MICHAEL SULLIVAN : Page 4

Janeway refers the problem to Paris and Kim who call up Sullivan's program in Voyager's holographic research lab. From Sullivan's point of view, this happens part-way through his evening conversation with Katie, and he is therefore disorientated and in panic, although he recognises Kim and Paris and demands to know where he is. This makes them realise that his perceptual filters are malfunctioning.

Sullivan is fully aware when he is whisked in mid-conversation with Katie O'Clare into what he believes is the Other World (Voyager's holographic research lab) where Paris and Kim have called up the technical data of his holoprogram on the control console's monitor; scene depicted below:

Sullivan demands: "Where am I? Where's Katie?" They ignore him - he is only a hologram. Paris to Kim: "He shouldn't be aware that he's in the lab." Kim: "Obviously the damaged subroutines-" Sullivan: "I said: where the hell am I?!"

Paris to Sullivan: "It's alright, Michael, take it easy." Sullivan: "What is this place?!" Paris tells him: "Try to relax." Sullivan: "If someone doesn't tell me where I am I'm going to start busting heads!" Kim to Paris: "His perceptual filters are malfunctioning."

Sullivan: "What are you saying? What's a 'perceptual filter'?!" Paris tells Sullivan: "It's, it's OK! We're trying to help you."

Paris and Kim do not realise at the the time that the problem is not actually fixed (although they learn it later after closer inspection of his holoprogram), but Sullivan cleverly plays along, in the hope that they will return him to Fair Haven unharmed.

Deciding it is safer to play along with them, Sullivan listens carefully to what Kim and Paris say to each other. He does not understand the technical words but manages to glean some meaning. Kim to Paris: "There. Look at these. Those are the algorithms designed to keep him oblivious of anything outside the program's parameters." Paris: "They're offline." Kim: "Give me a minute." He adjusts the controls. "That should do it."

Paris to Sullivan: "How are you feeling, Michael?" Sullivan: "Never better. Harry, Liam's been looking for you. You're the only man in four counties to beat him at arm-wrestling. He wants a re-match."

Sullivan's ploy pays off, because Paris and Kim do return him to Fair Haven unharmed and without realising that he has understood something of their intentions. When they return him to Fair Haven, he finds that it is not to the same time nor exactly the same place as he was before, for they return him to behind the bar during the daytime, and Katie (of course) is nowhere to be seen, nor is there any evidence of their fireside supper table. As far as Sullivan is concerned, he knows he has been kidnapped and has spent time in the Other World i.e. the world of faery folk such as Paris, Kim and Katie O'Clare.

He confides in Doc Fitzgerald, and warns of something he heard Paris and Kim talking about: "They were saying something about coming to the pub tonight to change the town somehow." (Paris and Kim were deciding to adjust all the holograms' perceptual filters in one go by accessing the holodeck controls located in Sullivan's pub).

Sullivan confides in Doc Fitzgerald

He and Fitzgerald decide that something must be done about it, and the rest of the townsfolk are warned, whereupon Seamus, strongly supported by Milo, decides to take overt action against the faery folk whom they believe to be malevolent and dangerous spirit folk

However, as the result of the altered programming done by Janeway, Sullivan, an educated man, is more down to Earth than his fellows. He protests the use of rifles, although he is told they are a last resort and that incantatations would have greater effect against the spirit folk. Sullivan does not take part in the mob's hysterical capture of Paris and Kim.

Sullivan is standing next to Doc Fitzgerald below the pulpit; Seamus is chanting an incantation intended to drive spirit folk Paris and Kim back to the Other World

Sullivan protests angrily when Milo proposes that the pair be burnt alive in the village square. Sullivan angrily tells him: "It's bad enough you've got them trussed up like Christmas turkeys. There's no need for foolish threats!"

After the Doctor is "unmasked" as being one of the spirit folk (Grace Declan saw him vanishing into thin air on Sunday) and tied up along with Paris and Kim, a search of the Doctor reveals the mobile emitter. Seamus thinks it is a magic charm, but Sullivan recognises it as a machine. After Seamus puts the Doctor into a hypnotic trance, Sullivan gets the Doctor to indicate the mobile emitter as the way to go to Voyager and meet Katie O'Clare. Accordingly, he is beamed onto Voyage's bridge in mistake for the Doctor - Sullivan is wearing the Doctor's mobile emitter on his upper left arm. There, on the bridge, he is amazed to find Katie, who tells him that her real name is Kathryn Janeway and that she is the captain of Voyager.

Sullivan meets Captain Kathryn Janeway, previously known to him as Katie O'Clare

He accepts an offer to see her starship, which he tours with her. She does not tell him he is a hologram but allows him to believe the Voyager crew are travellers from the future.

Sullivan and Janeway on Voyager

Hearing that the Fair Haven townsfolk are piling kindling at the base of three lamp posts in the village square, and realising that they plan to burn Paris, Kim and the doctor as witchfolk, Sullivan returns to Fair Haven with Janeway. She informs them that the "magic" is actually technology and that they wish no harm to Fair Haven. He tells the townsfolk: "They have machines that I can't begin to describe, but not once have they used them against us. Quite the opposite, in fact. Milo, you said you didn't like the rain and young Harry Kim made it go away. Edith Mulchaey herself said that Katie pulled her daughter from the well and out of harm's way. These are not the deeds of spirits and mischief-makers. .... I for one would like to keep playing rings with Harry and Tom, keep having Neelix's steamed cabbage at The Ox & Lamb, keep taking walks with Katie. Let's not turn our backs on these good people. If we do, we're only punishing ourselves." Echoing Janeway's words to him earlier, he finishes: "Just because we're from different worlds, doesn't mean we can't care from each other." The townsfolk indicate their agreement, and they are all friends again.

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In return for his gift of 'The Faerie Queene', Janeway gives him 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' by Mark Twain. He has not read it before. She tells him it is about two people from different world who, among other things, fall in love. He says it "sounds familiar. Maybe I have read it".

Miscellaneous: Sullivan has a cousin who went to America and "saw some strange things". He provides this information when he is beamed to Voyager's bridge.