug against her orders.

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero / BothSidesHaveAPoint: Janeway tears into Harren for shooting the alien bug against her orders.orders. Except, Harren was acting to protect them and neither of them could be sure of the alien's intentions.
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-->"Shockwave impact in three, two, one. ''({{Beat}} as nothing happens)'' More or less."

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-->"Shockwave impact approaching. Contact in four, three, two, one. ''({{Beat}} as nothing happens)'' More or less."
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-->'''Janeway''': Based on direct observation-- you murdered an alien being and destroyed any chance we had to make first contact.


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-->'''Janeway''': What the hell is wrong with you!
-->'''Harren''': It was trying to kill us!
-->'''Janeway''': You don't know that!
-->'''Harren''': We were at risk!
-->'''Janeway''': I gave you a direct order!
-->'''Harren''': What if you were wrong?

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* AFatherToHisMen: Janeway takes the crewman oversight personally and takes command of a survey away mission initially scheduled with others as an opportunity to bond with them and help them feel included.



* AMotherToHerMen: Janeway goes out of her way to help the crewmen overcome their personal issues, treating them as people and not just cogs in the lower decks.

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* AMotherToHerMen: Janeway goes takes the oversight of these crewman personally, going out of her way to help the crewmen them overcome their personal issues, issues and treating them as people and not just rather than cogs in the lower decks.

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* AFatherToHisMen: Janeway takes the crewman oversight personally and takes command of a survey away mission initially scheduled with others as an opportunity to bond with them and help them feel included.



* InsufferableGenius: Why Harren is just fine secluded at the ass end of the ship (literally, Deck 15); he's about to disprove Schlezolt's Theory of Multiple Big Bangs, and he hates putting theories to practical use. [[BrilliantButLazy He is a lazy thinker]] and always talks down to everyone. The only reason he's on ''Voyager'' in the first place is because his career path required a year of starship duty and he just happened to get assigned to the worst possible one.

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* InsufferableGenius: Why Harren is just fine secluded at the ass end of the ship (literally, Deck 15); he's about to disprove Schlezolt's Theory of Multiple Big Bangs, and he hates putting theories to practical use. [[BrilliantButLazy He is a lazy thinker]] and always talks down to everyone. The only reason he's on ''Voyager'' in the first place is because his career path required a year of starship duty and he just happened to get assigned to the worst possible one. Notably, though, he tries pulling TechnoBabble on Janeway (who comes from a science background) and she manages to flummox him with some additional theorems.
* InternalDeconstruction: Most Star Trek shows focus on seasoned protagonists who are destined for greatness and [[ConsummateProfessional extremely talented at their jobs]]. This episode focuses on a trio of crewmen who for various reasons are not good at their jobs but have been stuck on Voyager because of their situation. And senior officers have been so wrapped up in big picture issues that the personal struggles of minor crew members have gone overlooked for years.


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* RememberTheNewGuy: Justified as the three crewman are said to be at the lowest end of the hierarchy possible and actively trying to avoid being seen.
* StarfishAlien: The away team encounter what appears to be a dark matter alien, something that should be impossible. They don't get a chance to make any real contact, can't even really study what they are or want, and only barely escape the encounter with their lives.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As Chakotay says, not everyone is cut out for long-term space duty and it's common for even a promising Starfleet cadet to need to transfer to a less taxing assignment. Sadly, given they're thousands of light-years from the Federation, there's no such option for these crewmembers so some are having even more trouble than usual handling this.
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** Probably Morty.
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* AppealToPity: Tal believes that she got into Starfleet despite being barely competent because they bent the rules and let her slide through out of pity for what the Bajorans suffered during the Cardassian Occupation.
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-->'''Janeway:''' Zeta particle derivation. Gamma wave frequency. Ion distribution. Flow rate of positrons.


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* PlatonicLifePartners: Tal and Telfer are clearly pretty good friends, but there's no indication of anything romantic.

