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Voyager answers an ancient SOS distress and finds 8 humans - including Amelia Earhart - in cryo-stasis on a nearby planet. There are thousands more Humans living in cities nearby, descendants of Humans abducted from Earth in 1937 by a race seeking to use them as slaves. Both sides are happy to find some answers and new friends. When Voyager's crew is invited to stay and live on the "new" Earth, Janeway is worried so many will accept she may find herself the only one who truly wants to get home. Written by
Meribor
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This script was produced in the first season, but was held back to air as the premiere of season two. In fact, this is the earliest season premiere in Star Trek history, August 28, 1995. Janeway states that the year is 2371, which is the same year as the first season.
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When the crew are captured, they are disarmed; however, when they get into a firefight later, Janeway draws her phaser from her holster.
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Captain Kathryn Janeway:
In the meantime, I suggest we all brush up on ancient Earth. We're about to meet a bit of our history.
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"Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title"
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Jerry Goldsmith
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One of the great things about a story of a lost crew trying to return home is the moral questions it faces. This episode created a great moral question: "If we found a human civilization far from home, should we join it or continue home?" I think it was a great question, and I wish it was a longer story arc. It would have been great to see different parts of the crew agonizing over the question, some leaving or some people from that human civilization joining the Voyager quest home. This episode didn't change the story of the series. If I didn't watch this episode, it wouldn't have added or subtracted from the story. Meeting Amelia Earhart was cool, but this story didn't effect the characters or the direction of the story. I really wish it would have. This story had a lot of potential to be a really good piece of science fiction. I'd still say that it would good, but it's like having good ideas without a good story.