Star Trek: Voyager Reviews U

This is one of my posts where I “review” Star Trek episodes. I will be giving each one a star rating. I sometimes will make some comments about non-political parts of them that I like or don’t like. I’ll sometimes use the issues raised in the episode to discuss similar issues in real life. And I will sometimes simply high-light the progressive politics of ST. ST is in-line with the three original themes of this blog, as I explain in the first ST post where I offer some general thoughts about ST.

I’m not very familiar with The Original Series and there might be some small amount of material there that would affect what I say about Star Trek (i.e. how often religion is mentioned)

Lastly. multi-culturalism is such a pervasive theme in ST that I only comment on it when it goes beyond the norm (i.e. inter-species partners).

There are several episodes in VOY that involve the question of whether or not holograms are alive, and/or feature conflict between holograms and organic beings. I’m going to ignore that part of VOY, it’s a bit too philosophical, and comparing the maltreatment of holograms to the maltreatment of, for example, Black people, seems stupid. Although I kind of make an exception for The Doctor (it’s impossible to be a fan of ST and not do that) I lean towards saying that holograms are not life forms, but I don’t feel like going into it.

“One” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.

“Hope And Fear” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.

“Night” See this for a plot summary.

A political episode about environmentalism and specifically environmental RACISM. There are some good lines about that especially the effect of profit-seeking on the environment.

I give it four stars out of five.

“Drone” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.

“Extreme Risk” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode, but there’s one thing worth mentioning. I like the part about how B’Elanna deals with the death of the Maquis.

“In the Flesh” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.