The Killing Game (Star Trek: Voyager)

"**The Killing Game**"
"The Killing Game"
Star Trek: Voyager episodes
Episode nos.	Season 4; Episodes 18 & 19
Directed by	David Livingston (Part I) and Victor Lobl (Part II)
Written by	Brannon Braga ; Joe Menosky
Featured music	David Bell
Production code	186 & 187
Original air date	March 4, 1998
Guest appearances
	Danny Goldring - Alpha Hirogen; J. Paul Boehmer - Nazi Hauptmann; David Keith Anderson - Ens. Ashmore; Mark Deakins - Hirogen SS Officer; Paul S. Eckstein - Young Hirogen; Peter Hendrixson - Klingon Hologram; Mark Metcalf - Hirogen Medic;
Episode chronology
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"The Killing Game" is a two-part episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the 18th and 19th episodes of the fourth season. It is set in the 24th century aboard a starship returning to Earth after having been stranded on the other side of the Galaxy.

This is the third and fourth episodes that continues the Hirogen story arc after the events in "Hunters" and "Prey". The Hirogen have taken over Voyager and conscripted its crew to serve as holodeck prey by controlling their minds using neural interfaces which make them believe they really are their fictional characters. The Hirogen hunt them in holodecks 1 and 2 using different programs.