Voyager encounters the last survivors of a planetary disaster who have remained in suspended animation years after they should have been revived. Unfortunately they had not foreseen that the feedback between their. In the final act of the episode, janeway reveals to the clown that she is in fact only a holographic projection whilst the real janeway is safe in the real world with the captives and her crew. The clown is a version of clown from the star trek. Harry kim and belanna torres entered into the dream state of the surviving aliens in order to help them. But theres a reason those got bumped to make room for the rest, so read on, and see which ones we think are the 17 most terrifying episodes of star trek.
On its way, the crew encounters different species they must deal with, but. Opinionated voyager episode guide sf debris wiki fandom. In the eternal cycle of star trek inspiring red dwarf, which then inspires star trek which has already given us neelix as morale officer, with voyagers writers apparently unaware that thats the mark of a truly insufferable character, this episode may have been partly inspired by red dwarfs better than life. In the episode blood fever, belanna takes one of the boldest steps of female empowerment shown in any star trek series by naming herself as her champion against vorik. Perhaps the clown played by michael mckean just dazzled us all freezing kims technical mind in total fear. While voyager acquits itself well, the maquis ship is barely able to hang on much less help voyager. The voth are sort of humanoid lizards, and the plot revolves around one particular scientist who has taken an interest in studying voth origins. The clown was the personification of the fears of five individuals who were part of a linked neural network the network had been set up by members of viorsas species to keep their minds active while they waited in stasis for fifteen years until they could be rescued. A timeship from the future who tries to stop voyager gets thrown with voyager into the twentieth century.
Voyager flung into the delta quadrant by april 5, 2063. Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a starfleet ship must cooperate with maquis rebels to find a way home. The star trek universe may be known for its heady, philosophical take on sciencefiction, and its utopian future, but it has occassionally dipped into the horror genre. The thaw, scripted by joe menosky from a story by richard gadas, was a second season episode of star trek. The network had been set up by members of viorsas species to keep their minds active while they waited in stasis for fifteen years until they could be rescued. Which is why franchises like alien and predator thrive to this day. Voyager, but calling it creepy, for including a virtual clown of fear. I just generally love this episode and it works very well under the name halloween episode. Scifi and horror go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Voyager 19952001, the third sequel series to the original 1960s star trek.
In the eternal cycle of star trek inspiring red dwarf, which then inspires star trek which has already given us neelix as morale officer, with voyager s writers apparently unaware that thats the mark of a truly insufferable character, this episode may have been partly inspired by red dwarfs better than life. The clown was the personification of the fears of five individuals who were part of a linked neural network. Oct 21, 2015 full episodes from star trek cassie olson. Michael mckean in star trek voyager, the thaw youtube. And by the way he treated her in his pon farr, particularly since he ended up infecting her with it, he definitely had it coming. We have all had our share of existential questions while watching star trek, but no other episode or movie in the franchise has given me such creeps. Voyager is in pursuit of a rebel maquis ship in a dangerous part of the galaxy when it is suddenly thrown thousands of light years away into the delta quadrant. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. I recently stumbled on mortal coil in voyager season 4 ep. The clown is an antagonist in the scifi series star trek and is said to be the personfication of fear itself, taking the form of a circus clown presumably out of the fact that clowns are a common subject of fear for both children and adults. The clown is an antagonist in the scifi series star trek. Voyager discovers a planet that nineteen years before was the site of a major ecological disaster.
In 2017, this episode was noted as featuring scary andor eerie star trek content. Borg episode made from footage of the pc game by amigaomega. Voyager and is said to be the personfication of fear itself, taking the form of a circus clown presumably out of the fact that clowns are a common subject of fear for both children and adults. Spectre of the gun, in which the enterprise ncc1701 crew were forced into a recreation of the gunfight at the ok corral in arizona in 1881. Voyagers pilot episode is probably the best star trek pilot. Voyager receives an automated distress call from the kohl settlement. Voyager encounters an alien race, but runs afoul of their principles. Oct 03, 2012 voyagers pilot episode is probably the best star trek pilot. You can find chestbursting aliens, haunted spaceships, psychological torment, split. This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. They soon discover that the survivors are trapped within a virtual world thats being controlled by an entity known only as the clown, who turns out to be the personification of fear, trapping the survivors and whoever else enters his world for his. Voyager encounters the last survivors of a planetary disaster who have remained in. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, jennifer lien. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons.
