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The five best Star Trek: Voyager episodes of all time!

Interesting that so many of your top picks were two-part episodes. What do you think it says about the series, that their long-form episodes were better than the hour-long ones?

I always hated that episode, it never made sense to me that those bursts they were doing to keep the warp core working, could somehow damage the other ship. Shouldn't they have just kept the warp core going for both of them.

And the hull breach that kills Harry, what, Voyager suddenly doesn't have blast doors? Close the damn doors and let the air vent out, no big deal.

Episodes like the super smart self flying missile were better. Or the one where the Kazon actually succeed in taking Voyager, and the lone serial killer takes back the ship.

1. Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy - The Doctor daydreams, sings, Tuvok's Pon Farr being sung about to the tune of La Donna Mobile, photonic cannons, Seven of Nine nude painting... Who could ask for more?

2. Blink of An Eye - Oh wow, seeing the development of a whole civilization from superstitious star worshipers to technologically advanced in a matter of days.

3. Critical Care - The whole concept of TC, ( Treatment Coefficient ) could be translated to "How much medical care can you afford? " on Earth. You have the money, then we'll give you the best. You don't, then who cares? At least that's how it is in Third World countries like where I live.

4. Future's End - Also a two parter with special guests Ed Begley Jr. and Sarah Silverman. "Your curves don't look right"

5. Fair Haven - Men are not holograms!!!

Many more Voyager episodes I like, some I outright hate but that's for another discussion.

"The Year of Hell" was my favourite Voyager episode.

"Episodes like the super smart self flying missile were better. Or the one where the Kazon actually succeed in taking Voyager, and the lone serial killer takes back the ship. "

Those were good episodes too.

Please correct the name of Species 8472. You don't want to pi$$ them off.

I was surprised at this gaffe. It even overlooked the "47" reference that ST manages to work into most episodes.

The Doctor travels to the Alpha quadrant and meets up with his successor - only to find out their ship has been captured by Romulans! Also, multi-vector assault mode.

8472, my dear. 8472.

Otherwise, totally agree!

I assume that this article was pre-screened and approved by Sheldon / the Gang of 4?

The "species" is 8472, Kids. NOT 8742. I could have written the first one off, but it is incorrect throughout the entire article. tsk tsk tsk

Sorry, but this episode ("Timeless") should've been rated as perhaps one of the 5 worst Voyager episodes! Yikes!! I'm so stunned by this reviewer's opinion/rating that I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry until I've run dry. I can't even replace it yet with an episode that should be in its place but rest assured, I'll get back to you on this.

Kirk, spock and Bones are escorting a blind damsel over rough terrain. Jim chastises Bones when the lady slips and bones retorts "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not an escalator". I don't know the name of the episode but it was an early episode.

Just reading all your best and worst of Trek. You give the episode of Enterprise with Trip's clone top marks when it ends with yet another "brave self sacrifice" from Sim, but for me that's exactly why Tuvix is one of Voyager's best episodes. They worked with Tuvix, they liked Tuvix then they freakin' (spoiler alert) to get their old buds back (I don't know how to invisble ink on here, but if you saw the ep, you know what they did) and all the while he begged for (spoiler alert).

Now if that's not Trek boldly going, I don't know what is!

We already know that if you start two transporter beams on 1 person, they get duplicated.

So duplicate Tuvix, and split apart one copy back into Tuvok and Nelix.

Solved.


I assume this is how they managed to maintain 150 crew members for all that time. Or recreate torpedos and shuttle craft.

I agree, the work around was pretty easy to spot, and I for one would have liked to see how pissed Tuvok would have gotten having Tuvix around and how Neelix would have been his best bud too (hey, they guy likes everyone). That's not the point. Tuvix stands out for me as the episode where they coldbloodedly murdered that generally nice bloke and potentially valuable crew member for reasons that are actually a bit hard to wrap ones head around. And if Kess got with Tuvix, whould that be a devil's threeway?

But I actually think she was right.
Two for one is a good deal. And I think Tuvix would have been hated before long. People missing Tuvok and Neelix.
And as the captain, it is her right to order a crew member to die.