To The Journey: A Star Trek Voyager Podcast

Hope and Fear.   In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling discuss the season-four finale of Star Trek Voyager, "Hope and Fear."   Chapters Intro (00:00:00)  He Sounded Familiar (00:03:10)  American Gladiator Parisses Squares (00:07:45)  Space Mister Rogers (00:09:35)  Is it Fan Service? (00:15:17)  Future Jail (00:22:27)  Poetic Justice (00:26:42)  The Even...

Season One Rewrite.  In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling, Liam Smart, and Suzanne Williamson rewrite season one of Star Trek: Voyager with a season-long story arc involving the Vidiians as the main adversary instead of the Kazon.   Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Setting it all Up (00:03:13) No Black Latex (00:06:32) No One Touches Joe (00:13:55) Harry Kim Cardassian (00:24:20) We...

Destroying the Caretaker, Killing Tuvix. attempted crew torture, not promoting Harry Kim, and breaking the Temporal Prime Directive. Captain Kathryn Janeway has had some outstandingly difficult command decisions to make with many often criticised by some within the fan base as poor decisions, and those same decisions applauded by others within the fan base.  In this episode of To The Journey, host...

To The Journey 270: That’s a Game Changer   Game Changers.  Star Trek: Voyager is known for its infamous “reset button” but there are some moments that change the course of the show permanently.  In this episode of To The Journey, hosts, Liam Smart and Zachary Fruhling, talk about some game changing moments in Voyager that were not affected by the reset button.    Chapters Intro (00:00:00) The Res...

The 25th Anniversary of Voyager.  Whether you watched the premier live or caught Voyager long after it aired, it is hard to believe that 25 years has passed since Voyager and her mishmash of Starfleet and Maquis crews were stranded in the Delta Quadrant.   In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Liam Smart take a look back at what was going on in the world and their lives 2...

11:59.    It is rare that we see an actor take time out of their contracted role to play another character in the same show. Kate Mulgrew does just that in 11:59 where she plays Shannon O'Donnell, an ancestor of Kathryn Janeway in the year 2000. 11:59 is an episode that does not stick in one's mind as a memorable; however, it does bring to light some interesting questions on ancestry, the accuracy...

Voyager Q&A.  In this episode of To The Journey, host Zachary Fruhling introduces a new co-host of To The Journey—Liam Smart! Join Zachary as he finds out all of Liam's Voyager secrets in a Voyager Q&A.   Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Announcement (00:01:45) Q&A: Begin! (00:03:21) Star Trek Tinder Profile (00:04:12) Intro to Voyager (00:08:21) Fond Voyager Memories (00:18:01) Favourite Episodes (00:29...

Delta Quadrant Vacation/Holiday Destinations.  In this episode of To The Journey, host Zachary Fruhling is joined by Liam Smart to discuss Delta Quadrant vacation/holiday destinations from Star Trek: Voyager. Join Zachary and Liam as they discuss everything from extreme water sports on the ocean planet in "Thirty Days" to a balmy tropical vacation in the Borg Unicomplex.   Chapters Intro (00:00:00...

Seven of Nine Mini-Marathon.  In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson go into their alcoves for a Seven of Nine three-episode mini-marathon! Find out which Seven of Nine episodes Zachary and Suzanne love, and which episodes they love to hate, including Zachary's own version of the Seven of Nine Paradox. Zachary and Suzanne also discuss the return of Seven o...

"The Cloud" Commentary.  When Voyager is in serious danger of running out of replicator resources (and Captain Janeway her morning coffee), Voyager changes course toward a resource-rich nebula that turns out to be a vaporous spacefaring life form. Join hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling for an audio commentary on the first-season Voyager episode, "The Cloud," the origin of more than one...

Desert Island Episodes - Voyager Season 7.  In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson wrap up their "Desert Island" podcast series with their top three Desert Island episode picks from Season 7 of Star Trek: Voyager. Also, find out which Star Trek novels Zachary has actually read, which moments from Voyager's past should have been revisited in Season 7, and w...

Voyager Romance.   From the on-screen romance of B'Elanna Torres and Tom Paris to romantic moments between various members of Voyager's senior staff, to various alien romances of the week, Star Trek: Voyager is perhaps the most romantic series in the entire Star Trektelevision franchise. In this special Valentine's Day episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling explor...

