Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) Resolutions (1996) User Reviews

Left behind

[Tweekums · 7/10 · 30 July 2010]

As this episode begins Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay awaken in stasis pods on a planet surface; the contact the ship and we learn that they have both contracted a virus on the planet, it can't be cured but something in the environment there prevents it from harming them. As they can't leave the planet the Captain orders Tuvok to taker command of Voyager and continue the journey back to the Alpha Quadrant; she also specifically orders him to avoid risking contact with the Vidiians even though they might be able to help them. The captain is determined to find a cure until a storm destroys her equipment, then she must accept that they will probably have to spend the rest of their lives there, something Chakotay accepted much sooner. Back on Voyager things are not going so well. Several members of the crew, led by Ensign Kim, believe that Tuvok should ignore the captain's orders and risk contacting the Vidiians. Eventually after a talk with Kes he decides to contact them and after talking with the Vidiian doctor who had befriended Voyager's Doctor it looks like they have found a cure… if they can be trusted.

This was a decent episode with good performances from the central characters. I liked how Chakotay's story about a legend of his people turned out to be something he made up thus nicely inverting the cliché of his character having a legend for every occasion. I could have done without the friendly monkey whoever, I'm not sure what purpose it served. The story back on Voyager was perhaps more interesting as Kim's confrontational approach failed to sway Tuvok but Kes' more subtle approach persuaded him that something needed to be done as the crew's moral was suffering.

Welcome to the jungle.

[thevacinstaller · 8/10 · 8 April 2020]

The sexual tension is off the charts in this episode. Janeway is in a bit of a spot here ---- she's married (?) to a guy on Earth and is captain of the ship and being in a relationship is a vulnerability she feels she cannot afford to have. It was interesting watching her wrestle with what way to go via her physical acting. I felt that Janeway and Chakotay had great chemistry in this episode.

Kes is wise for a 2 year old. She advises Tuvok on the subtleties of command decisions. Do you risk the crew for the captain and commander by hailing the organ snatchers or do you follow the orders as instructed? What would Janeway do? Well, Janeway would find a way to save her crew member on the planet. Tuvok submits to the crews decision and because he's a good guy he even accepts all the blame for a decision he was strong armed into making.

There was also a monkey in this episode. The monkey made monkey noises but that's about it.

Tuvok wishes they left Harry Kim on New Earth

[snoozejonc · 7/10 · 7 November 2022]

A disease ridden Janeway and Chakotay are left on a planet where they suffer no affects.

This is a good character episode.

The sci-fi premise is a stretch and needs a very willing suspension of disbelief to get beyond the contrived plot details that lead to the two characters being in this situation. Furthermore, you know everything will be back to normal by the end of the episode, so there is no question of where the plot is headed.

If you can accept the above, I think it is enjoyable for fans of certain characters. The marooned Captain and First Officer go through a nice arc together that has some well crafted sexual tension and memorable bonding moments. Katie Mulgrew and Robert Beltran are on great form.

Tuvok has an eventful episode that shows a variety of character strengths. Harry Kim is given the short end of the stick from the writers as the designated whiner, before Kez gets to make an important contribution.

There are some decent visual sequences both on New Earth and Voyager. The encounter with the Vidiians has a good sense of urgency.

Star Trek: Voyager - Resolutions

[Scarecrow-88 · 6/10 · 7 January 2017]

