The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(2932 votes)

   #1 - Death Wish

   S2:E182/19/1996

   Stardate: 49301.2. A suicidal Q threatens the future of the Q-Continuum after he requests asylum aboard Voyager.

   Director:James L. Conway

   Writer:Michael Piller

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   Director:James L. Conway

   Writer:Michael Piller
2. 

   8.2/10(2765 votes)

   #2 - Deadlock

   S2:E213/18/1996

   Stardate: 49548.7. An accident in a plasma cloud duplicates Voyager after they are attacked by the Vidiians. During the aftermath, the ship is severely damaged, Ensign Wildman's baby dies and Harry Kim is sucked into space through a hull breach.

   Director:David Livingston

   Writer:Brannon Braga

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   Director:David Livingston

   Writer:Brannon Braga
3. 

   7.8/10(2767 votes)

   #3 - Projections

   S2:E39/11/1995

   Stardate: 48892.1. The Emergency Medical Hologram is activated during a red alert and finds the ship has been abandoned after an unknown emergency. As he explores, evidence mounts that the Doctor may in fact be the only real human in a holo-program called Voyager.

   Director:Jonathan Frakes

   Writer:Brannon Braga

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   Director:Jonathan Frakes

   Writer:Brannon Braga
4. 

   7.8/10(2625 votes)

   #4 - Meld

   S2:E162/5/1996

   Stardate: Unknown. In order to help out Lon Suder, a psychopath who killed a crewmember, Tuvok performs a mind meld. Soon after, he begins showing violent tendencies, which develop until he loses control.

   Director:Cliff Bole

   Writers:Michael Sussman, Michael Piller

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   Director:Cliff Bole

   Writers:Michael Sussman, Michael Piller
5. 

   7.7/10(2968 votes)

   #5 - Tuvix

   S2:E245/6/1996

   Stardate: 49655.2. A transporter accident merges Tuvok and Neelix into one new being who calls himself 'Tuvix.'

   Director:Cliff Bole

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Cliff Bole

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   7.6/10(2361 votes)

   #6 - Investigations

   S2:E203/13/1996

   Stardate: 49485.2. After weeks of erratic behavior, Tom Paris leaves Voyager and joins a Talaxian convoy.

   Director:Les Landau

   Writer:Jeri Taylor

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   Director:Les Landau

   Writer:Jeri Taylor
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7. 

   7.6/10(2334 votes)

   #7 - Basics (1)

   S2:E265/20/1996

   Stardate: Unknown. Voyager receives a distress signal from Seska, who claims that Maje Cullah is going to take her baby away from her, a baby she says is Chakotay's. Chakotay is skeptical, but can't take the risk of abandoning his child, should it really prove to be his. Janeway authorises a mission to rescue Chakotay's child and the ship moves deep into Kazon Nistrim territory. However: was Seska for real, or is this all an elaborate trap?

   Director:Winrich Kolbe

   Writer:Michael Piller

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   Director:Winrich Kolbe

   Writer:Michael Piller
8. 

   7.5/10(2505 votes)

   #8 - Prototype

   S2:E131/15/1996

   Stardate: Unknown. After finding and repairing a robot found drifting in space, B'Elanna is abducted and forced to design a new prototype or Voyager will be destroyed.

   Director:Jonathan Frakes

   Writer:Nicholas Corea

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   Director:Jonathan Frakes

   Writer:Nicholas Corea
9. 

   7.5/10(2468 votes)

   #9 - Dreadnought

   S2:E172/12/1996

   Stardate: 49447. When Voyager encounters a Cardassian missile ship in the Delta Quadrant named 'Dreadnought', B'Elanna must disarm it before it destroys a planet with millions of innocent people.

   Director:LeVar Burton

   Writer:Gary Holland

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   Director:LeVar Burton

   Writer:Gary Holland
10. 

    7.5/10(2450 votes)

    #10 - Lifesigns

    S2:E192/26/1996

    Stardate: 46504.3. After receiving a Vidiian patient who is about to die from the Phage, the doctor transfers her consciousness into the ship's computer and creates a holographic body. He soon finds himself becoming deeply attracted to her.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Kenneth Biller

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    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Kenneth Biller
11. 

    7.3/10(2894 votes)

    #11 - The 37's

    S2:E18/28/1995

    Stardate: 48975.1. The crew happen upon a 1936 Ford truck adrift in space, leading to the discovery of a cryogenic chamber of humans abducted in the 1930s, including Amelia Earhart.

    Directors:James L. Conway, Winrich Kolbe

    Writers:Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor

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    Directors:James L. Conway, Winrich Kolbe

    Writers:Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor
12. 

    7.2/10(2296 votes)

    #12 - Alliances

    S2:E141/22/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. Janeway tries to make an alliance with a Kazon sect for their own protection and so they can continue their journey through the Delta Quadrant.

