One redeeming quality of Voyager has been that there is no Worf on the ship, they are not in Klingon territory and we don't hear lectures about honor, warriors, dying in battle and Kahless. It has been a good thing, that B'Elanna didn't care for Klingon traditions so far. But now she is talked into celebrating the Klingon day of honor by Paris and Neelix and once she is lost in space with Paris and about to die, she regrets that she hasn't been more honorable yada yada yada.
And here we have it again: After Kes blew up a shuttle in the last episode, Paris and B'Elanna don't want to fall behind and blow one up themselves. I really wonder how many shuttles Voyager carries. And don't even start with industrial replicators! They have to ration food from replicators to save energy. And once Kim replicated a clarinette, he had to save rations for a full week to be able to use the energy of the replicator for such an item. Replicating and assemblding a new shuttle would take them weeks and bind a lot of tech personnel. We never have seen anyone working on shuttles and we also never have seen any large scale industrial replicators on board the ship.
In this episode a transwarp test fails and B'Elanna has to eject the warp core to prevent an explosion. After everything is under control, she and Paris take a shuttle to retrieve the warp core but run into a space ship that fires at their ship. B'Elanna and Paris get into EV suits and beam themselves into space before their shuttle explodes. Naturally they come closer while being alone in space and B'Elanna tells Paris that she loves him. While the oxygen runs lower by the minute they wait for Voyager to rescue them. In the meantime Voyager crew has to cope with an ungrateful alien race that they have given food and supplies. But those greedy aliens returned the favor by rallying more ships and threating to destroy Voyager unless they hand over all their supplies. Janeway should have just opened fire at this point to send a message. But she of course has mercy and with the help of Seven of Nine they are able to give them a tech device with which they can power their own replicators. Problem solved and everyone is happy ever after.