Star Trek: Voyager
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Summary
Star Trek : Voyagerhad some genuinely heartrending moment in its seven - class campaign . The 2nd twist - off ofStar Trek : Next Generation(itself a twirl - off fromStar Trek : The Original Series),Voyagerbegan with a dismal premise . Captain Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) and the crew of the USS Voyager were hurtled into the Delta Quadrant , considered the frontier oftheStar Trektimeline , a comparatively unexplored place beyond Federation bounds . To reach home , it would take 75 years , in which case most of the crew would be beat before they ever saw the Alpha Quadrant .
introduce a newfangled ship and crew under these consideration was a band - up for some rightfully tragical storyline , which seemed rude given the inbuilt despondence of the crew ’s billet . Although there were plenty of lightsome - hearted moments , the risk of the Delta Quadrant and the sometimes bleak outlook forVoyager ’s mold of characterscombined to make thing occasionally very dark . Voyagerended up having some of the distressing episodes inStar Trek , compound by the fact that the crowd seemed unable to scarper an inevitable fate .
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15Harry Kim’s Death and “Resurrection”
Star Trek: Voyager season 2, episode 21, “Deadlock
In one of the most brutal and suspensive episode ofVoyager’ssecond season , Harry Kim ( Garrett Wang)and a newborn Naomi Wildman were two of the casualties after the ship encountered a spatial severance in a nebula and abide monolithic damage from obscure proton bursts . However , Kim was bring back to life thanks to a quantum doubleof the ship that sent him and Naomi back to the damaged Voyager . The undamaged double then self - destructed to save both ships from the Vidiians .
Although Harry ’s death was undeniably heartbreaking , the uncertainty about whether he was the " literal " Harry Kim served as an unsettling codato the installment . throw that there was no way to tell which Voyager had come first , it ’s potential that the Harry that died during " Deadlock " was the " real " Harry Kim , with the quantum double taking over his life . Although the thought of an fake Harry is strange , his death itself is n’t as devastating as it could have been given that he was resurrected .
14Icheb’s Backstory Is Revealed
Star Trek: Voyager season 6, episode 19, “Child’s Play”
The addition of a grouping of Borg children toVoyager ’s crew in season 6 introduced Icheb ( Manu Intiraymi ) as a semi - regular invitee character for the show ’s last two seasons . Icheb ’s backstory was bound to be tragical have that he was assimilated so young , butVoyagertook the tragedy a step further in " tiddler ’s playing period . " The episode revealed thatthe rationality for Icheb ’s existence was to deliver a virus to the Borg by being assimilate .
The fact that Icheb ’s parent had by design genetically engineered him with the virus and willingly sent him to the Borg as a babyadded yet another horrifying layer to the unseasoned man ’s past . as luck would have it , Voyager was able-bodied to rescue Icheb after his parents drugged him and sent him back to the Borg a 2nd fourth dimension , but the revelation about their theme left Icheb emotionally marred at the close of the episode . Seeing his reliance in his parents begin to solidify , only to have it ripped away completely was dead heartrending .
13Tuvok Tries To Shave After Going Blind
Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episode 8, “Year of Hell, Part 1”
“ Year of Hell ” is often cited as one ofVoyager ’s salutary episode , and for good grounds . While the crew faced off against double attacks by the Krenim Imperium in a year - tenacious difference , their excruciation behind the scenes was difficult to watch . In one of the instalment ’s most brutal twist , Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) was blind by a torpedo explosionafter he savedSeven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan)from taking the bad of the blast .
The view where a now blinded Tuvok essay to shave to cook for his good morning round of golf of a rubble - strewn Voyager carry perhapsthe most vivid emotional gut slug in an episode of nothing but heartwrenching consequence . Tuvok ’s stoical dedication to his duty even with his Modern disability was admirable , but seeing someone as independent as him demand to lead around the ship was difficult to watch . Additionally , the compassion exhibited by people like Captain Janeway and Seven in taking care of Tuvok was incredibly affecting .
12Seven Of Nine Relives Assimilated Memories
Star Trek: Voyager season 5, episode 7, “Infinite Regress”
Seven of Nine ’s past tense as a Borg drone pipe come back to ghost her multiple times onVoyager . Perhaps the most unmanageable instance , however , was in " Infinite Regress " when she begin taking on the personalities of those she had assimilate . Seven ’s confusedness about what was happening to her was heartrending enough , but watching her inhabit the cognisance of her victims , including a girl not much older than Seven herself when she was assimilate , drive home the episode ’s substance with brutal satinpod .
The suspense of not make out whether Seven could be saved from her new personalities also made for a highly intense story climax . The episode ’s ending was touch and go as Tuvok attempted to bring Seven ’s mind back from the brink after it was utterly overwhelmed with the thoughts of her dupe . “Infinite Regress " beautifully play up Tuvok and Seven ’s unique friendshipin this moment while also packing a devastating aroused punch .
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11The Doctor’s Holographic Daughter Dies
Star Trek: Voyager season 3, episode 22, “Real Life”
" Real Life " was one of the most harrowing installment that dealt with the Doctor ’s ( Robert Picardo ) exploration of humans . After create a holodeck program that gave him a wife and two children , the Doctor was force to face one of the worst things imaginablewhen a random constituent tally to the program to simulate real life caused his daughter to have an accident , at last resulting in her death . Watching the Doctor grapple with something so tragic was terrible , specially because it was the first time he had ever experienced loss .
