Mortal Coil
- Episode aired Dec 17, 1997
- TV-PG
- 46m
Thanks to Seven of Nine, Neelix returns from the dead, but his lack of a glimpse of the afterlife brings about a severe crisis of faith.Thanks to Seven of Nine, Neelix returns from the dead, but his lack of a glimpse of the afterlife brings about a severe crisis of faith.Thanks to Seven of Nine, Neelix returns from the dead, but his lack of a glimpse of the afterlife brings about a severe crisis of faith.
- Alixia
- (as Robin Stapler)
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Command Officer
- (uncredited)
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIt is mentioned that Ktarians, like Klingons, are prone to growing faster than humans. This is the show's way of explaining how Naomi Wildman has grown so much despite being born only a year and a half earlier. The reason Klingons are mentioned is because this was also the case in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), when Worf's son Alexander appeared (played by a 5-6 year old actor) less than two years after being conceived. Alexander later appeared again in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as a young adult warrior, despite the character being roughly 10-11 chronological years old.
- GoofsWhen Thomas Paris uses the "spoon and glass method" to get the attention of everyone gathered in the mess hall, he holds stemware by its rim. Any type of glass held by its rim can not give off that kind of pure ringing tone.
- Quotes
Seven of Nine: The Borg encountered a Kazon colony in the Gand Sector, grid 6920.
Neelix: Were they assimilated?
Seven of Nine: Their biological and technological distinctiveness was unremarkable. They were unworthy of assimilation.
Neelix: I didn't realize the Borg were so discriminating.
Seven of Nine: Why assimilate a species that would detract from perfection?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Lower Decks: We'll Always Have Tom Paris (2021)
This is quite a decent episode about the meaning of life, about what will await us after we die and if life is worth living if no one of your loved ones will be waiting for you in the afterlife. It is about religion amd beliefs in a life that might continue in another form once you leave your corporeal form behind. While some people might find comfort in their beliefs that loved ones passed away might wait for once you have left this world, the message of this episode is, that there are friends and loved ones in your life that make it worth living. And that is the true meaning of life.
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- Dec 28, 2023
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3