Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Fourth Season Review
I don't know what in the heck my review title is supposed to mean? I am just feeling in a silly mood today and it's the first thing to pop into my head. Anyway, I purchased this DVD set about two months ago when it was on sale at a price that I just could not refuse, and I am only now getting around to watching it. So far it's been great. Lots of Borg action in these episodes what with the addition of an exciting new cast member, Jeri Ryan who plays Seven of Nine. Seven of Nine is a lady who was once part of the Borg collective and is now mostly human with the help of Captain Janeway, the Doctor, and the rest of the Voyager crew, and she is trying to fit in with her new life on the Voyager starship. Also of special note is that cast regular Kes, played by Jennifer Lien, is no longer with the show. She makes a couple of appearances but that's about it. She will be missed. But life on Voyager goes on and Seven of Nine really makes that life just a little bit more interesting. I can't wait to see where it all leads to.
There's really not much more that I can add to this review because I haven't watched all of the episodes just yet. But the ones that I have viewed so far have all been excellent, as all the Voyager seasons have been up to this point.
The DVD set arrived in great shape and very quickly to boot so Amazon did me another solid on this deal which I commend and recommend them highly for if you just so happen to be thinking about purchasing this season. Take care and keep on Trekkin'!
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Fourth Season Overview
A Starfleet ship is 75 years away from the Federation, and must cooperate with rebels to find their way home.
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Fourth Season Specifications
For many fans, Voyager hit its peak in the fourth season, due in no small part to a certain former Borg drone named Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 0-1, but you can call her Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan). Following the season 3 cliffhanger "Scorpion," the crew enters an unlikely alliance with the Borg against Species 8472, led by Seven of Nine, who ends up restoring (mostly) her human roots and trying to assimilate herself among Voyager's crew all the time feeling the pull of the Collective and resisting the mother-hen attempts of Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew). While Seven's curvaceous figure and skin-tight uniform certainly won over many fans, she was helped by a commanding presence, good writing ("So you wish to copulate?" was a classic line), and a stage that was cleared for her by the coinciding departure of one of the most prominent characters of the series.
Other significant developments of the season included the actors' getting to stretch themselves out "Mirror, Mirror"-like as evil counterparts in "Living Witness" (also Tim Russ's directing debut), the time- and mind-bending two-parter "Year of Hell," a battle with 1940s Nazis in the two-part "The Killing Game," the Doctor's comedic sparring with a new rival in "Message in a Bottle," the Alien-like "Prey," and Tom Paris (Robert Duncan MacNeill) taking a personal step and switching bodies with an alien in "Vis a Vis."
The DVD set offers the usual 20-minute season overview, crew profiles of Seven of Nine (natch) and Harry Kim (both of whom show warm appreciation for the Trek crowd), features on Species 8472 and the art of matte painting, and episode spotlights. --David Horiuchi
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