Threshold may have had human salamanders but it didnt have space hippies or. As ive grown older, ive become a fan of star trek, and in particular voyager. Threshold is one of the alltime worst episodes of star trek ever filmed. In order to retrieve a probe stuck in a hazardous atmosphere, tom paris designs a new type of shuttlecraft named the delta flyer. Day of honor miniseries but was also novelized itself, by michael jan friedman. Tom paris manages to use the holodeck to create an experimental way to travel at transwarp, a way of. Voyager crew and the maquis fighter crew are drawn 70,000 lightyears to the far side of the delta quadrant by an alien seeking survival, calling itself the caretaker. Includes all episodes of the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, enterprise, discovery, picard, the new battlestar galactica, the orville, and the star wars movies. The ships systems mysteriously begin to malfunction. The wildly successful star trek franchise continues as capt. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. Voyager is in pursuit of a rebel maquis ship in the alpha. Ive written well over a hundred episodes of star trek, yet it seems to be the only episode.
Voyager is in pursuit of a rebel maquis ship in a dangerous part of the galaxy when it is suddenly thrown thousands of light years away into the delta quadrant. Seasons 1,2, and 6 are alright but not as good as the others. This episode won a 1996 emmy for outstanding individual achievement in makeup in a television series. Created by rick berman, michael piller, jeri taylor. For admiral kathryn janeway and her stalwart officers, voyagers miraculous return brings new honors and responsibilities, reunions with longlost loved ones, and for some, such as the doctor and seven of nine, the challenge of forging new lives in a federation that. It was positioned by paramount to be the studios highestprofile television show. Voyager follows the adventures of the federation starship voyager, which is under the command of captain kathryn janeway. Voyager boasts more than a mere cult of adoring fans, but also an oftenoverlooked set of redeeming episodes.
In fact, i looked up as many lists of the worst star trek episodes across the franchise i could find, and threshold was listed in every one. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. Its treatment of the warp scale appears to be inconsistent with the rest of the franchise, and its treatment of evolution is also inconsistent with science and common sense. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
She leads her crew through the delta quadrant, 70,000 light years from earth, where they were. Technically, threshold, an episode so bad it was later written out of star trek. The season two episode of star trek voyager titled threshold is often regarded as the worst episode of the series. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, robert duncan mcneill. This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Fans at the star trek 50th anniversary convention agreed, naming it as the worst episode of the series, and the thirdworst episode of star trek in general. The episode s novelization gives the names of the two caatati who deal with voyager as agron lumas and temmis rahmin. Voyager airing on the upn network, the 15th episode in the second season. Torres begins to exhibit reckless behavior by engaging in dangerous holodeck programs.
This television episode features a 24thcentury spacecraft, the uss voyager, lost on the opposite side of the galaxy as earth, the delta quadrant, and they must make their way home. Voyager, deep space nine, the next generation et al are the property of cbs television, paramount and the creation of gene roddenberry. It was originally shown may 23, 2001, on the upn network as a doublelength episode and later presented as such in dvd collections, but it is shown in syndicated broadcasts as a twopa. Tom paris manages to cross the warp threshold which means that the shuttle craft in which he is traveling exists simultaneously everywhere, but tom then disappears and harry is unable to find him anywhere within five. Day1 caretaker 1 i am going to watch star trek voyager for the next 50 days at a rate of one episode per day. The fourth series in the star trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to star trek.
Captain janeway again holds up starfleet ideals and principles against difficult situations. Belanna faces many personal challenges this season. The sequence wherein multiple borg cubes pass by voyager was part of an attempt, made by brannon braga and joe menosky, to feature memorable, largescale images in the twoparters that were included at least partly, as in the case of the scorpion twoparter in star trek. Perhaps tom should of died, it would have increased the drama level and given voyager that edge, as the first star trek series to kill. Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a starfleet ship must cooperate with maquis rebels to find a way home. Voyagers poor reputation is part of what makes threshold stand out, as it is often called the worst episode of voyager, and possibly the worst. Star trek voyager episode guide our episode database profiles every episode of star trek. Mar 22, 2009 star trek voyager special features star trek. Voyager begins where the previous season ended, with janeway facing a deadly encounter with the borg queen as she is headed towards assimilation in unimatrix zero, part ii. Many people consider it the weakest star trek ever made. Endgame is the series finale of the american science fiction television series star trek. I highly recommend star trek voyager to all science fiction fans especially seasons 3,4,5, and 7.
It featured captain kathryn janeway played by kate mulgrew as the first starring female ships captain in any star trek television or film work. Voyager winner of the spocks brain award and states that, of the entire voyager series, this installment is the one most. The fourth series in the star trek franchise, it served as. Tuvok tim russ takes on the task of training maquis crew members in star fleet discipline. Torres is taken to a lab and split into two people. Voyager, the third spin off in the star trek franchise, follows the adventures of the federation starship voyager, under the command of captain kathryn janeway. Voyager premiered on the nowdefunct upn 18 years ago this past january. Season 1 add prime factors, state of flux for the beginning of the seska storyline season 2 add lifesigns and tuvix a highly controversial and therefore interesting episode, maybe resistance for joel grays performance season 3 get rid of false profits, maybe add real life. Star trek voyager season 1 is the first season of the fourth liveaction star trek television series.
