Imdb, the worlds most popular and authoritative source for movie, tv and celebrity content. This isnt even a matter of opinion its a matter of record. May 07, 2016 in the first few episodes of season four, kes powers suddenly erupted to new levels and she was forced to abandon ship to protect her crewmates from the fallout from her metamorphosis into a being of pure energy. Season 4 season 4 is to voyager what season 2 was to next generation or season 3 was to deep space nine. The next generation episodes which sadly fit into this category. This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. I made this list through the unscientific process of googling to see what came up the. To keep the controversy flowing, check out this article on why voyager is the best star trek series. Word gets out and tuvok confesses to writing the program as a training guide for security officers but never finished it because the merged crew seemed to be working well together. Janeway and badboy horrible memory turn into lizards, but the doctor makes it okay and restores their memories. Discovery due to leave spacedock on the 24th september, youve still got plenty of time to quickly get in a few classic. A miscalculation by ensign kim causes a fatal crash during voyager s first test with slipstream travel.
Click though our gallery to check out in chronological order the 20 best star trek episodes and the 10 worst. Returning to the star trek universe now with the worst episodes of star trek voyager. Everyone talks about threshold, but for me, these are by far the worst episodes of voyager, and probably of all of star trek yes, including spocks brain. There are a lot of great star trek episodes i still watch the show all the time the original series, the next generation, voyager, and deep space nine.
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. While boxing on the holodeck, chakotay is contacted by a telepathic species. The ten worst voyager episodes even if you were one of the select few who enjoyed voyager and if so, welcome aboard, you have to admit that the show did come up with some stinkers from time to time. Dec 23, 2016 at the very least, worst case scenario is true to what voyager is. That was the name of the nightmarish episode, season 2 if im not mistaken. By jay garmon jay garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant.
Star trek has had a storied history of over 50 years of storytelling to geeks, nerds, and of course trekkies or trekkers for the more politically correct all around the world. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. Start talking about the worst voyager episodes, and the first one that comes to mind is always threshold. Beloved as it is, star trek has some terrible episodes. Totally deserves a mention in the top 5 list of worst trek episode ever conceived. But even those who subscribe to this logic would have a hard time arguing the merits of the savage curtain. In 2017, screen rant ranked this episode the 5th worst episode of the star trek franchise. To honor the anniversary, though, we decided to look back and pick some of the top episodes worth a rewatch from the series. Voyager is rarely held up as the high point of the trek franchise, but these five delta quadrant dumpsterfires are indisputably the lowest episodes of the low. Yes, we all know, threshold the one where paris and janeway turn into lizards, have lizard babies, and then abandon them. Voyager, noting it as the one where they turn into lizards, and have lizard babies but did say they found some humor in it.
Fifteen years in the future, survivors chakotay, kim and the doctor attempt to send a message back in time to prevent the tragedy. The five worst star trek episodes of all time techrepublic. Jay garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and. Fox ranked this episode as the fourth worst episode of all star trek up to 2018. To prove that threshold is not the worst, lets look at episodes that are even more terrible than. Liz it seems weird now that its pretty much the norm, but serialization is actually something that television and star trek in particular used to hate. The five worst star trek episodes of all time by jay garmon. By senior producer david morgan watch original star trek. From blink of an eye to living witness to counterpoint, voyager managed to build classic star trek morality plays around intense scifi e lements. The whole idea of holographic projections being selfaware is interesting to a point. Voyager really is the best of both worlds, feeling as much like a series of. The worst episode of star trek voyager by brendaniel. Voyager is without a doubt and inarguably threshold, the season two episode in whi.
I made this list through the unscientific process of googling to see what came up the most. Voyager to skipwatch, then im gonna keep publishing them. Voyager is rarely held up as the high point of the trek franchise, but these five delta quadrant dumpsterfires are indisputably the lowest. 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.
