Future's End, Part II

This two-parter is one of the best Voyager has to offer. It's right up there with Year Of Hell. Sarah Silverman is a riot and the juxtaposition of Tuvok and the rest of the Voyager crew against the 20th century setting is pretty entertaining. I enjoyed Henry Starling's character as well because he seemed to sell the plausibility of his technical prowess quite convincingly. It also helps that he had like 30 years to study the technology so props to the writers for that detail.

There's just one little issue I have with the whole thing. Captain Braxton is a moron. He comes to the 24th century and just straight up tells Voyager his mission is to destroy them and is then surprised when they resist. For a 29th century dude he sure is dim XD

Oh and the dudes that are afraid of "the beast" (meaning the government) were way too over the top. And that's saying something considering they are portraying a stereotype of irrational conspiracy theorists.

The Voyager crew continue their tech battle with Starling.

This is an entertaining conclusion to the story.

There's nothing particularly unexpected in how it finishes, but it is nonetheless quite enjoyable. It goes the only way it could to maintain the Voyager premise of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant.

I think my favourite aspect is the mobile hologram emitter as this is something that gives The Doctor character more opportunities to be involved in future episodes.

Ed Begley Jr and Sarah Silverman continue where they left off as memorable guest stars and the regular cast are all on good form too. Starling is one of the stronger baddies portrayed in Voyager, although his motivations behind various nefarious acts are not exactly logical.

This is the second part of a two-part time travel episode. Despite the concept of Trek crew going back to 20th century Earth has been overused, the excellent writing, excitement and nice characters make this one worth seeing.

In part one, Voyager is sent back, inadvertently, to 20th century Earth. They soon realize that a megalomaniac named Starling (Ed Begley Jr.) is going to destroy the solar system in the 29th century. When they warn him, Starling seems indifferent--he just cares about himself and becoming rich off stealing future technology.

Part two begins with Starling in custody and the away team looking for Starling's space craft which he intends to use to travel to the future. However, using 29th century technology that he stole, Starling escapes and there is a race to stop this giant butt from destroying everything.

Like the other episode, this one is well made and clever...and well worth seeing.

Part 2 has all the promise and problems of Part 1, but on steroids. They weren't quite satisfied with the collective IQ points they obliterated with a storyline centered where human is able to control all technology and physics because - well, he's smart or found an alien ship or something. Essentially, the plot requires so you to set aside logic and basic cognitive abilities.

But all the problems of Part 1 persist... This should be a standard Star Trek time travel episode. And instead, the writers said, "how about we create a villain who knows everything, can anticipate anything, and do literally anything" How can we do all this? Unexplained reasons! How does he MASTER technology that's literally hundreds of years beyond his comprehension? More unexplained reasons! Does the villain even operate consistently or use mild logic with his seemingly endless magical powers? ROFL Nope! He's gotta do things that drive the plot so things can happen! I could never fathom a way in which my intelligence could be more insulted...

I enjoyed this so much years ago. i may have enjoyed it even more this time. There is a great set of characters. Ed Begley, Jr. is a formidable foe. Paris finds the woman he never thought he'd meet and is victimized by the time/space continuum. The crew must infiltrate Los Angeles in the late 20th Century to put a stop to the launch of a time traveling ship. The action, suspense, and the cleverness of the plot all come together. There is something intriguing about people trying to cope in a world with which they have little experience. The Doctor is again engaged in the plot and I especially liked his encounter with the survivalists.