The Voyager crew meet in sickbay and discuss the situation. Part of the command crew attempt to retake Main Engineering. B'Elanna Torres hits a plasma conduit that should disintegrate Species 8472 on contact, but fails. 8472 destroy the main deflector, rendering Voyager unable to open a rift back home. The team surrenders and, leaving Seven of Nine behind, are taken to meet the Hierarch of Species 8472. Kathryn Janeway's meeting does not go well and after B'Elanna finds the data they need to open a rift home Janeway tells her to delete it. Species 8472 kinda has a point here. Janeway aided the Borg in their conflict. They didn't follow First Contact procedures. They also never bothered to learn their real name, they just continue to use the Borg designation. This issue feels somewhat rushed but it does make Species 8472 seem as threatening as they were during their first appearance. Though, you would think they would have more...
The experiments continue. Dr. Jack Griffin takes a room in an unsavoury part of town and tests the invisibility serum on a boy living on the streets. Instead of complete invisibility it simply makes his outer layer of skin disappear. After months he is reduced to a living skeleton and finally, a pair of eyes that seemingly float in the air. Finally achieving total invisibility the street urchin knocks Jack unconscious and escapes. Again the theme of feeling like an outcast in society, invisible to the upper class, is present. Jack spends much time simply sitting and trying to be invisible in public places by simply not moving, not drawing attention to himself. The pressure continues to mount though, as his fiancé seems to find his increasing absence, attention lacking and his boss demanding to see results. Going from animals to humans for experimentation is a logical step. We shall see how the newly invisible Tommy uses his ability...