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* AppealToPity: Tal believes that she got into Starfleet despite being barely competent because they bent the rules and let her slide through out of pity for the Bajoran suffered during the Cardassian Occupation.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Janeway hits Harren with one when she gets fed up with his superiority complex;

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* AppealToPity: Tal believes that she got into Starfleet despite being barely competent because they bent the rules and let her slide through out of pity for what the Bajoran Bajorans suffered during the Cardassian Occupation.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Janeway hits Harren with one when she gets fed up with his superiority complex;complex:



* BodyHorror: A large centipede-like alien takes up residence inside Telfer's body, we even see it slithering under his skin while he cries out in pain!

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* BodyHorror: A large centipede-like alien takes up residence inside Telfer's body, we body. We even see it slithering under his skin while he cries out in pain!pain.



* CallBack: To "Learning Curve"

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* %%* CallBack: To "Learning Curve"Curve".



* ChekhovsGunman: Tal does a cameo in "The Haunting of Deck Twelve".
* DelegationRelay: How the episode starts, from Janeway on Deck 1 to Harren on Deck 15.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Tal does has a cameo in "The Haunting of Deck Twelve".
* DelegationRelay: How the The episode starts, from starts by showing how a simple decision by Janeway on Deck 1 to the bridge runs down the chain of command until it reaches Harren on Deck 15.



* FunWithAcronyms: Z.G.I.F. - "Zero G Is Fun" - a mnemonic most likely from the Academy days, which translates to a TechnoBabble.

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* FunWithAcronyms: Z.G.I.F. - "Zero G Is Fun" - a mnemonic most likely from the Academy days, which translates to a TechnoBabble.



* InsufferableGenius: Why Harren is just fine secluded at the ass end of the ship (literally, Deck 15!); he's about to disprove Schlezolt's Theory of Multiple Big Bangs, and he hates putting theories to practical use; [[BrilliantButLazy he is a lazy thinker]] and always talks down to everyone.

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* InsufferableGenius: Why Harren is just fine secluded at the ass end of the ship (literally, Deck 15!); 15); he's about to disprove Schlezolt's Theory of Multiple Big Bangs, and he hates putting theories to practical use; use. [[BrilliantButLazy he He is a lazy thinker]] and always talks down to everyone.everyone. The only reason he's on ''Voyager'' in the first place is because his career path required a year of starship duty and he just happened to get assigned to the worst possible one.



* ObliviouslyEvil: The dark matter alien attempts to take over the ''Delta Flyer'' and reconfigure the life support systems to keep itself alive, so Harren shoots it to save the crew. Janeway berates him for killing an alien that may not have meant them any intentional harm.



* OurDarkMatterIsMysterious: ''Voyager'' encounters a species of dark matter lifeforms that take over a Telfer's body and try to communicate. Harren panics and kills one of them, and the aliens attack the ship.

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* OurDarkMatterIsMysterious: ''Voyager'' encounters a species of dark matter lifeforms that take over a Telfer's body and try to communicate. Harren panics and kills one of them, and the aliens attack the ship.



* WhatTheHellHero: Janeway tears into Harren for shooting the alien bug against her orders.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Janeway tears into Harren for shooting the alien bug against her orders.orders.
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* AMotherToHerMen: Janeway goes out of her way to help the crewmen overcome their personal issues, treating them as people and not just cogs in the lower decks.


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* AMotherToHerMen: Janeway goes out of her way to help the crewmen overcome their personal issues, treating them as people and not just cogs in the lower decks.

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The title of the episode is Good Shepherd, but the trope Good Shepherd is about good priests. Janeway is not a priest.


* AMotherToHerMen: Janeway goes out of her way to help the crewmen overcome their personal issues, treating them as people and not just cogs in the lower decks.



* GoodShepherd: Janeway to the three ''Voyager'' crew members.
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* ExactWords: When Neelix accuses Tom of not having said two words to Harren, Tom claims otherwise. He said the two words, "Excuse me" after bumping into Harren in the corridor.

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