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DVD Star Trek Voyager - The Complete First Season
Star Trek: Voyager began life in 1995 with some truly fascinating prospects in its two-hour pilot episode. Opening in the 24th century, a setting contemporary with that of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and carrying over story elements from each of those series, "Caretaker" finds Starfleet Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) stepping into the middle of Federation troubles with the Maquis, an army of rebels violently resisting the interplanetary organization's treaty with the brutal Cardassians. In the process, both Voyager and the Maquis ship under surveillance are accidentally catapulted out of the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant (the familiar stomping grounds of Starfleet personnel) by a benign but dying being called the Caretaker. Voyager ends up in the unexplored Delta Quadrant, some 70,000 light years away.
So much seemed dramatically promising in this debut, especially the unwieldy alliance of Starfleet regulars and hostile Maquis, and the likelihood that a lifetime spent in isolation, trying to get home, would lead to the development of a self-contained society on the ship, yet Voyager never entirely made up its mind what it was supposed to be about. The curiously cheesy sets and fascinating, progressive management style of Janeway (half mommy, half taskmaster) were also new developments in Star Trek culture. As the 16-episode season continued, character backstories were developed in such episodes as "The Cloud" (arguably the best episode of the season), "Eye of the Needle" (underscoring Janeway and the crew's sadness), "State of Flux" (in which a search for a traitor reveals a past romance between Commander Chakotay, played by Robert Beltran, and sexy Bajoran engineer Seska, played by Martha Hackett), and "Jetrel" (which explores the character of Neelix, the Talaxian played by Ethan Phillips, during a parable about scientific ethics and moral responsibility).
Among other notable episodes, "Phage" strikes a nice balance among character development, story hook, and moral and emotional conflict when Neelix is literally robbed of his lungs by the Vidiians, a once-civilized people who are combating a deadly disease called the Phage by stealing organs. (The disease would return in "Faces," a fine showcase for Roxann Biggs-Dawson as Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres.) "Emanations" stirred controversy among the series' producers and some fans for its philosophical look at death, and "Time and Again" is a unique time-travel story in which Janeway and Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) get caught in a subspace fracture that places them just hours before they know a planet is going to be destroyed. In "Prime Factors," latent tensions among Voyager personnel erupts into serious conflict, an issue revisited in the season finale, "Learning Curve." Despite a pat ending that resolves the Maquis conflict much too easily, the episode drives home the fact that Voyager and its crew are all alone, making the most of a difficult predicament. --Tom Keogh and Jeff Shannon
Review(s): DVD Star Trek Voyager - The Complete First Season
Kick-off for an awesome series
I really enjoyed watching Season 1. I must admit, the crew seems awkward after watching the greatness of season 4, but the plots are still great and the character development is amazing. Very enjoyable.
The Star Trek franchise continues...
Nominated for 30 Emmys, including seven for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, Star Trek: Voyager continues the rich tradition of the original 1960s Star Trek franchise. Created by former L.A. police officer Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its fan base. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. The third spin-off from the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager premiered in January 1995 to modest critical acclaim, but experienced great success with television viewers, slowly increasing its ratings as the series progressed. Following on the heels of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), the series precedes Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) while boasting an all-star cast that includes veteran actress Kate Mulgrew (whose past TV appearances include such shows as Dallas, Cheers, and Murphy Brown). Yet instead of pursuing the classic Star Trek mission to "boldly go where no one has gone before," Star Trek: Voyager is more about going where the crew has been before...
Star Trek: Voyager follows the exploits of the crew aboard the starship USS Voyager. As the series begins, the Voyager is on a Federation mission to capture a rogue ship of Maquis rebels (a race first introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). While in pursuit of the Maquis, the Voyager enters a system known as the badlands, and both ships are instantaneously transported to the Delta Quadrant over seventy-thousand light years away on the outskirts of the galaxy. Soon, both the Maquis and the crew of Voyager learn they were brought to Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker, a mysterious force overseeing the safety of the Ocampan race who live in the shadow on an impending threat from the vicious Kazon. When the Kazon destroy the Maquis ship, the Voyager crew merges with the Maquis crew to defend themselves from the Kazon. Having destroyed the device which could bring them home, the crew of the Voyager - led by Capt. Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), and the crew of the Maquis ship - led by Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran), must work as a united front in order to meet their mutual goal of finding a way home...
