History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS5E10Counterpoint

* GracefulLoser: Kashyk accepts that he's been OutGambitted without rancour. He even falsifies the records to spare Janeway and ''Voyager'' (as well as himself and his mooks a lot of trouble.

* BrokenRecord: Prax always gives the same spiel before sending his soldiers to board ''Voyager'', even though everyone knows it by rote. Janeway tries cutting him off on the last inspection, but Prax just ignores that.

* ChromosomeCasting / MonochromeCasting: The Devore soldiers are all male and of the same race, in contrast to ''Voyager's'' multiracial and multi-gendered crew. Kashyk's fascination with Janeway may well be because he's never encountered a female starship captain before.

** The trick of suspending someone in a transporter buffer was used in TNG "Relics", though Scotty is able to do it for a lot longer than our heroes.

* DarkIsEvil: The Devore soldiers in their black uniforms make a noticeable contrast to ''Voyager's'' multi-coloured crew.

* TheEmpire: The Devore Imperium ticks all the buttons: vast, xenophobic, persecutes minorities, and its {{mooks}} wear [[EvilWearsBlack black uniforms]]. Kashyk is genuinely impressed over how TheFederation is able to integrate their conflicting aspects in a harmonious whole. Torat however is not.

* FoeRomanceSubtext: Though more actual text in this case. When both parties finally reveal their true colors, Janeway says her offer to Kashyk to join her crew was genuine, and Kashyk admits he was tempted.

* GracefulLoser: Kashyk accepts that he's been OutGambitted without rancour. He even falsifies the records to spare Janeway and ''Voyager'' (as well as himself and his {{mooks}}) a lot of trouble.

* HiddenInPlainSight: The telepaths are held in the transporter beam, suspended in the Cargo Bay. Unfortunately this causes cellular damage in the long term, so Janeway has to get them off her hands.

* ManipulativeBastard: Two can play at that game!

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kashyk claims that his HeelFaceTurn started after he sent a telepathic girl to an unpleasant fate. {{Subverted}}, however, when he reveals that he decided that he'd done the right thing.

* NowOrNeverKiss: When Kashyk has to leave ''Voyager'', throwing away his chance to escape the Imperium, Janeway snogs him like she hasn't kissed a man in five years.
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: Indeed -- it's an ''[[InsistentTerminology interspatial flexure!]]''
** And it doesn't have an "aperture" -- it's an "[[TechnoBabble intermittent cyclical vortex]]"!

%%* {{Touche}}%%Quotes aren't context.
%%-->'''Kashyk:''' Well played, Captain. It seems I never did earn your trust.\\
%%'''Janeway:''' I had to take a few precautions. You understand.\\
%%'''Kashyk:''' Better than anyone.
%%* TheTriple:%%Quotes aren't context.
%%-->'''Janeway:''' Seven, I want you to lay in a course that'll attract as little attention as possible. Avoid their colonies, space stations, tourist attractions... [[SarcasmMode if they have any]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We are told that the ONLY possible way for Tuvok and the other telepathic crew members to avoid detection is for them to be held in transporter suspension while ''Voyager'' is being searched. To the extent that even when the Doctor reveals this method is damaging their health and could be fatal, they have no choice but to continue using this method to avoid capture. Yet when the Devore conduct their final inspection, where they discover the transporter trick, Tuvok & Co are not there. So, where were they hidden that final time? They couldn't be on the shuttlecraft that vanished into the wormhole, so where, exactly were they concealed?
** Tuvok is actually at his tactical station on the Bridge though it's not explained why.

* BittersweetEnding: Janeway obviously developed feelings for Kashyk, and is left heartbroken that he turned out to be every bit the bullshitter she thought he was.

-->'''Kashyk:''' Captain, do you trust me?
-->'''Janeway:''' Not for a second.
-->'''Kashyk:''' Exactly, and why should you? Trust has to be earned. It's gradual, and yet it's the foundation of every relationship, professional and personal. It's also a [[BewareTheMindReader concept alien to the telepathic races.]] Why take someone at their word when you can simply read their mind?

* SpikesOfDoom: On the Devore hand scanners.

* {{Touche}}
-->'''Kashyk:''' Well played, Captain. It seems I never did earn your trust.
-->'''Janeway:''' I had to take a few precautions. You understand.
-->'''Kashyk:''' Better than anyone.
* TheTriple
-->'''Janeway:''' Seven, I want you to lay in a course that'll attract as little attention as possible. Avoid their colonies, space stations, tourist attractions... [[SarcasmMode if they have any.]]

-->'''Kashyk:''' I've replicated some coffee. Black, as usual?
-->'''Janeway:''' ''(DeathGlare)'' Black.

* AmusingAlien: Torat, a scientist who studies "wormholes" (not his word) [[CharacterTics puffs out his nose]] when agitated.

* ContinuityNod: The trick of suspending someone in a transporter buffer was used in TNG "Relics", though Scotty is able to do it for a lot longer than our heroes.

* NotSoDifferent: Kashyk and Janeway, though with enough differences to make things interesting.