Star Trek Voyager fifth season

Star Trek Voyager season 5

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Night / season 5 - episode 1
written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
directed by David Livingston
music by Jay Chattaway
The crew of the USS Voyager is unsettled as a secluded and conflicted Captain Janeway reflects on the decision she's made along the mission and the consequences those judgements have had for them all. But soon the team of the USS Voyager encounters two never before seen alien species a nocturnal alien and its foe, the Malon and knows that one will not survive without their intervention. Knowing that coming to their aid makes a detour through dark, desolate space necessary, the captain alone must once again determine her crew's fate.

Drone / season 5 - episode 2
teleplay by Bryan Fuller, Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
story by Bryan Fuller and Harry "Doc" Kloor
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy
There's a sudden emergence of a dangerous new lifeform aboard the USS Voyager a Superborg after The Doctor's 29th century mobile emitter technology mysteriously fuses with Seven of Nine's Borg nanoprobes. Seven has to take a mentor role in making sure that this drone's allegiances are to the crew. The 24th century Borg Collective become aware of the existence of the futuristic drone and come looking for it, leaving it up to Janeway to protect Seven and the Doctor's "child" from the Collective.

Extreme Risk / season 5 - episode 3
written by Kenneth Biller
directed by Cliff Bole
music by David Bell
Torres' crewmates are alarmed when she repeatedly engages in reckless activity including orbital skydiving. Meanwhile, after the USS Voyager directs its probe into a hazardous atmosphere, protecting it from a Malon freighter, Lt. Paris launches a newly constructed, all environment shuttlecraft, to retrieve it.

In the Flesh / season 5 - episode 4
written by Nick Sagan
directed by David Livingston
music by Jay Chattaway
The USS Voyager discovers that Species 8472 has created a habitat simulation of Starfleet's San Francisco Yards, and are training their own to pose as humans to eventually invade Earth.

Once Upon A Time / season 5 - episode 5
written by Michael Taylor
directed by John Kretchmer
music by David Bell
Voyager searches for the crash-landed Delta Flyer and its crew, Lt. Paris, Tuvok, Ensign and Samantha Wildman, Neelix helps the littlest crewmember, Naomi Wildman, cope without her mother. Together, they are kept occupied by the odd character's in Naomi's storybook holonovel, the classic Adventures of Flotter, but Neelix soon decides that a starship is no place for a child.

Timeless / season 5 - episode 6
teleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
story by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
directed by LeVar Burton
music by Dennis McCarthy
Fifteen years after the Starship U.S.S. Voyager crashes into a desolate ice planet, Commander Chakotay and former Ensign Harry Kim, sole survivors of the tragedy, steal the Delta Flyer from a Federation shipyard and return to the U.S.S. Voyager's frozen hull. Aided by Chakotay's striking love interest, Lieutenant Tessa Omond, Chakotay and Kim are hotly pursued fugitives with hope that somewhere embedded beneath the ice, they'll retrieve the only tools they believe can change the fate of their long-dead fellow crew members.

Infinite Regress / season 5 - episode 7
teleplay by Robert J. Doherty
story by Robert J. Doherty and Jimmy Diggs
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
Mysteriously, the U.S.S. Voyager comes upon a floating Borg Vinculum - a device that interconnects Drone's minds aboard a Borg vessel - which swiftly causes Seven of Nine to manifest personalities other than her own including that of a Klingon warrior, a Ferengi, and a six-year-old human girl. Janeway is crushed to learn that before Tuvok, The Doctor and she can intervene, Seven may be completely lost.

Nothing Human / season 5 - episode 8
written by Jeri Taylor
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
After Torres is stricken by a bizarre, injured alien that latches itself onto her body, The Doctor creates another holographic physician, a Cardassian exobiologist named Dr. Crell Moset, to save her life. But Torres refuses treatment when it's learned that the physician engaged in unethical wartime medical practices.

Thirty Days / season 5 - episode 9
teleplay by Kenneth Biller
story by Scott Miller
directed by Wilrich Kolbe
music by Paul Baillargeon
The U.S.S. Voyager makes a fascinating discovery, a massive ocean floating in space and populated by the Moneans, a maritime alien species. When Janeway learns that the Monean's deep sea home is losing containment, she offers Starfleet technological assistance, a modified, now seaworthy Delta Flyer piloted by an eager Lieutentant Tom Paris.

