Star Trek: Voyager - Unessential Episodes
A list of Star Trek Voyager episodes, which can be skipped without missing anything. These are the let's say less stellar episodes with cheesy dialogue, trashy alien make-up and no or very little progression of the overall plot of the series.
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- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonVoyager becomes trapped in a strange nebula when the crew searches for a new power source for the ship.First appearance of the "Sandrine's" holodeck program. Funny beginning, then mediocre. The first season can use less cloud nebulas.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonTuvok plays detective when Paris is wrongfully convicted by an alien race of murder.Tom Paris is accused of murder by aliens. Tuvok investigates.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonWhen the crew finds a mysterious alien burial ground within an asteroid, a unknown phenomenon that teleports the bodies suddenly transports Kim to another planet where an alien race believes he is a being from the afterlife.About the afterlife arrangements of an alien species.
- DirectorKim FriedmanStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAn encounter with a peculiar nebula suddenly leaves Chakotay brain dead and unconscious. The crew is left with a mysterious but powerful force of energy onboard that can take over the minds of the crew members.Spiritual mumbo-jumbo. Also another cloud nebula episode...
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonThe Voyager crew discovers several people who were abducted during 1937, including Amelia Earhart, cryogenically frozen on a distant planet.The Voyager meets Amelia Earhart. Ouch!
- DirectorKim FriedmanStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonA strange spatial distortion afflicts the ship and has the entire crew literally lost on their own ship.Much confusion.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonTuvok crashes on a planet where he finds some children who know that they are all going to die.Tuvok takes care of a group of kids on a planet.
- DirectorMarvin V. RushStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonVoyager finds a group of people in connected stasis chambers where something has gone terribly wrong.A somewhat surreal episode about fear. I can see the appeal of this weirdness, but for me it's not weird enough to have the impact they were going for. Very stand-alone.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonConvicted of a crime they didn't commit, Harry and Tom wind up in an unsupervised, crowded prison, a hellhole where implants ramp up everyone's aggression.Tom Paris and Harry Kim in space prison.
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonLieutenant Torres starts having vivid dreams about another life, another love, and another planet.Torres having wild dreams.
- DirectorRobert Duncan McNeillStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAfter Kes is injured by an energy field on a planet's sacred ground, Janeway must undergo a spiritual quest in order to save her life.Spiritual mumbo-jumbo featuring Kes and Janeway.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonA dying warlord, determined to retake his home planet, takes over Kes's body.Kes and Neelix break up while she's controlled by a dying warlord. They stay split up after it, but it's never really further explored. Questionable acting all over this one.
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAs Kes develops a relationship with a Mikhal Traveler, a member of Voyager's crew develops a dangerously ruthless split personality with a fixation on Kes.Kes falls in love. The Doctor messes with his program and goes crazy.
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonWhile helping a planet being bombarded by asteroids, Neelix and Tuvok get trapped on the surface, where Tuvok's negative attitude gets the better of Neelix's nerves.Tuvok and Neelix in an elevator to space.
- DirectorMarvin V. RushStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonEnsign Kim's DNA changes, bringing with it memories of the region while a planet of alien women claim him as a favorite son returning home to mate.All the alien girls want Harry Kim, but not really.
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonShot down by crossfire, Chakotay bonds with one faction in the midst of a war.Chakotay playing war in a jungle.
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonA telepathic race arrests B'Elanna for thinking violent thoughts that have begun to infect their peacefully enlightened, virtually crime-free society.
- DirectorJesús Salvador TreviñoStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAfter aliens raid Voyager, Janeway discovers her Leonardo holodeck character living independently at a trading post under the patronage of a shameless "prince" of thieves.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonThanks to Seven of Nine, Neelix returns from the dead, but his lack of a glimpse of the afterlife brings about a severe crisis of faith.
- DirectorAndrew RobinsonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAn alien woman from a closed world seeks asylum aboard Voyager, claiming she's been there before and that she and Chakotay were lovers, but no one remembers her.
- DirectorAnson WilliamsStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonCritically low on energy, Voyager limps to a hellish Y-class "Demon" planet for much needed deuterium. Harry and Tom beam down and make accidental contact with a gooey life form.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonThe Voyager crew encounters photonic life forms that mistake warmongering characters as real in Tom Paris' far-fetched "Captain Proton" holodeck program.
- DirectorTerry WindellStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonStuck on a planet within a spacial "sinkhole," Tom pressures Tuvok to take an alien woman who fancies him for his own.
- DirectorAnson WilliamsStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonA slight respite seems to be in order but some mysterious force is affecting the very fabric of Voyager itself. To solve the mystery this crew must retrace their steps to see what went wrong.
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAs unseen aliens adjust his neural pathways, Chakotay recalls both boxing at the academy under groundskeeper Boothby's management and watching after his "crazy old" grandfather.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonVoyager must prevent a toxic waste freighter from exploding, lethally contaminating a vast sector of space. Unfortunately, there could be an alien boogeyman aboard the heavily irradiated ship.Torres in a sonic shower scene.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonCapt. Janeway recalls her ancestor, Shannon O'Donnell, with great reverence, but historical records don't back up the family story.
- DirectorJohn T. KretchmerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAn alien weapon that possesses artificial intelligence links with the EMH program and begins to terrorize the crew.
- DirectorRoxann DawsonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonSudden contact with a cloaked and extremely xenophobic race leaves Tuvok brain damaged. Neelix puts himself in charge of his rehabilitation.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonCapt. Janeway falls for an Irish barman character she modifies within Tom's holodeck Irish village recreational getaway for the crew called Fair Haven.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonThe Doctor's singing talent is so appreciated by an alien species that he considers resigning his commission and staying on with his millions of adoring fans.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonMembers of an away mission start dreaming about a species they have never seen before who are in a gruesome battle on an unknown planet.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonSeven of Nine and Tuvok are enslaved while on an away mission, with Seven forced to fight in gladiatorial competitions to the death.Seven of Nine vs. The Rock
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonFor the holographic inhabitants of Fair Haven, unworldly actions from Voyager personnel fit only one explanation - they're faerie folk.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonAn alien playwright discovers B'Elanna Torres, crash landed in the Delta Flier, and uses her and her logs as story material to please his patron.
- 1995–200144mTV-PG7.1 (1.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid LivingstonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonNeelix engages the four ex-Borg children in a ghost story to keep them calm during a ship-wide power shutdown.
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonTom's sudden entry in an alien spacecraft race throws a wrench into B'Elanna's labored plans for a romantic holodeck getaway for two, threatening their relationship.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonWhen the Delta Flyer comes to the aid of a medical transport, Harry Kim gets his first command.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonVoyager rescues a prison warden and a set of prisoners that are scheduled to be executed testing their own ethical beliefs.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonFor the first time in seven years, Voyager gets a mission from Starfleet Command: retrieve the 21st century probe Friendship One from a nearby planet.Mutants.
- DirectorTerry WindellStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonChakotay and Seven of Nine's shuttle is crippled by an energy field and they crash on a planet inhabited by a primitive species.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonThe Doctor abducts and impersonates various members of the crew when the Captain is kidnapped.Tries desperately to be a worthy sequel to Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy, but fails miserably. Noone seems to be in character. Trash gold.