Deep within a secret laboratory in the deserts of Nevada, a team of government researchers smashes through sacrosanct boundaries of science and ethics to finally achieve ABSOLUTE PICARDO— and an episode of Voyager is born! Will the Doctor lose himself in a labyrinth of his own schtick? Will his ridiculous daydreams save the ship from an unseen legion of space-faring potato men? Is “Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Fire up your solid-body Gibson and let that power chord sing— B’Elanna Torres is taking a trip on the BARGE of the DEAAAADDDD!!! Can she repair her relationship with her mother in time to escape a hell that looks suspiciously like the final level of Quake? Is Janeway her new mom? Is there life after death? More importantly, is “Barge of the Dead” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
The sins of Seven’s past come back to haunt her (again), this time in the form of three Borg Buddies toting a grudge against their former tertiary adjunct. Can she make up for mistakes she made in the name of the Collective? Is this the last time Season 6 will trot out the “individualism vs. collectivism” argument, or the first of many? Who did Tom and Harry kill in that street fight? Is “Survival Instinct” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Season 6 is finally here, and its first mission is to mop up the mess left by Season 5! The fallout from Equinox, Part I, threatens to tear apart the Janeway/Chakotay command superduo for the umpteenth time, while Seven fights for her life in the clutches of Evil Doctor! Can Ransom be redeemed? If not, can Ransom be murdered by Janeway? Will Voyager’s bridge plaque stay on the damn wall this time? Is “Equinox, Part II” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
At long last, Season 5’s fate is decided— in an original musical extravaganza! Pushed to the brink by this contentious slate of episodes, the legal heroes of the Space Court express their angst through the majesty of song and dance, except you have to imagine the dance part because it’s a podcast. In the midst of it all, a thorough recounting of the facts in evidence is provided before the Patreon Grand Jury’s verdict is finally revealed. Is Season 5 of Star Trek: Voyager GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
It’s time to decide the fate of Season 5 of Voyager! For the low price of $1/month, you can dole out some television justice (WHAT A DEAL!). Go to patreon.com/shadeaux today and help decide once and for all, is Voyager’s 5th season GOOD… or is it GARBAGE? You have until July 10th to vote!
It’s PvSTV ROAD RULES II as the court once again goes mobile in search of justice and affordable regional vittles! Will Janeway and the crew survive an encounter with their evil Federation counterparts? Will the court survive an encounter with an evil Waffle House counterpart? Is it safe to mix fried pickles, scrambled eggs, and hand-churned ice cream? Is Equinox GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
First-time away team leader Harry Kim looks into the glowing lights of a sophisticated weapon of mass destruction and sees the tender eyes of a new friend! Will he be able to talk it down once it hijacks the Doctor and the entire ship? Will Borg nanoprobes save the day? Will Janeway ever again let Harry off the ship unsupervised? Is “Warhead” GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
Fire up your TARDIS and assemble the Court of Time! Seven goes on special assignment with the Federation time cops to save Voyager from a past, present, and possibly future threat! Can she stop a rogue time agent bent on revenge? Will Janeway try to help and wreck time (again) in the process? Can Voyager tell a better Doctor Who story than Doctor Who? Is “Relativity” TIMERY... or is it TIME-NANIGANS?
