Love him or hate him, Neelix was given quite the farewell in VOY s7e22 “Homestead”
Based on this poster:
All I can read is
Mr. Captain
Lt. Cmdr. Ensign
Lt. LeolaShow some respect. Lt. Leola worked hard for that rank.
I like late season Neelix, sarly season his character didn’t have enough depth
Not to mention his relationship with Kes. Her departure by season 4 made for a big improvement on the whole.
I liked late seasons Neelix. I hated his last episode though. Like really? This is the best you can come up with? Somehow there is another set of Talaxians all the way out here. And Neelix just so happens to run into them? And be similar enough in culture to live among them? Can we just get a calculation on the odds of that happening? And Neelix is somehow fine with being left behind? Left behind from the only family he has had for years? People he spent all this time helping out getting home, only to bail just before the finish? Because of the power of boners? Bullshit.
In my head canon that episode simply does not exist.