Lineage ( episode ) Torres discovers that she is pregnant , and faces a private fear that she has had to deal with since her childhood . Summary . Teaser . In 2377 , B ' Elanna Torres begins her morning on the by acting uncharacteristically pleasant to everyone , including her engineering staff and her husband , Tom Paris . Making her way up to the second level of engineering , she finds Icheb and Seven of Nine working and becomes angry that Icheb is in engineering without her permission . While venting her anger she collapses in dizziness . Icheb grabs a medical tricorder and scans Torres , detecting a lifeform inside her which he believes to be a parasite . Seven takes a look at the readings , then activates her combadge to contact sickbay : Torres is pregnant . Act One . In sickbay , The Doctor confirms that Torres is indeed pregnant , and explains her fainting spell as the clash between the fetus ' Human and Klingon metabolism which sometimes can converge violently . The Doctor later explains that the fetus is healthy , but tells Torres that she can expect mood swings . Paris and Torres decide that they don ' t want to know the baby ' s gender ahead of time . Paris and Torres are both nervous and excited to be parents ; both agree to keep Torres ' pregnancy a secret for the time being . However , when Paris enters the mess hall , he is greeted by " Voyager " crewmen and Neelix applauding . Paris asks how they found out and Neelix replies that Icheb told them . Neelix then asks Paris if he can become his child ' s godfather , given that he has experience with Naomi Wildman . Paris promises to take Neelix under consideration . Torres goes back to work in engineering , where she is greeted by Chakotay . He notices that she has a certain " glow " to her this morning . Captain Janeway comes out from behind an engineering console and congratulates Torres on her pregnancy . She encourages Torres to take as much time off as possible , but Torres insists that she can still carry out her duties . Paris later runs into Tuvok in a Jefferies tube and asks if he needs his help . Tuvok replies that this may be the first time that Paris has asked to help Tuvok in six years . Paris reveals his true reason for talking to Tuvok is to get advice from him , since Tuvok , who has four children , is the only father on the ship . Tuvok tells Paris that being a parent is an enormous responsibility , and he has found that offspring can be " disturbingly illogical , yet profoundly fulfilling . " He advises Paris to anticipate paradox . Paris predicts that he is going to be volunteering to help Tuvok a lot in the future . That evening , Paris sets a candlelight dinner for his wife and himself . However , when Torres arrives at their quarters , she is agitated , complaining that Captain Janeway practically relieved her of duty and of " Voyager " ' s crewmen offering their advice unasked . Paris unwisely brings up the fact that Torres will become a Klingon mother , which angers her more for some unknown reason , before she begins to calm down as she recognizes that she is in a mood swing . Both receive a comm from The Doctor requesting them in Sickbay . The Doctor explains to the expectant parents that the child has a deviated spine . Torres remarks that both she and her mother had surgery for it . The Doctor goes on to reassure them that the child won ' t need surgery ; genetic modification will correct it . During his pedantic recitation , he accidentally reveals that the Paris ' child will be a girl ; he tries to cover by claiming that he wasn ' t directly referring to the baby ' s actual gender , but they tell him that he might as well confirm it now anyway . At Paris ' request , The Doctor projects a holographic image of their daughter . Paris thinks that she is beautiful , but Torres wonders why she has Klingon ridges . The Doctor says that Klingon traits are dominant in a few generations . Torres suddenly remembers when she went on a camping trip with her father , John Torres , her uncle Carl Torres , and her cousins Dean , Elizabeth , and Michael . She also remembers when her father told her that she looked so much like her mother . Act Two . Torres and Paris later go to bed in their quarters , and Torres remembers more of the camping trip . She was to go hiking with her cousins , but did not want to since she believed that they did not like her . Her father assured her that this was not the case . The next morning , Torres arrives in sickbay to have the genetic treatment to correct the spine deviation . She has another flashback to the camping trip . She remembered the one time when her cousin , Dean , put a worm in her sandwich when she wasn ' t looking . When Torres saw the worm , she screamed . Dean replied that he thought that Klingons liked their food live , in reference to " gagh " . Elizabeth tried to defuse the situation by calming young Torres down , which was unsuccessful , since Torres ran away from her cousins . After this memory flashback , Torres wakes up from the treatment . Soon after , Torres makes her way to " Voyager " s holodeck , where she projects what her daughter will look like at twelve years of age . Torres sees her child ' s cranial ridges , then begins to delete certain genetic sequences , one which turns her hair from brown to blonde . Torres deletes more sequences , and the cranial ridges are gone . The child now looks completely Human . With that , Torres saves the holo - image and restricts access to the file to herself only . Act Three . Torres returns to sickbay and asks The Doctor to make more genetic alterations . The Doctor stresses that there is no valid medical reason to do so . He also warns her that if he attempts to make more alterations , it will affect her appearance and personality and possibly even cause problems in her unborn daughter ' s health . He asks her to discuss the matter with her husband . In the " Delta Flyer II " , Paris says absolutely no to the changes . He then realizes that the real reason Torres wants to make the changes is because she is part Klingon . She wants to spare their child from being bullied like she was when she was young . Paris assures her that she will not be treated as an outcast , because the " Voyager " has a diverse crew of Bajoran s , Bolian s , and others . However , Paris and Torres cannot come to an agreement and come to Captain Janeway . Torres asks for Janeway to do the same thing that she did for Seven of Nine to do for her child , in that when she freed her from the Borg Collective and made alterations to her , when she removed her implants and other physiological changes . Paris and Torres openly argue in front of the captain , until Janeway stops their bickering . She comes to the conclusion that the problem is not ethical , it is marital . She also stresses that while she is willing to give advice as a friend , she will not