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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 2

Every episode of Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 2!

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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The 37's" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 2476 votes. Directed by Winrich Kolbe, James L. Conway and written by Jeri Taylor, Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller, it aired on 8/28/1995. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Initiations".

  • The 37's
    7.3/102,476 votes

    #1 - The 37's

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/28/1995

    Stardate: 48975.1. After discovering a 1936 Ford truck from Earth floating in space Voyager discovers a series of cryo-statis chambers containing abductees from Earth during the 1930's, including Amelia Earhart and her navigator.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe, James L. Conway

    Writer: Jeri Taylor, Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller

  • Initiations
    6.5/102,092 votes

    #2 - Initiations

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/1995

    Stardate: 49005.3. A young Kazon trying to earn his name and place among his people kidnaps Chakotay.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe, David Livingston

    Writer: Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller

  • Projections
    7.8/102,395 votes

    #3 - Projections

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/1995

    Stardate: 48892.1. When the Doctor is activated during a Red Alert, he learns that the ship has been abandoned, and that only B'Elanna Torres and an injured Captain Janeway are left on board. Soon afterwards, Lt. Barclay appears and tells him that his entire time on Voyager is an elaborate simulation, and he's really a holo-engineer by the name of Zimmerman on Jupiter station in the Alpha Quadrant, who has been trapped on a holodeck for six hours. If he does not destroy Voyager's warp core and end the program soon he will die.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Brannon Braga

  • Elogium
    5.8/102,100 votes

    #4 - Elogium

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/1995

    Stardate: 48921.3. When the crew of Voyager investigate a cluster of space-borne life forms, Kes is forced into a stage in her life known as the 'Elogium.' This is the only time in her life when she can have a family.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A

  • Non Sequitur
    6.7/102,174 votes

    #5 - Non Sequitur

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/1995

    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

  • Twisted
    6.9/102,145 votes

    #6 - Twisted

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. A spatial distortion ring begins to reconfigure the internal layout of Voyager. With the crew unable to get to vital systems, and the captain injured after coming into contact with the anomaly, the ship is slowly twisted as the ring implodes and endangers the crew.

    Director: Kim Friedman

    Writer: Kenneth Biller

  • Parturition
    6.4/101,996 votes

    #7 - Parturition

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. When Neelix and Paris find themselves trapped on a planet dubbed 'Planet Hell', they become the unwilling parents of an infant alien that is near death. In the meantime, a ship appears and begins attacking Voyager.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Tom Szollosi

  • Persistence of Vision
    6.8/102,029 votes

    #8 - Persistence of Vision

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1995

    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

  • Tattoo
    6.1/102,086 votes

    #9 - Tattoo

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1995

    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

    Writer: Larry Brody, Michael Piller

  • Cold Fire
    7.0/102,029 votes

    #10 - Cold Fire

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1995

    Stardate: 49164.8. The crew of Voyager make contact with the Caretaker's mate, Suspiria. Kes meets with the descendants of other Ocampa on Suspiria's array that left the homeworld over 300 years ago. Soon, her mental abilities begin to grow to a point where she can no longer control them, and nearly kills Tuvok in the process.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Brannon Braga

  • Maneuvers
    7.1/101,965 votes

    #11 - Maneuvers

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1995

    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

  • Resistance
    6.9/102,062 votes

    #12 - Resistance

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1995

    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: N/A

  • Prototype
    7.5/102,160 votes

    #13 - Prototype

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1996

    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

  • Alliances
    7.2/101,989 votes

    #14 - Alliances

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1996

    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

  • Threshold
    5.3/102,494 votes

    #15 - Threshold

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. After finding a type of dilithium that can survive at a higher temperatures, Tom Paris comes up with the ingenious idea of attempting to cross the transwarp threshold in an attempt to find a way to get home faster.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: N/A

  • Meld
    7.8/102,275 votes

    #16 - Meld

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1996

    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

    Writer: Michael Sussman, Michael Piller

  • Dreadnought
    7.5/102,133 votes

    #17 - Dreadnought

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1996

    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

  • Death Wish
    8.3/102,534 votes

    #18 - Death Wish

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1996

    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

  • Lifesigns
    7.5/102,109 votes

    #19 - Lifesigns

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1996

    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

  • Investigations
    7.6/102,031 votes

    #20 - Investigations

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1996

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

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Jeri Taylor

  • Deadlock
    8.2/102,391 votes

    #21 - Deadlock

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/18/1996

    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

  • Innocence
    6.7/102,089 votes

    #22 - Innocence

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/1996

    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: N/A

  • The Thaw
    7.1/102,445 votes

    #23 - The Thaw

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 4/29/1996

    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

  • Tuvix
    7.7/102,552 votes

    #24 - Tuvix

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/6/1996

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

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • Resolutions
    7.2/102,049 votes

    #25 - Resolutions

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 5/13/1996

    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.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe, Alexander Singer

    Writer: Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller