Good Shepherd

"Good Shepherd" is an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It is the twentieth episode of the show’s sixth season. After a routine shipwide efficiency analysis, Seven of Nine determines that three of Voyager’s crewmen are not performing at acceptable levels. Whereas such a problem on a starship would normally be remedied by a transfer to less challenging assignments, this option is not available to the crew of the ... more

"Good Shepherd" is an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It is the twentieth episode of the show’s sixth season. After a routine shipwide efficiency analysis, Seven of Nine determines that three of Voyager’s crewmen are not performing at acceptable levels. Whereas such a problem on a starship would normally be remedied by a transfer to less challenging assignments, this option is not available to the crew of the Voyager, which is stranded tens of thousands of light years from Earth. Captain Janeway decides to take the three crewmen under her wing, and against the advice of Seven of Nine, brings them along on an astronomical study on the Delta Flyer in order to form a rapport with them. The three crewmen are the hypochondriac science officer William Telfer, the Bajoran Tal Celes, whose substandard work requires constant double-checking by others, and Crewman Mortimer Harren, whose interests in theoretical cosmology, and desire to study the origins of... less