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Jetrel

The man who designed the weapon that destroyed all life on the moon of Neelix's homeworld, including that of his family, diagnoses Neelix with a fatal illness.

Here we learn of Neelix's family: his mother and father, 3 brothers, and 3 sisters. Neelix' family lived on Rinax, the moon of the planet Talax, and were killed by the Metreon Cascade in 2355.

James Sloyan, who plays Jetrel here, also played Dr. Mora Pol, the Bajoran scientist who discovered Odo's shape changing abilities and instructed him in human behavior on Deep Space Nine. He also played K'Mtar, Alexander's future adult self, in the Next Generation episode, Firstborn, as well as Romulan Admiral Jerok in The Defector, from that series as well.

Jetrel lies to Neelix about his being terminally ill. This is a ploy to do what he has worked on for years : Bring back the dead by using dna to recover their patterns via use of the ship's transporters.

The plan does not work, however, as the being who is materializing loses molecular cohesion.

Heartbroken, as he had so desperately wanted to atone for his crime of contructing the bomb which his government had unleashed, Jetrel collapses and is taken to sickbay : He had disclosed that he himself is dying.

Neelix and Jetrel talk in sickbay. Neelix forgives Jetrel for
creating the bomb that had killed his family and millions of others, as he has seen how remorse has eaten the man up since the bombing.

Jetrel dies after that.

An excellent episode!