Throughout much of our last century or so, quite a few horrific mass murders have occurred. The Nazi holocaust, the Soviet purges, Rwanda, the slaughter of the Armenians and more testify to the fact that the last 100 years have been an abysmal track record for mankind. So, it's not at all surprising that the writers for "Star Trek: Voyager" would take on the topic of genocide themselves.
When the show begins, Voyager has just made a new friendship with some very nice pilgrims who they are taking back to their home planet. Everything is sweet and nice and life looks quite fine for everyone. In the midst of this, Torres begins having very sexy dreams--very realistic and sexy dreams. Perhaps these dreams are the result of the crew's interactions with this new race--one that has heightened psychic powers. However, when this movie-like series of dreams turn ugly and violent and talk of mass murder, Torres realizes that someone is trying to covertly pass on to the Federation that this 'nice' race has a past that is anything but nice!
This is a clever episode and manages to both entertain and say something of significance. Worth seeing.
