The WORST episodes of Star Trek: Voyager

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

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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11:59
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6.63
1445 votes

#1 - 11:59

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/1999

Captain Janeway relates the story of her distant ancestor Shannon O'Donnell during the construction of the Millennium Gate on Earth during New Year's Eve 1999. She must convince the last holdout, local bookstore owner Henry Janeway to approve the plan.

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Fair Haven
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6.66
1520 votes

#2 - Fair Haven

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2000

As the crew enjoys time off in a holo-program created by Tom Paris, and set in an Irish village named 'Fair Haven,' Captain Janeway falls for a handsome holo-character specifically designed for her. A deadly neutrino wave approaching Voyager shortly bring the festivities to a halt as this wave may prove to be more dangerous than they first imagined.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Robin Burger
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The Fight
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6.85
1651 votes

#3 - The Fight

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/1999

While boxing on the holodeck, Chakotay is contacted by a telepathic species. However, prolonged communication may leave him insane or braindead.

Writer: Joe Menosky
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Tattoo
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6.86
2032 votes

#4 - Tattoo

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1995

Stardate: Unknown Upon discovering a cultural symbol drawn in the ground on a planet that was used by his ancestors to 'heal the land', Chakotay tries to contact the beings his tribe called the 'Sky Spirits.'

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Remember
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6.91
1657 votes

#5 - Remember

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1996

Stardate: 50203.1 After Voyager encounter a telepathic species, B'Elanna starts having powerful dreams that depict the life of a woman and her lover in a time of great political and social upheaval.

Writer: Lisa Klink
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Sacred Ground
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6.94
1516 votes

#6 - 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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Initiations
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6.97
1959 votes

#7 - Initiations

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/1995

Stardate: 49005.3 A young Kazon trying to earn his name and place among his people kidnaps Chakotay.

Directors: David Livingston
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Favorite Son
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6.97
1574 votes

#8 - 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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Elogium
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6.99
2040 votes

#9 - Elogium

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/1995

Stardate: 48921.3 When the crew of Voyager investigate a cluster of space-borne life forms, Kes is forced into a stage in her life known as the 'Elogium.' This is the only time in her life when she can have a family.

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Spirit Folk
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7.01
1663 votes

#10 - Spirit Folk

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/2000

The inhabitants of the holo-city of Fair Haven suspect the Voyager crew of having mystical powers when they witness the use of their futuristic technology.

Directors: David Livingston
Writer: Bryan Fuller
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Once Upon a Time
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7.04
1964 votes

#11 - Once Upon a Time

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1998

While Voyager searches for the crew of the crashed Delta Flyer carrying Tuvok, Paris and Ensign Wildman, Neelix must keep Naomi occupied. When it is discovered that Samantha is badly injured, he must decide how much he should tell her daughter.

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Barge of the Dead
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7.08
1706 votes

#12 - Barge of the Dead

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1999

During a near-death experience, B'Elanna finds herself aboard the Klingon Death Barge, a spectral vessel which transports dishonoured souls to Grethnor. After seeing her mother there, B'Elanna risks her life to go back and save her mother's soul from this fate, even at the cost of her own.

Directors: Michael Vejar
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Emanations
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7.09
2166 votes

#13 - 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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Mortal Coil
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7.09
1852 votes

#14 - Mortal Coil

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1997

Stardate: 51449.2 - Neelix is killed during an away mission, but is revived when Seven of Nine modifies Borg technology to revive him. Soon, he begins to question all that he has been taught about the afterlife.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Bryan Fuller
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Nemesis
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7.09
1661 votes

#15 - 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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Innocence
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7.10
1583 votes

#16 - Innocence

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/1996

Stardate: Unknown When Tuvok crashes on a moon, he discovers three small children who believe they are about to die.

Writer: Lisa Klink
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Muse
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7.11
1505 votes

#17 - Muse

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/26/2000

An alien poet discovers an unconscious B'Elanna Torres after her crash landing in the Delta Flyer. However, this poet intends on using her in a play based on her life on Voyager to win favour with his Warlord.

Directors: Mike Vejar
Writer: Joe Menosky
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False Profits
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7.12
1804 votes

#18 - 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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Memorial
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7.12
1750 votes

#19 - Memorial

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2000

The crew of Voyager experience vivid memories and dreams of a battle they don't remember having, with an enemy they have never encountered.

Writer: Robin Burger
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Real Life
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7.12
1712 votes

#20 - 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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Bride of Chaotica!
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7.12
1704 votes

#21 - Bride of Chaotica!

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/1999

Photonic energy life forms mistake the characters in Tom's holonovel for real people. The holodeck characters interpret this as an attack, and soon Dr. Chaotica tries to wipe them out. The only person that can stop him is Captain Janeway in the role of Queen Arachnia of the Spider People.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
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Fury
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7.13
1880 votes

#22 - Fury

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/2000

Kes returns to Voyager in a state of rage, blaming Captain Janeway for her past. Using her expanded Ocampan powers in a fit of revenge, she travels through time to deliver the crew to the Vidiians.

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Nightingale
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7.15
1782 votes

#23 - Nightingale

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2000

Stardate: 54274.7 - While Voyager stops for maintenance, Harry Kim, Seven and Neelix use the Delta Flyer to search for dilithium, when they come across a war between two alien races. After receiving a distress call from a damaged ship claiming to be on a humanitarian mission, Harry is offered his first chance at commanding a vessel of his own.

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Heroes and Demons
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7.16
2097 votes

#24 - 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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Retrospect
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7.16
1638 votes

#25 - 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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