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With all the negative fans of Star Trek News having been forced to suffer recently, it is important to remember the good times.
And the best time at Star Trek will be our favorite decade forever.
The 90s!
The 1990s was the Golden Age of Star Trek, with several successful Trek films and three different series.
Running between 1995 and 2001, Trek Star: Voyager was the last of those series, and also the final TV effort Star Trek for seven full seasons.
Despite a number of efforts, no show has achieved that since then.
Over time VoyageIt is only to the point that a reputation has grown to the point where now Captain Janeway is a coffee feme and seven of nine are a dear character lobbying to get her own series.
Star Trek: Travel Has been troubled, but the show’s most happened in one particular episode.
Best episode of Star Trek: Voyager
“Equinox” is the story of what might have been – a scary insight into what Voyage He could have come back to a crew to abandon their principles.
Broadcast as the end of season 5 and a season 6 premiere in 1999, the cliffman grabbed this two -part gripping audiences during the show’s hiatus in the same way The next generation“Best of both part 1 and 2” got a decade earlier.
Five years before the events of the chapter, the federation star Voyage Stuck in a remote galaxy from the caretaker, an entity who left him facing a 70 -year journey home.
Determined to maintain Starfleet values, VoyageCrew sets a course for the Earth.
Unknowingly, the ship of another federation, the Equilibriumalso stuck by the caretaker.
Nova District Science Ship with a bunch of just 78, the Equilibrium have an equipped and the maximum speed of warp 8, compared to VoyageSmart class design, which boasted 141 crew members, higher weapons and maximum speed of warp 9.975.
Unlike the better equipment Voyagethe Equilibrium The crew chose a darker path, but that is not clear at first.
When Voyage comes across the Equilibrium After five years in a hostile space they find a battered ship under a mysterious attack alien forces.
These nuclearly nuclear alien attacks through interim -dimensional ruptures, depicted with an innovative CGI, consumed a significant chunk of the episode budget for their ethereal design. The Equilibrium In the feet of pigs, his crew declined.
The Voyager team searches the wreck, finding a survivor buried under a hated rubble, “Tell me if my legs are still there.” This raw line was fully improvised by actor Rick Worthy as the Noah Lessing crew.
Another bunch leaps from the debris, firing wildly to invaders who do not exist before falling, while the remaining survivors are almost catatonic of trauma.
The Equilibriuma dilapidated interior, inspired by submarine warfare films as The boatcontrasted suddenly with VoyagePristine Starfleet aesthetic, emphasizing despair.
Janeway and her crew are delighted to find another federation ship in the Delta Quadrant, and they leap to the help of their co -officers Starfleet, are going to work on repairing their ship and working to develop protection against their attackers.
The EquilibriumA captain, Rudolph Ransom (played by John Savage), a once highly regarded Starfleet officer, claims they do not know why they are targeted by these creatures.
The truth is much darker: the Ransom crew discovered that inter-dimensional creatures could be killed and turned into a super-fuel drive.
Abandoning the rules and morality of Starfleet, they have been killing the alien to speed up their journey home.
Ransom pleads despair – starred, death, doom – but VoyageCrew, led by Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), rejects his excuses.
When Janeway tries to arrest them, the Equilibrium the crew escapes, harmful Voyage and leave them vulnerable to the venous aliens.
Janeway’s fury is firing. Over both parts, she endangers the lives of her crew to prevent a ransom, threaten to kill Equilibrium Crewman for information, and relieves his first officer, Chakotay, of duty when she challenges her orders almost murdered.
This darker Janeway, at the time, was a bold departure from his diplomatic norm. Kate Mulgrew makes the most of it, achieving one of its most engaged performances, while the cast thrives on a script that gives everyone a moment.
Mulgrew has admitted in the past that her heart was not always in her Voyager work. She struggled with personal issues throughout the show’s production, and there was a conflict between her and Jeri Ryan, who often blowed up in tension on the set.
But for these chapters, she was chewing scenes. Janeway becomes fans of the relentless commander-in-cheek-dial-to-tactor phaser, arousing Captain Kirk with a chip on his shoulder.
Authors Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky channeled Original Series‘energy, based in VoyageStakes.
The most charming sub-plot of the two parts consists of seven of nine (Jeri Ryan) and the doctor (Robert Picardo), a disciple and teacher, is held captive on the Equilibrium.
Ransom rewrites the doctor’s program, turning the healer into a sadistic scientist. As the doctor tortures seven, digging her brain in a procedure that could kill her, he treats her to sing “My Darlin ‘Clementine” as a sick duo.
Director David Livingston chose this folk song for his eerie simplicity, a last -minute decision that became iconic. Echo deeply in the EquilibriumThe intestines of decay, the sounds of seven forced to sing sweet harmony when being murdered by his best friend, are unforgettable.
By the end of the episode, nothing is unharmed. Bulk -beams explode, break relationships, and not all are forgiven.
He paid off. “Equinox” was a critical and fan success, praised for its intense performances, moral complexity, and cinematic quality.
And 1999 TV guide Review called “Voyage On its gutsiest, ”while fan surveys on the early 90s Internet forums as Trekweb listed it among the best of the series.
His legacy lasts, with fans still discussing Janeway ethics and graduating “Equinox” alongside “Hell Year” and “Scorpion” as Voyagebest hours.
The episode has heavily influenced March shows, with Star Trek: ProdigyWriters set out his examination of moral gray areas as inspiration for their 2024 season.
Directed by David Livingston, “Equinox” feels like an epic feature film rather than a TV chapter. And that’s part of why he continues to work so well, decades later.
But at the time, the show’s home network did not want to do it. Upn, who would then go on to interfere with, spoil and cancel Star Trek: Enterpriseinsist that they prefer independent chapters over serial arcs to attract casual viewers.
However, the previous success of the Season 4 Star Trek Voyager, “Year of Hell” gave the writers’ leverage and Livingston to bargain for a more ambitious story, driven by a character.
And March A veteran with 62 episodes across the franchise, pushed Livingston for and had a longer than usual shooting schedule. He had 10 days to work on each chapter, instead of the usual 7 given for shooting each episode.
Livingston used hand cameras and faded lights, inspired by The boatfor a polished, cinematic feel that would work within its budget and time constraints.
The cast practiced extensively to nail the emotional intensity, with Mulgrew and bonded viciously over their shared theater backgrounds to refine their conflicts.
For Kate Mulgrew, the episode was one of the highlights of her career. In 2003 Trek Star DVD commentary, he called him “the episode where we all came with our game and,” Livingston lists him among his favorite directing experiences, in his career.
“Equinox” is not just VoyageBest Chapter – it’s a snapshot of how the series could have been if it had been allowed to push boundaries.
Many quote the “year of hell” season 4 as the top of the series, but “the year of hell” marked the beginning Voyagetake risk. It was a sign of willingness to break from VoyageFrequent static formula, a mindset that was peaked to “Equinox.”
Equinox snapshots Voyage On his bold, exploring what happens when Starfleet’s ideals fall into pressure.
