Faces ( episode ) The Vidiians capture B ' Elanna Torres and split her into two people , one fully Klingon , and one fully Human . Summary . Teaser . A long - haired and apparently lifeless body strapped to a vertical apparatus slowly comes to , as a man ' s voice calmly issues technical instructions , ending a regeneration process . The restrained individual becomes completely awake ; it is a fully Klingon female , but her scientifically - minded captor refers to her as none other than B ' Elanna Torres . Act One . In the mess hall of the , Neelix presents Tuvok with a bowl of plomeek soup that he made using a recipe from the ship ' s database . Despite Tuvok objecting that he is content to have the same dishes as the rest of the crew , Neelix launches into a diatribe concerning the merits of preparing dishes from the crew ' s homeworld s . Tuvok tries the soup but finds it is unusually spicy ; Neelix explains that he added a touch of spice to the dish , as he found it otherwise bland . Tuvok argues that changing the recipe makes the soup less authentically Vulcan . Summoned to the bridge by Chakotay , Tuvok exits , leaving Neelix to enjoy the soup . " " Oh , there ' s no place like home " " , he remarks after slurping some down . Tuvok is later on the bridge when Captain Janeway arrives ; he and Chakotay join her as she makes her way to the operations station . In unison , Chakotay and operations officer Ensign Harry Kim notify Janeway that the recent three - person away team has essentially gone missing . Kim believes that geologic shifts in subterranean passages on Avery III is responsible for the team ' s absence . Chakotay volunteers to lead a search party but the officers are initially uncertain of how to ensure that this proposed , secondary team will not also go missing , until Kim exclaims , " Breadcrumbs ! " He elaborates that the search party could use a chain of subspace transponder s like breadcrumbs . Janeway finally agrees . Departing , Chakotay assigns Kim and Tuvok to his away team . As the Klingon Torres lies restrained to a metallic surgical table , her captor , a Vidiian , reveals he is Chief Surgeon Sulan of the Vidiian Sodality . Speaking uneasily , the Klingon captive demands to know more about her situation , so Sulan shows her a reflection of her own face , inadvertently alarming her . Sulan is unforthcoming about the procedure that turned Torres , once a half - Human and half - Klingon hybrid , into a full - blooded Klingon . He instead confronts her with questions of his own , wishing to know more about her . Eventually , he admits the genetic methods he used to make her purely Klingon and explains to the appalled Torres that he did so in the belief that her Klingon genetic structure has an immunity to the phage that has debilitated his society . He intends to test his theory by having infected B ' Elanna with the illness . Elsewhere in the Vidiian complex , a pair of Vidiians lead a group of prisoners , including Paris and Durst , through a corridor and into their bunkroom . Paris breaks up a physical conflict between Durst and one of the Vidiians , drawing Durst away before the confrontation can escalate . " " They ' re the ones with the guns , remember " " , Paris reminds the lieutenant . After the guards leave them , Paris and Durst conspiratorially assess their situation and discuss how they will make an effort to escape . However , the plan is ridiculed by a nearby Talaxian prisoner , who has no confidence that the escape attempt will work and comments that the prisoners are used not only as sources of organs to be harvested but also as slave laborers to dig tunnels for the Vidiians , as they are weakened by the Phage . When Paris asks where B ' Elanna might be , the Talaxian assumes she will have been taken to the facility ' s organ processing department , saying that captives who don ' t stay strong are taken there . Meanwhile , the " Voyager " search team makes their way through the underground tunnels , Kim leaving one of the transponders behind . The team discover evidence of the first away team ' s kidnapping . A fascinated Sulan enters the medical lab to find the imprisoned B ' Elanna experiencing excruciating pain , a symptom of the Phage . He is also amazed to discover that her body is internally fighting against the infection . However , Torres is nowhere near as excited about the findings as he is . Sulan insists that she will ultimately be glorified by the Vidiians for having been instrumental in the curing of the Phage , but such honor is not appreciated by the Klingon woman . Sulan notes that , unlike earlier , Torres seems proud to be Klingon and , though she is angered by what he has done to her , he imagines that she may become grateful to him . Basing his observations