The 1996-1997 season's 26 episodes include some of the best-written installments in the entire Star Trek: Voyager series, with time travel and telepathy the most prominent recurring themes. As always, Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) remains the show's focal point, but the third season also features showcase episodes for most of the regular supporting characters. Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Biggs-Dawson) takes center stage in “Remember,” suffering from bad dreams that begin when a group of telepaths comes aboard the Voyager. In “Unity,” First Officer Chakotay (Robert Beltran) discovers a colony of humanoids, recently separated from the Borg collective and eager to form their own society. “Before and After” finds Kes (Jennifer Lien) hopping back and forth through time, culminating in a visit to the future shortly before her predetermined death. The whole crew does some time traveling in the classic two-parter, “Future's End,” winding up on planet Earth in 1996 while trying to avert a temporal catastrophe that would result in the solar system's destruction during the 29th century. The third season ends on a cliffhanging note with “Scorpion,” in which the Voyager sails into Borg space and encounters a ruthless alien race known only as Species 8472. Contemplative, character-driven storylines rub elbows with elaborate, vibrantly dramatized adventure yarns in this excellent group of episodes, considered by some Voyager fans to represent the series' zenith. DVD extras include several featurettes (a season overview, profiles of Kes and Neelix, a look at the "real science" in Voyager, etc.), and a photo gallery. Highly recommended. (E. Hulse)
Star Trek: Voyager--The Complete Third Season
Paramount, 7 discs, 1,186 min., not rated, DVD: $129.99 Volume 19, Issue 5
Star Trek: Voyager--The Complete Third Season
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