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. Season 6 of voyager gave the show the entire trek spotlight since deep space nine had just ended and enterprise wouldnt make its debut until one year later. Whatculture ranked this episode the 18th worst episode of star trek. Worst case scenario is the 67th series and 25th and penultimate episode of the third season of star trek. Brannon braga was one of the strongest voices in the star trek franchise during its 19872005 television run. Apr 03, 2010 well, voyager did have its share of bad episodes, like endgame, the gift and mortal coil. As if our first visit to the land of irish stereotypes wasnt bad enough, we end up here again only a few episodes later. After tearing apart several decks and doing some timetravel.
The worst star trek episode of each star trek series. So, thanks for choosing what i couldnt fast forward through, internet. It also produced the only episode seriously considered as a rival to spocks brain for the position of worst episode of star trek ever made, and. Not only the worst voyager episode but the worst episode ever in any tv series. Villordsutch on the five worst star trek episodes ever.
For me, voyager is the trek show with the biggest pure science fiction scope and ideas. The plot is ridiculous, the dialogue is atrocious and the actors spend most of the episode looking like theyre fantasizing about killing their agents for. 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. People also initially thought uss voyager looked like a flying toilet. Top 30 worst episodes of star trek voyager by enchantment of eternity. I cant go back to watching voyager, knowing what a complete horror mulgrew was to ryan every day of their shooting for years, being envious of her youth and. The original series the next generation deep space nine voyager enterprise discovery. Do you know whats worse than a bad episode of voyager. Theres an unabashed corniness to the 60s star trek episodes which is so lovable blatant that the worst episodes are sometimes written off as charming. The best and worst original star trek episodes cbs news. This season had some big budget episodes as well as some lofty goals that unfortunately werent met.
Voyager turned out some remarkable episodes all the way along. In your opinion, which are the three worst star trek. They believe that there are no worse episodes of the show. In some ways, the worst episodes of the original series tend to get a pass. To honor the anniversary, though, we decided to look back and pick some of the top episodes worth a. The moment when the two janeways meet and consider their options is one of the best in voyager, and the episode is another morally challenging one. Star treks toughest fans rate the best and worst episodes of star trek. Its far faaaaaaar from a perfect episode, particularly when the last act turns into generic nonsense.
Voyager, season 3, episodes 8 and 9 1996 every starfleet crew deserves a chance to return to 20th century earth, and voyager was no different. Voyager seems to be the most divisive when it comes to how good or bad it was. Aug 05, 2016 10 worst star trek episodes, according to the fans. That includes seven years of braga working on star trek. Episodes which makes threshold look like a masterpiece in comparision.
These terrible episodes of star trek are everything we. Jan 16, 2015 the new situations voyager faced while lost in the delta quadrant led to some amazing episodes throughout its sevenyear run and makes it hard to choose just a few favorites. Beyond that, its tough to remember more because a lot of voyagers worst episodes are also its most forgettable. Guys, if the marvelous whitney bishop is gonna keep telling you which episodes of star trek. Members of the voyager crew clandestinely participate in a hidden holodeck program where the ships maquis members stage an insurrection.
This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. One of the most popular television shows ever developed for the star trek franchise, deep space nine ds9, came to an end in june of 1999. The new situations voyager faced while lost in the delta quadrant led to some amazing episodes throughout its sevenyear run and makes it hard to choose just a few favorites. After a time ship from the 29th century attempts to destroy voyager for a future transgression, both ships are. In july 2019, screen rant ranked threshold as one of the top five worst of the series, despite what they felt was a good start to the episode. The role of captain janeway was recast while filming was occurring, and due to the reshoots the pilot episode of the series actually cost more than star trek ii. The episode involves the crew making an engine that can go infinitymilesperhour, which, when used, causes the humans onboard to turn into alligatorsized salamanders. The season two episode of star trek voyager titled threshold is often regarded as the worst episode of the series. The various star trek series have been known to produce some of the best episodic television known to man, but along the way there were some stinkers. Syfy ranked worse case scenario among the top 10 ten episodes of the. Her last act on this plane of existence was to catapult voyager ten thousand lightyears closer to earth. Voyager starts out purposefully and strong from the starting gun. Fair haven and its sequel episode spirit folk are pretty bad and threshold is a famously bad one.
