Scientific Method (Star Trek: Voyager)

"Scientific Method" is the 75th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the seventh episode of the fourth season.

The premise of the episode is that of a group of cloaked aliens performing scientific experiments on the Voyager crew, and the effect the experiments have on the various crew members. The episode explores this from a third party perspective, and views the events in a manner similar to the medical experiments humans perform on lab rats or other animals. Meanwhile, Tom and B'Elanna have started a romantic relationship.

The episode was directed by David Livingston, with a teleplay by Lisa Klink from a story by Sherry Klein and Harry Doc Kloor. It aired on UPN on October 29, 1997.^[1]