Harry Kim is lost on a world where bodies of the dead are laid to rest.
Voyager investigates an asteroid field in which the crew discovers alien burial chambers belonging to the Vhnori, a people who believe that those who die pass on to another place. The ship's contact with the culture leads to a bizarre incident with Harry Kim.
The episode is built around a thoughtful exploration of death and the afterlife, and it asks what a society will do when its beliefs about mortality clash with the reality of what its people find. It is an early example of the show handling a philosophical idea through an encounter with another culture.