Equinox: 1

Missing Scenes

This episode is one of a number in season five which were filmed for a broadcast length of approximately 44 minutes, but which were transmitted in edited form by UPN in order to slice two minutes off the running time. The transcripts below are of the scenes and scene fragments that are missing from that UPN broadcast, based on a comparison between the first airing on UPN and the full version of the episode. Please note that an entirely different set of cuts may have been made on subsequent repeats of the episode by UPN, and that syndication reruns seem to be showing the episodes intact.

Dialogue shown in italic type is only included in the full version of the episode. Dialogue shown in normal type is in both versions. Scene start timings are approximate, rounded up or down to the nearest minute, and are based on the UK PAL broadcast format (25 frames per second).

Corridor/Astrometrics Lab. 36 minutes.

[What's going to happen to us?] [The schematics are encrypted.] [You said you wanted to learn more about humanity. I guess we're not exactly prize examples.]

After discovering that the Equinox was using the Ankari's spirit beings as a form of propulsion to get themselves home faster, Janeway orders the offending warp core modifications taken offline. On the Equinox, Chakotay is escorting Ensign Gilmore to Engineering, in the hopes that the Equinox's engineer will assist in the process.

Gilmore:	What's going to happen to us?
Chakotay:	That's up to Captain Janeway. You'll be confined to quarters until we can find a way to make peace with these lifeforms you've been killing. If it's not too late.
Gilmore:	To be honest, I'm glad you stopped us. Living the rest of my life knowing what we'd done...
Chakotay:	You could have stopped yourself. Why didn't you?
Gilmore:	I don't know. When the Captain ordered me to modify the warp core, I concentrated on the work. I tried not to think about how it was going to be used.
Chakotay:	Well, think about it now, because we need your help.
Gilmore:	Commander?
Chakotay:	After you.

They enter Engineering.

Chakotay:	We're having trouble making sense of all this.
Seven:	The schematics are encrypted. I can't access them.
Chakotay:	Do you know the decryption codes? Your Captain's been relieved of command. You take orders from me now. Do you have the codes?
Gilmore:	Yes.
Seven:	Proceed.
Chakotay:	Think of it this way, Ensign. You might live with yourself a little easier.
Gilmore:	You said you wanted to learn more about humanity. I guess we're not exactly prize examples. I'm sorry.
Seven:	On the contrary. You've taught me a great deal.

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