Star Trek - Voyager > Season 3 > Episode 22 (63)

Real Life

Airdate: 23.04.1997

Cast: (16 - show/hide all)

Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Commander Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
Jennifer Lien	...	Kes
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Lieutenant Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Lieutenant Tuvok
Garrett Wang	...	Ensign Harry Kim
Wendy Schaal	...	Charlene
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.	...	Jeffrey
Lindsey Haun	...	Belle
Chad Haywood	...	K'Kath
Stephen Anthony Ralston	...	Larg
Majel Barrett	...	Voyager Computer (voice)
Tarik Ergin	...	Lieutenant Ayala

Crew:

Anson Williams	...	Direction
Jeri Taylor	...	Script

Plot:

The Doctor creates a holographic family, but B'elanna Torres thinks the Doctor's simulation is too "nice" (in a "Leave It To beaver" sort of way). She introduces some alterations to the program to make the simulation more accurate to real life: a wife who often disagrees, a rebellious teenage son, and a daughter who is sure she knows better than her doting father. When his daughter is critically injured the Doctor must make a choice, run back to his Voyager life, or face the harsh "reality" of losing a loved one.