Counterpoint / season 5 - episode 10
written by Michael Taylor
directed by Les Landau
music by Jay Chattaway
As the U.S.S. Voyager rescues two families of telepathic alien refugees from the Devore Imperium, they are intercepted by a Devore squadron and boarded by inspectors searching for the defectors. Soon Kashyk, the lead Devore officer pleads with Janeway to grant him asylum.

Latent Image / season 5 - episode 11
teleplay by Joe Menosky
story by Eileen Connors
directed by Mike Vejar
music by Paul Baillargeon
While employing his holo-imaging device, The Doctor discovers that his short term memory buffer has been tampered with and fervently initiates an investigation to find the person or thing responsible for the corruption.

Bride of Chaotica / season 5 - episode 12
teleplay by Bryan Fuller & Michael Taylor
story by Bryan Fuller
directed by Allan Kroeker
music by Paul Baillargeon
Armed conflict erupts when aliens from the Fifth Dimension mistake Lieutenant Paris' "Captain Proton" holographic novel for reality. The aliens consider the novel's main character, the evil Dr. Chaotica, to be a threat so they knock Voyager's controls off-line. Janeway is forced to assume the role of the story's powerful Arachnia, Queen of the Spider People, and infiltrate Chaotica's Fortress of Doom.

Gravity / season 5 - episode 13
teleplay by Nick Sagan & Bryan Fuller
story by Jimmy Diggs, Nick Sagan & Bryan Fuller
directed by Terry Windell
music by Dennis McCarthy
A shuttle carrying Tuvok, Paris and the Doctor disappears into a collapsing sinkhole and crash lands on a deserted wasteland. While Voyager tries to rescue them from this risky area of space, the Away Team befriends Noss, an exotic alien woman who's also trapped on the planet. Soon, she falls in love with Tuvok and although it's illogical for a Vulcan, he finds himself attracted to her too.

Bliss / season 5 - episode 14
teleplay by Robert J. Doherty
story by Bill Prady
directed by Cliff Bole
music by Dennis McCarthy
Finally, after five long years, an exhilarated crew of the U.S.S. Voyager finds a wormhole that will bring them back to the Alpha Quadrant. As the happy crew prepares to return to Earth, a skeptical Seven of Nine violates captain's orders and enlists The Doctor, little Naomi Wildman and an alien pilot, Qatai, to help her stop the ship from entering the wormhole.

Dark Frontier (1) / season 5 - episode 15
written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
directed by Cliff Bole
music by David Bell
The crew of the U.S.S. Voyager successfully defeats a vessel of its most powerful enemy, the Borg. After they examine the debris, Captain Janeway launches an ambitious, high risk mission to invade another Borg sphere and steal Borg technology. But the Captain may have underestimated the Borg, which quickly detects her plan, swiftly accesses Seven's neutral transceiver and makes an "offer" she cannot refuse - rejoin the Borg hive and Voyager will be spared destruction.

Dark Frontier (2) / season 5 - episode 16
written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
directed by Terry Windell
music by David Bell
Meanwhile, Captain Janeway, mystified at Seven's apparent betrayal prepares an away team for a daring rescue. The rescue attempt leads to a vicious showdown with the Borg Queen!

The Disease / season 5 - episode 17
teleplay by Michael Taylor
story by Kenneth Biller
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
Without Starfleet medical clearance and in violation of interspecies protocol, Ensign Harry Kim has a passionate love affair with an exotic alien explorer, Derran Tal of the Varro species. But the escapade puts both the Voyager crew and the Varro species in Jeopardy when Kim and Tal become biochemically interdependent.

Course: Oblivion / season 5 - episode 18
teleplay by Bryan Fuller & Nick Sagan
story by Bryan Fuller
directed by Anson Williams
music by Paul Baillargeon
Lieutenants Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres tie the knot but their holographic honeymoon is cut short by a phenomenon that breaks down the U.S.S. Voyager's infrastructure and disintegrates not only the ship but the crew.

The Fight / season 5 - episode 19
teleplay by Joe Menosky
story by Michael Taylor
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Jay Chattaway
Trapped in a chaotic area of space, Voyager’s only means of escape is if Chakotay can communicate with the race of aliens who live there. We discover that Chakotay was in a boxing ring on the holodeck when the ring became distorted and he was knocked unconscious, causing him to hallucinate about the boxing ring. The Doctor discovered that a hidden genetic disorder had been triggered in the commander. Meanwhile, Voyager had come upon a damaged alien ship, its crew members having suffered the same condition as Chakotay.

