7.4/104,406 votes#1 - Caretaker
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/1995
Stardate: 48315.6. While in pursuit of a Maquis ship in a region of space known as the 'Badlands', Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew aboard Voyager and the Maquis ship are transported 70,000 light years from home into the uncharted region of the galaxy known as the Delta Quadrant.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller
7.1/102,499 votes#2 - 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
7.1/102,455 votes#3 - 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
7.1/102,358 votes#4 - Phage
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/1995
Stardate: 48532.4. During an away mission in the search for dilithium crystals, Neelix is attacked and his lungs are surgically removed by a disease-ridden race of aliens known as the Vidiians. His only hope for survival is if the crew of Voyager can get them back.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Brannon Braga
6.4/102,284 votes#5 - The Cloud
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/1995
Stardate: 48546.2. In the search for omicron particles to boost the ship's energy supplies, Voyager inadvertently injures a space-faring life form.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Brannon Braga, Michael Piller
8.2/102,622 votes#6 - 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
6.6/102,265 votes#7 - 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
6.7/102,238 votes#8 - Emanations
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/1995
Stardate: 48623.5. While investigating an asteroid belt containing a new element, Harry Kim is pulled into a 'subspace vacuole' and switched with a dead body. Soon after the body is revived the crew learn that the asteroid belt is the graveyard of an alien culture that transports its dead in the belief that they evolve into a higher state of consciousness. Harry's appearance on the homeworld begins to raise questions about the existence of their afterlife.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Brannon Braga
7.3/102,279 votes#9 - Prime Factors
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/1995
Stardate: 48642.5. Harry Kim discovers advanced technology when a race of aliens known as the Sikarans offer shore leave to the crew of Voyager. This would send Voyager 40,000 light years closer to home, however, the Sikarians' "Canon of Laws" forbids them from sharing their technology with anyone.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Michael Perricone, Eric A. Stillwell
7.6/102,223 votes#10 - 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
6.7/102,238 votes#11 - 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
6.6/102,084 votes#12 - 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
7.2/102,238 votes#13 - 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
7.2/102,183 votes#14 - Jetrel
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/15/1995
Stardate: 48832.1. The man, who designed the weapon that destroyed all life on the moon of his home world, including that of his family, diagnoses Neelix with a fatal illness.
Director: Kim Friedman
Writer: Kenneth Biller, Scott Nimerfro
7.0/102,114 votes#15 - 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.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias
The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 1
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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 4406 votes. Directed by Winrich Kolbe and written by Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, it aired on 1/16/1995. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Parallax".