Their planet had suffered an environmental catastrophe. It has its flaws, the corny allamerican farm illusion produced by the titular caretaker and the poormansklingon kazon warriors. Since this month also brings us the arrival of star trek. Discovery, lets take a look back to the year 1996 and the time the final frontier crossed paths with fear itself. Voyager finds a group of people in connected stasis chambers where something has. Voyager magazine issue 15 cinefantastique rated this episode 2 out of 4 stars. Having permitted torres to leave to explain the situation to the rest of the crew, the clown subsequently turned kim into first an old man and then a baby. Selected scenes staring michael mckean as the clown in star trek voyager episode the thaw.
Oct 10, 2019 in the final act of the episode, janeway reveals to the clown that she is in fact only a holographic projection whilst the real janeway is safe in the real world with the captives and her crew. But for as long as they can talk about heroes, trekkies can talk just as much if not longer about the villains. Most of these answers are from later series, but here are the episodes that scared me the greatest 1 the doomsday machine. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001.
In part 1 of the twopart series finale, an older version of janeway kate mulgrew timetravels to help her younger self as part of a. The clown was a manifestation of the fears of five individuals who were part of a linked neural network. In 2372, the crew of the uss voyager found the kohl settlement after receiving an automated signal. The crew discovers aliens who are mentally connected to a computer. One of the series that had some of the most interesting and most hated villains was voyager. So, everyone, tell me what you think or if you can think of any more halloween episodes. Perhaps the clown played by michael mckean just dazzled us all freezing kims technical mind in. In my opinion the greatest ending to any star trek show ever. May 05, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. Star trek fans can go on forever about who their favorite main characters are. I saw it on many star trek halloween episode lists, but its not really halloweenlike to me and i cant stand the episode, im sorry. Neelix who who is scary enough tells a ghost story about a mysterious creature haunting the voyager.
Michael mckean guest stars in a quite different sort of role in star trek. Recognizing that these images were entirely fictitious and therefore could do him no harm, mr. Facing an ecological disaster, the small group of settlers went into artificial hibernation. And back in 1996, mckean made a memorable guest shot on star trek. The series premiere ends with a battle between the two alpha quadrant ships and kazon. Dont miss any episodes, set your dvr to record star trek. Star trek voyager the lost episodes ghosts part one audio drama.
The character was appropriately creepy, even disturbing, as he terrorized the voyager crew, particularly harry kim. However, in order to take some of the pressure off voyagers back, chakotay weaponizes his ship by using it to ram the main kazon ship, destroying the vessel and giving voyager the edge it needs. Voyager, the third spin off in the star trek franchise, follows the adventures of the federation starship voyager, under the command of captain kathryn janeway. Voyager, playing the clown basically fear itself in the episode the thaw. 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. Kathryn janeway is the captain of a starship that is lost in space and must travel across an unexplored region of the galaxy to find its way back home. Lost in the delta quadrant, the series had to get creative every. Star trek voyager s 2 e 23 the thaw recap tv tropes. This week, the shuttle pod crew went back to the well of oddball episodes and we each chose a weird episode of star trek on television to rewatch and analyze. Reunion episode 1 the gathering storm by cerberusfilms. Voyager the thaw tv episode 1996 michael mckean as the clown. Kims quarters harry is playing a clarinet piece labelled jazz impromptu while tom lounges, reading a padd. The entire virtual world darkens as the clown realizes he cannot exist without any real people to torment. Commander riker onboard the uss voyager by april 5, 2063.
The clown threatened to cut off kims head but didnt when viorsa told him that if he did, kims shipmates would turn off the program. Spock had no fear, and the gunfighters could do him no harm. Star trek voyager season 7 slimline edition dvd today. Voyager, episode 39, the thaw story by richard gadas, teleplay by joe menosky, aired april 29, 1996. Star trek has also given us good oldfashioned murder mysteries like wolf in the fold where the spirit of jack the ripper is on the loose, or monsteroftheweek episodes like the man trap.