overrule The Doctor on his warnings as it would be highly inappropriate as captain to do so . This sends Paris and Torres into an argument on the way back to their quarters , where the upset Torres locks him out . Paris ends up spending the night on the couch in Harry Kim ' s quarters . Sleeping alone , Torres again recalls the camping trip , when she finally returned after running away from her cousins . Her father was extremely worried about her and sat her down to talk to her . Torres stated that she wished that she wasn ' t Klingon , since her schoolmates and everyone else made fun of her . Young Torres asked to be left alone to read . John Torres left his daughter alone and talked around the campfire about their fishing stories . Act Four . Later , Torres remembers when she was in her camping tent and overheard her father talking to his brother about how moody and angry B ' Elanna had become , like his wife , Miral . Carl was somewhat surprised ; he thought John truly loved Miral . John agreed that he did , but remembered when their mother warned him to not marry her ; she liked Miral , but was not sure if her son could handle the relationship , but he did not listen and now he had to live with two Klingons . Then , Torres is in the present , when Chakotay comes up and makes a request that Torres name her child the feminine version of Chakotay and asks to be godfather to the child . Torres promises to take him under consideration . He asks her to come with him to the mess hall and have a drink . She agrees and while walking down the corridor , they run into Paris . Chakotay suddenly " remembers " that he forgot something , and leaves the two alone to talk . They both reconcile , when they are summoned to sickbay again . The Doctor explains that he has reviewed the data on their child and has come to the conclusion that the genetic alterations that Torres proposed may , in fact , be necessary , given the fact that Human and Klingon metabolism clash and that the child may undergo metabolic failure . The Doctor schedules a procedure for the next morning . Paris is a little disturbed by The Doctor ' s recommendation and takes the data to Icheb and Seven , asking Icheb to use his genetics background to review it . Icheb finds the alterations to be very sloppy , which is unlike The Doctor ' s usual work . They also discover that The Doctor ' s program has been tampered with . Paris tries to contact Torres , but she does not answer . He asks the computer where she is and it states that she is in sickbay . Act Five . Paris asks Tuvok to come down to sickbay , with a security team . Tuvok arrives with a security officer and Lieutenant Ayala . They cannot open the doors to sickbay , so Tuvok opens the doors manually , and they enter sickbay . There is a force field erected around the surgical bay . Tuvok contacts the bridge and asks Kim to cut power to the surgical bay . He is successful in doing so . The Doctor asks what is going on , and Paris replies that his program has been tampered with . Torres asks him to ignore Paris . Tuvok asks The Doctor to deactivate himself until they can determine the extent of the tampering to his program . The Doctor agrees and deactivates himself . Paris asks Tuvok and his security force to step outside sickbay so he can talk to his wife . Torres explains that she and her father were inseparable , until she began to grow older . Later , during the camping trip , she was going to run away again , after she heard her father and her uncle Carl talking about her and her mother . She told him that if he couldn ' t stand living with them , then he should just leave . Twelve days later , he did just that . Paris realizes that Torres has blamed herself for her father leaving and is afraid that Paris will do the same someday . Tom assures her that he will never leave her or their unborn child and hopes to have more Klingon children with her . A few days later , Torres reverses the changes she made to The Doctor and comes to sickbay and apologizes in person for changing his program . The Doctor accepts her apology , and Torres feels the baby kick . The Doctor asks if he may feel the baby kick too . Torres places his hand on her abdomen , just as the baby kicks again . Then , Torres asks The Doctor to become her child ' s godfather , given that Neelix has Naomi Wildman and that Chakotay knows less about kids than Harry Kim . The Doctor accepts elatedly . Torres asks to see her daughter again in the holographic projection . The Doctor activates the projection and Torres sees her daughter with her Klingon ridges and admits that she looks kind of cute . Memorable quotes . " " You ' re in a good mood . " " " " It ' s another beautiful day in the Delta Quadrant . " " " " What did you have for breakfast ? " " " " Nothing ' s ever rattled her . Not even the Cardassian s . " " " " This is scarier . " " " " I ' m detecting another lifesign ! " " " " Where ? " " " " Inside Lieutenant Torres . It could be a parasite . " " " " Have you checked the warp core for radiation leaks today ? " " " " No . Why ? " " " " You have a certain . . . glow about you . " " " " It ' s all over now . No more late nights on the holodeck , no more racing the " Delta Flyer . " " " Don ' t you think you ' re exaggerating just a little ? " " " " I ' ve seen it happen . The new dad gets tied down with family , old friends drop away . " " " " It ' s fatherhood , Harry , not exile . " " " " Maybe that ' s what pregnancy ' s for , time to let reality sink in . . . before your life spins out of control . " " " " Offspring can be disturbingly illogical , yet profoundly fulfilling . You should anticipate paradox . " " " " As they say on Talax , ' Omara S ' alas ' , ' Good news has no clothes ' . " " " " Mom warned me not to marry Miral . " " < br > " " Mom loved Miral . " " < br > " " Sure she did , but she never thought I had the constitution to live with a Klingon and now I ' m living with two of them . " " " " I heard what you said to Uncle Carl . " " < br > " " You shouldn ' t be listening to private conversations . " " < br > " " And you shouldn ' t have said what you did about Mommy ! " " " " If you can ' t stand living with us , then why don ' t you just leave ? " " " " Look , whatever the reason was , I ' m sure it was a horrible thing for you to live with . Wait a minute , you don ' t think ? B ' Elanna , I am never going to leave you . " " < br > " " You say that now but think about how hard it is to live with one Klingon . Pretty soon it ' ll be two . " " < br > " " Someday I hope it ' s three or four . I mean it , and I hope that every one of them is just like you . B ' Elanna , I am not your father and you are not your mother , and our daughter is going to be perfect just the way she is . " " " " She is cute , isn ' t she ? " " Links and references . References . 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