Star Trek: Voyager (Season 4) DVD Review

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 Sta r 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 r ace 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 4) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere Scorpion: Part 2 in which the crew aboard the Voyager devise a solution to the Borg's problem. But before they reveal their secret, they ask for an agreement granting safe passage for the ship and its crew, prompting the Borg to send a drone ambassador as a representative in the negotiations Other notable episodes from Season 4 include Random Thoughts in which the Voyager crew visits a planet inhabited by telepathic beings who have outlawed all thoughts of violence (and one of the Voyager crew is arrested for having such thoughts), and The Omega Directive in which the Voyager encounters a dangerous space-obliterating particle named Omega that Starfleet Captains are ordered to destroy

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: Voyager (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 69 (Scorpion: Part 2) Air Date: 09-03-1997
Episode 70 (The Gift) Air Date: 09-10-1997
Episode 71 (Day of Honor) Air Date: 09-17-1997
Episode 72 (Nemesis) Air Date: 09-24-1997
Episode 73 (Revulsion) Air Date: 10-01-1997
Episode 74 (The Raven) Air Date: 10-08-1997
Episode 75 (Scientific Method) Air Date: 10-29-1997
Episode 76 (Year of Hell: Part 1) Air Date: 11-05-1997
Episode 77 (Year of Hell: Part 2) Air Date: 11-12-1997
Episode 78 (Random Thoughts) Air Date: 11-19-1997
Episode 79 (Concerning Flight) Air Date: 11-26-1997
Episode 80 (Mor tal Coil) Air Date: 12-17-1997
Episode 81 (Waking Moments) Air Date: 01-14-1998
Episode 82 (Message in a Bottle) Air Date: 01-21-1998
Episode 83 (Hunters) Air Date: 02-11-1998
Episode 84 (Prey) Air Date: 02-18-1998
Episode 85 (Retrospect) Air Date: 02-25-1998
Episode 86 (The Killing Game: Part 1) Air Date: 03-04-1998
Episode 87 (The Killing Game: Part 2) Air Date: 03-04-1998
Episode 88 (Vis a Vis) Air Date: 04-08-1998
Episode 89 (The Omega Directive) Air Date: 04-15-1998
Episode 90 (Unforgettable) Air Date: 04-22-1998
Episode 91 (Living Witness) Air Date: 04-29-1998
Episode 92 (Demon) Air Date: 05-06-1998
Episode 93 (One) Air Date: 05-13-1998
Episode 94 (Hope and Fear) Air Date: 05-20-1998

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