The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Voyager season 3

Every episode of Star Trek: Voyager season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Voyager season 3!

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.

Last Updated: 11/3/2024Network: UPNStatus: Ended
Scorpion (1)
star
8.36
2358 votes

#1 - Scorpion (1)

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/21/1997

Stardate: 50984.3 Voyager finally enters Borg space, only to discover a threat more powerful than the Borg themselves.

Directors: David Livingston
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Distant Origin
star
8.00
2025 votes

#2 - Distant Origin

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/30/1997

Stardate: Unknown An alien paleontologist discovers a common ancestral link between his people and humans. He believes that this proves that his people (the Voth) evolved on Earth and migrated to the Delta Quadrant millions of years ago, but his government is not as willing to believe his interpretation of the evidence.

Directors: David Livingston
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Future's End (2)
star
7.97
1863 votes

#3 - Future's End (2)

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1996

Stardate: 50312.5 While trying to rescue Paris and Tuvok, Torres and Chakotay are captured by a gang of weapons smugglers who believe that they are from the government.

Directors: Cliff Bole
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Future's End (1)
star
7.83
2043 votes

#4 - Future's End (1)

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1996

Stardate: Unknown Both Voyager and a 29th century Federation Timeship, the Aeon are pulled back in time to Earth in the late 20th century. The Timeship Aeon crashes in Arizona during the 1960's, while Voyager appears in orbit around Earth during 1996.

Directors: David Livingston
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Basics (2)
star
7.81
2099 votes

#5 - Basics (2)

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1996

Stardate: 50023.4 Voyager is captured by the Kazon and the crew are dumped on a planet in its early stages of evolution. As only Tom Paris and Lon Suder have evaded capture, it's up to them and the EMH to come up with a plan to retake the ship.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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Worst Case Scenario
star
7.73
1785 votes

#6 - Worst Case Scenario

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/1997

Stardate: 50953.4 B'Elanna Torres discovers a holodeck program where Chakotay and the Maquis rebel against Janeway.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Before and After
star
7.66
1673 votes

#7 - Before and After

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/9/1997

Stardate: 50973 Kes begins traveling backwards through time from the moment of her death. With each shift, she comes closer to a solution but she also grows months and years younger at a time.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
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Displaced
star
7.59
1799 votes

#8 - Displaced

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/7/1997

Stardate: 50912.4 Crew members are replaced one-by-one with aliens from an unknown race.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Lisa Klink
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Unity
star
7.58
1666 votes

#9 - Unity

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1997

Stardate: 50614.2 During an away mission, Chakotay discovers a Federation hailing signature coming from an alien planet. After landing, he learns that all is not peaceful, and those helping him have not been entirely honest about their true origins.

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Flashback
star
7.55
1944 votes

#10 - Flashback

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1996

Stardate: 50126.4 After falling ill to what appears to be a repressed memory Tuvok must perform a mind-meld with Captain Janeway in order to survive. The meld takes them back to when Tuvok was a junior science officer aboard the U.S.S. Excelsior under the command of Captain Hikaru Sulu.

Directors: David Livingston
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The Swarm
star
7.50
1936 votes

#11 - The Swarm

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1996

Stardate: 50252.3 Voyager encounters a region of space owned by a mysterious race of aliens that would take 15 months to go around. Upon crossing the boundaries, a swarm of ships attach themselves to Voyager's hull - an act which drains the ship's power supplies and threatens to destroy it.

Directors: Alexander Singer
Writer: Mike Sussman
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Blood Fever
star
7.48
1717 votes

#12 - Blood Fever

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1997

Stardate: 50537.2 Ensign Vorik expresses his desire to mate with B'Elanna during his Pon-Farr. After they get in a brawl over the matter, Torres begins showing signs of the Pon-Farr herself.

Directors: Andrew Robinson
Writer: Lisa Klink
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The Q and the Grey
star
7.44
1783 votes

#13 - The Q and the Grey

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1996

Stardate: 50384.2 Voyager encounters several supernova in a small region of space. Time soon reveals that it is the after effects of a civil war within the Q-Continuum. Q appears and believes that the solution to the problem is for him to produce a child, and his mate of choice is Captain Kathryn Janeway. Matters are complicated when a jealous female Q appears claiming that Q was her boyfriend.