on her , Sulan repeatedly compliments the Klingon form . While Paris sleeps , a Vidiian guard brings a female Human Starfleet officer into the bunkroom . Paris awakens only to find that the newcomer is , somehow , a completely Human B ' Elanna . Act Two . The Human Torres , who has finally been returned back to Tom and Durst , is shaken by her experience , feeling weak and sickly . She remembers having been taken to a lab and told that they have completely extracted her Klingon DNA . She feels strange not having the ridges on her forehead any more and tells Tom how , as a child , she did everything she could to hide those ridges . She remembers that in the Federation colony where she grew up , she and her mother were the only Klingons . They stood out and were different . After her father left them , she was so sad and traumatized that she actually believed that he had left because she looked like a Klingon . In the caves , Tuvok notes a tunnel has now been blocked . With no geological activity , it must be a disguised force field of some kind . Tuvok discovers the energy configuration to be identical to the force field matrix used by the Vidiians , determined from their earlier encounter with them . Janeway immediately has Ayala look for other vessels while Chakotay uses his phaser on the field to break it up . It ' s unsuccessful , surprisingly . Then , Kim sees two Vidiians watching them and they quickly beam out . The Klingon Torres , alone , is able to partly break through the restraints . Sulan interrupts her , and she tries to seduce him in order to let her up . She agrees with him that she ' s grateful for her transformation and notes that Klingon females have reputations for their sexual prowess . He seems to be enticed , but refuses . He tries to convince her that he does have feelings despite his grotesque appearance , and appears to regret what he ' s doing . He says his people were once attractive , and supposes he won ' t disgust her when he ' s able to cure the phage . Act Three . When Paris sees the Vidiians come to take him and Torres to the tunnels for work , and recommends she look strong so they don ' t take her to organ processing . She thought they might leave her to recover . Instead , they take Durst , claiming the prefect wants to discuss their request to contact their ship . Paris says he ' s the senior officer , but they are insistent . Durst leaves with the Vidiians . Meanwhile , Kim is able to determine the area of the compound . However , he can ' t see inside it . Since they are unable to get through the force fields with their phasers , Janeway orders simulations to figure out a way through . If they can get through , they can . Meanwhile , the Klingon Torres learns that Durst was killed : Sulan grafted Durst ' s face over his own , in an attempt to appear more appealing to the Klingon B ' Elanna . This attempt is unsuccessful , and B ' Elanna uses the opportunity to use her strength to break the restraints . She pins him to the wall in a chokehold , but they are interrupted and she escapes . Act Four . On " Voyager " , Janeway hears Kim ' s analysis . It appears there are micro - fissures in the force field as it remodulates . Instead of using their phasers to open them , and possibly alert the Vidiians , Kim proposes narrowing a transporter beam to get someone through . The timing is critical , but this person could deactivate the force field to make it easier to get to them . Janeway asks how this person won ' t be captured , but Chakotay has an idea . In sickbay , he is disguised by The Doctor to look like a Vidiian and is provided with Vidiian attire by Tuvok . Chakotay prepares himself and he is beamed down , unable to contact " Voyager " until the Vidiian security cloak is disabled . All Janeway and crew can do is wait . Paris and the Human Torres are on work detail when Torres collapses . Paris sits her down and , kindly , the Talaxian from before kindly offers water to them . Torres is having more trouble than that , though . She ' s overcome once again with terrifying fear , paralyzing her and robbing her of her strength , due to her Human transformation . He encourages her she can get through it when a Vidiian guard interrupts them , determining that she is too ill to mine the tunnels with the other captives . Paris tries to get the Vidiians to let her stay , but B ' Elanna wants to return to the barracks , in the hope that she may find a way to contact " Voyager " . The Klingon Torres finds the Talaxian and finds out where Paris was sent . She also is told about the existence of the Human version of herself , now in the barracks . Meanwhile , the Human Torres begins to work on the security console in the barracks while the guards are distracted , however , the guards