7.7/102,150 votes#1 - Night
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1998
Stardate: 52081.2. Traveling through a large area of space completely devoid of stars and civilizations, the Voyager crew copes with the prospect of long-term isolation.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky
8.6/102,641 votes#2 - Drone
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1998
Stardate: Unknown. A transporter accident merges some of Seven of Nine's nanoprobes with The Doctor's mobile emitter to create a 29th century Borg drone.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Bryan Fuller, Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky
6.7/101,938 votes#3 - Extreme Risk
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1998
Stardate: Unknown. In order to retrieve a probe stuck in a hazardous atmosphere, Tom Paris designs a new type of shuttlecraft named the 'Delta Flyer'. Torres begins to exhibit reckless behavior by engaging in dangerous holodeck programs.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Kenneth Biller
7.8/102,223 votes#4 - In the Flesh
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1998
Stardate: Unknown. The crew discovers an outpost manned by a group of Species 8472, who have taken human form as a training measure for an invasion of the Alpha Quadrant.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Nick Sagan
6.2/101,968 votes#5 - Once Upon a Time
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1998
Stardate: Unknown. While Voyager searches for the crew of the crashed Delta Flyer carrying Tuvok, Paris and Ensign Wildman, Neelix must keep Naomi occupied. When it is discovered that Samantha is badly injured, he must decide how much he should tell her daughter.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Michael Taylor
8.7/102,774 votes#6 - Timeless
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1998
Stardate: Unknown. In the future, Harry Kim attempts to correct a mistake he made 15 years earlier, which had resulted in the loss of Voyager during use of experimental engine technology.
Director: LeVar Burton
Writer: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky
7.6/102,081 votes#7 - Infinite Regress
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1998
Stardate: Unknown. A transmission emanating from surviving technology from a destroyed Borg vessel induces multiple personality disorder in Seven of Nine.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Bryan Fuller
7.1/102,004 votes#8 - Nothing Human
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1998
Stardate: Unknown. A moral dilemma arises when the Doctor is forced to consult the specialized medical database of a Cardassian war criminal in order to save Torres' life.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Jeri Taylor
7.1/101,966 votes#9 - Thirty Days
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1998
Stardate: Unknown. Tom Paris is demoted to ensign and is sentenced to thirty days in the brig for disobeying orders. While serving his sentence, Tom writes a letter to his father about the events that led to his demotion.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Kenneth Biller
7.9/102,261 votes#10 - Counterpoint
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1998
Stardate: Unknown. When trying to transport illegal refugees through the territory of a xenophobic civilization, Janeway must put her trust in a defector who offers his help.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Michael Taylor
8.3/102,331 votes#11 - Latent Image
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/1999
Stardate: Unknown. A gap in The Doctor's memory uncovers clues to a mystery involving the nature of his existence.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Joe Menosky
7.3/102,279 votes#12 - Bride of Chaotica!
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/1999
Stardate: Unknown. Trans-dimensional photonic lifeforms become entangled in a war with the characters from Tom Paris' "Captain Proton" program after mistaking Voyager's holodeck for reality.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor
7.2/101,985 votes#13 - Gravity
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1999
Stardate: Unknown. Stranded on a planet with little hope for rescue, Tuvok and Paris are befriended by a woman who becomes enamored with Tuvok.
Director: Terry Windell
Writer: Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan
7.8/102,071 votes#14 - Bliss
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1999
Stardate: Unknown. The Voyager crew is lured into a giant space creature that consumes starships as food, and only Seven and the Doctor may have the ability to save the ship.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Bill Prady
8.5/102,377 votes#15 - Dark Frontier
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/1999
Stardate: 52619.2. When Janeway hatches a daring plan to steal technology from a crippled Borg ship, Seven is coerced into returning to the Borg collective.
Director: Cliff Bole, Terry Windell
Writer: Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky
6.6/101,932 votes#16 - The Disease
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/1999
Stardate: Unknown. Unable to resist his strong feelings for an alien woman, Ensign Kim breaks Starfleet protocol and engages in a torrid affair that lands him in hot water with the captain.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor
7.5/102,274 votes#17 - Course: Oblivion
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/1999
Stardate: Unknown. The entire ship and crew begin to disintegrate, leading to a discovery that they aren't what they seem.
Director: Anson Williams
Writer: Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan
5.0/102,046 votes#18 - The Fight
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/1999
Stardate: Unknown. While boxing on the holodeck, Chakotay is contacted by a telepathic species. However, prolonged communication may leave him insane or braindead.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Joe Menosky, Michael Taylor
7.5/102,043 votes#19 - Think Tank
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/1999
Stardate: Unknown. A group of extremely intelligent aliens offers to help Voyager escape from a race of bounty hunters known as the Hazari, in exchange for Seven of Nine.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Michael Taylor
6.7/101,802 votes#20 - Juggernaut
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1999
Stardate: Unknown. An accident on a Malon freighter becomes a countdown to an explosive toxic-waste disaster, and preventing the explosion depends on Torres' ability to take control of a volatile mission.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Bryan Fuller, Kenneth Biller, Nick Sagan
8.0/102,289 votes#21 - Someone to Watch Over Me
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1999
Stardate: Unknown. Under the guidance of the Doctor, Seven of Nine learns some social aspects of human dating.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Brannon Braga, Michael Taylor
6.4/102,023 votes#22 - 11:59
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1999
Stardate: Unknown. Captain Janeway relates the story of her distant ancestor Shannon O'Donnell during the construction of the Millennium Gate on Earth during New Year's Eve 1999. She must convince the last holdout, local bookstore owner Henry Janeway to approve the plan.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky
8.5/102,387 votes#23 - Relativity
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/1999
Stardate: Unknown. The crew of a time ship from the future recruits Seven to attempt preventing Voyager's forthcoming destruction.
Director: Allan Eastman
Writer: Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Nick Sagan
7.1/101,856 votes#24 - Warhead
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/1999
Stardate: Unknown. After Kim beams an alien missile onboard Voyager it links up to the Doctor's systems and requests that it is allowed to complete its mission of mass destruction.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Brannon Braga, Michael Taylor, Kenneth Biller
8.3/102,137 votes#25 - Equinox (1)
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 5/26/1999
Stardate: Unknown. Voyager encounters another Federation starship, the USS Equinox, in the Delta Quadrant. But as an alien presence prepares an attack, Janeway begins to uncover the Equinox's sinister secret.
Director: David Livingston, Kenneth Biller, John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Rick Berman
The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 5
Every episode of Star Trek: Voyager Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Night" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" season 5. It scored 7.7/10 based on 2150 votes. Directed by David Livingston and written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, it aired on 10/14/1998. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Drone".