10 Star Trek: Voyager Episodes That Were Almost Completely Different 

The mental image of Seven having her legs blown off and begging for death is intensely traumatic… I’m glad that got scrapped

I was surprised there was no mention of the "Year of Hell" events originally envisioned as a many-episode (if not season-long) story-arc.

The idea of "a" Voyager appearing back home only to cause trouble because they were actually aliens of somesort actually sounds like a good idea, given that Earth (thourgh DS9 & the Dominion war) had already had issues with imposter beings, this imposter Voyager & crew being welcomed home with open arms and champagne flowing folloing their triumphant return from being MIA would be a hugely entertaining episode, and a right kick in the teeth for Starfleet in general... :P

LMAO I almost spat out my iced coffee when the coneheads came on screen. Well done. lol

Finally, a video dedicated to my favourite Star Trek series. And while we're here, why do I like Voyager best, you ask? Three reasons. One: It has the most interesting story line that runs through the entire series. Two: It's the first one with a female captain. Three: Naomi Wildman adds a sweetness to it. She's a real Missy. Translation: A little girl who's mature and smart for her age, and yet still super cute at heart.

Funny enough, the original Tuvix idea with him volunteering would have had a lot less "debate" about it

Its always a treat to see how these stories evolve.

Tuvix as originally written definitely wouldn't still have people talking about it 30 years later. And Mortal Coil made a good choice in using Neelix. Gave the character some depth, and the episode was really good.

The alternate version of In The Flesh sounds like it’d make an incredible movie. I like the episode we got but I would’ve loved to see the original idea make it somewhere

I wish we'd gotten more of what happened after Voyager made it home, it seemed so anticlimactic.

I am probably not the only one, but I heard the voice of that Romulan senator, and saw his face, as I read the thumbnail.

Currently working my way back through Voyager for the first time since it came out, so your timing on this vid was spot on. Thanks.

Now this is the kind of research i love. Reminds me of the great fanzine articles.

A planet alone in the darkness, that was some kind of tomb, would be a great episode or two. Frankly, this sounds like the plot to a movie. But it would just need more time to cook, rather than trying to chunk it out as just another episode.

I read that thumbnail in Senator Vreenak's angry hiss 😂

Would be interesting to see these put together as short stories in an anthology of what ifs

I still think that the year of hell should have actually taken up a whole season, it could have been magnificent, a real highlight of the whole franchise.

I'd want scientific method redone (that was the ep with the invisible aliens doing experiments and janeway getting crazier to the point of nearly killing the crew by going into a phenomenon to scare the aliens)

An interesting idea that I read in "Omni" magazine was that the Doctor was going to have the memory engrams of the actual doctor who died in the first episode. No one knows exactly where the idea came from, including people who worked on the show, but that could be a really interesting concept! It would definitely add a completely different spin to the doctor's arc. 🖖

Literally a list of some of my all time fave episodes!

I love your “10” videos Seán! They give us a look at what our classic Trek episodes could have been!

Imagine an episode of Discovery, where they are traveling through the mycelial network when suddenly someone hears a confused voice in the midst, and the pilot steers the ship towards the voice... It's Tuvix!

Man, that shot from Scorpion where Mulgrew is reacting to an impact to the cube -- it looks so bad. But I don't think it's her fault, it just looks like they didn't add nearly enough camera shake (and for not nearly as long). They all look silly without the shake! ;D

List suggestsion. Star Trek Actors Who Worked Behind The Camera

A number of S2 episodes for Voyager were holdovers filmed during S1 such as Projections where the Doctor is torn between whether he’s a hologram or actually Zimmerman. It puts him through multiple equally plausible scenarios before revealing it’s a clash of his program and his memories. Picardo really displays a serious range whenever his character gets a character challenge. Another comes from discovering his memories were modified to prevent him recalling a hologram equivalent of a mind break. Seven forces them to reconsider how to help him cope with the experience rather than lock the memories again. Voyager from time to time really did deliver thought provoking episodes.

A detail that doesn't get enough attention is the fact that Living Witness is *still* the chronologically last episode in the entire Star Trek franchise.