Think Tank / season 5 - episode 20
teleplay by Michael Taylor
story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga
directed by Terrence O'Hara
music by Jay Chattaway
In the midst of a clash with the Hazari bounty hunters, Janeway is offered assistance from a "think tank," a small yet exotic alien ship containing disparate life forms, each able to communicate telepathically. Their spokesperson, Kurros, offers to help solve the dilemma with the Hazari, only in exchange for Seven of Nine as payment. When Seven declines their "offer," the think tank focuses on taking her by force.

Juggernaut / season 5 - episode 21
teleplay by Bryan Fuller and Nick Sagan
story by Bryan Fuller
directed by Allan Kroeker
music by Dennis McCarthy
The U.S.S. Voyager rescues two crewmen from an abandoned, out of control Malon freighter that's about to unleash a theta radiation blast into the sector. Soon, Lieutenant Torres leads an away team to board the freighter and contain the poison - despite warnings from its crewman, Fesek and Pelk, about the Angel of Decay that wreaks havoc aboard the cargo ship.

Someone to Watch Over Me / season 5 - episode 22
teleplay by Michael Taylor and Kenneth Biller
story by Brannon Braga
directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
music by Dennis McCarthy
To broaden her knowledge of human behavior, Seven of NIne gets lessons from The Doctor on socializing and dating rituals. When they enter a holodeck simulation in Sandrine's nightclub, Seven not only learns the art of small talk, but how to slow dance and sing a song. Eventually, she makes a date with Lieutenant Lansing but it's The Doctor who falls in love with Seven. Meanwhile, during a tour to help facilitate a trade agreement with the monastic Kadi colony, Neelix unwittingly provides their ambassador, Tomin, with forbidden food an drink.

11:59 / season 5 - episode 23
teleplay by Joe Menosky
story by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
directed by Ron Surma
music by David Bell
Captain Janeway reminisces about her ancestor Shannon O'Donnel, the first of her family's long line of explorers and one who helped build the Millennium Gate on Earth. As Janeway relates the story, the episode revisits the town of Portage Creek on New Year's Eve 1999, as Shannon O'Donnel (played by Kate Mulgrew) nears the deadline to convince the town's last holdout, local bookstore owner Henry Janeway, to approve the building of massive, half a mile high Milliennium Gate, a model for the first colony on Mars.

Relativity / season 5 - episode 24
teleplay by Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan and Michael Taylor
story by Nick Sagan
directed by Allan Eastman
music by Dennis McCarthy
In an episode that revisits Janeway's first day aboard the U.S.S. Voyager and then fast forwards 500 years beyond it when her ship is destroyed, Captain Braxton of the 29th century Federation Timeship Relativity contacts Seven of Nine to go back in time to solve the mystery of who planted the "temporal disrupter" which ultimately destroyed the U.S.S. Voyager. But when the new starship captain, Janeway, catches the mysterious Seven aboard the brand new U.S.S. Voyager, she detains her, an interference that could contaminate the time-line.

Warhead / season 5 - episode 25
teleplay by Michael Taylor and Kenneth Biller
story by Brannon Braga
directed by John Kretchmer
music by Jay Chattaway
After the U.S.S. Voyager receives a distress signal from an alien missile, Ensign Kim, Torres and The Doctor determine that it's a complex, damaged weapon with artificial intelligence and sentient consciousness. But when they beam this mysterious device aboard, it interlinks with The Doctor's program and through him, insists the U.S.S. Voyager enable it to fulfill its mission of mass destruction.

Equinox (1) / season 5 - episode 26
teleplay by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
story by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
directed by David Livingston
music by Jay Chattaway
The U.S.S. Voyager finds another Federation starship lost in the Delta Quadrant, the science vessel U.S.S. Equinox, and helps it stave off an attack by creatures from another spatial realm. Captain Janeway now has a kindred spirit in its commander, Captain John Ransom, and helps him salvage his war-torn vessel so they can journey home together. But when The Doctor retrieves data from the U.S.S. Equinox research lab, Janeway learns the hard truth that Captain Ransom has seriously violated the Starfleet oath by commiting mass murder in the Delta Quadrant.

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