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Star Trek: Voyager
S3.E25
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Worst Case Scenario

  • Episode aired May 14, 1997
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 46m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
1.7K
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Robert Beltran and Martha Hackett in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
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  • Adventure
  • Sci-Fi
B'Elanna's discovery of a holonovel projecting a Maquis takeover of Voyager enthralls the crew, but a hidden edit could kill its mystery author.B'Elanna's discovery of a holonovel projecting a Maquis takeover of Voyager enthralls the crew, but a hidden edit could kill its mystery author.B'Elanna's discovery of a holonovel projecting a Maquis takeover of Voyager enthralls the crew, but a hidden edit could kill its mystery author.
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1.7K
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  • Director
    • Alexander Singer
  • Writers
    • Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
    • Rick Berman
    • Michael Piller
  • Stars
    • Kate Mulgrew
    • Robert Beltran
    • Roxann Dawson
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  • Director
    • Alexander Singer
  • Writers
    • Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
    • Rick Berman
    • Michael Piller
  • Stars
    • Kate Mulgrew
    • Robert Beltran
    • Roxann Dawson
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    • 14User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Kate Mulgrew in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Kate Mulgrew in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Robert Beltran and Roxann Dawson in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Robert Beltran and Roxann Dawson in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Martha Hackett in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Robert Duncan McNeill and Tim Russ in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Robert Beltran and Martha Hackett in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Robert Duncan McNeill in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Martha Hackett in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Kate Mulgrew and Roxann Dawson in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Robert Duncan McNeill and Tim Russ in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Roxann Dawson, and Martha Hackett 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
    Martha Hackett
    Martha Hackett
    • Seskaas Seska
    Majel Barrett
    Majel Barrett
    • Voyager Computeras Voyager Computer
    • (voice)
    John Copage
    • Science Division Officeras Science Division Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Damaris Cordelia
    • Security Guardas Security Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Tarik Ergin
    Tarik Ergin
    • Lt. Ayalaas Lt. Ayala
    • (uncredited)
    Ransom Gates
    • Crewman O'Donnellas Crewman O'Donnell
    • (uncredited)
    Susan Henley
    • Ensign Brooksas Ensign Brooks
    • (uncredited)
    Kerry Hoyt
    Kerry Hoyt
    • Crewman Fitzpatrickas Crewman Fitzpatrick
    • (uncredited)
    Zach LeBeau
    Zach LeBeau
    • Ensign Larsenas Ensign Larsen
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alexander Singer
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
      • Rick Berman
      • Michael Piller
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    • Trivia
      Towards the end of the episode, suggestions of "a western" and "a detective story" are made by the crew in the mess hall. Both were running gags on the Enterprise holodecks of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
    • Goofs
      Seska left the ship around stardate 48658.2 (in State of Flux (1995)) but, according to Torres, Seska modified the holo-program on stardate 48671.
    • Quotes

      Captain Janeway: [on Tuvok's refusal to continue his unfinished holo-novel] I'm more than just a captain. I'm the leader of a community, and communities need entertainment, culture, creative outlets. Since we're not exactly privy to every new piece of music or holo-novel that's written back home, I think it's only natural that we should start creating our own.

      Commander Chakotay: Besides, Tuvok, if the crew doesn't get an ending, you may have a real mutiny on your hands.

    • Soundtracks
      Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title
      Written by Jerry Goldsmith

      Performed by Jay Chattaway

    User reviews14

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    Top review
    6/10
    2/3 of a great episode
    It starts off as a great premise - the various crew members, curiosity piqued, participate in a holonovel originally designed as a training exercise in which Chakotay stages a Maquis mutiny.

    Not only is it interesting to see the various scenarios play out like a super fancy video game, we get a real, grounded version of the holodeck instead of the magical cure-all it's normally used as.

    When the popularity of the novel spreads to the crew, wet blanket Tuvok wants to shut it down until Voyager's own Bart Simpson - Tom Paris - convinces him otherwise. From there, the episode seems like it's going to take another interesting turn in which Paris and Tuvok debate how to approach writing the rest of their holonovel. Thinly veiled, but it's always nice when the writers get to have a voice on the show of their own. So Tuvok opens up the re-write file and then...

    Voyager.

    So many interesting episodes up to this point on the show have been ruined by quick fixes, deus ex machina, or the Doctor completely fabricating science that never existed before just to end the episode. This one had so much potential until the insufferable Seska takes control of the holodeck and the whole ship.

    Wait, isn't she dead? Yep, for a year now. But hell hath no fury like a Cardassian woman posing as a Bajoran woman scorned, as Seska planned a little bit of revenge on her ex-boyfriend Chakotay and his new friends. Eventually.

    What was interesting prior to the "stakes" is that there were no stakes in this episode. Just fictional characters in a fictional setting having very real conversations about temptation, ship gossip, creative approaches and what equates to cabin fever.

    Disappointing, as the stakes aren't really stakes - you know Paris and Tuvok aren't going to die, so what's the point? We've seen this story literally hundreds of times on various Star Trek series, but so rarely have we seen our characters just being people for a whole episode. Maybe it's unfair to judge the show by 2013 standards instead of those of 1997, but it just hurts to see them get so close to something great before deciding to take the easy way out.

    Probably a 7/10, but bringing back the intolerable Seska long after her death knocks it down a point.
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    • Jul 26, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1997 (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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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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