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.

The DVD Archives: Star Trek Voyager Season 1

Good afternoon ladies and gentle readers, in my random DVD viewings I ventured onto season 1 of the Star Trek spin off Voyager season 1. So without further ado here's my opinion of the individual episodes:

Caretaker: A good start with a story which introduces the characters, the ship and the situation with ships in a certain section of space being randomly pulled across to the other side of the universe against their will. A really good point is that this actual event is dangerous and a good few members of the crew who loom like they are being set up and introduced as regulars are killed twenty minutes into the first episode. The main characters introduction is staggered throughout the two episodes with a few swerves thrown in. The end situation with two crews thrown together to pilot an undermanned star ship is possibly the most intriguing of any Star Trek pilot. 6/10.

Paralax: A very good episode showing the two crews aren't quite getting along and choosing Torres to get the first character centric episode is a good way to bring in the supporting cast and give a good share of the action to Chakotay and Janeway. Also a very good situation for the episode. 8/10.

Time and Again: Tepid timey wimey rubbish. 0/10

Phage: A brilliant alien race, a fantastic plot and an absorbing episode. 10/10.

The Cloud: A proper good one off nail the story to the plot episode. 8/10.

Eye of the Needle: A good little character episode with a few intriguing twists. 7/10.

Ex Post Facto: A good little whodunit and an interesting take on first contact with a new species. 6/10.

Emanations: Dull but worthy, Kim is a decent supporting character but his first centric episode doesn't hold my interest. 5/10.

Prime Factors: Good stuff and interesting to see characters entering a situation with no right or wrong and wrestling with their consciouses. 6/10.

State of Flux: A very good episode making full use of a supporting character (up to this point) and placing the rest of the cast in a situation where not everyone can be trusted. 9/10.

Heroes and Villains: Interesting use of the holodeck and nice to see The Doctor get an episode to shine. 9/10.

Cathexis: Absolute fantastic plot with twists and turns, by far one of the best episodes. 10/10.

Faces: Good to see the Vidiians reappear, they are being turned into a big threat to the Voyager crew. Interesting chaarcter examination of Torres by splitting her in two. 8/10.

Jetrel: Possibly one of my favourite episodes of this show, Neelix is a more interesting character and nice to see shades of grey developing for what looked to be a black and white character. 10/10

Learning Curve: Nice to see that some of the crew are having trouble adapting to star fleet rules and a good way of fleshing out some background characters as Tuvok trains them. But it feels out of place, this should have been the 4th or 5th episode and as such it doesn't quite work. 6/10.


A very good first season with a lot of interesting characters and new aliens introduced, only niggle is I'd like to see more edge between the two crews.