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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 1

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Every episode of Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 1!

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...
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  • Eye of the Needle
    8.2/10(2,688)
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    #1 - Eye of the Needle

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 2/20/1995

    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

    Writer: Jeri Taylor, Hilary Bader

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  • State of Flux
    7.6/10(2,273)
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    #2 - State of Flux

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 4/10/1995

    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

    Writer: Chris Abbott, Paul Robert Coyle

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  • Caretaker
    7.4/10(4,472)
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    #3 - Caretaker

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 1/16/1995

    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

    Writer: Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller

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  • Prime Factors
    7.3/10(2,333)
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    #4 - Prime Factors

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 3/20/1995

    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

    Writer: Michael Perricone, Eric A. Stillwell

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  • Parallax
    7.2/10(2,548)
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    #5 - Parallax

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 1/23/1995

    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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  • Faces
    7.2/10(2,280)
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    #6 - Faces

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 5/8/1995

    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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  • Jetrel
    7.2/10(2,222)
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    #7 - Jetrel

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 5/15/1995

    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

    Writer: Kenneth Biller, Scott Nimerfro

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  • Time and Again
    7.1/10(2,508)
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    #8 - Time and Again

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 1/30/1995

    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

    Writer: Michael Piller, David Kemper

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  • Phage
    7.1/10(2,405)
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    #9 - Phage

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 2/6/1995

    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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  • Learning Curve
    7.0/10(2,148)
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    #10 - Learning Curve

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 5/22/1995

    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

    Writer: Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias

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  • Emanations
    6.7/10(2,283)
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    #11 - Emanations

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 3/13/1995

    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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  • Heroes and Demons
    6.7/10(2,289)
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    #12 - Heroes and Demons

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 4/24/1995

    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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  • Ex Post Facto
    6.6/10(2,317)
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    #13 - Ex Post Facto

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 2/27/1995

    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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  • Cathexis
    6.6/10(2,126)
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    #14 - Cathexis

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 5/1/1995

    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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  • The Cloud
    6.4/10(2,331)
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    #15 - The Cloud

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 2/13/1995

    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

    Writer: Brannon Braga, Michael Piller

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Eye of the Needle" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 2688 votes. Directed by Winrich Kolbe and written by Jeri Taylor, Hilary Bader, it aired on 2/20/1995. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "State of Flux".