The Mystery of Harry Kim: Original or Duplicate?
Exploring the debate surrounding the fate of Ensign Harry Kim in Star Trek: Voyager's episode 'Deadlock' and the 'official position' of the actors, Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang.
The Debate
Lieutenant Tom Paris actor Robert Duncan McNeill and Ensign Harry Kim actor Garrett Wang give their 'official position' on whether Star Trek: Voyager's Harry Kim is an original or a duplicate.
Nancy Hower as Samantha Wildman with baby Naomi Wildman in Voyager Deadlock
In Voyager season 3, episode 21 'Deadlock', the USS Voyager encounters a subspace divergence field that causes two copies of Voyager to exist simultaneously.
Voyager Deadlock science station shows starship duplication
The only catch is that ships' antimatter supplies can't be duplicated, so both ships are drawing on the same source, and one must be destroyed.
Two Janeways face off in Voyager episode Deadlock
One Voyager loses Harry Kim and Newborn Naomi Wildman, so Harry and Naomi are sent through a rift to the other Voyager, thereby completing the starship's full crew complement.
Garrett Wang as Harry Kim with baby Naomi Wildman in Voyager Deadlock
The Actors' Position
On McNeill and Wang's podcast, The Delta Flyers, the actors give their personal commentary while reviewing Star Trek: Voyager one episode at a time.
Robert Picardo as the Doctor with 2 Versions of Kes played by Jennifer Lien in Voyager
'Deadlock' has been the subject of debate, with a popular theory positing that the Voyager retaining most of its crew is the original ship, and the Harry Kim that came over from the other Voyager must therefore be a copy.
Garrett Wang as Harry Kim sucked into space in Voyager Deadlock
Garrett Wang and Robert Duncan McNeill express their views on the debate, with Wang sharing his experiences with fans and McNeill providing a definitive position as a Voyager insider.
The Official Position
The Delta Flyers' position is, if we have to pick duplicates or originals, Harry's the only original. That's the Delta Flyers' official position as an organization.
The episode itself never designates either version of Voyager as an original or a copy, but McNeill and Wang have come to a definitive position as Voyager insiders.
Both Copies of Voyager Were Real In 'Deadlock'. If both Voyagers are real, so are both Harry Kims.
