Voyager

Trek Geeks #115: Workforce

A DIFFERENT LIFE FOR THE CREW Bill was watching BBC America recently and came across two Voyager episodes he’d never seen. It was the season 7 two-parter, “Workforce,” in which the crew finds themselves kidnapped by an alien race and put to work in their industrial plants.  Their memories have been altered and they have…

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Trek Geeks #92: Equinox

A DARK SECRET This week, we’ll take a look at the fifth season cliffhanger/sixth season premiere of Star Trek: Voyager! “Equinox” premiered in May of 1999 and told the story of a second Starfleet ship stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the U.S.S. Equinox, and its crew has been doing some very dark things to get…

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Trek Geeks #67: Timeless

FIFTEEN YEARS OF GUILT One mistake can change everything. That’s the lesson learned by Ensign Harry Kim in the 100th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This week, Dan and Bill dive in on the episode and discuss some of it’s finer points. Make no mistake: this is some of the best material the writers ever…

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Trek Geeks #58: See-it or Skip-It

VOYAGER: SEASON ONE This week, we take a look at the first season of Star Trek: Voyager! It’s no secret that Bill hasn’t been the biggest fan of Voyager, and he’s even attempted his own “Voyager Challenge” to finally get through the series.  We thought it might be easier to discuss each season and decide which episodes…

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VOY Challenge, Ep. 14: Faces

TrekGeeks’ Star Trek Voyager Challenge One Geek’s quest to reintegrate his Klingon and Human sides while en route to the Alpha Quadrant. OVERVIEW The episode opens in an unfamiliar location. We see an unconscious long haired figure who has been restrained and a male voice off-screen orders something called the “Genotron” to be deactivated and…

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VOY Challenge, Ep. 13: Cathexis

TrekGeeks’ Star Trek Voyager Challenge One Geek’s endeavor to attach the stones to the medicine wheel in all the right places. OVERVIEW Janeway is spending some time getting away from being Captain by immersing herself in a holo-novel. (Does anyone remember when they had power shortage issues three or four episodes ago?) She’s playing the…

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VOY Challenge, Ep. 12: Heroes and Demons

TrekGeeks’ Star Trek Voyager Challenge One Geek’s quest to ratchet up the Harry Kim toteboard and defeat Grendel all at the same time. OVERVIEW Torres is beaming samples of a protostar aboard the Voyager into containment fields after detecting unusual amounts of photonic activity. She transports the samples, but only one of the two containers…

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VOY Challenge, Ep. 11: State of Flux

TrekGeeks’ Star Trek Voyager Challenge One Geek’s mission to fire the person who brought Leola Root aboard out the nearest airlock. OVERVIEW The Voyager has dispatched a survey team to the surface of a planet to find food sources. Carey finds a bunch of what look like some form of apple, but Neelix tells him…

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VOY Challenge, Ep. 10: Prime Factors

TrekGeeks’ Star Trek Voyager Challenge One Geek’s challenge to to barter his way home to the Alpha Quadrant aboard the Starship Voyager. OVERVIEW The crew of the intrepid U.S.S. Voyager (Ha! See what I did there?!) seems to be getting along at this point in their journey. Whether Maquis or Starfleet, there seems to be…

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VOY Challenge, Ep. 9: Emanations

TrekGeeks’ Star Trek Voyager Challenge One Geek’s quest to go where no abused Ensign has gone before. OVERVIEW The crew of the Voyager has discovered a new element. It’s the 247th known to science and they’ve found it among a group of asteroids. As Chakotay, Torres, and Kim beam down to investigate, they come across…

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