Part 1 ended with the counter-meld's hook set: the Queen's head descending from the ceiling, "Welcome home," and Seven — who had just called Voyager her Collective — choosing to stay on the sphere. Part 2 opens in the Queen's chamber with the counter-meld's full program running. The Queen has enh...
Voyager S4E16 — The Hirogen hunt a wounded Species 8472 that only wants to go home. Three incompatible frames (hunt, compassion, tactical) collide, producing three different fates for the same dying creature. Frameworks: The Hunt as the Only Frame (single-lens hermeneutic failure), The Collision of Incompatible Frames, The Protagonist's Dilemma (Seven's Counterfeit Belonging crisis — §10.6 definitive case study), The Prey Narrative as Identity Imposition, The Nanoprobe Tether — Tool Neutrality, The Wounded Creature Test Case.