What is it about?

Being the fourth “child” of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek universe, the show deals with a Starfleet ship lost in the Delta quadrant. In order to make it home (a journey which will take appr. 70 years!), the crew under Captain Kathryn Janeway have to overcome their differences while discovering new and dangerous species every corner they turn.

What I like about it

The premise of being lost in a completely uncharted part of space fascinates me, as well as the fact that Captain Janeway takes the time to explore. I also like the fact we have a female captain for once (about time!). My favorite characters are Seven of Nine and the Doc, the two most notable outsiders of the crew.

Favorite episodes

  • The Dark Frontier, part 1 +2 (season 5, ep. 15+16): Seven rejoins the Borg Collective – or does she?
  • The Killing Game, part 1 +2 (season 4, ep. 18+19): the crew have to fight for their lives on the holo deck when a hostile alien race takes over Voyager
  • Imperfection (season 7, ep. 2): Seven’s implants are malfunctioning, with possibly fatal consequences
  • Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy (season 6, ep. 4): the Doc’s daydreams go awry
  • Body And Soul (season 7, ep. 6): in order to survive in a hostile society, the Doc has to take over Seven’s body
  • Eye Of The Needle (season 1, ep.7): a worm hole to the Alpha quadrant is discovered, however there’s a surprise in it…
  • Someone To Watch Over Me (season 5, ep. 22): Seven enters the world of dating with a little help by the Doc
  • One (season 4, ep. 24): Seven is in command of Voyager and can’t deal with the loneliness
  • Infinite Regress (season 5, ep. 6): Seven’s Borg past comes back to haunt her
  • The Voyager Conspiracy (season 6, ep. 8 ): overloading her brain with data, Seven comes to believe in paranoid theories

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