A once-hated, now-beloved friend is leaving the ship for good, and there’s only one way to properly send him off: with the final DRUNKASODE of The People Vs. Star Trek Voyager! Can Neelix find a true family among the remnants of his people? Is whiskey and pickle juice actually delicious, or do we just hate ourselves? Is “Homestead” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Seven and Chakotay are stranded on a planet of primitive beauty and light danger in what sounds like a recipe for some really good, smutty romance but somehow isn’t! Can the genetically indigenous civilization be saved from an onslaught on capitalism? Will Janeway ever again pretend that she cares about the Prime Directive after this? Is “Natural Law” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Humanity tries doing something nice for once and of course it ends up causing a genocide! At least this one was an accident! Can Voyager clean up Earth’s mess in time to rescue their hostage crew members? Will Smarm Johnson’s heroic death prove to be the emotional climax of season 7? Is “Friendship One” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
With Earth now close enough to receive FaceTime calls and email attachments, the Doctor cashes in on Voyager’s celebrity status to launch his long-postponed literary career! Will his revolutionary work about holo-bigotry wreck the reps of the Delta Quadrant darlings? Will artistic truth lose out to hurt feelings? Is “Author, Author” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the space-time continuum, it’s Q2! The exciting sequel to Q (“sequel,” like in a biological sense)! Can Mama Janeway teach Qboy how to act right before the Q authorities blast him out of the galactic narrative? Can Q2’s reality-warping powers make Icheb likable? Is “Q2” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Seven’s new obsession with the holo-romance genre is all good fun until it has her missing work shifts and giving serious thought to smooching Chakotay. Can she get her fantasy-reality balance adjusted in time to rescue the ship from a subspace firing range? Is veggie prep the sexiest of the pseudo-erotic culinary skills? Is “Human Error” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
***SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE ALERT*** It’s DRAGONCON 2023 and love is in the booze-tinged air of Hilton Galleria ballrooms 1-2! Can the PvSTV team find justice for the best and worst romantic couplings across all seven seasons of Voyager? Will the raucous live crowd shatter the show’s already-fragile veneer of professionalism? Is the concept of romantic love in Star Trek: Voyager GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
This city is paved with dirty secrets, and regret is the only street sweeper that can work on Thursdays. Can Amal Kotay wave a fiery stick at the thick web of lies and free his crew? Is Amal Kotay Amal Kotay? Is Amal Kotay? Is “Workforce, Part II” AMAL KOTAY… or is it AMAL KOTAY?
Up every morning just to keep their job, the Voyager crew has to find their way through the hustle and bob… of an alien planet where mind control is used to supplement the labor force! Will Janeway find love on the factory floor? Has Paris found his true calling as a smarmy bar back? Is “Work Force, Part 1” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Voyager plunges headlong into an inescapable pocket of space where violence is the only currency and the only rule is to survive! Shockingly, Janeway isn’t super into it. Can Voyager escape with its conscience intact? Will they get their stuff back? Is this the happiest that Chakotay has been in a while? Is “Void” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Voyager runs into a group of multi-generational religious refugees from the Alpha Quadrant and learns that B’Elanna’s baby might just be the Klingon messiah. It’s a weird Tuesday, even by Voyager standards. Are Tom and B’Elanna up to the job of raising Bat’Leth Jesus? Is a religious lie ok if it’s a beneficial religious lie? Is “Prophecy” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
A chance encounter with a prison ship puts Voyager smack in the middle of a heated debate about state punishment and the death penalty. Will the Prime Directive win out over Janeway’s (historically dubious) respect for life? Will Seven learn a valuable lesson from this? Is “Repentance” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
B’Elanna finds herself in a family way! While everyone else is thrilled to welcome the ship’s newest bundle of rage, Torres thinks now is a good time to make the kinds of tweaks that aren’t street legal in Federation space. Can she edit away years of family trauma? Does Tom get a say? Can we all at least admit that B’Elanna’s dad is trash? Is “Lineage” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
When is a clip show not a clip show? When it’s a Chakotishow! Chakotay takes us ping-ponging through Voyager’s past to revisit old friends, current friends, and old enemies who should have been allowed to become current enemies. Can he save Voyager from the time lightning? Will Chakotay hook up with Season 1 Janeway? Is “Shattered” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
MEGASODE ALERT! It's two episodes for the price of one when The Doctor meets a group of fellow holograms fleeing Hirogen servitude and discovers that getting radicalized is more fun than being treated like an appliance. Will the Doctor quit his day job and join the revolution? Is Janeway an ally or a #ally? Is “Flesh and Blood” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Ensign Kim takes command of an alien ship under fire and steers it right into an interplanetary crisis! Will his latent command abilities manifest in time to prevent Voyager from getting dragged into war? Will audiences finally stop asking why Kim never gets promoted? Will anyone on the ship think to ask if they can maybe borrow that cloaking device? Is “Nightingale” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
In a last-ditch effort to save him from arrest, and deletion, Seven uploads the Doctor’s program to her cortical whatever— with allegedly funny results! Can they tolerate sharing a body long enough to get clear of the space cops? Will the Doctor try Fruit By The Foot? Will the Voyager writers ever stop using Seven’s agency as a springboard for cheap one-offs? Is “Body and Soul” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Holo-Barclay returns with a pocket full of dreams and a bucket full of BS for the Voyager crew! Is this the highly implausible and obvious con that will finally get them home? Will the writers ever think to mention that Troi likes chocolate? How many more times is Voyager contractually obligated to tell this exact story? Is “Inside Man” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
The Doctor is kidnapped (again) and must face his most terrifying enemy yet: the systemic injustice embedded in the modern healthcare system! Will he shatter the Prime Directive in the name of equitable care? Will the crew ever learn to put the portable emitter in a lockbox when no one is using it? Does Starfleet health insurance even cover holographic service members? Is “Critical Care” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
Someone is picking off former members of the Maquis Resistance, and the truth might bring Detective Tuvok face-to-face with the only person who is Vulcan enough to take him down! Can he solve the mystery in time to save Voyager from ridiculous Maquis fashion choices? Is this the mutiny we’ve asked for, just six seasons too late to make sense? Is “Repression” GOOD… or is it GARBAGE?
