Kate mulgrew as captain janeway was a great captain, and the rest of the cast was terrific as well. If episodes set in the past entertain, that goes double for episodes that deal with the future. With just a little over one season under its belt, discovery has yet to build the repertoire necessary to judge it against the treks that came before it. Ranking every star trek movie and tv series from first to worst. Ranking the star trek series by their first seasons fandom. That being said, star trek and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by cbs studios inc. Voyager is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman, michael piller, and jeri taylor. Resilient, janeway was unyielding in her efforts to get her. Voyager turns 25, were ranking captain janeways finest hours. People also initially thought uss voyager looked like a flying toilet. Voyager like uhura, troi, and tpol, seven of nine was the.
This seventh season episode, in which seven deals with matters of the heart, is one of the worst. Rowan j coleman, the website, the promotion thereof andor any exhibition of material created. Matt goldberg ranks the star trek movies from 1979s the motion picture through the next generation films and through 2016s star trek beyond. As i watch each trek series again, i am ranking the episodes and compiling a few vital statistics. 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.
It originally aired from january 1995 to may 2001 on upn, lasting for 172 episodes over seven seasons. Whether our characters were traveling through time, being visited by people from the future, living through changed timelines, or dealing with something else time related, weve seen the characters of. Despite running for only 79 episodes, star trek made household names out of characters like capt. The next generation, season 6, episode 21 1993 if david fincher had directed a star trek episode in the early 90s, perhaps it. The fourth series in the star trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to star trek.
Every star trek series included episodes that dealt with time travel. A miscalculation by ensign kim causes a fatal crash during voyagers first test with slipstream travel. No matter what side of the fence youre on, you have to agree that star trek. Voyager was a series with a great premise and stories that somewhat frequently but not always lived up to it. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons.
The animated series aired on nbc for 2 seasons spanning 22 halfhour episodes from 1973 to 1974. From caretaker to endgame, the definitive ranking of the minimovies that get voyager home. Ive been slowly working my way through all of the star trek series. Voyager had some dizzying highs and lows, resulting in diverse. Star trek has given us some of the greatest scifi of all time, but also some of the worst, and were ranking episodes from both ends of the spectrum. Voyager episodes by jonhatchell created 24 jul 2012 updated 25 jul 2012 public i count each twoparter as one episode, so i only list part 1 of each of them. The final frontier 1989 william shatners directorial outing is all about kirk as an 80s action hero, but the film oddly undermines the captain as often as it.
This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Discovery, which premieres on cbs on september 24, heres a ranking of every liveaction star trek series from worst to best. Kathryn janeway, played by actress kate mulgrew like the two star trek series before it, voyager. The 2260s and 2270s edit by 2266, starfleet had once again changed its uniforms and, while still using the sleeve stripe system to denote rank, the rank stripes had been modified to show more detail for each. A miscalculation by ensign kim causes a fatal crash during voyager s first test with slipstream travel. Four episodes of voyager caretaker, dark frontier, flesh. With star trek into darkness now in theaters, weve been on a bit of a starfleet bender of.
Janeway and the crew soon find out that the krenim uses time as a weapon by altering timelines. Similar to episodes about holoprograms, time travel was a classic device used in the franchise to tell all types of stories. We also made giant charts and ranked seasons based on how many good versus bad episodes it had. Star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it. Every star trek season of tv ever, ranked from worst. For all its many flaws, it offered a likeable set of characters who often didnt seem. The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. No ranks above captain were seen in the star trek pilot episodes, leaving the question as to admiral insignia completely unknown. Voyager, season 3, episode 26 and season 4, episode 1 1997 wait, there is an alien race out there more powerful than the borg. On the one hand, the introduction of species 8472 was. The greatest star trek movies, series, episodes, villains. The top 10 star trek episodes ever the washington post.
Voyagers pilot episode is probably the best star trek pilot. All star trek movies ranked from worst to best photos. Additional parts can be found here part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 as well as the picard tea pot series. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of star trek. Fontana, the animated series was, at the time, considered to be the fourth season of star trek and won an emmy in 1975 for outstanding entertainment childrens series. Voyager had many epic twopart episodes and this one wasnt only the best of those, but the best episode for the entire series. Generally enjoyable, worth watching if new to star trek. A lot of people had a lot of problems with star trek voyager, and perhaps in. With the announcement of the new series starting in 2017. Discovery premieres january 2019, and not counting the shows second season, there have been a total of 31 seasons of star trek and its spinoffs, including the animated series. For me, voyager is the trek show with the biggest pure science fiction scope and ideas. Voyager ran for seven seasons between 1995 and 2001 172 episodes and followed the adventures of the uss voyager which finds itself transported 75years away to the delta quadrant while pursuing a renegade maquis ship.
The 10 all time best and 10 worst episodes, officially ranked. Episodes rated zero often have incredible technical. And a federation starship is the perfect vehicle to. The voyager passes through a region of space controlled by the despotic krenim. Voyager, season 1, episodes 1 and 2 1995 the series premiere for voyager promised a star trek like none before it, with it boasting a female lead, a mixed crew of starfleet and. Voyager s pilot episode is probably the best star trek pilot. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. In honor of star treks 50th anniversary, my idiosyncratic but nonetheless definitive ranking of the best episodes of the trek franchise. Star treks taken a trip or two or twenty to the holodeck on occasion. Fifteen years in the future, survivors chakotay, kim and the doctor attempt to send a message back in time to prevent the tragedy. Every star trek series, ranked worst to best screen rant. However, voyager is my personal favorite series of star trek. A rating of 0 means i think the episode is so bad that i have usually, but not always personally dropped it from star trek canon. 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.
In part 1 of the twopart series finale, an older version of janeway kate mulgrew timetravels to help her younger self as part of a. An episode rated 10 would be one of the best episodes star trek has ever done. It has its flaws, the corny allamerican farm illusion produced by the titular caretaker and the poormansklingon kazon warriors. Yes, we all know, threshold the one where paris and. Voyagers premiere in 1995 introduced new characters, new aliens, and new worlds, but still showed the familiar starfleet rank insignia. A little over a year ago, with the help of a few other trekkies i met through tumblr, i took on a huge but superfun project. In honor of the latest addition to the franchise, star trek. Discovery, the newest entry in the trek franchise, soared out of the spacedock in its first season, juggling an interstellar war, alternate universes, and the ultimate betrayal. Voyager boasts more than a mere cult of adoring fans, but also an oftenoverlooked set of redeeming episodes. Voyagers delta quadrant travels, their rank system often fell into the categories of good, bad, or neelixdress pattern ugly. All 39 star trek main characters ranked, from spock to wesley photos. Star trek movies ranked from worst to best collider.