The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Voyager season 4

Every episode of Star Trek: Voyager season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Voyager season 4!

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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Scorpion (2)
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8.27
2788 votes

#1 - Scorpion (2)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/1997

Stardate: 51003.7 - The crew of Voyager come up with a solution to the Borg's problem, and are willing to share it with them if they grant safe passage to the ship and its crew. In order to help with the negotiations, the Borg send over a drone designated Seven of Nine as a representative of the collective.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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Year Of Hell (1)
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8.01
2250 votes

#2 - Year Of Hell (1)

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1997

Stardate: 51268.4 - Voyager comes under attack from a Krenim Temporal Ship that alters the course of evolution by wiping out entire species from the timeline.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
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Message in a Bottle
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7.97
2310 votes

#3 - Message in a Bottle

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1998

Stardate: Unknown - The crew discover an ancient communications relay that extents to the Alpha Quadrant. They are able to send the Doctor through to a Federation ship at the other end, the experimental U.S.S. Prometheus, only to discover that it has been taken over by Romulans.

Directors: Nancy Malone
Writer: Lisa Klink
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The Killing Game (1)
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7.94
1895 votes

#4 - The Killing Game (1)

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/1998

Stardate: Unknown - When the Hirogen capture and board Voyager they discover that the holodeck can be used to improve the hunt by putting the prey through different situations and locations. In one situation, Captain Janeway, Torres, Tuvok and Seven of Nine are members of the French resistance in occupied France with the Hirogen in roles as Nazi SS Officers. Since the crew was implanted with subdermal transmitters, they have no idea that this is on the holodeck, and they think it's real. It is up to the Doctor in sickbay who is forced to heal the injured to disable the devices and help the crew escape.

Directors: David Livingston
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Year Of Hell (2)
star
7.93
2252 votes

#5 - Year Of Hell (2)

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1997

Stardate: 51425.4 - With most of the crew having abandoned Voyager and only a skeleton crew remaining, the crew realize that to stop the Krenim ship from altering history any further, they need allies. They soon realize that the price of history is higher than any of them could have possibly imagined.

Directors: Mike Vejar
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The Killing Game (2)
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7.92
1781 votes

#6 - The Killing Game (2)

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1998

Stardate: 51715.2 - The crew must find a way to defeat the Hirogen and reclaim Voyager.

Directors: Victor Lobl
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Hope and Fear
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7.92
1928 votes

#7 - Hope and Fear

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/20/1998

Stardate: 51978.2 - An alien translator by the name of Arturis is able to finally decode the Starfleet message received by Voyager five months ago. It tells them to go to a new type of ship waiting for them with an engine system faster than warp drive, which is capable of bringing them home within three months.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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The Omega Directive
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7.78
2090 votes

#8 - The Omega Directive

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/15/1998

Stardate: 51781.2 - Voyager is forced out of warp by the detection of a dangerous and powerful particle called 'Omega' which only Janeway and Seven of Nine know about on board the ship. Due to the nature of the particle, only Starfleet Captains are informed and are ordered to destroy it at all costs, as it has the power to destroy subspace. Janeway must enlist the help of the senior crew on a need-to-know basis in order to destroy it safely.

Writer: Lisa Klink
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One
star
7.78
1875 votes

#9 - One

Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/13/1998

Stardate: 51929.3 - When Voyager encounters a deadly radioactive nebula, Captain Janeway decides to save time by going through it and placing the crew in protective stasis with only Seven of Nine and the Doctor left to protect the ship. Seven soon starts experiencing hallucinations when an alien wants to trade vital supplies.

Directors: Kenneth Biller
Writer: Jeri Taylor
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The Gift
star
7.75
2503 votes

#10 - The Gift

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1997

Stardate: Unknown - Kes' telekinetic powers grow to such a point where she can no longer control them. In order to prevent Voyager from being destroyed, she must leave the ship.

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Hunters
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7.68
2013 votes

#11 - Hunters

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1998

Stardate: 51501.4 - Voyager starts receiving messages from Starfleet through the communications network, now that they know that the crew is alive in the Delta Quadrant. Some bad news is received by some of the crew, particularly Captain Janeway among others. After a short while, the messages become lodged in one of the modules, and the crew must retrieve them. Shortly, they are crudely introduced to a new enemy, the Hirogen, who seek nothing more than to kill victims for the thrill of the hunt, and Voyager is their next target.

