I was born in ‘89, so was a little kid when Voyager came out. I only remember the seasons with Seven because they were when I was old enough to be watching.

I liked Seven then as a logical kid who didn’t show emotion much.

However, I had no idea one of the main reasons I couldn’t show my feelings was I had PTSD from my upbringing.

When I went off to college, I felt like I had left a cult (something many abuse survivors talk about), and I suddenly related to Seven’s story a lot.

When someone important to me died, a professor took me under her wing. She treated me a lot like Janeway treated Seven. She challenges me (asking me why I didn’t cry, why I flinched if people touched me, why I was so ruthless about my productivity and efficiency, why I avoided connection).

She also observed that I was too self-sacrificing — something people in abusive homes (and in the collective!) are, too.

She’d see me in the library a lot, and we’d have philosophical chats often.

By the time I graduated, I had learned (from friends) how to open up. I had cried, hugged, etc. I had learned to let people help me.

It wasn’t until graduate school that I felt ready for romance.

Looking back, that professor helped me reclaim my humanity. I’ve thanked her and am glad I did.

Anyone relate to this kind of feeling?

I’m also neurodivergent, so some of my old ways are still there just not as pronounced — I’m still a bit private and show emotions etc. with people I’m close to, which is how Seven ends up.

Sometimes I imagine my own alternate ending for voyager’s finale.

The audience already expects voyager’s crew to get back home, and until that happens there’s no real danger or suspense. So in my imagined alternate ending, Janeway pulls a Hunt for Red October trick. She stages a false emergency, and the crew evacuates in life pods and heads for home. There could even be a montage of the crew members reuniting with friends and family.

Janeway has a moment of catharsis for getting the crew home like she always promised, then she and a select few officers turn around to go back and fight the borg. And now anything can happen, because the one thing the audience knew for sure - voyagers crew getting home - has already happened.

EDIT: To clarify for folks, this is an alternate ending, not an additional ending. I’m not saying Janeway would decimate the borg then go back for more. I’m saying she would send the crew home first, and only then go on to decimate the Borg.

I've seen several posts on here recently about tuvix. And I haven't seen anyone make this connection, though I may have missed it.

Specifically to star trek enterprise "similitude"

Quick recap " trip is comatose, so they grow a clone, however the Clone would have to die to save trip. The doctor hides info that may lead to the clone surviving past its "expiration date". The captain ismad when he finds Sim in trips room and says he would rather Sim submit then be forced to force him, eventually Sim submits and trip is saved"

Imo it's a kinda similar situation, a new life form under pressure to die to restore an older one. The biggest difference in this case is this is pre federation and Sim submitted in the end.

There's no question or anything just an observation. Especially when archer said he'll take any steps necessary to save him

Anybody else wonder what Tuvix could have looked like? He was perfectly blended, but really Tuvix should have been a genetic mess. Maybe one droopy eye, one long arm that's all twisted up. Probably shouldn't have been able to talk or even function. He's the best of both of them, but one can still question it's potential forms.

Was this addressed in the episode? I'm sure they did. Right?

I might have missed this and it’s coming part two. But if 200 years have passed in the outside world, wouldn’t the dude’s partner be dead, even if she survived whatever event they are trying to undo?

A) Voth city ship

B) Think Tank

C) Krenim weapon ship

D) Dyson Sphere ("Relics")

E) Earth's moon

F) "Souped-up" Enterprise-D ("All Good Things")

G) Species 8472 bioship

H) The Fesarius ("The Corbomite Maneuver")

I) Guardian of Forever ("The City on the Edge of Forever")

Maximum three torpedoes permitted.

Speculation required. Thanks!

Just got done watching. Hoping that everyone has a happy and warm holiday and to those that are on away missions may they come back soon.

INT. VOYAGER - ENGINEERING**

SEVEN OF NINE is working diligently at a console when a common fly starts buzzing around her head. She swats at it absentmindedly at first, but the fly persists.

SEVEN OF NINE: (annoyed) Computer, identify the source of this disturbance.

The computer beeps in response.

COMPUTER: Lifeform identified: Musca domestica, commonly known as a housefly.

Seven's eyes widen in horror. She starts swatting more frantically, her calm demeanor rapidly disintegrating.

SEVEN OF NINE: (screaming) Get away from me!

She activates her comm system, her voice echoing throughout the ship.

SEVEN OF NINE: (yelling) Intruder alert! There is a hostile lifeform in Engineering!

The bridge crew jumps into action, alarmed by Seven's frantic screams. JANEWAY responds over the comm.

JANEWAY: (confused) Seven, what's happening down there?

SEVEN OF NINE: (panicking) It's a fly, Captain! A FLY!

The crew on the bridge exchanges bewildered looks.

PARIS: (whispering) Did she say a fly?

TUVOK: (raising an eyebrow) Highly illogical.

Back in Engineering, Seven is now in full freak-out mode. She hits the ship-wide comm button, her voice shrill.

SEVEN OF NINE: (screaming) All hands, prepare for emergency countermeasures! Deploy photon torpedoes!

The ship's alarm goes off, and the red alert lights flash. On the bridge, Janeway tries to intervene.

JANEWAY: (urgently) Seven, stand down! You can't launch torpedoes at a fly!

