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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 1

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 1 - Caretaker
    7.4/10(4689 votes)

    #1 - Caretaker

    S1:E1

    Stardate: 48315.6. The USS Voyager, led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, is sent into the dangerous Badlands in pursuit of a Maquis ship, only for both ships to find themselves 70,000 light years from home in the uncharted Delta Quadrant.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller

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  2. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 2 - Parallax
    7.2/10(2746 votes)

    #2 - Parallax

    S1:E2

    Stardate: 48439.7. As the Maquis crewmembers begin to integrate themselves into the Starfleet crew, Voyager becomes trapped in a quantum singularity.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  3. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 3 - Time and Again
    7.1/10(2700 votes)

    #3 - Time and Again

    S1:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. After being hit by the shockwave of a devastating planet-wide explosion, Voyager investigates. While on the surface, Janeway and Paris are accidentally 'shifted' one day into the past.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writers:Michael Piller, David Kemper

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  4. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 4 - Phage
    7.1/10(2587 votes)

    #4 - Phage

    S1:E4

    Stardate: 48532.4. During an away mission, Neelix is attacked and his lungs are surgically removed. His only hope for survival is if the crew of Voyager can get them back.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  5. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 5 - The Cloud
    6.4/10(2512 votes)

    #5 - The Cloud

    S1:E5

    Stardate: 48546.2. Janeway tries to figure out what her dynamic with the crew should be while all stuck in the Delta Quadrant together. Voyager tries to harvest omicron particles to refuel the ship, but inadvertently injures a spacefaring organism.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Michael Piller

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  6. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 6 - Eye of the Needle
    8.2/10(2898 votes)

    #6 - Eye of the Needle

    S1:E6

    Stardate: 48579.4. The discovery of a wormhole leading to the Alpha Quadrant elates the crew, however, their only contact within range is a skeptical and paranoid Romulan.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Hilary Bader, Jeri Taylor

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  7. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 7 - Ex Post Facto
    6.6/10(2500 votes)

    #7 - Ex Post Facto

    S1:E7

    Stardate: Unknown. Tom Paris is accused of a murder he claims he did not commit. His sentence is to re-live the last few moments of his victim's life every 14 hours through a memory transplant.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Michael Piller

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  8. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 8 - Emanations
    6.7/10(2460 votes)

    #8 - Emanations

    S1:E8

    Stardate: 48623.5. A transporter accident swaps Harry Kim with a dying woman from another dimension. Harry finds himself among aliens who believe he’s returned from their afterlife, while the woman, expecting paradise, wakes up on the Voyager.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  9. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 9 - Prime Factors
    7.3/10(2510 votes)

    #9 - Prime Factors

    S1:E9

    Stardate: 48642.5. The Voyager crew are offered luxurious shore leave by the advanced and gregarious Sikarians, who have a device that could send Voyager 40,000 light years closer to home. However, Sikarian law strictly prohibits sharing their technology with others.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writers:Eric A. Stillwell, Michael Perricone

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  10. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 10 - State of Flux
    7.6/10(2444 votes)

    #10 - State of Flux

    S1:E10

    Stardate: 48658.2. When stolen Federation technology is found on a severely damaged Kazon Nistrim ship, Seska becomes the prime suspect. The evidence is further reinforced when questions arise regarding her true heritage.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writers:Chris Abbott, Paul Robert Coyle

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  11. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 11 - Heroes and Demons
    6.7/10(2473 votes)

    #11 - Heroes and Demons

    S1:E11

    Stardate: 48693.2. Harry Kim disappears from the holodeck during his holo-novel, "Beowulf." According to the characters, he died at the hands of a mystical beast known as "Grendel". When Chakotay and Tuvok also disappear, the Doctor is transferred to the holodeck to investigate.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  12. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 12 - Cathexis
    6.6/10(2296 votes)

    #12 - Cathexis

    S1:E12

    Stardate: 48734.2. After Chakotay and Tuvok are injured in a shuttle accident, a non-corporeal life form begins to wreak havoc on Voyager by infiltrating the minds of the crew and altering the ship's systems one by one.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  13. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 13 - Faces
    7.2/10(2469 votes)

    #13 - Faces

    S1:E13

    Stardate: 48784.2. The Vidiians capture Paris, Torres and Durst while on an away mission. Torres is taken to a lab and 'split' into two people: one human, and one Klingon.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Kenneth Biller

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  14. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 14 - Jetrel
    7.2/10(2417 votes)

    #14 - Jetrel

    S1:E14

    Stardate: 48832.1. The inventor of a weapon that slaughtered Neelix’s people contacts Neelix to warn of a fatal disease he may have contracted as a side effect.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writers:Scott Nimerfro, Kenneth Biller

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  15. Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 Episode 15 - Learning Curve
    7.0/10(2316 votes)

    #15 - Learning Curve

    S1:E15

    Stardate: 48846.5. In order to bring some rebellious Maquis crewmembers into line, Tuvok gives them a Starfleet Academy crash course. Meanwhile, the crew investigate a series of failures affecting the Voyager’s bio-neural systems.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writers:Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Caretaker" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 4689 votes. Directed by Winrich Kolbe and written by Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, it aired on 1/16/1995. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Parallax".