While Voyager's crew is on shore leave on a planet of peaceful telepaths with no crime, one of the world's citizens performs a savage beating. This sparks an investigation and jailing of Lt. Torres due to her voilent thoughts. Tuvok makes friends with the world's police officer, and Neelix becomes interested in a female shopkeeper.

Neelix is accidently killed by a protomatter discharge on an away mission  and then "reactivated" by Seven's Borg nanoprobes. He finds himself in a deep existential and spiritual crisis, questioning his faith and the meaning of his existence,