10 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Voyager
3. Going Back for Baby
Seska's reappearance in Basics, Part I shook the crew with the news that she was now a mother and the father was potentially Chakotay.
The final episode of season two aired, the story works as a starship heist with or without the family element. Fans knew in their hearts that Chakotay was very unlikely to be the father and even in the episode itself the crew note just how improbable this is. It all feels too obviously a trap with the conclusion seeing that Kazon manipulation coming to fruition through no surprise to anyone. It's a rare and some might say out of character instance of the Voyager crew acting really, really dumb especially given their history with the Kazon and two full years of experience in the Delta Quadrant.
Reflect back to Threshold where the captain and Tom had a full litter of salamander children who they left and never spoke of again then you have to wonder if they've drunk the ship dry of its' Romulan Ale stash.
Yet they still go back even after the multitude of events involving the Kazon alone during the second season. Add in to this episode a chance to see those wonderful landing legs once more and it's a double bubble of dumb in less than an hour.