This episode focuses on events that take place on a spacecraft virtual reality system a star trek holodeck in uss voyager, involving a plot based on factions established earlier in the series. Like the next generation episode that ended up informing so much of the shows second half, star trek. Beyond that, its tough to remember more because a lot of voyager s worst episodes are also its. No matter what side of the fence youre on, you have to agree that the show had some dizzying highs and lows. Captain janeway relates the story of her distant ancestor shannon odonnell during. So there you have it, five truly terrible star trek episodes. Liz it seems weird now that its pretty much the norm, but serialization is actually something that television and star trek in particular. The series, which almost instantly mortgaged its potential as a prequel to star trek had some real low points and the worst ten episodes of star trek. Sep 16, 2017 so it is with a certain degree of fondness that we present the 15 best worst episodes of star trek. The episode threshold is the worst episode of star trek voyager and is unfortunately featured in this season, preventing it from getting five stars. Its wacky, zany and a bit crazy, but thats why i love it.
Voyager fans living witness s4e23 by susanna chisholm. 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. The next generation is perhaps the pinnacle of the trek franchise, which makes these five bottomfeeder episodes even more embarrassing. That is until she was brought back two years later as an extremely enraged omnipotent being. Voyager had some dizzying highs and lows, resulting in diverse episodes. Star trek voyager kes leaves voyager the gift by rogueant. There is one episode that, to me, stands out as worse than that for not only what it did to the characters, but also because of the implications about the writing of said characters, and because it was a silly plot to begin with.
Imo dreadnought is one of those episodes that is a guilty pleasureif you like belana, if you like cardassians, if. What episodes of star trek do you think are the worst. In my opinion most of voyager episodes before season 4 or even season 5 are forgettable, if not plainly bad, with a few exceptions per season. The episode was also pleasant for paris actor robert duncan mcneill, who said that he really enjoyed the episode with tuvok, worst case scenario, and related that the reason he found this episode to be a lot of fun in common with the twoparter futures end and futures end, part ii was due to a comic side that comes out of both of. My vote for absolute worst voyager episode ever goes to tuvix. The two ships cant both exist and are causing failures that threaten both. The 5 best episodes of voyager and the 5 worst july 11, 2019 012. While trying to avoid enemy territory, voyager encounters a spacetime rift that creates a duplicate voyager. It is quite possibly the worst episode to carry the star trek name. This is the worst episode of voyager without a doubt, and probably the worst ever episode of any incarnation of star trek. Every star trek season of tv ever, ranked from worst to best. Jul 15, 20 whatever the case may be, rather than generating thoughtprovoking questions on humanity and our place in the universe like the best scifi, all these episodes manage to produce are eyerolls and facepalms. I also found some episodes in season 2 scary and powerful, some were really great stories.
No television behemoth makes it through more than 700 episodes without producing a few clunkers. With so many episodes of star trek out there, there were bound to be some horrible missteps. Sep 16, 2016 fans often call threshold the worst episode of star trek voyager because of its strange and inane plot. Fans contend this is one of the worst tng episodes despite the lovely charm crusher usually has. Star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. The original series well still watch no matter how painful it gets. From the original series to the next generation to deep space 9, we rank every star trek tv show from the worst to the very best.
Aug 02, 2017 since ive already done a run down of voyagers best ten episodes, the time has come to turn our attention to the bottom of the barrel, and examine the ten episodes we really could have done without. They cavalierly abandon their offspring, thus earning them the wrath of states attorney. Hollywood reporter ranked this episode in the top 15 of star trek. Jun 10, 2014 that brings me to the usual bottom ten list. Star trek voyager the lost episodes ghosts part two audio drama. However, its also fun and interesting for a lot of its runtime, which is more than can be said for a lot of voyager episodes.
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