"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995-2001) was the fifth Star Trek series and the third set in the 23rd century. It arrived when the franchise was on a prolonged hot string, after just finishing seven seasonal level "Star Trek: Next Generation", "released its seventh film in" Star Trek: Generations ", and continuing its ambitious series" Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ". Moreover, "Star Trek: Voyager" was the series launched by the UPN, a Paramount TV network that was at the time, at the time, full of promise.

Voyager, however, proved to be a little less popular than his 1990 colleagues. He struggled to tell interesting stories, and the rating was always just north of bad. The first three seasons of the series were not well accepted, and the audience did not adjust until the introduction of seven of the nine (Eriers Ryan) in Season 4.

The premise was tantalized: USS Voyager is magically whisking clearly through the galaxy of dying, Almighty God a stranger seeking a potential friend. When the stranger god dies, Voyager is left captive 70 years from Earth in part of the galaxy that has never heard of the federation. The Voyager crew will have to rely on their spirits and their principles to survive, knowing that there is no backup. Would you ever make it at home? How would they even fill that? The ship's captain, Catherine Ewenevay (Kate Mulgru), had to become both decisive and more than little authoritarian to keep the ship in shape. Unfortunately, Notion of a ship that works on limited resources was not addressed enough.

But within that premise came many episodes of "turning your wheels" that had no interesting ideas, or just based on bad ideas. There were stupid moments of character, and too many stories about Borg and Holodek. Below are the five worst episodes of the series.

In Tsunkatse (February 9, 2000), seven of the nine and Tukov (Tim Rus) are abducted while on a survey mission and closed by the image of Slimbol named Penks. Tukov was injured during the abduction, and Penk says he will deny the medical assistance of a volcano unless seven competing in a local competition for mixed military skills, called Tsunkatse. Since she is a prisoner, seven cannot contact a help voyager. Imagine Chakotay's surprise when he attends the MMA fight and sees them seven as a competitor, struggling potentially to death. Her central opponent is a super fighter played by Dwayne Nsonson, back when He was still credited with a rock.

It is really noticeable that it is inherent in order with the story of "Tsunkatse", really. The scientific story of an underground fight ring is exciting enough, as it has already been seen in the underestimated Action Classic in 1989 Arena. (The Arena, by the way, showed Mark Alaimo and Armin Shimerman of "Deep Space Nine.")

The problem with Tsunkatse is that it is not well suited for Star Trek. The premise is the things of the action films, and too much of the episode is dedicated to struggle. Also, Star Trek has made stories like this already with mixed success (see: "Gamesters of Triskelion" or "Code of Honor"). "Tsunkatse", more than those, feels like looking at WWE fans. Plus, he focused too much on the combat skills of seven, when Tukov, Voyager's security officer, would have been more appropriate protagonist. Voyager's writers wanted seven, however, so many, many episodes were turning around, even when they didn't need it.

Early in Voyager, to secure the visual variety series, we see the most often visited Holodek local called Jazz Sandrin, recreation of an unusual French pub back to Earth. When the ratings began to mark, the showers turned Jazz Sandrin into a tropical bikini beach full of semi -naked models. Then when that It didn't work, the bikini beach still turned into the least interesting thing: an unusual 19th -century Irish village called Fair Haven. There is nothing interesting for fair Haven, and it seems to have been introduced to the benefit of the actors more than the benefit of the audience.

In "Spiritual Folk" (February 23, 2000), it has been revealed that the NPC holographic characters in Fair Haven are slowly gaining rudimentary awareness and noticing when the Voyager crew do things such as deleting or copying the program in front of them (something NPC should not notice). They begin to be called the Starflit Spirit officers Folk, assuming they are deities of trickster Helbent for destruction. They will take Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeil) and Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) hostage. The episode will climb when one of the holograms, a beautiful bartender named Michael (Fantan McCain), uses a mobile emitter to get out of Holodek, telling Captain Ewenevay - blot with him - that he is a hologram.

I may be heartless, but it's hard to worry about hologram fates or deal with their program drifts. Doctor (Robert Picardo) is a hologram that has gained sensitivity, and Eweneva must be cautious when it accidentally creates new consciousness, but it would be easy to erase fairly Haven together. I have no attachment to the fate of a false village video game played by the characters "Voyager".

