“Muse”Star Trek: Voyager (Season 6, Episode 22) The episode I covered just last week was a heavily meta-textual adventure that poked fun at some aspects of Star Trek itself. Interestingly, the very next episode in the season manages to be … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Muse”

“Live Fast and Prosper”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 21 Star Trek is usually a pretty Serious Property about Serious Things. It does dip its toes into comedy, either in brief doses or episode-length capers. “Live Fast and Prosper” … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Live Fast and Prosper”

“Tsunkatse”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 15 I previously wrote at length about the peculiar appeal of a stupid idea triumphing in spite of itself. It’s something I really enjoy seeing because of the challenge involved, like spinning dramatic … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Tsunkatse”

“Memorial”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 14 As is tradition, Star Trek: Voyager has dipped its toes into War is Hell stories several times already and returns to this persistent Trek theme with another effective and haunting episode. It … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Memorial”

“Blink of an Eye”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 12 Compared to the other Star Trek series, Voyager swung for the fences a bit more in its sci-fi concepts. In this way, it bears a lot of similarity to … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Blink of an Eye”

“One Small Step”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 8 For a property that is primarily set in space, Star Trek is generally pretty far removed from the realities of actual space travel. The reasons aren’t surprising – traveling into … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “One Small Step”

“Dragon’s Teeth”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 7 The installments of Star Trek can be defined by their villains as much as their heroes, and each one has a diverse array of antagonists that spoke to the qualities and … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Dragon’s Teeth”

“Barge of the Dead“Star Trek: Voyager (Season 6, Episode 3) For a science fiction (and generally atheist) property, Star Trek has gotten metaphysical surprisingly often. Many stories across the various series and movies have featured its characters on mystical and … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Barge of the Dead”

“Equinox, Part 1”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 26 Alternate timelines have featured in many of Star Trek’s best episodes. Similarly, “what if” scenarios have been a staple of science fiction properties (especially superhero comics). The “Equinox” two-parter that … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Equinox, Part 1”

“Latent Image”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 11 The Doctor was one of the most interesting aspects of Star Trek: Voyager’s premise – a holographic character on the main cast. The Next Generation had an android character, but the … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Latent Image”

“Nothing Human”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 8 Ethics have always been one of the central themes of Star Trek. It’s a franchise very much concerned with right and wrong, and the complex situations that give rise to a … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Nothing Human”

“Timeless”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 6 Reset Button Episodes are a tried-and-true Star Trek tradition that often make for series bests. It’s not a huge mystery why – they feature alternate timelines/futures that have strayed from the regular … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Very Best of Voyager) – “Timeless”

“Drone”Star Trek: Voyager (Season 5, Episode 2) I love when a stupid idea works. There’s a particular thrill and amazement to seeing something that sounded totally idiotic actually succeed before your eyes. It’s like watching a daredevil do some insane … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Drone”

“Jetrel”Star Trek: Voyager (Season 1, Episode 15) It’s pretty much a given that a Star Trek series will have a shaky first season. That “finding its footing” period usually spans at least a season or two; figuring out the character … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Jetrel”

No, not that “Nemesis”… “Nemesis”Star Trek: Voyager (Season 4, Episode 4) War is hell, y’know? It’s a fundamental message that’s been a part of Trek since The Original Series, and explored in a number of episodes throughout each subsequent series … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Nemesis”

***Content Warning: Discussion and imagery of Nazis*** “The Killing Game”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4, Episodes 18 & 19 Ah, the holodeck. Introduced in the very first episode of The Next Generation, it quickly became one of the most famous … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “The Killing Game”

“Message in a Bottle”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4, Episode 14 As I wrote about in my Late to the Party entry of Die Hard, good action movies require investment in the characters to create stakes. None of the explosions … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Message in a Bottle”

***CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of depression and suicide*** “Mortal Coil”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4, Episode 12 Spiritual crises of characters have been the topics of a handful of Star Trek episodes, but they’re usually of the more philosophical, esoteric kind. … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Mortal Coil”