impacting several of the ship's systems. Eventually, they discover a point in space where Voyager crossed into the singularity, but it has since shrunk, too small for Voyager to exit through. Janeway takes Torres, who has knowledge of singularities, on a shuttle to the opening, using the shuttle's shields to expand the opening large enough for Voyager to pass through. However, the result damages their communications systems; on returning to Voyager they find two versions of the ship, both appearing real to their sensors. Though they have a heated argument about which ship is the correct Voyager, Janeway makes the ultimate decision, and correctly picks the right vessel. Voyager leaves the singularity safely and begins to effect repairs. Janeway follows through on Chakotay's advice and promotes Torres to Chief Engineer. Reception "Parallax" was evaluated by USA Today as an interesting episode of the franchise and this series, noting the acting performance by Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway. This episode explored the idea of temporal reflections. This concept was acknowledged by the 2016 Star Trek novella, Department of Temporal Investigations: Time Lock. In 2019, Higgy Pop identified this episode as one of the time travel stories of the Star Trek franchise. They observe that this episode reveals the tensions between the Maquis and Federation crew-members as they struggle to make contact with another spaceship apparently caught in a temporal anomaly with the USS Voyager. In 2020, Tor.com rated this episode 6/10. References External links Doux Review – Star Trek Voyager: Parallax Star Trek: Voyager (season 1) episodes 1995 American television episodes Television episodes written by Brannon Braga