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Jennifer Lien was also outstanding as Kes, who was very much missed after her departure from the series. That even includes DeForest Kelly, who was exceptional. And no doctor has ever been as good in his role as Robert Picardo. And they couldn't call on the federation to save them. For the first time since the original 1960's series, Star Trek characters truly went where nobody had gone before, discovering new races and acquiring knowledge. Voyager was so great because it truly put its protagonists into a situation that they could not extricate themselves from. As many times as this happened, I would have shut the silly thing down and prohibited its use. I wasn't interested in seeing Picard dressed up like Sherlock Holmes and trying to solve a fake mystery, only to be trapped on the holodeck and have the safety mechanisms shut off. TNG stories always seemed to revolve around spacial anomalies and holodeck malfunctions, which became excruciatingly boring. The acting is superior to that on the beloved The Next Generation (that comment alone will probably have people throwing their Spock ears at their monitors), and I think many of the stories were better.

Anchored by a charismatic performance by Brad Dourif, as the sociopath, Suder even gets a chance at redemption, returning in the two-parter Basics (season 2, episode 26), when he helps to retake the ship from the Kazon.Contrary to what many Trek nerds would have you believe, Voyager is not the worst Star Trek series, and is not at all a bad show. Needless to say, Tuvok experiences adverse effects from the meld in this study of extreme violence, and grapples with the ethics of appropriate punishment. Tuvok mind melds with Suder in order to better understand him.

Attempting to establish motive, the logical Tuvok is baffled when the murderer, the crewman Suder, replies that he committed the crime for вЂњno reasonвЂќ. The resident Vulcan and Chief Security Officer, Tuvok (Tim Russ), is charged with solving the case. But in season two, we were treated to an episode of high drama that didnвЂ™t rely on alien battles. The early seasons of Voyager were patchy as the crew took time to establish chemistry, while antagonists such as the Kazon were uninspiring. Perhaps thatвЂ™s why itвЂ™s so liberatingвЂќ вЂ“ SuderвЂ™s chilling words to Tuvok. вЂњYou live on the edge of every moment, and yet, in its own way, violence is attractive, too.

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And, it also included some very fine writing, as this list demonstrates (note: spoilers for individual episodes and the series follow, and two-parters will count as one episode for the purposes of this list). Most significantly perhaps, it centered, for the first time, on a woman captain вЂ“ one who commanded with utmost confidence, inspiring the love and loyalty of her crew, helping to pave the way for the gender-breaking 2017 series Discovery.

It was a somewhat uneven show and didnвЂ™t fully hit its stride until season four, but it still provided plenty of memorable moments.ДЄlthough Voyager never quite reached the heights of cast alchemy and narrative depth of its immediate forebear, the iconic The Next Generation, it broke new ground. It explored emotional and ethical quandaries, such as hologram sentience and reformed drone Seven of NineвЂ™s dating life, and along the way had fun with rogue Klingons and Q. During its seven seasons and 172 episodes, Voyager introduced new species, like the Hirogen and the bane of the Borg, Species 8472.

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