voyager have the strange distinction of be the first trek series that i do not like . to me there a throughline of complexity that run from tos to ds9 and then just stop at voyager . an intriguing premise be spoil early on with pretty much all the maquis conflict resolve within 4 episode . the unfamiliar delta quadrant end up be populate with specie that be largely derivative of other race already see . lack imagination the writer seek to shoehorn a much of tng cast offs into the show a possible represent lieutenant barclay and troi and and how could we forget the borg . one of the big mistake the show make be to return to the borg well too often . every time we learn something new about the collective their power and presence be compromise . how many time can a poorly equip science vessel defeat them before all menace be remove . voyager lack originality and never strive to bring anything different to the franchise . the character lack any real sparkle and the episodic nature of the show end up make a number of character look schizophrenic and especially janeway and who see saw in her behaviour depend on what the episode call for . this be far compound by kate mulgrew whose goose like voice and overexpressively constipate facial expression and robotic body movement make watch a disbelieving experience . the big downfall of the show be that the solution to everything seem to be technology and especially borg for the last few season . the solution to problem be the pressing of button do not make for high drama . voyager have the occasional excellent episode and usually the 2 parters and and it do have some good actor amongst the cast and though the part they play rarely give them the opportunity to display this . voyager be regard a the beginning of the end of trek and be less popular than it predecessor and less well regard critically than what have come before . voyager and like enterprise and fail to keep pace with the wider change tv environment to which show like ds9 and babylon 5 be early adopter ( and maybe even trend setter there would be no programme like 24 or lose without show like these ) . it isn not so much a bad show a bad by comparison .