Chakotay (Robert Beltran) was conceived with diversity in the mind. Chakotay was the character of the first nations, the first main character of the Star Trek series with that difference. He was supposed to bring an element of spirituality in the series, which was also rare to the usual empirical "Starwater Travel". All of these are good ideas. However, problems with the character arose, when the producers "Voyager" hired Jamamamick Hilter, an author who claimed to be Cheroki, but who was actually Jackkeepi Marx, a Los Angeles -born man and descended from Eastern Europe. A look back over his bibliography revealed that Marx was looking for multiple stories. Marx was trusted to introduce authentic practices to the first nations in Voyager, but actually did things as he went.

So, whenever she chased a "search for a vision" on "Voyager", he had to take a grain of salt. These episodes were written by non-Mychin writers who did not know better and confirmed by a fake man of Cheroki who committed fraud.

Add to the fact that the "fight" (March 24, 1999) is also an incredibly boring episode. Includes a voyager to enter the sector of chaotic space, a eerie area that seems to give halucinations to Chakotaj. Chakotay is imagined in a boxing ring with alien, sparring and lessons from his elders. His hallucinations are associated with a search for a vision he has attempted earlier in the episode, trying to communicate with mental strangers ... or something. Not very memorable.

The "fight" is vague and unfortunate written and does not offer a particularly deep insight into Chakotaj. It is just a festival of hallucinations in boxing that is interesting to look at. Chakotaj had such potential and was never right.

Man, oh, man, is this boring.

Early in "Voyager", character by name Samantha Wildman (Nancy Hower) Born daughter named Naomi. Until the fifth season of the show, Naomi was a little girl played by actress Scarlett Pomers, and she became friends with seven and Nelix (Ethan Phillips), Ololi Hobbit on the show. "Once, long ago" (11.11.1998) sees Samantha injured while on a guest mission, and there is a very realistic opportunity that he can die before he can be saved. Instead of Tell says that her mother is in danger, Nelix brings the young Naomi to Holodek, where they bring a strange children's book called "Florter Adventures". Florter T. Water (Wallace Langham) is a light colored element that lives in the forest.

"Once, long ago" is bad for several reasons. For one, Nelix proves that he is a terrible officer for morality and worse with children, unable to talk to a child about difficult topics. Nelix is ​​not good at much, and its presence on the ship is often called into question. Second, Naomi, as the daughter of Starflit's officer, would probably have been told that her mother's work was dangerous and that risky situations like this could occur. Third, and most importantly, the "adventures of Florter" is an incredibly non -creative sense. I understand that the story is intended to be frivolous, and it only descends into chaos when Naomi is disturbed (a useful metaphor), but it hurts my skull whenever the name of Florter is mentioned. Even for a false children's story, "Florter's Adventures" suck.

Just like with the "Fight", "Tattoo" (November 6, 1995) exploring the past of Chakotayand his connection to the legacy of his tribe. Unfortunately, we now know it's kind of BS, a tattoo tightening and makes it look false and culturally insensitive. The episode is also boring, told mostly thorough retrospectives and applied with the wisdom of a bumper sticker.

While on a distant planet, Chakotaj and Tukov reveal a pattern on the ground that closely resembles a tattoo that sets out of his temple. The mystery is far away. In the end, it will be revealed that the indigenous residents of this distant world traveled to Earth many centuries earlier and visited the tribe of Chakotaj, giving the symbol and other pieces of alien wisdom. The aliens assumed that Chakotaj's tribe was deleted, and Chakotaj should explain that yes, indigenous Americans were once seriously abused, but that people eventually surpassed their genocidal ways. It's a simple, rosing story, but at least in the spirit of "Star Trek" (despite playing fast and loosely with the diaspora of the first nations).

The above story is mutually with irreplaceable scenes with retrospective of teenager (Douglas Spain) arguing with his father (Henry Darrow) about the role of tradition in the 24th century. The teenager is Whiner, but a lesson will be learned while on a camping trip.

According to screenwriter Michael Piller, who once discussed a "tattoo" with the cinema magazine, his scenario was written in a hurry to prove that Voyager could be in a hurry. The "tattoo" is fast, but its ideas are not well developed. Despite the large amount of incidents, the story is still boring, and the "wisdom" of Chakotaj's tribe is an clumsy amalgam of native beliefs that have very little foundation in reality. The "tattoo" is bad, irresponsible and not interesting.