I guess my rating for the episode is more for the potential that is denied, frustrating and disappointing. It isn't that I necessarily demanded a Janeway / Chakotay love affair, but if the story begs and pleads for it—and the chemistry is undeniable—why not give us some satisfactory result? What we get is Janeway achingly accepting it is time to leave (Mulgrew once again just knocking it out of the park with her touching performance) "New Earth" (Eden?), assuming her Captain's chair, with Chakotay right beside her, both looking forward as if never acknowledging what just happened between them on the planet! The story is a really big deal that doesn't quite reach its potential, I thought. It involved Janeway and Chakotay stuck on a lush, green planet, a virus without a cure plaguing both of them due to a particular insect bite. The Voyager adversary, the Vidiians, might have knowledge of a cure but that would be dangerous to attempt, as newly positioned Captain, Tuvok, wisely accepts at Janeway's command once giving over her rank to him. But Ensign Kim is unyielding in loyalties to the two senior officers, persistent in his desire (and others on the ship) to help them in whatever way they can. Tuvok and Kim are at odds over this, with the new Captain warning him of any potential insubordination. Vidiian ally, Danara Pel (Susan Diol), has a cure but Tuvok is still leery about her species' willingness to help the Voyager considering the unease between both parties. The risk is against Tuvok's logic, his understanding of how low the crew morale is taken under advisement, but the Voyager decides to meet Pel's Vidiian ship at particular coordinates, sure enough encountering an ambush.

While on the New Earth, Janeway tries to come up with a cure herself while Chakotay cooks, builds, and accepts that they might have to remain on the planet. A storm causes damage to equipment which deters Janeway's efforts. Eventually she resigns to a new life, and possible romance looms. However, Janeway resists what her heart obviously feels. There includes a terrific scene where Chakotay communicates to Janeway his feelings through a made-up story regarding a warrior and the lady warrior he serves alongside in order to find and sustain inner peace. There is some really good acting between Bertran and Mulgrew that certainly didn't go unnoticed by me. It is the show's writing department that failed to capitalize on the obvious.

I agree with others critical of this episode regarding its implied passage of time not quite succeeding. It just doesn't feel like months have gone by. It is just the way this show is paced. Still, I don't dismiss the effort. And it was cool to see Tuvok in the position of Captain much like Spock was during the original series, battling the heightened, emotional states of those who questioned his logical approach to being in charge.

Unrequited

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 21 August 2018]

This is a nice episode. Janeway and Chikotay are left behind on a planet because without the planet's sustenance they will die. So the crew, under the captaincy of Tuvok heads away. The two are given significant supplies, a little house, and anything they will need to survive. Of course, there has been an attraction between the two of them all along. Now they must face the realities of being in close proximity all the time. Their strong personalities serve them for a while, but the sexual tension blisters the screen. Meanwhile, the crew is on the verge of mutiny because Tuvok is playing everything by the book. It turns out that those grave robbers who are harvesting body parts are a viable option for a cure. But they are very dangerous. We have two things to deal with. First, the survival of Voyager. Secondly, the fact that the two leaders are beginning to get comfortable in their new digs. Nicely done episode.

So much potential.. but they didn't follow through

[silverlve · 7/10 · 11 August 2018]

I recall seeing this episode when it first came on tv and, with bated breathe, I was hopeful that STV would go down a path with Janeway and Chakotay's characters: have the gumption to do a strong romantic connection build between them and see what developed down the line. Some of the story lines could have been done so much better. I personally didn't like Jeri Ryan's character because they too easily went down the path of bringing in the statuesque eye candy blonde when they could have focused on working Janeway's battle between work and love, like so many real strong career women do.... and figured a way to show how it worked.. while continuing to build character development and threading it all together.

Pivot point for Voyager fans - Spoilers

[rrandcoyote · 10/10 · 12 February 2008]

Probably the most talked about, most defining episode of Voyager -- at least for Janeway/Chakotay romance fans. And there are a lot of us. Many fans are so captivated by the "love that never was", that they've formed their own discussion and write vast quantities of fan fiction , devoted to "JetC", or J/C as it's called for short. There are many J/C videos online. One fan even wrote and sang a song for one (and she's good!)

For me, Resolutions is a bittersweet moment in the Voyager saga. It's performed by two superb actors, Beltran and Mulgrew. They do a magnificent job of leading us through the narrative and convincing us that they are in love. The look on Chakotay's face when Janeway pulls away from his is amazing. Where's my box of tissues?

