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Star Trek: Voyager
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  • Episode aired Oct 2, 1996
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 44m
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6.5/10
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Rob LaBelle, Christine Artecona-Cornell, Leslie Jordan, Dan Shor, and Kimm Collinsworth in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
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Voyager comes across a pair of Alpha Quadrant Ferengis who have set themselves up as gods on a primitive planet. Voyager wants to end their reign and use the nearby wormhole to return home.Voyager comes across a pair of Alpha Quadrant Ferengis who have set themselves up as gods on a primitive planet. Voyager wants to end their reign and use the nearby wormhole to return home.Voyager comes across a pair of Alpha Quadrant Ferengis who have set themselves up as gods on a primitive planet. Voyager wants to end their reign and use the nearby wormhole to return home.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Cliff Bole
  • Writers
    • Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
    • Rick Berman
    • Michael Piller(showrunner)
  • Stars
    • Kate Mulgrew
    • Robert Beltran
    • Roxann Dawson
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  • Director
    • Cliff Bole
  • Writers
    • Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
    • Rick Berman
    • Michael Piller(showrunner)
  • Stars
    • Kate Mulgrew
    • Robert Beltran
    • Roxann Dawson
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    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Alan Altshuld in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Rob LaBelle in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
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    Leslie Jordan and Dan Shor in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Leslie Jordan in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Leslie Jordan and Dan Shor in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Kate Mulgrew and Leslie Jordan in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Dan Shor in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Leslie Jordan and Dan Shor in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Kate Mulgrew, Leslie Jordan, and Dan Shor in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Kate Mulgrew, Tim Russ, and Dan Shor in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

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    Kate Mulgrew
    Kate Mulgrew
    • Capt. Kathryn Janewayas Capt. Kathryn Janeway
    Robert Beltran
    Robert Beltran
    • Cmdr. Chakotayas Cmdr. Chakotay
    Roxann Dawson
    Roxann Dawson
    • Lt. B'Elanna Torresas Lt. B'Elanna Torres
    • (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
    Jennifer Lien
    Jennifer Lien
    • Kesas Kes
    Robert Duncan McNeill
    Robert Duncan McNeill
    • Lt. Tom Parisas Lt. Tom Paris
    Ethan Phillips
    Ethan Phillips
    • Neelixas Neelix
    Robert Picardo
    Robert Picardo
    • The Doctoras The Doctor
    Tim Russ
    Tim Russ
    • Lt. Tuvokas Lt. Tuvok
    Garrett Wang
    Garrett Wang
    • Ensign Harry Kimas Ensign Harry Kim
    Dan Shor
    Dan Shor
    • Arridoras Arridor
    Leslie Jordan
    Leslie Jordan
    • Kolas Kol
    Michael Ensign
    Michael Ensign
    • Bardas Bard
    Rob LaBelle
    Rob LaBelle
    • Kafaras Kafar
    Alan Altshuld
    Alan Altshuld
    • Sandalmakeras Sandalmaker
    John Walter Davis
    • Merchantas Merchant
    Christine Artecona-Cornell
    • Takarian Femaleas Takarian Female
    • (uncredited)
    Kimm Collinsworth
    • Takarian Female #1as Takarian Female #1
    • (uncredited)
    Tarik Ergin
    Tarik Ergin
    • Lt. Ayalaas Lt. Ayala
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Cliff Bole
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
      • Rick Berman
      • Michael Piller(showrunner)
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    • Trivia
      This episode ties into The Price (1989), where two Ferengi get lost in the Delta Quadrant after trying to secure the Barzanian Wormhole. This shows us what happened seven years later. Dan Shor reprises his character of the Ferengi Arridor, but Leslie Jordan replaces an uncredited J.R. Quinonez as Kol.
    • Goofs
      Tuvok and Harry Kim's description of what happened in The Price (1989) during the negotiation of the wormhole is inaccurate. Tuvok states that the Ferengi made "a nefarious attempt to secure the wormhole" but this is also incorrect. The Ferengi were also exploring the wormhole in their own shuttle at the same time Data and LaForge but refused to return when Data determined that the wormhole was not stable, therefore stranding the Ferengi in the Delta Quadrant.
    • Quotes

      Captain Kathryn Janeway: We have to out-ferengi... the Ferengi.

    • Connections
      References Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Price (1989)
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      Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title
      (uncredited)

      Written by Jerry Goldsmith

      Performed by Jay Chattaway

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    One of the memorable failures in Voyager
    For me this was one of the most important episodes in the entire series. In my opinion, this was the biggest blunder they had to endure.

    Voyager finds an old unstable TNG wormhole, complete with 2 lost ferengi. The crew knows this is their best shot to get home, and they actually make the wormhole stable. That's it, that's all they needed. It could have clearly ended there if their officers were competent.

    Instead we got an over-righteous Janeway picking her priorities out of a hat at random, and blind Tuvak who should have clearly noted that logically the ferengi would try to sabotage their extraction from paradise at any cost. What happened next wasn't a shocker, but simply the dumbest intervention in history. If you have not seen this episode yet, the amount of episodes after this will clearly give away the ending.

    So what were the alternatives? 1. Ignore the ferengi, travel home and then report the ferengi crimes, so somebody else returns through the now stable wormhole to arrest them. 2. Extract the ferengi by a simple confrontation or transporter, lock them up in a cell or something, with guards posted around, preventing all possible ferengi mishaps. 3. Expose and arrest the ferengi and let the local population deal with them. Personally, 1 was my favorite.

    But what about the rest of the series, you ask? Well, who says we have to end it? Why not build an outpost in the Delta quadrant next to the wormhole, restock the Voyager crew and send it on the longest mission in history of star fleet to answer if Voyager could actually get home without the wormhole. Is that hard to grasp? For the writers it was apparently so. Sad, new characters, new stories, new possibilities, all lost.
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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Greek
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Television
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    • Runtime
      44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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