The Star Trek: Voyager (Season 1) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the series premiere "Caretaker" in which the Federation starship USS Voyager, led by Capt. Kathryn Janeway, is unexpectedly transported 70,000 light years away while pursuing a band of Maquis rebels through an area known as the badlands. The Voyager's new destination is the Delta Quadrant, an uncharted region of the galaxy overseen by the Caretaker and threatened by the colonial aggression of the Kazon... Other notable episodes from Season 1 include "The Cloud" in which the Voyager accidentally injures an alien life form while searching for an ingredient to boost its energy supply, and "Learning Curve" in which members of Commander Chakotay's ragtag Maquis crew are given a Starfleet Academy tutorial on how to act properly aboard the Voyager...
Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: Voyager (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (Caretaker: Part 1)
Episode 2 (Caretaker: Part 2)
Episode 3 (Parallax)
Episode 4 (Time and Again)
Episode 5 (Phage)
Episode 6 (The Cloud)
Episode 7 (Eye of the Needle)
Episode 8 (Ex Post Facto)
Episode 9 (Emanations)
Episode 10 (Prime Factors)
Episode 11 (State of Flux)
Episode 12 (Heroes and Demons)
Episode 13 (Cathexis)
Episode 14 (Faces)
Episode 15 (Jetrel)
Episode 16 (Learning Curve)
The DVD Report
Superb start to a new series!
Voyager was really an excellent series from the start.
With a superb teaser, great casting and a wonderful premise for a series, the series starts as Voyager and a Marquis ship are propelled half-way across the galaxy by an unknown force.
Forced to destroy the technology responsible for causing the ship to be brought there, so begins the series as Voyager sets off home for Earth with a 70 year journey ahead of her.
The joining of the Starfleet and Marquis crews together make for some interesting stories and early tension, particuarly in this early series.
The crew is also joined by an alien, a talaxian known as " Neelix" who takes great delight in giving the Vulcan Security office " Tuvok" a hard time. Their interaction is reminiscent of Bones and Spock from the original series.
Neelix has a partner an Ocampan female called " Kes " a species that only lives for 9 years.
The Captain, " Janeway" the first female lead in all the Star Trek series, is another great cast. She is very strong, but also very fair with her desicions. She decides to make the head of the Marquis, an ex Starfleet Officer her first Officer. His name is Chakotay. He is an Indian, and makes a very interesting character in the coming seasons. He is very softy spoken, but has real prescence.
Another interesting addition is an ex convict, ex Starfleet, ex Marquis, who becomes the conn officer. Tom Paris as he's known, is an excellent pilot, who finds it hard to initially be part of the team.
Rounding out the senior crew and main characters is a fresh Ensign, Harry Kim, just out of Starfleet, a half Klingon female ( who hates her Klingon part ! )she's an ex Marquis, who becomes the chief Engineer, and finally a Holographic doctor, known only as " The Doctor" who is activated as the ships real Doctor was killed in the first episode.
The hologram was initially only intended as an Emergency to supplement the normal crew, or in the real Doctors absense.
His struggle with finding an identity is one of the real high lights of the show, in the vein of " Data" from the next Generation.
The opportunities for story lines from all this lot are almost endless!
Although a short season ( Just 16 episodes )there is barely a bad episode. " Learning Curve" probably just takes the cake for this being ever so corny, and a somewhat disappointing end to the first season.
The number of excellent quality episodes is amazing.
" Caretaker" the opening was an excellent start to the series, which sets up the ship, crew and location for the new and old veiwer of Star Trek alike.
" Eye of the Needle" was a great story about finding a small wormhole that offered hope to the crew for finding a way home.
" Ex Post Facto" was interesting story, with a legal twist as the conn officer Tom Paris is punished for an alleged murder on a planet.
" Prime Factors" also pushed the ethical side of the crew as they debate whether to violate their prime directive of not interfering with another species development or to abuse the trust and respect provided by another species.
" Jetrel" is the first " Neelix" episode with bite, as he faces the creator of a weapon that destroyed much of his race, including his family.
All in all, this is a superb series, and worth watching from the start. Having just watched them all again recently, you really appreciate the character development, and the continuity the show manages to portray.
A worth while additon, with added bonus features, make this well worth it!
Thanks for reading.. Enjoy!
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