    Director:Les Landau

    Writer:Jeri Taylor

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    Director:Les Landau

    Writer:Jeri Taylor
13. 

    7.2/10(2375 votes)

    #13 - Resolutions

    S2:E255/13/1996

    Stardate: 49690.1. When Captain Janeway and Chakotay contract an incurable virus they are left on a planet that shield them from its effects. While Janeway searches for a cure, she begins to form a deeper relationship with her first officer. Onboard Voyager, Tuvok, who is now in command, faces a near mutiny.

    Directors:Alexander Singer, Winrich Kolbe

    Writers:Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller

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    Directors:Alexander Singer, Winrich Kolbe

    Writers:Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller
14. 

    7.1/10(2828 votes)

    #14 - The Thaw

    S2:E234/29/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. The crew of Voyager encounters a planet that has recently entered an ice age. They discover a series of stasis chambers where a small group of people are mentally connected to an artificial environment that turned horribly wrong.

    Director:Marvin V. Rush

    Writer:Joe Menosky

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    Director:Marvin V. Rush

    Writer:Joe Menosky
15. 

    7.0/10(2353 votes)

    #15 - Cold Fire

    S2:E1011/13/1995

    Stardate: 49164.8. The crew of Voyager make contact with the Caretaker's mate, Suspiria, and a community of Ocampa that have been living on her Array. One of the Ocampa begins to train Kes in growing her psychic abilities, but pushes her to become more powerful than she can control.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Brannon Braga

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    Writer:Brannon Braga
16. 

    7.0/10(2276 votes)

    #16 - Maneuvers

    S2:E1111/20/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. After the Kazon steal some Federation technology Chakotay goes after them on his own and is captured.

    Director:David Livingston

    Writer:Kenneth Biller

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    Director:David Livingston

    Writer:Kenneth Biller
17. 

    6.9/10(2496 votes)

    #17 - Twisted

    S2:E610/2/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Voyager enters a spatial distortion ring, which causes the ship’s layout to shift in confusing ways.

    Director:Kim Friedman

    Writer:Kenneth Biller

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    Director:Kim Friedman

    Writer:Kenneth Biller
18. 

    6.9/10(2403 votes)

    #18 - Resistance

    S2:E1211/27/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Tuvok and B'Elanna are captured and imprisoned after an away mission to obtain a chemical vital to Voyager's systems from a black market go wrong. Janeway is knocked unconscious and is rescued by a man who believes that she is his daughter.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

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19. 

    6.7/10(2510 votes)

    #19 - Non Sequitur

    S2:E59/25/1995

    Stardate: 49011. Harry Kim arises one morning to find he is back in San Francisco on Earth with his girlfriend Libby. In order to help him restore reality, he enlists the help of a shady figure in France by the name of Tom Paris, who has no idea who Harry is.

    Director:David Livingston

    Writer:Brannon Braga

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    Director:David Livingston

    Writer:Brannon Braga
20. 

    6.7/10(2339 votes)

    #20 - Persistence of Vision

    S2:E810/30/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Captain Janeway starts seeing characters and objects from her holo-novel around the ship. Soon afterwards the crew begins entering a catatonic state one by one, while only Kes and the Doctor remain unaffected.

    Director:James L. Conway

    Writer:Jeri Taylor

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    Director:James L. Conway

    Writer:Jeri Taylor
21. 

    6.7/10(2411 votes)

    #21 - Innocence

    S2:E224/8/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. When Tuvok crashes on a moon, he discovers three small children who believe they are about to die.

    Director:James L. Conway

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    6.5/10(2434 votes)

    #22 - Initiations

    S2:E29/4/1995

    Stardate: 49005.3. A young Kazon, desperate to prove himself and earn his name, tries to attack Chakotay.

    Directors:David Livingston, Winrich Kolbe

    Writers:Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller

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    Directors:David Livingston, Winrich Kolbe

    Writers:Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller
23. 

    6.4/10(2311 votes)

    #23 - Parturition

    S2:E710/9/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Tom Paris and Neelix, while fighting over Kes’s affections, crash-land on a dangerous planet and become responsible for a sickly baby creature.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes

    Writer:Tom Szollosi

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    Director:Jonathan Frakes

    Writer:Tom Szollosi
24. 

    6.1/10(2430 votes)

    #24 - Tattoo

    S2:E911/6/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Upon discovering a cultural symbol drawn in the ground on a planet that was used by his ancestors to 'heal the land', Chakotay tries to contact the beings his tribe called the 'Sky Spirits.'

    Director:Alexander Singer

    Writers:Larry Brody, Michael Piller

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    Director:Alexander Singer

    Writers:Larry Brody, Michael Piller
25. 

    5.8/10(2440 votes)

    #25 - Elogium

    S2:E49/18/1995

    Stardate: 48921.3. While the crew of Voyager investigate a cluster of space-borne life forms, Kes begins exhibiting strange intense symptoms.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Unknown