The heartbreak is, that the Janeway/Chakotay romance was completely dropped. They hardly seemed to have any relationship at all. Instead, the powers that be (TPTB) gave us countless hours of treknobabble and entirely too many lifeless scenes where the ship was blowing up. They still used Janeway as a pivotal character, but Chakotay was often written as if he were an extra, spouting "Red Alert" and "Shields at 20%" or the unforgettable "Shields at 60%". Will we ever see drama of that caliber again? I HOPE NOT!

In "Resolutions", Chakotay becomes Mrs. Janeway, cooking and making house on the Edenic planet on which they are stranded. He's deeply in love with her, but she wants to "define parameters" in their relationship (huh? Mine would be, take your vitamins, guy!). That line leads to a truly beautiful scene between the two characters. But, throughout the series, the Janeway character is forever saying she "doesn't have time" for romance and can't have the "luxury" of human love, and citing protocols and regulations that prohibit such a union. (that's not in original Trek!)She cannot have a normal relationship with a member of the crew. In later episodes, she has an affair with a hologram. Ugh!

Oh brave new world! In the future, powerful women will be aloof and inhuman and will need to use an advanced computer projections in lieu of a normal, healthy relationship. Great! Glad I won't be there.

It would have been a more powerful statement to have the two characters marry and run the ship as a "Mom and Pop". She could be pregnant and defending her ship and crew against Borg etc., still functioning in the real world and being in charge, the same way women in leadership positions do today.

I do not know why TPTB got on this anti-J/C jag. If Janeway and Chakotay did the old "impossible, it can never happen, arm's length" mating dance that is common in Sci-Fi shows(Firefly, Farscape, X-Files) that would have been great, IF they eventually broke down those barriers and triumphed over...well, whatever it is that keeps them apart. Even if they just cared about each other, as friends and colleagues, that would have been terrific. But, to drop the relationship: not good.

I guess we'll never know Berman's or Paramount's reasons for taking the show in that direction. I suspect there was spite involved, as the fans of the show were clamoring for J/C when the show was first run. Perhaps they did not want the fans to dictate the direction of the story. Robert Beltran, was not very politic in voicing his disappointment with the scripts he was being handed. Perhaps he angered the writers and the producers and they simply gave him less to do, which is awful for an actor. I know what he was complaining about, and he was right! But, that's all speculation on my part.

Kirk and Spock were great friends, to the point of self sacrifice. Their relationship one of the main things that makes Star Trek TOS work so well. And, lack of it, is one of the things that mars this spin off, which is often a wonderful show.

Engaged To Be Engorged

[Bolesroor · 6/10 · 2 February 2011]

Death, disease, nightmares, and terrors, always a specialty on Voyager...

And tonight's episode starts with our Captain and First Officer having contacted the Plague, and being abandoned on a uncharted planet to die. Ahh, such warmth! Yes, Janeway and Chakotay get to play house, and wrestle with their desires to wrestle each other naked. Longing looks, throbbing bosoms and aching groins but no intercourse here. Why would they sleep together? After all, they're best friends dying of the same disease in a lush paradise with hours to kill... Mulgrew flashes a nipple in the hot tub scene which is digitally blurred, but sadly neither of them gives in to their raging lust.

The two monks name their adopted home-world "New Earth." How creative! A monkey appears for absolutely no reason and is immediately forgotten. Meanwhile, Captain Tuvok, who has sworn to Janeway that he will not approach the Vidiians for a cure to the Phage, promptly approaches the Vidiians for a cure to the Phage. After several weeks of not screwing, Janeway and Chakotay are rescued by Voyager. Zzzzzzzzz…..

GRADE: C-

Trust the Vidiians...they are actually nice!

[Wirefan122 · 2/10 · 4 November 2015]

We begin with Chakotay and Janeway coming out of stasis tubes and being informed that during the weeks they were in stasis the doctor had exhausted all known options for a cure to the bug bite they picked up on some planet. Apparently, though, they are healthy if they just stay on the planet. Janeway orders Tuvok to take over command and continue to seek a return to Earth.

A Vidiian convoy is known to be in the area and the suggestion is made that they contact them to see if they can help...huh????! The Vidiians tend to look at other species as spare parts for them to consume to stay alive. They are not exactly known for their philanthropy.

