Star Trek: Voyager: Warhead (1999)
Season 5, Episode 24
3/10
How is Janeway a Captain?
3 June 2021
After watching Picard and Sisco in the captain's chairs, voyager is like watching a parallel universe.

Janeway's decision making is so inconsistent, it seems like she ponders to how the writers want the story to go. And keep in mind the writers of Voyager appear to write stories with the preface of "wouldn't it be cool if..." like a group of inexperienced adolescent writers making a home movie.

I often find myself asking "where is this story going? Whats this about?", compared to TNG and DS9 where I was excited about the next scene or what character was going to do what.

This is one of those episodes. "Wouldn't it be cool if a warhead could talk?" No. Not in this way at least.

Janeway being okay to continuing working on a weapon of mass destruction on board her ship is insane. Why doesn't the crew protest? How much unnecessary danger should Janeway subject her crew to before shes relieved of command? You have an active alien warhead on board, one who is confused and "distressed", doesn't this imply it could BLOW UP at anytime?

If anyone is looking for a show more satisfying and with greater substance than Voyager, check out Ronald D Moore's Battlestar Galactica. Voyager is a waste of time and brain cells - i won't be finishing the series.
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