are alerted to her activities on the console . They begin to take her away just as the Klingon Torres finds them . She rescues the Human Torres from the guards and carries her when she collapses . Act Five . The Human Torres wakes up to find her Klingon half making food , determined to help her recover so she doesn ' t have to carry her . During , they confront each other about their respective weaknesses . The Human Torres , who is very calm as well as apprehensive and cautious , confronts her other half by stating that she always responds with violence and anger to every obstacle in her way – blaming her for having been thrown out of the Academy . The Klingon B ' Elanna believes that she should be eternally grateful for being kicked out of that institution , but the Human Torres is not grateful , for her Klingon temper has gotten her in trouble more times than she can remember . However , she realizes that there is no point to this debate , for they are actually each fighting with themselves . A plan is finally formulated in which they decide to return to Sulan ' s lab and use the console there to shut down the security cloak that shields the tunnels from " Voyager " s sensor s . It may not be as exciting as fighting their way out , says the Human Torres , but it stands a much better chance of working . Moreover , she needs her Klingon half , B ' Elanna , to follow her back there and cover for her , while she works , for she is unable to do this on her own . Chakotay , in disguise , enters the base and finds Paris . He then convinces a Vidiian officer that he is bringing Paris to an organ harvesting center for processing . Meanwhile , the two Torres enter Sulan ' s lab and the Human gets to work . She trips an alarm , alerting the Klingon , but the Human is not scared , she keeps working . Sulan returns to his lab and threatens the Human with a weapon , unwilling to harm the Klingon . Just then , Chakotay arrives and Sulan is disarmed . Torres has deactivated the cloak and Chakotay communicates with " Voyager " . However , Sulan had another weapon and fires it and , as he does so , the Klingon B ' Elanna throws herself in the line of fire and is critically wounded . The four transport to " Voyager " , where the Klingon B ' Elanna dies after telling her other half that she feels it is an honorable death . In sickbay , Torres is informed by The Doctor that her s ability to synthesize protein s has been severely compromised and that she needs her Klingon genes to survive . While speaking with Chakotay , she realizes that as a Human she is more at peace with herself than she has ever been before – but she also feels incomplete for she doesn ' t feel like herself . She admires her Klingon half ' s many qualities , such as her strength and bravery , but also realizes that she has to accept the fact that she will spend the rest of her life fighting with her . She touches over her forehead one last time , remembering her other half and thus the person who is such an integral part of her . Memorable quotes . " " Did you know that Klingon females are renowned in the Alpha Quadrant not only for their physical prowess but also for their voracious sexual appetite as well ? Why not let your creation out of her harness ? Study her in action ? " " " " I must point out , that if you take the liberty of changing a time honored recipe , you are hardly presenting a ' taste of home ' . " " " " B ' Elanna ? B ' Elanna Torres , wake up ! " " " " You ' ve surgically altered my face ! " " " " Nobody ever escapes this place . Those Vidiian leeches can yank the beating heart out of you . . . in a heartbeat . Heart out of you in a heartbeat ! Now that ' s funny ! " " " " Hilarious . " " " " I ' m sorry I can ' t replicate you a souffle . " " " " Listen to me . Listen to " us " . This is ridiculous . Do you realize that we ' re each fighting with our self ? " " " " lf I remember correctly , I ' m the one who rescued you from that prison and carried you here . Don ' t you think you could at least acknowledge that ? Can ' t you even admit that you won ' t be able to get out of here without me ? " " " " It ' s OK , Tom . They ' re the ones with the guns , remember ? " " " " Just before you rescued me , I logged onto the Vidiians ' computer system . I only had a few seconds , but I think I found a way to access the force field that ' s cloaking this place . With a few minutes more , I could ' ve deactivated it . " " " " Then " Voyager " could get a lock on us . Beam us back , Paris too . " " " " It may not be as exciting as fighting our way out , but it stands a much better chance of working if . . . I have your help . " " < br > " " So . . . you need me ? " " Links and references . References . 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