[.ca] Star Trek Voyager: Season 2

From Amazon.com:
If the first season of Star Trek: Voyager was a shakedown cruise, then season 2 represents a vital blossoming of the series' potential. As Captain Janeway, Kate Mulgrew maintained Starfleet integrity in the lawless expanse of the Delta quadrant, and became the ethical conscience of her still-uneasy Maquis/Starfleet crew, whose unanimous loyalty would be dramatically proven in "The '37's" (a first-season hold-over). Janeway's moral guidance would also assert itself in "Death Wish" (a "Q" episode featuring NextGen's Jonathan Frakes) and "Tuvix," in which life-or-death decisions landed squarely on her shoulders. Season 2 brought similar development to all the primary characters, deepening their relationships and defining their personalities, especially Robert Beltran as Chakotay (in "Initiations" and "Tattoo"), now firmly established as Janeway's best friend (and nearly more than that, in "Resolutions") and command-decision confidante. Solid sci-fi concepts abound in season 2, although "Threshold" is considered an embarrassment (as confessed by co-executive producer Brannon Braga in a self-deprecating "Easter Egg" interview clip). It was a forgivable lapse in a consistently excellent season that intensified Janeway's struggle with the villainous Kazon, exacerbated by a Starfleet traitor in cahoots with the duplicitous Cardassian Seska (played by Martha Hackett, featured in a lively guest-star profile). The psychologically intense "Meld" (featuring a riveting guest performance by Brad Dourif) was a Tuvok-story highlight, and the aptly titled "Basics, Pt. 1" provided an ominous cliffhanger, including a second planetary landing (in a season full of impressive special effects) that left Voyager's fate in question. DVD extras are abundant and worthwhile, especially the season 2 retrospective and "A Day in the Life of Ethan Phillips" (who plays Neelix under a daily ordeal of latex makeup). Several Easter egg surprises--including a music video performance by Tim Russ (Tuvok)--are hidden (but easily found) among the "Special Features" menus on disc 7. All in all, this was one of Voyager's finest seasons, leaving some enticing questions to be answered in season 3. --Jeff Shannon

Great Voyager DVD's!:
I really love these dvd's. This season is the first one where voyager lands, ie, really cool effects. I also love the episode "deadlock", where voyager splits. Great idea! The special features are really awesome on this one. The "day with ethan phillips" is really cool, becuase it shows the application of his makeup. There is an awesome easter egg on this one too. It's one of Tim Russ's (Tuvok's) music videos! He sings Kushangaza (and has a nice voice might I add ;) ) I would really suggest these dvd's to anyone who loves all things star trek. I'm glad I added to my collection, and will watch these for years to come!

best of the star trek series:
i watch, and like, all of the incarnations of star trek. voyager is my favorite. a few of the best episodes from this season: meld the thaw tuvix resolutions basics, part 1 unfortunatly, the price is too high. so, i decline to purchase this set, as i have all of the star trek releases.

Wow, "Threshold...":
... still sucks. I saw it when it first came out and I was like "no way!?!" Now, I'm almost ten years older and may or may not be wiser (the fact that I bought this DVD set indicates the latter), and I am again shocked by the 220-proof ridiculousness of "Threshold." What an insane piece of writing! Okay, while turning people into cat-fishes is a great way to dispose of useless characters like Kes, Troi, or Wesley, it is another thing to do it, and then turn those people right back into human beings after a log entry! While the premise of the episode was certainly interesting, the ending was beyond bad. To be fair, Voyager was getting better in season 2, but it was still amateur night compare to DS9.

The Packaging stinks and the series isn't much better:
Voyager looses Gene Roddenberry's respect in it's disregard for life in this season. Janeway has characters doing things Gene Roddenberry would never have allowed- A man with a homicidal temper murders a crewman (inspite of Piccard's statement that the seeds of criminal behavior have been rooted out of human society) Torres Murders a sentient robot she helped bring to life, and Janeway lets a Q commit suicide because he suffers from a sorching case of boredom. Of all the reasons for doing evil, boredom is absolutely the stupidest. **************When items arrive damaged repeatedly Amazon doesn't blame it's shipping department, they blame the customer.. You are limited to one replacement, even if the manufacturer's packaging is partially to blame for the problem, as it is in this case. When they offer you a promotional certificate or partial refund to compensate you they take it away if they decide you've had too many returns and then blaclist you so yoyu can't shop with them anymore. deepdiscountdvd.com is almost always cheaper, shipping is always free no matter how much you buy, and their packaging is seldom a problem.

Packaging is a problem:
One of the Discs was scuffed and the packaging was scratched on arrival, Instead of questioning shipping competance, Amazon closed my account. I have to disagree with the person who said voyager was everything Star Trek was meant to be. Gene Roddenberry believed in Life and so did his characters. The New Treks are obsessed with preaching A-Moral politically correct Humanism