Of the three 1980s90s star trek series, voyager takes the longest to really get up a head of steam. An away team is captured by the vidiians, who extract torres klingon dna in an effort to find a cure for a disease ravaging their peoplebut the process turns torres into two people, one fully. Threshold is the 31st episode of american science fiction television series star trek. At the 2009 new jersey star trek convention, kate mulgrew remarked to the audience that threshold was the episode of star trek. Like remember before it, distant origin is a really great example of how star trek. Like the next generation episode that ended up informing so much of the shows second half, star trek. The episodes novelization gives the names of the two caatati who deal with voyager as agron lumas and temmis rahmin. Paris suggests to janeway that they help the aliens defeat chaotica so they will leave and voyager can resume course.
Threshold is a hot mess, coming relatively early in the shows seven seasons, unleashed on unsuspecting fans in the middle of season two. Federation citizens and members of a terrorist organization must learn to band together to survive in an unknown part of the galaxy, is mostly forgotten by episode 4 of season 1. Each episode features background information plot trivia interviews behind the scenes info shooting script and a media collection dvd screencaps audio caps soundtracks trailers. It originally aired from january 1995 to may 2001 on upn, lasting for 172 episodes over seven seasons. It is, to date, the only star trek series with a female captain in the starring role, and.
Tom paris, navigator of the starship voyager, discovers a way to travel at warp 10. The two ships must join together to make it back, facing treacherous battles from the. Jay karnes was born in omaha, ne and attended the university of kansas, where he studied theatre, history, and political science. Though voyager has its many highlights, it also gave us what i believe to be one of the worst episodes of not just voyager, but also all of star trek. Tonight i will be watching the first half of caretaker. Referred to unfondly as the salamander episode, threshold mindlessly mines a trio of nextgen tropes to cobble. But why is this episode worse than threshold you ask.
In fact, distant origin arguably makes less sense as an episode set in the delta quadrant than it. The first twoparter to feature the borg, scorpion part 1, was really. Most controversial things star trek has done screenrant. Voyager follow a maquis ship into the badlands, and one speciessaving decision later, find themselves in the delta quadrant, 70, 000 light years away from the alpha quadrant, the federation, and home. It was a show of several firsts for star trek, the first to feature a female captain kate mulgrews catherine janeway and the first to air on a major network as opposed to in firstrun syndication since the original series in the 1960s. And then theres the first season episode conspiracy, which was controversial in a number of ways. Voyager she was most uncomfortable with, noting that she didnt like the thought of mating with paris as a lizard. It was nice to see the characters after they made it home.
Voyager has always been the redheaded stepchild of star trek. While tracking a band of maquis rebels across the badlands, the uss voyager and her crew are pulled 70,000 light years across the galaxy into the delta quadrant. Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the federation is seventyfive years away at maximum warp speed, a starfleet ship must cooperate with maquis rebels to find a way home. I invite everyone to join me in the 50 days of voyager. I do not kick threshold around any more than i would some of the bottomtier tos installments. Voyager, episodes 25 and 26 of the seventh season and 171 and 172 in the overall series.
Enterprise tv series continues with this actionpacked. Janeway will play the role of arachnia, queen of the spiderpeople, and charm her way into the villains. Many fans today are probably more familiar or comfortable with the spinoff era and might forget that tos had some real clunkers, some really uncomfortable, nearly unwatchable nonsense especially in the third season. Voyager s efforts to build a generic star trek series can produce memorable and satisfying episodes of television. Equinox is a twopart episode of the science fiction television series star trek.
In the 15 years from that episode to nemesis, whats. The star trek franchise continues as the crew of the uss voyager follows a maquis ship into the badlands and ends up 70,000 light years from home. Many people consider it the weakest star trek ever made, though enterprise tried to give the show a run for its money. Voyager really is the best of both worlds, feeling as much like a series of. Voyager episode threshold is a popular target of ridicule.
Flashback the chute the swarm false profits remember sacred ground futures end iii warlord the q and the grey macrocosm fair trade alter ego coda blood fever unity darkling rise favorite son before and after real life distant origin displaced worst case scenario scorpion iii. How would you solve the problem of the voyager episode reddit. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. It was a feature of the television landscape, finally allowing paramount the chance to leverage its own television network a plan delayed since the late seventies, but deemed feasible in the midnineties. Our viewing guide for star trek voyager, if you want to get going quickly. After seven long years in the delta quadrant, the crew of the starship voyager now confront the strangest world of all. This episode was not only inspired by the star trek. Voyagers efforts to build a generic star trek series can produce memorable and satisfying episodes of television there is very little about distant origin that demands to be set in the delta quadrant. If the death star was the size of your average mcdonalds and contained the most impressive ai ever seen. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Latent image again, never left an impression on me. Voyager, the cliffhanger between the fifth and sixth seasons.
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