Meet Penk, who runs gladiator-style fights on board his starship in a game called Tsunkatse and broadcasts them live to millions of audience members gathered around bowl-like arenas. In this episode of ST: Voyager, titled "Tsunkatse" that aired on UPN the week of February 9, 2000, Jeffrey Combs made his debut performance on the show, along with former co-star J.G. Hertzler (who played Martok on ST: DS9). Basically, his character is a sleezy, smiley guy who only cares about pleasing the audiences. He holds Seven-of-Nine and Tuvok prisoners, and forces Seven into a death match. Too bad she, of course, has to win!

Also included in this episode is WWF champ "The Rock". It really is sad to see how low Star Trek has to stoop to pick up the ratings. They never should have ended DS9! Well, you gotta love that we got another chance to see Jeff. Let's hope he makes more appearances in the future!

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