11:59
- Episode aired May 5, 1999
- TV-PG
- 46m
Capt. Janeway recalls her ancestor, Shannon O'Donnell, with great reverence, but historical records don't back up the family story.Capt. Janeway recalls her ancestor, Shannon O'Donnell, with great reverence, but historical records don't back up the family story.Capt. Janeway recalls her ancestor, Shannon O'Donnell, with great reverence, but historical records don't back up the family story.
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was inspired by an undeveloped Q episode for Star Trek: Voyager, thought up by John de Lancie who played Q, and was originally to have included a recurring character from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Guinan.
- GoofsNeelix erroneously states at the beginning of the episode that the Great Wall of China is visible from space. This mistaken belief dates to well before satellites were even invented.
- Quotes
Henry Janeway: You know, I was born in the wrong millennium.
Shannon O'Donnell: I'll stick with the modern age.
Henry Janeway: The classical age. Greatest literature mankind ever produced.
Shannon O'Donnell: No antibiotics.
Henry Janeway: Families that take care of one another.
Shannon O'Donnell: No cars.
Henry Janeway: Air you can breathe.
Shannon O'Donnell: No telephones.
Henry Janeway: What a pleasure.
Shannon O'Donnell: Shorter lifespans.
Henry Janeway: Lives that were worth living.
Shannon O'Donnell: No cold beer!
Henry Janeway: There you got me.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Enterprise: Carbon Creek (2002)
Voyager meets a new species every other week but rarely learns anything about them that's not necessary for the action plot. A short brainstorming session could develop far better stories. Just a few episodes ago we met Species 8472. Imagine the stories that could have been created if that was developed over 2 episodes. If the crew had to really prove that humans are not a war mongering species that needs to be wiped out. Species 8472 knows our history and shows examples of our bad nature while the crew needs to explain these, perhaps reenact them to show why they happened. Or show good things. Or simply be an exploration of Species 8472, learning what life is like in fluidic space, finding similarities and differences. Janeway could meet their leaders in fluidic space. Or, before that, we met a race that was trying to harness the omega molecule. We could help them change their power source and have interesting stories along the way.
We have entire series and movies that are based on human stories, that are so much better than this.
This was a colossal waste of time & resources. A 100% story episode should be far far better.
- wwcanoer-tech
- Nov 6, 2021
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3