5:41 Irresponsible? I get mad about that because it's such a personal choice, and it can be shown in a beautiful light. Choosing death over illness and suffering isn't an "irresponsible" message if the decision is made in an informed and mentally sound way. I have a terminal illness, but I'm not sick yet. I don't know what's to come, but I certainly don't wanna be considered "irresponsible" if Io ever feel the need to make that choice.

8:29 Brilliant, Martin

The thumbnail with "FAAAAAKE!" pointing at a "Starship" is hysterical.

Life Signs was the first time I felt they could really push the EMH character to levels they didn't expect. Originally they expected Neelix to be the break out star, but Picardo just nailed the ostensibly dull role with such deadpan charisma, you just couldn't ignore the opportunities as a writer to explore that character.

Brilliant list!

Love this!!!

The writters were very insightful in regards cultural perspective. From native americans' point of view to viewing a mother kill its child. Very appropriate for its time.

Great show Sean

7:08 I can't help, but think that the "slipstream network" and the idea of trespassing thing influenced later vodwar episodes.

6: Voyager crew are duplicates? Well why not...they died a ton of times and most of them are from the alternate universe anyway. The real voyager blew up trying to protect the second one from the hunters...and then the timelines change, alternate events and stuff. It would have been would been a great tie in. I would explain a lot of things, why some of the crew behaved in a weird way, why Truvok defied Vulcan logic many times, why the EMH would burst out singing randomly. other than exploring humanity, why Janeway behaved rather erratically, and why Choaktay deciided to go after Seska, knowing it would be dangerous. There is a lot of things going on that made me feel they had been replaced, since man times they broke the rules and laws to suit themselves and put the crew in harm's way, just because. Yes, the crew being chanellings would be a perfect fit to everything. Changelling Seven of Nine kept Voyager from the Bajoran wormhole on purpose, since the war was going on. .

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

I like to assume the text on the thumbnail was a reference to DS9, and if so, well played :)

In an alternate universe, Janeway exclaims, "There is Tea, Earl Grey, Hot in that nebula!"

Who would have thought the episode "Living Witness" uniforms would be foresight into the future with Picard series uniforms

You guys are making lists like this but we still havent got top 10 episodes of voyager please give us that list

Thanks. 🖖🏻

While I too really dislike how the episode “Tuvix” ended, I do have an appreciation for the fact that Tuvix had to die for the gravitas of the episode not to have been lost. I think the reason that the episode carried such weight, and was unafraid to show it in all is distasteful g(l)ory, hinged on the fact that Tuvix had to die. My preferred ending would still involve Tuvix dying, but would have ended with Tuvok and Neelix on the holodeck, sitting on a park bench quietly exchanging their thoughts, and ultimately survivor guilt with one another. As both would retain the memories, and emotional memory of Tuvix, they would of course be glad that they were alive but still felt shame for the manner in which that life was given back to them. Neelix being a creature of emotion, would naturally struggle with the weight of the decision made, and would turn to Tuvok for some logic to make those feelings easier to deal with - Tuvok would explain the common misconception that Vulcans do not have emotions, and would correct that by explaining that the Vulcan need for logic is because they feel emotion that much stronger than other life forms and that it almost destroyed the Vulcan people. He would go on to say that he shares Neelix’s feelings every bit as deeply as Neelix does, but explain the logic behind Janeway’s decision, and that for the good of everyone else onboard she had to make an impossible decision. The episode would close out with the camera panning out and away from behind the pair, and as the fade to black occurs, we see Tuvok place a reassuring hand on Neelix’s shoulder. This I feel would have rounded out the episode nicely, and have given a little more closeness to Tuvok and Neelix’s relationship - rewatching every episode, ad-infinitum, the subtle nuances of the actors performances started to stand out, and apart from Neelix’s deep, romantic love for Janeway, the other thing that caught my attention was just how much (even very early on) one notices just how much Neelix is craving a little closeness and validation from someone who he admired greatly, Tuvok.

I saw the thumbnail and instantly thought of the DS9 Romulan who was mis-sold a holo recording. ITS A FAAAAKE. Then I instinctively knew Martin was the editor. But I watched this a week ago and didn't see any of the usual jokes or neat editing illustrations. So I had to watch again without blinking. That must be how I missed seeing the Horgon on the first two viewings. I like the old photo altered to show an 8472. And the newspaper too. And a viewing on a big TV screen finally showed me an NX Enterprise model in front of the Dancing Cochrane. Nice juxtaposition when Sean's voiceover talks about non-violence but the video shows violence. And the crawling terminator is excellent. I just didn't notice it the first time around.

