When a grotesque and bizarre alien team steals neelixs lungs, the doctors holographic replacements keep him alive until janeway finally tracks down the vidiians and their societywide phage plague. 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 peoplebut the process turns torres into two people, one fully. Voyager phage is the 5th episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Now its a race against time to retrieve the stolen lungs and save his life. Yes, there were a few holes in the scriptwriting, but nothing worth mentioning, in my opinion.
Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show star trek. Star trek voyager season 1 episode 5 phage trailer. This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Voyager adventure dark frontier has since been telecast as two separate hourlong installments, and. Voyager main title written by jerry goldsmith performed by jay chattaway. Neelixs lungs are harvested by aliens intent on collecting body organs for their own purposesand. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. Lauded by most insiders on voyagers creative team as one of the most satisfying episodes in the series, phage is indeed a nice balance among character.
The episode originally aired on february 6, 1995, on the upn network, and was directed by winrich kolbe. The complete fifth season on dvd 7disc set featuring over 20 hours of entertainment 26 original broadcast episodes, available for the first time in 5. I thought this episode was a great beginning for season five. Healing the cloud entity as a plot relies almost entirely on technobable and limited low budget visuals which diminish the already low stakes low interest plot line. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Neelix plays babysitthedrunk when tomin guest star scott thompson, the kadi ambassador turns from preacher to party animal. They apparently got there the same way voyager did. In part one, voyager makes contact with another federation ship in the delta quadrant. Voy season 1 dvd special features winrich kolbe likewise felt that this. It has had a large influence on entire generation of. Voyager makes first contact with the kadi, a ritualistic race with many social protocol. Voyageur is arguably one of the worst things ive ever seen on my television screen. Neelixs lungs are removed by a race that suffers from a deadly phage that is slowly. Originally telecast as a twohour special episode on february 17, 1999, the star trek.
Unlike most trekkies out there, im only now getting around to watching the voyager series on amazon prime. Got another voyager episode you believe deserves top 5 status, or. Voyager boasts more than a mere cult of adoring fans. Seven takes the advice of the captain and the doctor gives her classes in dating. The writing for the series got dramatically better with the beginning of. This is a much more sophisticated episode than anything in the original series, but the ability to steal a guys lungs seemed a bit much just as spocks brain was. Star trek voyager,watch tv online, free full tv episodes, tv streaming online, stream episodes of game of thrones,the big bang theory,the vampire diaries,the walking dead and many more hit shows. Season 1, episode 10 march 20, 1995 the crew encounters a hedonistic alien race with the ability to travel through the galaxy at willan ability that may be the key to voyagers returning home. February 6, 1995 neelixs lungs are harvested by aliens intent on collecting body organs for their own purposesand the doctor robert picardo must use.