Stardate: Unknown. An obsessed Barclay tries to find a way to communicate with the starship Voyager with the use of an artificially generated micro-wormhole. He becomes so involved that he needs the help of Counsellor Troi to keep his grip on reality.

Stardate: 54208.3 - The Voyager crew receives a transmission from the Alpha Quadrant that contains an interactive holographic program of Lieutenant Barclay, who informs them that Starfleet has found Voyager a way home.

Stardate: 54732.3 - When the Doctor arranges to have his recently completed holodeck novel published in the Alpha Quadrant, certain aspects of the story hit too close to home among his shipmates.

Stardate: 54973.4 - Twenty-six years in the future, a regretful Admiral Janeway hatches an audacious plan to bring Voyager home sooner, rather than have it spend an additional sixteen years making its journey.