I don't know if it counts but originally in Dark Frontier when 7 reactivates on the Queen's ship finding drones in front of her she was meant to have been back in her Borg attire but Jeri refused

Living witness is one of my favorites

As a Sevantha shipper I am very much relieved they didn't go with the killing Ensign Wildmam idea.

Wow! So many good and bad ideas were lost here!

Best Trek, best ship. Change my mind. Actually, don't even bother to try, you can't 😉

By "Fan Favorite" you mean its equally as beloved as the last episode of Star Vs

Tuvix deserved to live.

Things really can change, can't they. Good in some cases.

"Nr: 1 Tuvix" well that was quick lol

biggest unanswered question what if 2 transpporter clones get the tuvix treatment

The mere fact that transporter accidents happen and can be reversed means that they understand what’s happening and can replicate it. This also means that they have a recipe for creating some of the most over powered modified beings imaginable. Imagine making a fusion of species 8472 and an android like data. Completely resistant to all forms of technology, gravity, and the insane processing power and intelligence of the android. Or a changing and a douwd or an organian, a being made of pure energy that can turn into any state of matter and take any form imaginable, with the ability to absorb energy to grow in size to even the size of a solar system. Or even better fuse a q with some other species that has a specific weakness that can be exploited to take control of the q.

Re: Tuvix: Janeway did nothing wrong!

1 & 1

Tuvix freaked me out. Was it Murder to fix the accident? Was a new person created? like when Trip grew a spare... Well, I dunno, it just freaked me out, plus the character was freaky..

I never understood 'Night'. how is there a part of space that has no light? What is blocking the light form all the stars int eh Galaxy from being seen there? Even looking out from the very edge of the galaxy you would see the light of other galaxies. There may be large expanses in space that are void of stars, but this doesn't stop the light of the other stars from being seen.

Parallax was a mistake either way... by having B'Elanna become chief engineer so quickly, much of her potential character growth was completed in one episode. She spent the next seven years on a treadmill, trying to reconcile herself with her Klingon half over and over again. And the biggest thing Night got wrong was not quietly sticking a pip on Harry's collar. His seven years as an ensign was one of Voyager's stupidest elements.

Tuvix haunts my nightmares.

If they wanted to make Tuvix more darker, why not go Full Cronenberg with Body Horror

Life Signs is example of poor writting, that sadly plagued entire Voyager run. No wonder people praise Tuvix, for being one of boldest and best episodes of VOY. Just, compare those two. One serving you answer on silver plate, other letting you decide.

Wasn't there also an alternate version of Unimatrix Zero where Harry was assimilated (or at least captured)? I recall seeing some early draft photo of Harry on a surgical table with the Borg Queen standing over him. This was years ago, back when the episode had just come out, and I haven't seen that picture anywhere in the years since.

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With all the crew members dying on voyager … make me think they could have ran out of crew.

Oblivion is for me the saddest episode of all Star Treks I saw. All they were and lived vanished without letting a trace... This is why the ideia of dying haunts me since ever . . .

8:30 We are from France.

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3:11 Think you're missing a name here. (Bryan Fuller, right?)

So Tuvix could have had a much better ending? One with a noble sacrifice rather than a Captain ordering an innocent man to his death while the entire crew stands by? That's a tragedy.

*i'm still very annoyed (i'm being very polite here) by the tuvix ending as they could have taken his combined dna and then later cloned him either on the ship or once they got back to earth*

I’m still going to claim Janeway did nothing wrong in “killing” Tuvix. Tuvix was willing to let two people who had families die to save his own life.

2:09 - "The resolution comes from diplomacy rather than violence, which is far more in keeping with Janeway's character." Haha! That's what I love about TrekCulture, you're so funny! Captain Kathryn "Torpedoes, Full Spread" Janeway preferring to avoid violence, that's a good one! ...You were joking, right? ......Right? (Side note: if you haven't seen it, go watch the TazG2000 video, "The definitive Voyager torpedo inventory log". Apparently, Janeway loved firing torpedos so much, she was somehow able to shoot vastly more than they ever had, presumably through force of her own violent will.)