Directors: Cliff Bole
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Rise
star
7.35
1542 votes

#14 - Rise

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1997

Stardate: Unknown Neelix is pushed to the limits when Tuvok's attitude becomes too much to bear while the pair is on an away mission to help evacuate a Nezu planet, which is being bombarded with asteroids.

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Fair Trade
star
7.32
1594 votes

#15 - Fair Trade

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1997

Stardate: Unknown Voyager encounters a region of space named the Nekrit Expanse. Since Neelix has no knowledge about the space after this point, he tries to make himself feel useful to the crew by trying to obtain a map from an old friend named Wixiban, who uses him as a courier for illegal substances.

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The Chute
star
7.27
1772 votes

#16 - The Chute

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1996

Stardate: 50156.2 Paris and Kim are sent to an Akritian prison after being accused of a terrorist bombing.

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Macrocosm
star
7.27
1806 votes

#17 - Macrocosm

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1996

Stardate: 50425.1 Janeway and Neelix return from an away mission to find Voyager adrift in space and the crew barely alive. They soon learn that the ship has been overrun by viral life forms that are rapidly growing in size.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Warlord
star
7.25
1492 votes

#18 - Warlord

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1996

Stardate: 50348.1 An injured alien named Tieran transfers his consciousness into Kes' mind moments before he dies. He then gains control over her and begins using her abilities to steal a shuttlecraft and return to his home world to attempt a political coup.

Writer: Lisa Klink
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Alter Ego
star
7.24
1578 votes

#19 - Alter Ego

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1997

Stardate: 50460.3 Ensign Kim asks Tuvok to teach him Vulcan emotional control techniques when he falls in love with a holodeck character named Marayna. Kim soon becomes jealous when he sees Tuvok interacting with her behind his back as she tries to seduce him.

Directors: Robert Picardo
Writer: Joe Menosky
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Coda
star
7.24
1630 votes

#20 - Coda

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1997

Stardate: 50518.6 Captain Janeway repeatedly dies after she and Chakotay crash into a planet in what appears to be a time loop. Soon, her deceased father appears and tells her that she is dead and must accept her situation and move on.

Directors: Nancy Malone
Writer: Jeri Taylor
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Darkling
star
7.18
1741 votes

#21 - Darkling

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1997

Stardate: 50693.2 When the doctor tries to improve his personality by incorporating the psychological profiles of famous and historical people, he is overwhelmed by their dark sides and begins exhibiting signs of a split personality, one the regular doctor, and the other dark and evil. Kes asks to leave Voyager when they encounter a race with vast knowledge of the region of space they are currently exploring.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Real Life
star
7.13
1749 votes

#22 - Real Life

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/23/1997

Stardate: 50863.2 The Doctor decides he should create a holographic family in order to expand himself. When B'Elanna is disgusted by its unrealistic perfectionism, she alters the program to include random events and outcomes with interesting and devastating results.

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False Profits
star
7.11
1839 votes

#23 - False Profits

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1996

Stardate: 50074.3 A pair of Ferengi is found masquerading as Gods to a culture still in its Bronze Age. It is discovered that they had arrived through the Barzan Wormhole, which leads back to the Alpha Quadrant, however, its Delta Quadrant end is highly unstable and always moving.

Writer: Joe Menosky
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Favorite Son
star
6.97
1614 votes

#24 - Favorite Son

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/1997

Stardate: 50732.4 Harry Kim experiences strong senses of deja vu in an unknown region of space. He soon learns that he is native to this region and that he is T'Karian, not human.

Directors: Marvin V. Rush
Writer: Lisa Klink
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Sacred Ground
star
6.94
1546 votes

#25 - Sacred Ground

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1996

Stardate: 50063.2 Captain Janeway has to undergo a rigorous ritual in order to save Kes' life when she is knocked unconscious.

Writer: Lisa Klink
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