Voyager episode threshold is a popular target of ridicule. This february and march, were taking a look at the 1995 to 1996 season of star trek, including star trek. Voyagers pilot episode is probably the best star trek pilot. Voyager she was most uncomfortable with, noting that she didnt like the thought of mating with paris as a lizard.
In this episode, lieutenant tom paris becomes the first known person in. This is also the only episode of voyagers second season that sussman worked on. It has its flaws, the corny allamerican farm illusion produced by the titular caretaker and the poormansklingon kazon warriors. Tom paris manages to cross the warp threshold which means that the shuttle craft in which he is traveling exists simultaneously everywhere, but tom then disappears and harry is unable to find him anywhere within five parsecs. Remember when the xfiles did a really silly virtual reality episode. In fact, the concepts presented sound like those of a 5 year old. Picard, with more backstory and history for other characters as well. After a flight at warp 10 tom paris has evolved at an alarming rate, now the crew is.
Includes all episodes of the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, enterprise, discovery, picard, the new battlestar galactica, the orville, and the star wars movies. Unlike most recaps on this site, ive been forecasting this one for years. These were later collected in the omnibus encounters with the unknown. Alternative trailer for threshold voyager episode youtube. This is a clip from arguably the worst star trek episode ever aired. Technically, threshold, an episode so bad it was later written out of star trek canon, features two regular characters having sex with each other and babies, even.
The series follows the adventures of the federation starship voyager during its journey home to earth, having been stranded tens of thousands of lightyears away. Marvel comics then produced a monthly series alongside other star trek titles wildstorm comics produced one miniseries and a series of oneshots based on voyager. The eventual name of the shuttlecraft here was the cochrane, named after zefram cochrane. Captain janeway and seven of nines relationship was a true gift. Tom paris manages to use the holodeck to create an experimental way to travel at transwarp. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. Malibu comics was originally slated to produce a series of voyager comics, but they were bought by marvel before the series began. The episode involves the crew making an engine that can go infinitymilesperhour, which, when used, causes the humans onboard to turn into alligatorsized salamanders. The episode involves the crew making an engine that can go infinitymilesperhour, which, when used, causes the. Threshold is the 31st episode of american science fiction television series star trek. Following a series of holodeck simulations to reach warp 10, paris and the engineering team iron out the technical glitches and prepare to send paris out on a real flight. At the 2009 new jersey star trek convention, kate mulgrew remarked to the audience that threshold was the episode of star trek.
Threshold is the most notorious episode of voyager, possibly of all of star trek television. The star trek franchise continues as the crew of the uss voyager follows a maquis ship into the badlands and ends up 70,000 light years from home. In fact, i originally promised a recap way back in my very first worst of trek outing, and the children shall lead, which was over three years ago. The voyager transcripts episode listings season one. Fans at the star trek 50th anniversary convention agreed, naming it as the worst episode of the series, and the thirdworst episode of star trek in general. Though voyager has its many highlights, it also gave us what i believe to be one of the worst episodes of not just voyager, but also all of star. Its treatment of the warp scale appears to be inconsistent with the rest of the franchise, and its treatment of evolution is also inconsistent with science and common sense. Its treatment of the warp scale appears to be inconsistent with the rest of the franchise.
Remember when voyager turned paris and janeway into. A starship is stranded in the uncharted delta quadrant in this fourth star trek series, the first to feature a female captain. Janeway and paris have evolved into slugs and had children. Voyager follows the adventures of the federation starship voyager, which is under the command of captain kathryn janeway. The fault here lies on the editors who allowed or severely overlooked this episode during its production before being put on screen.
This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Why threshold is not the worst, but is in fact the best. It is quite possibly the worst episode to carry the star trek name. Katrine begins to keep a journal at the request of her rebel groups newest member. This article is a stub relating to a canon episode. Though voyager has its many highlights, it also gave us what i believe to be one of the worst episodes of not just voyager, but also all of star trek. I dont think so, as the final episode of the original series featured kirk getting a sex change and suffering a huge menopausal mood shift, a terrible star trek.
While pursuing the trail of maquis rebels, a newly. Three days later, voyager finally locates the shuttle, which has landed on some. Willis, raphael sbarge after finding a type of dilithium that can survive at a higher temperatures, tom paris comes up with the ingenious idea of attempting to cross the transwarp threshold. This is the first star trek episode whose development involved michael sussman, who was a writing intern on the series at the time and went on to write or cowrite ten subsequent episodes of star trek.
Voyager airing on the upn network, the 15th episode in the second. Voyager at least give it a run for the money as worst episode. Deep space 9 episode involving a baseball game in the holodeck and much of season one and two of star trek. At best its been called that silly warp 10 episode.
Threshold memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. I reserve the letter grade f for episodes that cross the line between poor and offensive. Tv star trek the season two episode of star trek voyager titled threshold is often regarded as the worst episode of the series. The episode threshold is the worst episode of star trek voyager and is unfortunately featured in this season, preventing it from getting five stars. The season two episode of star trek voyager titled threshold is often regarded as the worst episode of the series. Tom somehow manages to return to voyager through subspace, but there are unforeseen sideeffects. This episode won a 1996 emmy for outstanding individual achievement in makeup in a television series. On voyagers 75year journey back to earth, the crew members encounter unknown species as they draw closer to a mysterious quadrant of space. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, jennifer lien. Toms attempt to cross the time warp threshold and make a. This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Threshold was a second season episode of star trek.
Voyager airing on the upn network, the 15th episode in the second season. Paraphrasing braga, he reportedly said of threshold that it was a steaming pile of crap. Threshold is fatallyflawed in conception and offensively executed. Tom paris begins evolving into a higher organism after achieving warp 10 in an experimental shuttle. Threshold is one of the alltime worst episodes of star trek ever filmed, as far. The secrets of the zhat vash are revealed in this weeks episode of star trek. Its writers have called it a royal steaming stinker. Its a terrible episode, braga says on the 2003 dvd set for season 2, nine years removed from the making of. Voyager that saw tom paris robert duncan mcneill become the first known pilot to achieve warp 10, thus breaking the transwarp barrier. Voyager is in pursuit of a rebel maquis ship in the alpha. There have been arguments about whether or not it is canon. Voyager magazine issue 11 he also remarked, when i first read that script, i couldnt believe they were going to.