Janeway’s distant relative is the reason she joined Starfleet, but her family lore might turn out to be a family snore! Fire up your Ancestry-dot-com account and take a journey into the thrilling world of 24th-century space genealogy! Can Janeway’s ancestor save small-town America? Is she actually super boring? Is this episode actually super boring? Is “11:59” GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
The Doctor makes a gentleman’s wager that he can school up Seven on human rituals of dating and romance, then makes the whole thing weird by catching feelings of his own. Will Seven learn to dance, dance, dance all night, or will the rain in Spain stay mainly on the Doctor’s pain? Is there anything Jeri Ryan can’t do? Is this the closest we will ever get to a musical episode of Voyager? Is “Someone to Watch over Me” GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
B’Elanna works to control her rage while the crew works to not get blown up by a malfunctioning Malon freighter! Will the away team unravel the mystery of the spooky Vihaar in time to prevent disaster? Will B’Elanna learn that sometimes bashing people with a pipe is the right thing to do? Should this episode be jettisoned with the rest of the theta radioactive waste? Is “Juggernaut” GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
In an especially far-fetched episode of Voyager, a prominent think tank jeopardizes the well-being of their clients in support of their own bottom line! Crazy, right? Can Janeway and Seven outthink the thinkingest bunch of thinkers in the Delta Quadrant? Will a guest spot from the star of the TV remake of Bye Bye Birdie (he was also on Seinfeld) sway the court’s opinion? Is “Think Tank” GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
Chakotay’s whole life was a million-to-one shot, but this time, he’s fighting not for glory, not for money, but for love (of ship and crew). His fights have been easy, but an upstart (alien) is going to make him prove just how far he can still go. The only thing he can’t do is walk away (because the ship is stuck in chaotic space). He’ll find out that legacy is more than just a name (or whatever madness his grandad might have passed along). Lace ‘em up and take it to the mattresses to find out if “The Fight” is GOOD… or GARBAGE!
It’s the shocking sequel to season 4’s “Demon” that absolutely no one demanded! The crew of Voyager discovers that they are actually the gooey clone crew of gooey clone Voyager, and their advanced gooey clone warp drive is slowly melting them at the molecular level! Will the crew choose hard reality over assumed identity in time to find safe harbor? Will gooey Janeway indulge the impulse for pointless self-annihilation that real Janeway keeps tidily suppressed? Will anyone discover and/or give a crap about what ultimately becomes of these posers? Is “Course: Oblivion” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Ensign Kim ain’t got a fever, got a permanent disease, and it’ll take more than the Doctor to prescribe a remedy! He’s got lots of duties but it isn’t what he needs, and he don’t wanna take a shot to set his serotonin free! He’s got all the symptoms, count’ em, 1-2-3, first he sneaks (that’s what you get for falling in love!), then he freaks (you get a little and it’s never enough)! Now Ensign Kim’s addicted and Tal’s kiss is the drug, whoa-oh-oh, her love is like BAAAAAD MEDICINE, but BAD MEDICINE results in an official reprimand. Is Case 5.17: The Disease GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
It’s Dark Frontier on the Drunk Frontier, and the quality of the discussion is more dubious than ever! Voyager finally offers up the Hansen family backstory long demanded by the masses, but will it be enough to save this movie-length tale from the rum-soaked scorn of the court? Can the Borg be outfoxed again? Will Janeway and Seven upgrade their dynamic from “contentious” to “romantically contentious?” Is “Dark Frontier” GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
When the Voyager crew finds all of their most modest dreams kind of coming true, stalwart buzzkill Seven of Nine must weaponize her skepticism to save the ship from the big worm thing behind the illusion. Will Seven learn the importance of trusting weird, old strangers? Will she be able to convince the crew that their lives still sort of suck? Will the writers really try to pass this off as a Moby Dick analog in the third act? Is “Bliss” GOOD... or is it GARBAGE?
When one of the old, crappy shuttles crash lands inside a time-distorting gravity well, Tuvok falls in love in a hopeless place with the ace pitcher for the Racine Belles. Can Tom convince him to drop his Vulcan chill and swing for the fences? Will Voyager rescue them all before the gravity well crushes the most subtle romance in Delta Quadrant history? Is “Gravity” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
In space, no one can hear you laugh maniacally! When explorers from a dimension of pure light start a war with Tom’s favorite video game, Janeway must bravely don a kinky golden-age science fiction getup to bring fire to a villain's loins and peace back to the holodeck. Can the power of amateur theater save these hapless photonic wanderers from the wrath of Chaotica? Will Captain Proton hang up his cardboard jetpack for good? Will Janeway hang on to that costume for, uh, special occasions? Will the smug and infuriatingly soft-spoken panel of experts on WPSTV find the charming cultural artifact known as “Bride of Chaotica” to be HARMLESS… or HARMFUL?