Message in a Bottle.   Comedy in Star Trek can be hit or miss. The comedy duo of the Emergency Medical Hologram, Mark I (Robert Picardo) and the Emergency Medical Hologram, Mark II (Andy Dick), however, should go down in history as one of the great comedic duos of all time. In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson discuss the fourth-season Voyager episode "M...

"Mortal Coil" Commentary.  It's Prixmas time once again at Trek.fm! While a (mostly) dead Neelix may not be the most festive of holiday podcast topics, "Mortal Coil" is where we first learn of the Talaxian holiday Prixin. In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling raise their glasses (or can, in the case of Suzanne) for a holiday salutation to ancestors and fr...

Tom Paris Mini-Marathon.   Of all the characters on Star Trek: Voyager, arguably Tom Paris had the biggest turnaround, from his character's beginning in a Federation penal colony in "Caretaker" to seeing the birth of his daughter in "Endgame." In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson compare their episodes picks for a three-episode Tom Paris mini-marathon.  ...

Faces.   Like many of us (except for Suzanne!), B'Elanna Torres struggles with an inner dual nature. In B'Elanna's case, the struggle consists of finding the balance between her Klingon side and her human side. When B'Elanna's two halves are split into two distinct people, one fully Klingon and the other fully human, this inner struggle is acted out dramatically on screen between the two B'Elannas...

Desert Island Episodes - Voyager Season 6.   In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson continue their season-by-season "Desert Island" episode lists. Find out which episodes from Season 6 of Star Trek: Voyager that Zachary and Suzanne would take along with them to a desert island, forsaking all other Season 6 episodes forever. Also find out why this podcast m...

Kes Mini-Marathon.   Everyone's favorite Ocampan, Kes, may have been in only three seasons of Star Trek: Voyager, but she left her mark on the Voyager crew and on Voyager fans alike. In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling put together an ultimate Kes mini-marathon. Find out which Voyager episodes Suzanne and Zachary choose as their essential Kes episodes,...

Things We Love and Hate about Neelix.   Like many fans of Star Trek: Voyager, we have a love/hate relationship with the character of Neelix. His use as comic relief in the early seasons of Voyager is simultaneously both brilliant and groan-worthy, and it helped to establish the overall tone of Voyager as a fairly lighthearted installment of the overall Star Trek franchise. But while Neelix develop...

Innocence.   Tuvok may be known for his Vulcan stoicism, but his Vulcan parenting skills are second to none. When Tuvok's shuttle crashes on one of the moons of Drayan Two, he's forced to care for three children who, unbeknownst to him, are actually elderly Drayans aging in reverse.   In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling discuss the second-season Voyager...

Characters We Wanted More Of.   Star Trek: Voyager had no shortage of one-off characters that made a lasting impression on us, so much so that we wish that they had joined the Voyager crew, or at least that they would have become recurring characters. In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson discuss one-off characters they wanted to see more of on Star Trek:...

Nothing Human.   The real Crell Moset may have been a 24th-century Cardassian Dr. Mengele, but his holographic representation was always such a nice guy in the fifth-season Voyagerepisode "Nothing Human." In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling discuss the pros and cons of using Crell Moset's morally questionable medical research, and the possibly tainted m...

"False Profits" Commentary.   Ferengi in the Delta Quadrant? We thought we'd seen the last of the scheming Ferengi pair Arridor and Kol when they were stranded on the other side of the unstable Barzan Wormhole in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Price." Little did we know at the time that we would get a sequel to "The Price" in the form of the third-season Voyagerepisode, "False Pro...

Top Harry Kim Moments.   When stranded in the Delta Quadrant it's important to have a spirit of youthful optimism. In Star Trek: Voyager, this youthful optimism is provided by none other than Ensign Harry Kim. Brimming with excitement for his first deep space assignment, Ensign Kim is practically the poster figure for the ideal Starfleet officer. But along Voyager's sever-year journey home, we see...

Desert Island Episodes - Voyager Season 5.   Season 5 of Star Trek: Voyager is regarded by many fans to be one of the strongest seasons of Voyager's entire run, from the ongoing exploration of new aspects of Seven of Nine's humanity to Voyager's 100th episode, "Timeless." In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson continue their "Desert Island" series, compari...