SEVEN OF NINE: (hysterical) It's the only way, Captain! We must eliminate the threat!

Ignoring Janeway, Seven initiates the launch sequence. The ship shudders as photon torpedoes are fired into space.

PARIS: (shaking his head) I can't believe this is happening.

Seven doesn't stop there. She activates the phaser banks, the ship's weapons now fully engaged.

SEVEN OF NINE: (yelling) Fire phasers! Full spread!

Phasers blast from the ship, targeting the fly, which simply buzzes around untouched. The scene becomes utterly ridiculous as the ship expends massive amounts of firepower on a tiny insect.

JANEWAY: (facepalming) Seven, you're going to drain our entire arsenal!

SEVEN OF NINE: (manic) It's the only way, Captain!

In the chaos, the fly finally lands on a nearby console. Seven grabs a PADD and smashes it, the fly crushed beneath it. She stands there, panting, looking around at the wreckage she's caused.

SEVEN OF NINE: (breathless) Target neutralized, Captain.

The crew on the bridge erupts in laughter, unable to contain themselves. Janeway shakes her head, trying to stifle a grin.

JANEWAY: (laughing) Stand down, everyone. Crisis averted.

The scene fades out with the entire crew still laughing at the absurdity of Seven's overreaction.

I'll start for me its Danara Pel. I think she would have made a great addition given her medical expertise and her relationship with the Doctor.

just watched this ep, when Janeway proposes the crew taking Voyager and leaving her alone (and small odds of surviving), the entire crew refuse to comply. she states something like "according to Star Fleet rules, you could all be hanged." my question is; did SF really hang people in the 24th century?

I stumbled upon this in my local Asian supermarket. The cartoon bears a striking resemblance to a certain ex maquis chief engineer of Voyager!

I have a memory of him updating his security protocols saying "identify yourself" when he's activated and saying something like oh excuse me, still working on it. I just can't find the episode.

Update: Thanks so much for the responses. It was actually Barclay's Hologram in Inside Man that says this line. Memory is a funny thing!

Just re-watching Voyager again and I’m curious if there is an explanation as to why did they keep their maquis insignias instead of being given equal insignias of Starfleet, given the fact that they accepted positions on a starfleet ship?

I don’t know, I think he’d still be proud. Harry did a lot of cool shit in the Delta quadrant.

Season 2 of Voyager became much more interesting once the Kazon were finally tossed out of the recurring episode plot device. And really, the show made some really fascinating episodes. Season 2 brought us controversial episodes like "Tuvix." It also brought us "The Thaw." Two episodes I consider "cerebral challenges" rather than "space sci-fi."

Firstly, the choice of Michael McKean as The Clown (Fear) was superb. He already had quite a repertoire of talented acting in various TV shows but in this role, he really shined.

Secondly, the premise was very interesting. The idea of sentient beings captive to the whims of powerful AI... that for all intents and purposes had gone rogue. How do you reason with an artificial intelligence that knows your thoughts?

But the one thing that really got me was when the EMH appeared. Of course. Yes. He could enter the system and not be captive to it. Well, why the hell didn't they send him in FIRST? Having Harry Kim and Belana Torres just slide into those pods and enter the system... was such a really bad move. It'd make far more sense to send in a "probe", that being the EMH, that could easily assess the "environment" that the captive beings were experiencing, and then leave.

Given how smart is Capt. Janeway, I really thought her character would've had better sense than to have Harry and Belana enter those pods and instead sent the EMH into it first. But then of course, it would significantly cut short the amount of material needed for a full episode. Still, I think they could've at least tried it at first but then found the system rejected the EMH entry... and then if someone were to hook up in it, why not send just one person, rather than two? Anyway, once Harry stepped in and proved to be unable to communicate longer than expected, Belana could then be working on a way to get the EMH to bypass the system's protection. Once the EMH got in, then the whole scenario would be understood. The main issue for Janeway--getting Harry Kim out of there. And then the episode could've proceeded as it had. In fact, I think it would be an even better effect to have Belana outside, leaving Harry Kim all alone. A greater fear factor... no fellow crewmate accompanying him.

There may be some minor changes made it if was redone today but why do people hate it so much?

Why didn't Starfleet send allies to help Voyager?
Surely the Federation had allies between Earth and Voyager.

How come after all that Voyager did for the Q continuum for not just Q but the continuum itself was it never authorized to return Voyager home? I know he dangled it once or twice but why did he/they never follow through?

Was it because the Q knew voyager would have such a profound effect on the Delta Quadrant? As far as the Q or other omnipotent beings go....was Voyager destined to be in the Delta Quadrant for 7 years to make all the major effects they had on the Delta Quadrant? Did the Q continuum never interfere because Voyager needed to be where they were?

How did they not immediately recognize that thing as a big bomba?

If you could rewrite the ending of voyager what would you add and remove? It doesn’t have to be a perfect or happy ending. (Give me details if you can)

Will be reading everyone’s comments

Did they die ?

I'm currently watching Blink of an Eye,in it Chakotay says it could be the anthropological find of his career since he could watch them progress because of the time difference. With that and a few other new discoveries while in the DQ you think he submitted some giant dissertation and is possibly an accredited and published Doctor by now?

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fades to darkness

What a savage

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