Before entering a dream state, Chakotay provides himself with a trigger image, Earth's Moon, that will remind him that he is still dreaming and can use it to restore himself to a conscious state. Chakotay mentions that he has mastered a skill of his native people called " lucid dreaming". It is realized that Voyager is experiencing contact with an alien race which lives out its life in a dream state. The Doctor advises that everyone avoid going to sleep for the time being. The Doctor explains that Kim and several other crew members are in a hyper-REM state and that he cannot wake them, even through medical means. They take him to sickbay for further examination. Upon entering Kim's quarters, they find him asleep and are unable to wake him up. After failing to respond to the bridge hails, Janeway takes Tuvok to Kim's quarters in an attempt to find out why he isn't responding to hails. At this point it is realized that Harry Kim has not reported for duty yet. Upon waking, and reporting to their duty shifts on the bridge, the captain and first officer compare dreams, and when noting the common strange alien in their dreams, Tom Paris notes that the same alien appeared in his dream. The two commonalities between the dreams are that they are all nightmares and that in each dream, an unknown alien appears towards the end of each dream. The episode opens with the dream sequences of Voyager senior staff. This episode was written by Andre Bormanis and directed by Alexander Singer, it aired Januon UPN. This episode focuses on the dreams the crew of a spacecraft are having, as they make their way back to Earth after being stranded on the other side of the galaxy, in the Star Trek universe. " Waking Moments" is the 81st episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 13th episode of the fourth season. 13th episode of the 4th season of Star Trek: Voyager " Waking Moments"
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