The DVD Archives: Star Trek Voyager Season 2

My watch through of Star Trek Voyager continues and strap yourselves in and prepare for my thoughts on season 2;

The 37's: Interesting start to the second series and a good coda of reminding the viewers of the journey to Earth. Shame none of the guest characters joined the crew. 7/10

Initiations: A rather fun examination of the Kazon with Chakotay getting a lot to do. 9/10

Projections: A very very enjoyable episode and a good way to get the Doctor out of sickbay. One of those episodes where you'll never forget watching it for the first time. 10/10

Elogium: One of those strange science/life form stories that were about at the start of last season. Alright episode. 5/10

Non Sequitur: Harry Kim is the main character in another dull episode. 0/10

Parturition: A fun episode with lots of character stuff. 6/10

Persistence of Vision: A very good story that gets darker, the crew being taken out one by one would become a trope with this being one of the best examples. 10/10

Twisted: More fun science as the inside of the ship is twisted out of shape, a personal favourite. 10/10

Tattoo: Dull but worthy. 5/10

Cold Fire: A big episode, with elements of the story reaching a climax and Voyagers one known escape route crashing in on their heads. 8/10

Manoeuvres: A strange episode that doesn't quite gel, I can't decide if Chakotay is acting out of character. 8/10

Resistance: A strong episode with Janeway getting in some good character beats while separated from the crew. 10/10

Prototype: A fantastic episode with the robots coming across as a well defined alien race. 10/10

Alliances: Interesting but I can't help feeling the end is telegraphed and lacking. 4/10

Threshold: This is just muck. -10/10

Meld: A very very interesting twist on the Vulcan mind meld. 10/10

Dreadnought: Blatant reworking of Prototype but still a good-un. 8/10.

Death Wish: Lots of fun with Q and surprisingly very deep. 10/10

Lifesigns: The Vidiians are one of the most interesting aliens in Star Trek, I wish they would appear more often. 9/10

Investigations: The conclusion of an ongoing plot is tied up well with an interesting use of Neelix. 9/10

Deadlock: An interesting and fascinating episode which includes a few swerves. 10/10

Innocence: A rather good episode about alien culture. 7/10

The Thaw: A really dark story with The Clown being one of the most memorable one off characters in Star Trek. 9/10

Tuvix: Outstanding episode showing this show is more than shooting monsters of the week. 10/10

Resolutions: A lot of interesting things going on and rarely on the show there isn't enough time for everything. Perhaps this should have been two episodes long. 8/10

Basics: Very good stuff, with a slow build as its all about the pay off of the crew being stranded. 8/10


The difficult second season is an improvement, theres the odd duff episode but the show is growing in courage.