Voyager Revisited

Hugo Award-winner Frank Wu comes back to the podcast to talk about another big story featuring the Borg Queen. We discuss the merits of Seven’s love interest, the advisability of getting assimilated on purpose, and (our favorite subject) why Harry Kim keeps getting dissed. Even the Borg Queen zings him. Season 6, Ep. 26, Season 7, Ep. 1 Jean MacDonald with Frank Wu SPONSORS Incomparable Memberships! [https://www.theincomparable.com/members/] Sign up, help support this show, and get some fun bonus material. REFERENCED WORKS STAR TREK (FRANCHISE) [https://www.theincomparable.com/topics/trek/] SHOW NOTES & LINKS (Looking for “Equinox” from Season 5/6 that comes before Unimatrix Zero in the series of two parters? We covered it in Episode 3 [https://www.theincomparable.com/voyager/3/] of Voyager Revisited, “You Can’t Underestimate Seven” with Brianna Wu.) FRANK WU ON TWITTER [https://twitter.com/thefrankwu] ANALOG MAGAZINE, JAN/FEB 2022, WITH FRANK'S STORY ON THE COVER [https://www.magzter.com/US/Penny-Publications,-LLC/Analog-Science-Fiction-and-Fact/Fiction/778359] UNIMATRIX ZERO, PART II (MEMORY ALPHA) [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Unimatrix_Zero_(episode)] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - A VIEWER'S GUIDE [https://micro.welltempered.net/2019/03/21/star-trek-voyager.html] Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member [https://www.theincomparable.com/members/]. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

In the latest of our two-part Voyager stories, we spend quality time with the Borg Queen and returning podcast guest Tammy Coron. We discuss about Seven’s childhood and why the promise of connection in the collective would be so seductive. And we rank the mother figures in Seven’s life. (Her dad gets a failing grade.) Season 5, Episodes 15 & 16 Jean MacDonald with Tammy Coron SPONSORS Incomparable Memberships! [https://www.theincomparable.com/members/] Sign up, help support this show, and get some fun bonus material. SHOW NOTES & LINKS Dark Frontier [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Frontier_(episode)] (Memory Alpha) Tammy Coron’s portfolio [https://tammycoron.com] Star Trek: Voyager - A Viewer’s Guide [https://micro.welltempered.net/2019/03/21/star-trek-voyager.html] Prodigy Flashcast [https://prodigyflashcast.micro.blog] with co-host and nephew Jon. Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member [https://www.theincomparable.com/members/]. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Jeff Gamet, tech journalist, podcaster, and big fan of Star Trek, returns to Voyager Revisited to discuss The Killing Game, a two-part story from Season 4 that lets us really get to know those scary Delta Quadrant bad guys, the Hirogen. It’s another great two-parter, in which we see our crew used as playthings for the Hirogen, whose only purpose is to hunt. Janeway is a French Underground leader, Seven is a torch singer, and Neelix is a badass Klingon, thanks to the holodeck. But we reserve our highest praise for Harry Kim, who had to heroically manage the ship and outwit the Hirogen. That guy deserves a promotion. Season 4, Episodes 18 & 19 Jean MacDonald with Jeff Gamet SHOW NOTES & LINKS The Killing Game [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Killing_Game_(episode)] (Memory Alpha) Jeff Gamet’s YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffGamet] Star Trek: Voyager - A Viewer’s Guide [https://micro.welltempered.net/2019/03/21/star-trek-voyager.html] Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member [https://www.theincomparable.com/members/]. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Don’t be alarmed! This is not a temporal incursion. Year of Hell is one of the most admired episodes of Voyager. One year ago, on episode 19 of this podcast, software developer and podcaster Tammy Coron was our guest. We were six months into the pandemic, and Year of Hell really struck home for both of us. Tammy’s situation especially, being flung into a pandemic with an unexpectedly extended family, was akin to Captain Janeway’s challenges in the Delta Quadrant. And like Janeway, we don’t know how long it will take, but we are still on a mission to see everyone through. We’re re-releasing this episode so that it’s in chronological order with the rest of the two-parters.. Enjoy this for the first time, enjoy a relisten, or skip to the next podcast episode, which will be all about the scary Hirogen. Season 4, Episodes 8 and 9 Jean MacDonald with Tammy Coron SPONSORS Incomparable Memberships! [http://theincomparable.com/members]Sign up, help support this show, and get some fun bonus material. SHOW NOTES & LINKS Year of Hell [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Year_of_Hell_(episode)] (Memory Alpha) Tammy Coron’s website [https://tammycoron.com] Bryan Fuller Describes Star Trek: Voyager Serialized “Year Of Hell” Season Rejected By Rick Berman [https://trekmovie.com/2020/05/29/bryan-fuller-describes-star-trek-voyager-serialized-year-of-hell-season-rejected-by-rick-berman/] (TrekMovie.com) Star Trek: Voyager - A Viewer’s Guide [https://micro.welltempered.net/2019/03/21/star-trek-voyager.html] Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member [https://www.theincomparable.com/members/]. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

John Chidgey, engineer, podcaster, and big fan of Seven of Nine, returns to Voyager Revisited to discuss Scorpion, the two-part story that concludes Season 3 and opens Season 4. Scorpion is best known for the introduction of Seven, but on this rewatch, we notice that Seven doesn’t even appear until Part 2, and that the strain in the working relationship between Janeway and Chakotay is a key part of this story. Season 3 Finale, Season 4 Opener Jean MacDonald with John Chidgey SPONSORS Incomparable Memberships! [http://theincomparable.com/members] Sign up, help support this show, and get some fun bonus material. SHOW NOTES & LINKS Scorpion, Part I [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Scorpion_(episode)] (Memory Alpha) Scorpion, Part II [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Scorpion,_Part_II_(episode)] (Memory Alpha) John Chidgey [https://twitter.com/johnchidgey] on Twitter Listen to John on Causality [https://engineered.network/causality/], his podcast in which that analyzes in depth what went right and what went wrong in a wide range of major engineering disasters. Listen to A Conspiracy of One [https://www.theincomparable.com/voyager/8/], episode 8 of Voyager Revisited, John’s previous appearance on the podcast. Star Trek: Voyager - A Viewer’s Guide [https://micro.welltempered.net/2019/03/21/star-trek-voyager.html] Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member [https://www.theincomparable.com/members/]. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.