When Tuvok dutifully follows Janeway's orders to leave, Ensign Kim decides that they should contact the Vidiians. Him and the others rightfully say that Tuvok does not know what they are feeling...they are sad! Well, everyone probably is sad, but the logical (and I would certainly agree)thing to do is follow Janeway's last order as Tuvok does.

Kim then openly seeks out the opinions of everyone/anyone who will listen to him...can anyone say 'conspiracy to mutiny'? Fairly unbelievable for a military ship, to put it mildly.

Luckily Chakotay and Janeway don't get intimate (they are supposed to have been on the planet for some time; don't you think if you knew you were the last two on a planet...)because the episode later has Tuvok change his mind and they go back to talk to the Vidiians who agree to help them as they just happen to have a cure for the disease. What luck! Well, they get ambushed, but luckily it all turns out peachy (surprise surprise)!!! I guess if they had gotten intimate it might have proved a tad bit uncomfortable.

Just do it already!

[planktonrules · 4/10 · 15 February 2015]

When this episode begins, the Captain and Chakotay are coming out of some stasis chambers on a planet. It seems they were infected by something and the Doctor tried using the chamber--but no such luck. In fact, during the last month, the Doctor was unable to find any hint of a cure. And, since the pair cannot leave the planet and they would infect the crew, the ship is instructed to leave and Tuvok is the new Captain. However, following this, the crew is bummed and, inexplicably, Harry Kim becomes uncharacteristically disrespectful towards Captain Tuvok. Eventually, however, Tuvok changes his resolve and tries to do something the Captain didn't want him to do--to contact the Vidiians to see if they know of a cure.

So is this any good? Well, not especially. Tuvok and Kim behave irrationally, the viewer wants to see Chakotay and the Captain get it one (after all, they live on the planet for some time) but get nothing and there is, of course, an ending that seems to make everything work PERFECTLY once again.

Chakotay builds a home for Janeway

[tomsly-40015 · 5/10 · 18 December 2023]

Well this episode is a mixed bag. When Janeway and Chakotay are marooned on a lonely planet like lepers because they have been infected by an alien virus and the doctor couldn't find a cure, Chakotay acts somehow creepy. While Janeway still has hope and tries to scientifically analyze the insects on the planet to find a vaccine, Chakotay is full on Gilligan's Island mode and not only builds a shelter but also tries to make it look nice and cozy. He gives in to this new situation way too quickly and also seems to like the situation with him and Janeway alone, maybe forever. He even builds her a bathtub! Instead of playing the caring husband directly, he could have tried to help Janeway finding a cure. If they would have been stranded for a lifetime on this planet, there would have been plenty of time to make the house look pretty, build bathtubs, boats and whatever. It is way to uncomfortable to seem him flirt with Janeway.

On the other side, the crew is not far from mutiny when Tuvok is now acting captain and follows Janeway's orders to keep flying back to the alpha quadrant and leave them behind. There is a slight chance that the Vidiians might have a medicine for this disease, but Janeway ordered Tuvok to avoid them. There is a danger that contacting them might result in an attack on the Voyager. In the end though, the crew can convince Tuvok to take this chance and although the Vidiians set up a trap, the doctor's love Danara manages to send them a cure. Good ol' Shmullus' love affair in the end paid off!

Incredibly boring

[fifo23 · 3/10 · 18 April 2024]

It feels like they had a nice setup and I like how it atypically for the show throws you right into events.

However that's about it. Nothing happens in this episode. It feels like Chakotay and Janeway are having "summer vacation", the crew is upset evidently, and nobody is having a good day. Maybe they need a summer vacation as well?

Then some non-dramatic drama is added. A previous character is sprinkled in on the screen for continuity.

And that's it. Chakotay and Janeway come back from their vacation, sit down and they go on, warp speed of course and the credits roll in.

No story, no character development, no nothing.

I've been wondering if there is anything that that could be a setup, or some form of character development. I don't know, maybe Chakotay and Janeway get together or something? In any case, I don't feel like it was a worthwhile watch.