Star Trek: Voyager (Season 5)

Charting the new frontier

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 Maquis rebels to find a way home.

Night (Episode 1) 7.3
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1998-10-14
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Drone (Episode 2) 7.9
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1998-10-21
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Extreme Risk (Episode 3) 6.6
Writer: Kenneth Biller
Air date: 1998-10-28
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
In the Flesh (Episode 4) 7.6
Writer: Nick Sagan
Air date: 1998-11-04
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Once Upon a Time (Episode 5) 5.8
Writer: Michael Taylor
Air date: 1998-11-11
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Timeless (Episode 6) 8.0
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1998-11-18
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Infinite Regress (Episode 7) 7.0
Writer: Bryan Fuller
Air date: 1998-11-25
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. A transmission emanating from surviving technology from a destroyed Borg vessel induces multiple personality disorder in Seven of Nine.
Nothing Human (Episode 8) 6.5
Writer: Jeri Taylor
Air date: 1998-12-02
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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.
Thirty Days (Episode 9) 6.7
Writer: Kenneth Biller
Air date: 1998-12-09
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Counterpoint (Episode 10) 7.3
Writer: Michael Taylor
Air date: 1998-12-16
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Latent Image (Episode 11) 7.9
Writer: Joe Menosky
Air date: 1999-01-20
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. A gap in The Doctor's memory uncovers clues to a mystery involving the nature of his existence.
Bride of Chaotica! (Episode 12) 6.1
Writer: Michael Taylor
Air date: 1999-01-27
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Gravity (Episode 13) 6.9
Writer: Nick Sagan
Air date: 1999-02-03
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Stranded on a planet with little hope for rescue, Tuvok and Paris are befriended by a woman who becomes enamored with Tuvok.
Bliss (Episode 14) 7.1
Writer: Bill Prady
Air date: 1999-02-10
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Dark Frontier (Episode 15) 7.8
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1999-02-17
Runtime: 89 min
Overview: 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.
The Disease (Episode 16) 6.5
Writer: Kenneth Biller
Air date: 1999-02-24
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Course: Oblivion (Episode 17) 6.8
Writer: Nick Sagan
Air date: 1999-03-03
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. The entire ship and crew begin to disintegrate, leading to a discovery that they aren't what they seem.
The Fight (Episode 18) 5.3
Writer: Joe Menosky
Air date: 1999-03-24
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. While boxing on the holodeck, Chakotay is contacted by a telepathic species. However, prolonged communication may leave him insane or braindead.
Think Tank (Episode 19) 7.2
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1999-03-31
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Juggernaut (Episode 20) 6.0
Writer: Kenneth Biller
Air date: 1999-04-26
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Someone to Watch Over Me (Episode 21) 7.4
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1999-04-28
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Under the guidance of the Doctor, Seven of Nine learns some social aspects of human dating.
11:59 (Episode 22) 5.6
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1999-05-05
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Relativity (Episode 23) 8.2
Writer: Nick Sagan
Air date: 1999-05-12
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. The crew of a time ship from the future recruits Seven to attempt preventing Voyager's forthcoming destruction.
Warhead (Episode 24) 6.8
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1999-05-19
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.
Equinox (1) (Episode 25) 7.5
Writer: Brannon Braga
Air date: 1999-05-26
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: 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.