However , one silver liner of " Real Life " was the Doctor ’s conclusion to face the tragedy head - on rather than end the program . This conclusion was a immense leap forward in lineament developmentbut also provided one of the most heartbreaking scenes as the Doctor sat with his married woman and Logos and watch his daughter die . It was a unrelenting end to an episode that tear absolutely no punches .
10Tuvix Begs For His Life
Star Trek: Voyager season 2, episode 24, “Tuvix”
" Tuvix " has become one of the most popular and controversialVoyagerepisodes since its release . The installment ’s plot revolved around an unfortunate transporter stroke that mergedTuvok and Neelix ( Ethan Phillips)into a undivided entity , make the hybrid Tuvix ( Tom Wright ) . With scene of each man in his personality and visual aspect , the crew had a unmanageable time adjusting to Tuvix ’s presencewhile Captain Janeway decided how to reverse the fortuity .
The instalment ’s contestation stemmed from Janeway ’s ultimate conclusion to go over Tuvix ’s capitulum and order him to undergo a function to separate him , even after Tuvix called it an “ instruction execution . ” Even though Tuvix declared his rightfield as an individual , his attempts to get even a individual crew member on the bridgework to champion his right wing to lifespan fell on indifferent ears . Despite Tuvix ’s continued world being infeasible , the fact that no one on Voyager ’s crew suffer up for him was incredibly deplorable .
9Captain Janeway Finds Out Her Fiancé Moved On
Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episode 15, “Hunters”
" Hunters " was the first time Voyager ’s crew had any kind of contact with the Alpha Quadrant after being all alone for over four long time . However , that contact lens ended up being bittersweet for Captain Janeway in particular after she received a letter of the alphabet from Mark , her fiancé on Earth , who explains that while he held out as long as he could , he ’s of late married someone else . Janeway compartmentalized the withering news , but the sequence made it very clear how much she was hurt .
Being the Captain , Janeway often felt up she had to put on a brave face for her crew and keep going . AsVoyager ’s primary character , however , the series often showed the toll this took on her , whether it was through the guilt about stranding everyone in the first place or because of restriction she put on herself about cultivating relationship with other people on the ship . To lose such a close personal connector , even when she already knew it was likely gone anyway wasa heartbreaking blow to Janeway ’s psyche , and one portrayed flawlessly by Kate Mulgrew .
8Neelix Leaves The USS Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager season 7, episode 23, “Homestead”
Though Neelix ’s boundless enthusiasm and goofy humour were occasionally over - the - top , his type was an integral part ofVoyager ’s main mould for all the show ’s seven time of year . As a native of the Delta Quadrant and foreigner of Starfleet atVoyager ’s showtime , Neelix found himself a unfeignedly wonderful living with the ship ’s crew . However , the show made the decision to have Neelix go away the ship in " Homestead,“only a few episodes before everyone returned to the Alpha Quadrant in the series finale .
Neelix ’s departure fromVoyagerwas a tear - jerker in all sense of the Christian Bible . The entire crew forming a gauntlet to see him off , coupled with Captain Janeway ’s final words of " Goodbye and honorable luck , Ambassador " attractively illustrated how much he had come up to mean to everyone . Although it was sad to see Neelix go , his departure was both heartbreaking and uplifting , as he get out to be with his own people after finding beloved with another Talaxian woman , Dexa ( Julianne Christie ) .
Star Trek : Voyager ’s Neelix is a very different character from Kira on Deep Space Nine , but the two actually have a surprising amount in common .
7The Crew Of Voyager Slowly Disintegrates
Star Trek: Voyager season 5, episode 18, “Course: Oblivion”
" trend : Oblivion " was arguablyVoyager ’s most heartbreaking episode , given that it depicted the slow , painful death of the entire crew . The instalment acted as a subsequence to the season 4 instalment " Demon , " picking up with a duplicated version of Voyager ’s crew that had been create by a biomimetic substance from a Y - Class planet . The duplicate crew had forget their origins , but when a newly forward-looking warp core began destabilize the ship , they soon realized they were n’t the real Voyager .
Although " Course : Oblivion " made it clear that Voyager ’s real crew were still animated , keep an eye on the reduplicate crew bear and buy the farm as they seek to get back to the real Voyager for help was utterly bowel - wrenching . The gang ’s heroic endeavor to save their own lives was doomed from the beginning , butthe installment preserve the stakes mellow until the very last moment . Even worse , Voyager ’s real crew never found out about their duplicates ' struggle , arriving too latterly to offer any assistance . catch the real Voyager casually sweep off the junk of the former duplicated transcript was the sequence ’s final crushing blow .
6B’Elanna Torres Tries To Genetically Modify Her Unborn Child
Star Trek: Voyager season 7, episode 12, “Lineage”
One of B’Elanna Toress ' ( Roxann Dawson ) ongoing struggles during her clip onVoyagerwas the dichotomy of her human and Klingon heritage . The show unraveled B’Elanna ’s complex trauma with her treble heritage beautifully for seven season , culminate in " Lineage " when B’Elanna learned she was break to be a mother . However , knowing that her Klingon factor were dominant , B’Elanna did the unthinkable when she essay to genetically qualify her unborn baby to off her forehead ridges .
establish that B’Elanna always fault her Klingon half for her founding father leaving when she was a kid , her sometimes explosive hate of anything Klingon made sense . However , watching her succumb to the theme that her daughter must be wholly human was a heartbreaking onward motion of events . Through flashback , Voyagerhit on the source of B’Elanna ’s pain with withering accuracy , and the scene in sickbay where she at last confided in her husband , Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill)about her fears was a attractively excited climax of the episode ’s plot .
