Voyager-Season One-Ritterson's Episode Guides

Star Trek Voyager Episode Guide

SEASON ONE (2371)

#1,#2 "CARETAKER"

Teleplay by Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor

Story by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Basil Langton, Gavan O'Herlihy, Angela Paton, Quark-Armin Shimerman, Lt. Stadi-Alicia Coppola, Ocampa Doctor-Bruce French, Ocampa Nurse-Jennifer Parsons, Toscar-David Selburg, Human Doctor-Jeff McCarthy, Mark-Stan Ivar, Rollins-Scott MacDonald, Carey-Josh Clark, Gul Evek-Richard Poe, Farmer's Daughter-Keely Sims, Daggin-Eric David Johnson, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48315.6

Airdate 01/16/95

The "Star Trek" franchise spins off its third and most ambitious enterprise-the 24th-century adventures of the U.S.S. Voyager and its captain, Kathryn Janeway. In the opener, the crew is searching for Maquis rebels in a treacherous area of space known as the Badlands when the craft is mysteriously swept 70,000 light-years across the galaxy. There, the Voyager finds the Maquis ship and more: a curious alien named Neelix and a planet whose inhabitants live in an underground city run by a force called the Caretaker.

#3 "PARALLAX"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Jim Trombetta

Directed by Kim Friedman

Guest Stars: Seska-Martha Hackett, Carey-Josh Clark, Jarvin-Justin Williams

Stardate 48439.7

Airdate 01/23/95

Voyager is contacted by a ship trapped on the event horizon of a collapsed star, but closer examination reveals the ship to be the Voyager itself.

#4 "TIME AND AGAIN"

Teleplay by David Kemper and Michael Piller

Story by David Kemper

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Nicolas Surovy, Joel Polis, Brady Bluhm, Shop Keeper-Ryan MacDonald, Officer-Steve Vaught, Guard-Jerry Spicer

Stardate 48501.5?

Airdate 01/30/95

While investigating a massive shock wave in space, Janeway and Paris transport to a planet where all life has been obliterated-and discover that they may be the cause.

#5 "PHAGE"

Teleplay by Skye Dent and Brannon Braga

Story by Timothy DeHaas

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Cully Fredricksen, Stephen B. Rappaport, Seska-Martha Hackett, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48532.4

Airdate 02/06/95

Neelix's lungs are harvested by aliens intent on collecting body organs for their own purposes-and The Doctor must use untested methods to keep him alive.

#6 "THE CLOUD"

Teleplay by Tom Szollosi and Michael Piller

Story by Brannon Braga

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Ricky-Angela Dohrmann, Judy Geeson, Pool Shark-Larry A. Hankin, Luigi Amodeo

Stardate 48546.2

Airdate 02/13/95

Voyager flies into what appears to be an unusual nebula, but closer examination reveals it to be a living organism-now injured by the ship's intrusion.

#7 "EYE OF THE NEEDLE"

Teleplay by Bill Dial and Jeri Taylor

Story by Hilary J. Bader

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Romulan-Vaughn Armstrong, Patient-Tom Virtue

Stardate 48579.4

Airdate 02/20/95

The discovery of a small wormhole prompts Janeway to send a probe through it-making contact with a ship from the Alpha Quadrant.

#8 "EX POST FACTO"

Teleplay by Evan Carlos Somers and Michael Piller

Story by Evan Carlos Somers

Directed by Levar Burton

Guest Stars: Tolen Ren-Ray Reinhardt, Lidell-Robin McKee, Francis Guinan, Aaron Lustig, Numiri Captain-Henry Brown

Stardate 48605.1?

Airdate 02/27/95

When Paris is sentenced by an alien court for murder, his punishment is to relive the victim's final moments again and again.

#9 "EMANATIONS"

Written by Brannon Braga

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Jerry Hardin, Gath-Ronald Guttman, Jefrey Alan Chandler, Cecile Callan, Seska-Martha Hackett, Robin Groves, Alien #1-John Cirigliano

Stardate 48623.5

Airdate 03/13/95

While investigating an alien graveyard, Kim is transported to the aliens' homeworld appearing to them to be someone who has risen from the dead-causing them great philosophical consternation.

#10 "PRIME FACTORS"

Teleplay by Michael Perricone and Greg Elliot

Story by David R. George III and Eric A. Stillwell

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Gathar Layven-Ronald Guttman, Yvonne Suhor, Andrew Hill Newman, Seska-Martha Hackett, Carey-Josh Clark

Stardate 48642.5

Airdate 03/20/95

The crew encounters the Sikarians, a hedonistic alien culture that has the ability to travel instantaneously through the galaxy-which may be the key to Voyager returning home.

#11 "STATE OF FLUX"

Teleplay by Chris Abbott

Story by Paul Robert Coyle

Directed by Robert Scheerer

Guest Stars: Seska-Martha Hackett, Carey-Josh Clark, Culluh-Anthony DeLongis, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48658.2

Airdate 04/10/95

When Voyager responds to a distress call from a Kazon vessel, they discover Federation technology on board, prompting Janeway to suspect a traitor aboard her ship.

#12 "HEROES AND DEMONS"

Written by Naren Shankar

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Shield Maiden Freah-Marjorie Monaghan, Lord Rothgar-Christopher Neame, Unfurth-Michael Keenan, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48693.2

Airdate 04/24/95

It falls to the holographic Doctor to rescue crew members trapped on the Holodeck by an alien intelligence that has taken the form of the folk-tale monster Grendel.

#13 "CATHEXIS"

Teleplay by Brannon Braga

Story by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky

Directed by Kim Friedman

Guest Stars: Durst-Brian Markinson, Lord Burleigh-Michael Cumpsty, Mrs. Templeton-Carolyn Seymour

Stardate 48734.2

Airdate 05/01/95

After Tuvok and Chakotay return from investigating a black nebula, Voyager crew members become possessed by an alien presence.

#14 "FACES"

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller

Story by Jonathan Glasner and Kenneth Biller

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Sulan-Durst-Brian Markinson, Rob LaBelle, Barton Tinapp

Stardate 48784.2

Airdate 05/08/95

An Away Team is captured by the Vidiians, who extract Torres' Klingon DNA in an effort to find a cure for a disease ravaging their people-but the process turns Torres into two people, one fully Klingon, one fully Human.

#15 "JETREL"

Teleplay by Jack Klien, Karen Klien and Kenneth Biller

Story by James Thomton and Scott Nimerfro

Directed by Kim Friedman

Guest Stars: Jetral-James Sloyan, Pool Shark-Larry A. Hankin, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48832.1

Airdate 05/15/95

An alien doctor responsible for a genocidal weapon used against the Talaxians believes Neelix may be infected with a fatal disease as an aftereffect of exposure to it.

#16 "LEARNING CURVE"

Written by Ronald Wilkerson and Jean Louise Matthias

Directed by David Livingston

Guest Stars: Armand Schultz, Chell-Derek McGrath, Geron-Kenny Morrison, Catherine MacNeal, Henry Burleigh-Thomas Dekker, Beatrice Burleigh-Linsey Haun, Computer Voice-Majel Barrett

Stardate 48846.5

Airdate 05/22/95

The ship's systems mysteriously begin to malfunction; Tuvok takes on the thankless task of training Maquis crew members in Star Fleet discipline.

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