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UPN 9 News in New York City aired this segment February 21, 2001. Some spoilers for "Work Force 2" and "Human Error."

The love scenes aboard Star Trek: Voyager are heating up. Tonight Pat Collins tells us about a love triangle and what it means to the show.

Pat Collins: The Voyager producers have set March 7 for the anticipated love match between Seven of Nine and Chakotay. The romance came as a pleasant surprise to actor Robert Beltran. His character and Seven have not even been best friends.

Seven: [from "One Small Step"] In all probability we won't survive.

Chakotay: Point taken. Now why don't you continue without the attitude.

Pat Collins: What's been cool and professional between Seven and Chakotay will be hot and personal come March. He's had a few passionate moments in seven years but never with a cast member.

Robert Beltran: A lot of fans - they have always been pushing for Janeway. I was always sort of ambivalent about that one for various reasons. Seven of Nine coming on board led me to hope, maybe there will be some kind of romance. There has been very little for Chakotay.

Pat Collins: His love life remained on hold and when Jeri Ryan began dating Star Trek's long time executive producer, Brannon Braga, Beltran figured love scenes with Jeri would be totally off-limits.

Robert Beltran: I remember having a conversation with her and I said I guess, I guess now that you're with Brannon, there won't be any Chakotay/Seven of Nine kissing scenes. We can throw that out the window that idea out the window. She said, "I'm going to tell him what you said." I said, "Tell him. Tell him. Maybe he'll take me up on the challenge." It took a long time.

Pat Collins: About that episode, Robert can say no more. About next week's episode, I can tell you Chakotay is wounded attempting to rescue the captain and the Voyager crew members from an alien work camp. His colleagues have no memories of their former lives.

Janeway: Why did you call me "Captain"?

Chakotay: Because that's who you are.

Pat Collins: In part two of the episode which began tonight, Janeway and her lover take the next step.

Janeway: We celebrated.

Chakotay: What's the occasion?

Janeway: I've decided to move in with Jaffin.

Chakotay: Congratulations.

Pat Collins: Janeway's intimate relationship fulfills one of Kate's wishes for her character. And Kate has one more wish.

Kate Mulgrew: More specific confrontations with the senior staff. As to their personality discrepancies and traits that might annoy Janeway. A kind of cathartic confrontation with each of them which we have never seen her do. Simply about their personal dynamics. "B'Elanna why do you always do that? You know that's always irritated me." Or "Seven, could you just relax and live your life?"

Seven: Status of employee 8583.

Alien worker: Maybe it's different where you come from, but here it's polite to say good morning.

Pat Collins: Next week's episode was directed by Roxann Dawson.

Roxann Dawson: I always think that we could take more risks than we're taking and yet I think this is one of the few shows on television that takes a lot of risks but I love pushing that envelope. We can put a moral spin on them. We can have opinions, and I think that we should do that. I think we should do that more. We shouldn't be afraid to.

Pat Collins: Next week, we'll examine how the Voyager creative team might push the envelope in the remaining episodes before the top secret final show in May. I'm Pat Collins, UPN 9 News.