OK, the last season was a disappointment, no arguments here. up until that point however, this was a pretty darn good show. season four was my personal favorite. with episodes like nemesis, year of hell and living witness, (the revisionist history point could have been used again)who could not like this show. it was episodes like those that made this show true, poignant star trek.
Get the season four DVD! it is awesome as has the most of the most skillfully crafted written, directed, acted, shot) episodes of this show or Ds9.
For the first two years, they couldn't seem to get the marquis thing out of their (the writers) head's, but for the most part this was OK. the episode where Paris' little act was revealed and Alliances more that made up for learning curve (Tuvoks boot camp) and parallax where Torres first became chief engineer; which actually was a necessarily rough episode, being the first one after the premiere. The characters developed gradually over time but each of them developed steadily and at their own pace; even Tuvok, who at first was so terribly stolid/stoic.
things actually started to wane plot-wise around the 6th season. most were still watchable but they lacked drive and intensity. Muse, fury and blink of an eye (was that a 6th season?) were pretty great though. who determined that every star trek set in this century needed 7 seasons anyway? that is how disappointing season 7 feels to many people: it never should have happened. I can't believe (or can hardly believe) what they did to some of the main characters during that season. (thinking mainly of author author-like episodes here.) but everyone had ample amounts of episodes in the spotlight and most had ample time in episodes that were focused on others; here is what set voyager apart:everyone got significant time on-screen
well, that's about it. save that Janeway did at times seem bi-polar and the whole thing about getting home (the restart button?) got pretty old eventually. that's one thing that set timeless apart: time-travel, good Kim episode, voyager didn't get home but ended up getting closer to home. the show had many individual episodes on all points on the rating scale. over all, 7 out of 10 points
Get the season four DVD! it is awesome as has the most of the most skillfully crafted written, directed, acted, shot) episodes of this show or Ds9.
For the first two years, they couldn't seem to get the marquis thing out of their (the writers) head's, but for the most part this was OK. the episode where Paris' little act was revealed and Alliances more that made up for learning curve (Tuvoks boot camp) and parallax where Torres first became chief engineer; which actually was a necessarily rough episode, being the first one after the premiere. The characters developed gradually over time but each of them developed steadily and at their own pace; even Tuvok, who at first was so terribly stolid/stoic.
things actually started to wane plot-wise around the 6th season. most were still watchable but they lacked drive and intensity. Muse, fury and blink of an eye (was that a 6th season?) were pretty great though. who determined that every star trek set in this century needed 7 seasons anyway? that is how disappointing season 7 feels to many people: it never should have happened. I can't believe (or can hardly believe) what they did to some of the main characters during that season. (thinking mainly of author author-like episodes here.) but everyone had ample amounts of episodes in the spotlight and most had ample time in episodes that were focused on others; here is what set voyager apart:everyone got significant time on-screen
well, that's about it. save that Janeway did at times seem bi-polar and the whole thing about getting home (the restart button?) got pretty old eventually. that's one thing that set timeless apart: time-travel, good Kim episode, voyager didn't get home but ended up getting closer to home. the show had many individual episodes on all points on the rating scale. over all, 7 out of 10 points