The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Voyager season 1

Every episode of Star Trek: Voyager season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Voyager season 1!

Follow the adventures of the Federation starship Voyager, under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway. Voyager is in pursuit of a rebel Maquis ship in a dangerous part of the galaxy when it is suddenly thrown thousands of light years away into the Delta Quadrant. With much of her crew dead, Captain Janeway is forced to join forces with the Maquis to find a way back home.

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Caretaker (1)
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7.94
3044 votes

#1 - Caretaker (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/1995

Stardate: 48315.6 While in pursuit of a Maquis ship in a region of space known as the 'Badlands', Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew aboard Voyager and the Maquis ship are transported 70,000 light years from home into the uncharted region of the galaxy known as the Delta Quadrant.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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Eye of the Needle
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7.76
2472 votes

#2 - Eye of the Needle

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/1995

Stardate: 48579.4 The discovery of a wormhole leading to the Alpha Quadrant elates the crew, however, their only contact within range is a skeptical and paranoid Romulan.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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Parallax
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7.66
2597 votes

#3 - Parallax

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/1995

Stardate: 48439.7 As the Maquis crewmembers begin to integrate themselves into the Starfleet crew, Voyager becomes trapped in a quantum singularity.

Directors: Kim Friedman
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Caretaker (2)
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7.62
1119 votes

#4 - Caretaker (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/1995

Stardate: 48351.6 While in pursuit of a Maquis ship in a region of space known as the 'Badlands', Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew aboard Voyager and the Maquis ship are transported 70,000 light years from home into the uncharted region of the galaxy known as the Delta Quadrant.

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State of Flux
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7.59
2397 votes

#5 - State of Flux

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/10/1995

Stardate: 48658.2 When stolen Federation technology is found on a severely damaged Kazon Nistrim ship, Seska becomes the prime suspect. The evidence is further re-enforced when questions arise over her true heritage.

Directors: Robert Scheerer
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Learning Curve
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7.49
2135 votes

#6 - Learning Curve

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/22/1995

Stardate: 48846.5 In order to bring some rebellious Maquis crewmembers into line, Tuvok gives them a Starfleet Academy crash course.

Directors: David Livingston
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Time and Again
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7.46
2602 votes

#7 - Time and Again

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1995

Stardate: Unknown After being hit by the shockwave of a devastating planet-wide explosion, Voyager investigates. While on the surface, Janeway and Paris are accidentally 'shifted' one day into the past.

Directors: Les Landau
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Prime Factors
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7.46
2323 votes

#8 - Prime Factors

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/1995

Stardate: 48642.5 Harry Kim discovers advanced technology when a race of aliens known as the Sikarans offer shore leave to the crew of Voyager. This would send Voyager 40,000 light years closer to home, however, the Sikarians' "Canon of Laws" forbids them from sharing their technology with anyone.

Directors: Les Landau
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Cathexis
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7.42
2194 votes

#9 - Cathexis

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/1/1995

Stardate: 48734.2 After Chakotay and Tuvok are injured in a shuttle accident, a non-corporeal life form begins to wreak havoc on Voyager by infiltrating the minds of the crew and altering the ship's systems one by one.

Directors: Kim Friedman
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Faces
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7.38
2085 votes

#10 - Faces

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/8/1995

Stardate: 48784.2 The Vidiians capture Paris, Torres and Durst while on an away mission. Torres is taken to a lab and 'split' into two people: one human, and one Klingon.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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Jetrel
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7.35
2137 votes

#11 - Jetrel

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/15/1995

Stardate: 48832.1 The man, who designed the weapon that destroyed all life on the moon of his home world, including that of his family, diagnoses Neelix with a fatal illness.

Directors: Kim Friedman
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Phage
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7.24
2315 votes

#12 - Phage

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/1995

Stardate: 48532.4 During an away mission in the search for dilithium crystals, Neelix is attacked and his lungs are surgically removed by a disease-ridden race of aliens known as the Vidiians. His only hope for survival is if the crew of Voyager can get them back.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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Ex Post Facto
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7.20
2200 votes

#13 - Ex Post Facto

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/1995

Stardate: Unknown Tom Paris is accused of a murder he claims he did not commit. His sentence is to re-live the last few moments of his victim's life every 14 hours through a memory transplant.

Directors: LeVar Burton
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The Cloud
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7.17
2463 votes

#14 - The Cloud

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/1995

Stardate: 48546.2 In the search for omicron particles to boost the ship's energy supplies, Voyager inadvertently injures a space-faring life form.

Directors: David Livingston
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Heroes and Demons
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7.15
2143 votes

#15 - Heroes and Demons

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/1995

Stardate: 48693.2 Harry Kim disappears from the holodeck during his holo-novel, "Beowulf." According to the characters, he died at the hands of a mystical beast known as "Grendel". When Chakotay and Tuvok also dissapear, the Doctor is transferred to the holodeck to investigate.

Directors: Les Landau
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Emanations
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7.08
2212 votes

#16 - Emanations

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/1995

Stardate: 48623.5 While investigating an asteroid belt containing a new element, Harry Kim is pulled into a 'subspace vacuole' and switched with a dead body. Soon after the body is revived the crew learn that the asteroid belt is the graveyard of an alien culture that transports its dead in the belief that they evolve into a higher state of consciousness. Harry's appearance on the homeworld begins to raise questions about the existence of their afterlife.

Directors: David Livingston
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