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Production Number: 170 (STV402)
Original air date: 9/10/97

Written by: Joe Menosky
Directed by: Anson Williams

Kes's life as she knows it comes to an end but not before she gives her crewmates an amazing gift.

Guest Stars:

• none

Notes:

• This is Kes's (Jennifer Lien) last episode as a regular on Voyager.
• TV Guide Listing: "Janeway considers bringing the Borg known as Seven of Nine 'into the fold'. Meanwhile, Tuvok attempts to help Kes develop her increasing telekinetic and telepathic abilities."
• From TV Guide:
  "Star Trek: Voyager fans already know that Kes will be jettisoned early in the show's fourth season. But executive producer Jeri Taylor has hinted that this might not be goodbye for actress Jennifer Lien. In the second episode of the season--the back half of a two[sic]-parter--Kes "is given a rather magical send-off, which does not say that she is totally absent forever." The reason for Kes's departure, Taylor insists, "has nothing to do with Jennifer Lien and her extraordinary abilities as an actress. It was simply a decision that we felt that the character was not working as well as we had wanted. That was more our fault than Jennifer's."

• [[8/29]] Roxann Dawson:
  Jennifer Lien? She didn't quit the show. They're basically phasing out the character. I think it got stuck into a place where they couldn't... You all know that Jennifer Lien is leaving the show? She'll be in the first two episodes and she leaves the show because... I believe they found that they couldn't do enough with the character. They really got stuck into a corner and they didn't know where else to take it. So, instead they decided to bring on a different character and try to go in a different direction. So that's what happened with that.
• [[9/17]] Jeri Ryan:
  The character I auditioned for was Seven as she is now, in episode 11 that we're shooting... so that preperation was a lot different than the preperation for the first couple episodes. Which was basically PANIC! I knew that the character started out Borg, but all that I had seen was the Borg Queen, who spoke, and who I was told to completely disregard. And the drones, who didn't speak, who I was told to completely disregard. So when the first script came out, and I realized that I actually had to speak and act as a Borg... panic is a mild term.
• [[9/17]] Jeri Ryan:
  It looks like you got rid of most of your Borg "make-up" after the first show. Is it a relief not to have to wear all of that?
  Actually, it was the second episode, but who's counting? :)
  It's more comfortable, to say the least.
• [[9/17]] Jeri Ryan:
  Do they really have to give you Borg implants? does it hurt? do they let you remove them in the off season or are they permanent? You scare me.
  :)
  Thanks.
• [[9/17]] Jeri Ryan:
  Will you help the Doctor with his hair as he helped you with yours?
  In episode 14 I'll be administering some Borg Rogaine that I brought on board with me.
• [[9/17]] Jeri Ryan:
  My best friend's name is Onica Johansen and she's freaking out because the new character's name is "Onica Hansen." How'd the name come about?
  We actually loosely based the character on her life. So please thank her for me.

• [[8/27]] Jeri Taylor:
  [Jennifer Lien] just felt her character wasn't going anywhere, so it was a very amicable and mutual decision. Jennifer did come back to do two episodes for us, to finish up the season finale and to give her a spectuacular story to send her off, which does not preclude the possibility of her coming back.
  We have a lot of characters, we were adding a character and the feeling was that we were not serving that one well and it was best not to try keep doing it.

Seven of Nine begins her transformation to a fierce yet alluring young female

"The Gift" -- Kes knows it's time to leave Voyager when her body goes into a state of cellular flux and she experiences uncontrollable psychokinetic abilities which endanger the ship. Before Kes has her final moments of life as she knows it and enters a higher realm of existence, she gives her crewmates an amazing gift, on "Star Trek: Voyager" airing Wednesday, September 10 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT) on UPN.

Meanwhile, Seven of Nine's human physiology begins to reassert itself and threaten her life. When Janeway instructs The Doctor to completely remove her Borg technology, a fierce yet alluring young female begins to emerge.

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