"I understand that UPN was very anxious to establish this character, to get the ratings up and so on and so forth. Mission accomplished, and now we have to go back to what makes Voyager really compelling, which are the nine characters telling the story," she said flatly. "We've shot six episodes this season, and it's everybody but Seven - and but me, too, everybody's going to get their due. I cautioned them, and I think they know that balance must be restored - it's just very important that we tell the story of this group of people and it in no ways becomes exclusive to one or two, because then it really loses its heart."
Chemistry is important, the actress admits, but everybody on the cast needs to be given opportunities to shine - "actors will very often rise to the occasion when they're given big chances." There hasn't been a big Janeway episode filmed yet this season, yet Mulgrew says she's important in all of them. "I don't think she needs to have big episodes. She's big. I'm in everybody's life. I run the ship, more so now than ever before."
