Stardate not given: Tom Paris gets bored when he and Harry Kim are guests in the house of the scientist Tolen Ren on the planet Banea, to discuss the design of a navigational deflector. He spends some time with Ren's young wife, Nidell. A jealous Ren confronts Tom, whereupon he stabs the scientist. At least that is what the memory engram from Ren's brain says. Tom is sentenced to see the crime through the eyes of his alleged victim every 14 hours. Harry Kim has to return to the ship alone. On the way to retrieve Tom, Voyager runs into patrol ships of the aggressive Numiri, who are at war with the Baneans. After performing a mind meld with Tom and further investigations on the Banean homeworld, Tuvok finds out what really happened. The evidence in Tom's brain shows that the murderer is the same height as Nidell, whereas Tom is taller. Also, the murderer was familiar with Banean anatomy, while Tom isn't. It turns out that Tolen Ren's wife has a relationship with the Banean doctor who extracted the memory engram, and they are both working for the Numiri. He altered the engram to show Tom Paris, and also included essential parts of Tolen Ren's research for the Numiri to find in Tom's brain.

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