Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
Although aStar Trek : Voyagerseason 2 episode hard implied that Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) and Lieutenant B’Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ) might become a couple , Dawson later clarified why the quality ' amatory tenseness were never further explored . Voyagerseason 2 was plagued by some programming and tone matter early on , but despite the setbacks , it still managed to turn around some intriguing episodes . One of these episodes was season 2 , episode 8 , " Persistence of Vision , " whichfeaturedStar Trek : Voyager ’s castdealing with an tone-beginning by a telepathic alienwho aimed to incapacitate them for strange but doubtlessly nefarious reasonableness .
During " Persistence of Vision " , the alien antagonist used his telepathic superpower to send firstCaptain Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew)and then the entire crowd into a catatonic body politic while show them visual modality of what were supposedly about their deepest desires . Interestingly , when B’Elanna fell victim to the alien , her vision revolved around a romanticistic encounter with Chakotay wherethe two allow in their secret feeling for each other and partake in an versed bit . This led to speculation that the two might become a couple later in the show , but Roxann Dawson shared withCinefantastiquethat this was n’t how she interpreted the moment :
" I think for B’Elanna , it was n’t a reflexion of a lineal attraction to Chakotay . He stand for so much to her , a father image , a mentor , her teacher , her coworker , and he is an attractive man . I conceive it was a desire to give in to a side that she does not give into easily , and that was what do her finical trance . I do n’t think that of necessity mean that he is always on her nous . It probably engage her by surprisal . It was more of a reflection of her need to please , to fulfill , all of these things are very real , very Human . I did n’t show it as an implication that Torres just desire Chakotay when I show the script . "
After the episode aired , Dawson survive on to tellStar Trek Monthlythatshe did n’t see the possibility of anything else developing between Chakotay and Torres :
“ People can interpret B’Elanna ’s feeling for Chakotay in a heap of different ways . I see Chakotay as a combining of mentor and forefather material body for B’Elanna . She might have some amorous touch sensation towards him in a kind of Freudian sense , but I do n’t see them go together on any other level than as a wise man and school-age child . "
The last episode of Star Trek : Voyager incorporated many of the show ’s core theme , include sentence travel , love , and the importance of family .
Why A Chakotay/B’Elanna Romance Would Never Have Worked
Dawson ended up being right about Torres and Chakotay never developing a romance ; B’Elanna finally entered into a human relationship withTom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill)while Chakotay endedVoyager ’s run in the arms of Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) . Although the two maintained a friendship and close work human relationship over the track of the show , the possibility of anything romanticist between them was never even so much as suggest atafter " Persistence of Vision . " Ultimately , this ended up being exactly the right selection for several reasons , not least of which was that the power dynamics would have been exceedingly skewed .
As Voyager ’s First Officer , Chakotay was in charge of the ship ’s staff office , which meant that he oversaw all the officers including B’Elanna . Star Trek : Voyager ’s Chief Engineer date the First Officer would have been a mistake from an honorable stand , an event that often cropped up in Chakotay ’s relationship . relegate some expectations , Star Trekromancestend to work only ifthe two characters are of the same rank or one is n’t in Starfleet at all , something establish by B’Elanna ’s relationship with Tom . In the end , leaving the possibility of a Chakotay / B’Elanna romance in the past was the right alternative .
Star Trek : Voyageris useable to stream on Paramount+ .
Source : Cinefantastique , Star Trek Monthly
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