I thought in Scorpion the original intent was for Harry to die instead of Kes leaving.

A good video, but I found the mix of clips illustrating your narration and the clips from the episodes you're talking about confusing.

I'm not here to watch the video. I'm here because in the thumbnail, there is an arrow pointing at a part of the ship with the word "fake". You do realize its all fake...Right? LOL I feel like the Galaxy Quest theme should start playing here. ;)

Oh yes raven as shown far superior

Why would someone be so inhumane as to think that living in a diseased body is a 'proper' choice. If you are so affected by disease that you can't move or are in constant pain, I'm sure that most people would choose to live a short happy life unaffected by disease or pain. Who would think that people are less deserving of consideration, having a choice is a great consideration. Having someone die diseased and/or in pain seems the height of inhumanity, what an awful person.

This is where Star Trek ended for me. I loved this series. Nothing else captured the essence of it since.

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It’s a shame almost all of them had the big red reset button in them.

In the flesh was an abomination of an episode, it was bad enough when the writers emasculated the Borg, to do the same thing to species 8472 was unforgivable. In Scorpion, it is established that Species 8472s DNA is so dense that nothing can penetrate it, yet in in the flesh Tuvocs Vulcan neck pinch renders him unconscious. Again in Scorpion, one member of species 8472 wipes out 15 Borg cubes, but when one is captured in this end episode, he starts crying and commits suicide. The worst scene is when Janeway is talking to Boothby and asks if they have recreated her favourite coffee shop, it’s not Boothby, It’s a member of species 8472, and your asking about a f..king coffee shop.

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Should have just kept Tuvix. He wa smuch more interesting than either of the characters on their own

The writers did too many episode messing with Tuvok’s logic or the Tuvok/Neelix dynamic. Tuvox was the diarrhea icing on a giant poop cake of bad ideas.

I HATED Living Witness. It made no sense in continuity and never rectified. Like we know that Voyager made it home we know that that never happened. I don't think they even said it was an alternate universe / reality.

Jamie, isn’t that much of a diplomat. I’m not sure why you seem to point out in that one that she is. She’s probably one of the worst captains to ever sit in the seat. Not because she’s a woman because she makes some of the worst decisions. She committed murder several times throughout the show. And don’t get me started with the whole episode with Tuvix or however, you spell his name. She just flat out, murdered him. There’s no other way to look at that. They made it all you want. It is what it is. Just start the show. The destroying of the array made no sense. The caretaker had to use his special ability to activate the array. There’s no way anyone else could’ve used it but I’m sure voyager being what it was I would’ve done some sort of science mumbo-jumbo, and made it work. Lol.

Single biggest morally bad decision Janeway made with regards to a crewmate... killin Tuvix...murderer... love how the crew did NOTHING to protest either.🖖😁🤘🇨🇦

In Tuvix, Janeway committed murder. Plain and simple. Imagine you could bring back a mother who died while giving birth to her baby, if you kill the baby. No one would do it. Well, apart from Janeway obviously.

when talking about mortal coil you showed scenes from author author...

Every Tuvix dies. Did Tuvix ever really live?

Sure I'm in the minority, but I think Year of Hell is grossly overrated. Probably because I'd heard so much in advance about how great it was, it just didn't measure up to my resulting expectations. Time travel had become overused by the franchise by this point, so it was just one more time travel story. And thus didn't grab me. Of course it hit the reset button, so there was no impact from it. So it felt inconsequential.

Janeway did nothing wrong.

Good concept but the series was killed by poor scripts, Mulgrew’s wooden acting, too much Doctor and not enough use of Chakota who was the best actor and character. At least they got rid of Jenn Lein

All these years later people still take Janeway seriously. She never projected strength at all. If it wasn't for her plot armor the Borg Queen would have just killed her.

not liking the background music in this :(

These concepts are better than the actual episodes! What a disappointing series especially after the masterpiece that was DS9.

The whole Tuvix thing was just poor writing, nothing more. We all knew Tuvok and Neelix had to return, but instead of giving us a decent reason like an unstoppable degenerating cell structure with the only cure being separation, and the alternative being death....we got Janeway completely throwing her morality out the door and becoming a murderer with her whole crew save the doctor in tow. One of the worst decisions in ALL of Star Trek.

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