Directors: David Livingston
Writer: Jeri Taylor
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Living Witness
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7.66
1771 votes

#12 - Living Witness

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/29/1998

Stardate: Unknown - 700 years into the future the Doctor must defend the crew of Voyager and set history straight when an alien race claims that the Warship Voyager was responsible for war crimes commited against their race.

Writer: Bryan Fuller
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Prey
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7.64
1879 votes

#13 - Prey

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1998

Stardate: 51652.3 - When Voyager encounters a disabled Hirogen ship with a wounded Hirogen aboard, Captain Janeway beams him aboard. Soon, the prey being hunted by this particular Hirogen, a member of Species 8472, boards the ship. The only immediate solution is to let the Hirogen loose on the ship to attack it prey.

Directors: Allan Eastman
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Demon
star
7.57
1787 votes

#14 - Demon

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/6/1998

Stardate: Unknown - In search of the vital chemical deuterium essential to Voyager's energy supplies, they discover a 'Demon' planet with reserves large enough to replenish the ship. Ensign Kim and Tom Paris take a shuttlecraft down to the planet's surface in environmental suits. Soon they are found on the planet with no suits, and the ship's atmosphere becomes poisonous to them.

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Scientific Method
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7.57
1966 votes

#15 - Scientific Method

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1997

Stardate: 51244.3 - When the crew begins suffering from stranger illnesses with each passing hour, Seven of Nine is the only one who is able to expose the threat to the crew.

Writer: Lisa Klink
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The Raven
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7.53
2103 votes

#16 - The Raven

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/1997

Stardate: Unknown - When Seven of Nine believes that she is being contacted by the Borg, she leaves Voyager only to discover the remains of a cube that she believes was the vessel on which she was first assimilated as a little girl.

Writer: Bryan Fuller
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Day of Honor
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7.50
2068 votes

#17 - Day of Honor

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1997

Stardate: Unknown - When B'Elanna faces the Klingon Day of Honor she must retrieve the warp core with Tom Paris, which Voyager had ejected. When the shuttle is attacked, B'Elanna and Tom are left floating adrift in space in environmental suits. Believing they are about to die, B'Elanna does the only honorable thing she can do, and reveals her true feelings towards Tom.

Writer: Jeri Taylor
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Waking Moments
star
7.44
1806 votes

#18 - Waking Moments

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1998

Stardate: 51471.3 - The crew is 'attacked' by a species of alien that live in the human dream state. It is up to Chakotay, with extensive knowledge about the dream state, to save the ship and its crew.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Concerning Flight
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7.44
1748 votes

#19 - Concerning Flight

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1997

Stardate: 51386.4 - When pirates steal some of Voyager's technology, Janeway and Tuvok search their home world and discover her holographic Leonardo Da Vinci who helps them in their search.

Writer: Joe Menosky
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Vis à Vis
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7.38
1942 votes

#20 - Vis à Vis

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/1998

Stardate: 51762.4 - An alien test pilot who has the capability of switching bodies manages to take Tom's place aboard Voyager in order to escape the law.

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Revulsion
star
7.33
2049 votes

#21 - Revulsion

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/1997

Stardate: 51186.2 - When Seven of Nine and Kim work together in the new Astrometrics Lab, Seven interprets Kim's attitude towards her as a romantic invitation, and Seven is keen to explore her new feelings.

Directors: Kenneth Biller
Writer: Lisa Klink
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Unforgettable
star
7.23
1566 votes

#22 - Unforgettable

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/22/1998

An alien woman who requests asylum on board Voyager claims that she was onboard the ship a month ago, and she fell in love with Chakotay.

Directors: Andrew Robinson
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Random Thoughts
star
7.18
1752 votes

#23 - Random Thoughts

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1997

Stardate: 51367.2 - The crew takes shore leave on a planet inhabited by a telepathic species that have forbidden all violent thoughts and actions. B'Elanna is arrested when she thinks of retaliation to an incident, but a surprising discovery is made when Tuvok starts investigating.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Retrospect
star
7.17
1646 votes

#24 - Retrospect

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1998

Stardate: 51658.2 - While re-fitting Voyager's systems with newly traded weapons, Seven of Nine claims to have been assaulted by Kovin, the weapons dealer. The Doctor soon makes a surprising discovery about the situation.

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Nemesis
star
7.09
1674 votes

#25 - Nemesis

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1997

Stardate: 51082.4 - Chakotay is stranded on a planet where two races are trying to wipe each other out in a massive, planet-wide war.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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