the wound. Chakotay finds a flow of energy in the nebula and believes it is a circulatory system. The ship reaches the injury using the flow, initiates the repair, and leaves as it heals. In side stories, Neelix appoints himself the ship's morale officer; Janeway receives help from Chakotay in finding her "animal guide" from Native American folklore; and Tom Paris takes Kim to "Chez Sandrine", a French bistro he frequented on Earth that he has recreated in the holodeck. After the mission, Janeway and other crew members relax at Chez Sandrine. Reception Reviewers Lance Parkin and Mark Jones thought the episode was "almost ridiculously straightforward and predictable". In 2017, ScreenRant ranked "The Cloud" as the 10th most hopeful episode of all Star Trek episodes up to that time. They also note this as the origin of the famous Captain Janeway line, "There is coffee in that nebula". In 2020, Tor.com gave this episode 6/10 and noted comedic performances by Robert Picardo (the EMH) as well as the introduction of the holographic French bar, Sandrine's. Video releases This episode was released on LaserDisc in Germany in 1996, paired with "Phage" for 49 DEM. 1st Season vol.3 included "Phage" with the German language title Transplantationen and "The Cloud" as Der Mysteriöse Nebel on a single double sided 12" LaserDisc, with a German audio Dolby Surround soundtrack. Astronaut connection In 2015, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tweeted the line from this episode about coffee from the International Space Station, accompanied by an image of her wearing a Star Trek uniform. The station was getting a shipment of supplies which triggered a chance to say how coffee was in the incoming spacecraft (a Dragon cargo spacecraft). The spacecraft was carrying the ISSpresso machine which would allow coffee beverages to be made aboard the Space Station. The tweet was accompanied by her wearing a Star Trek uniform. Cristoforetti is an Italian astronaut, not only the first Italian woman in space but also broke records with nearly 200 days in space, and went on be awarded the Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana by Italy. References External links Star Trek: Voyager (season 1) episodes 1995 American television episodes Television episodes directed by David Livingston Television episodes written by Brannon Braga