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* Light & fluffy but we can get deep with these themes

* 7 of 9 and Satan's Robot

* Everything is mimicked so beautifully

* Janeway chewing scenery

* Retrosexism

* First contact and technobabble

* We glossed over all those photonic life forms!

* Threshold. WOW. Too far and yet fun and yet so gross.

* Nostalgia, Trek hysteristalgia (TM!), and retrofuturism

Jessica's Rating

5 of 5 Satan Robots

Andy’s Suggestions

A 3 episode Voyager binge, all in a row with good stuff to know for next week.

* Message in a Bottle (Season 4, episode 14) - funny Doctor episode where we get communication with the Federation

* Hunters (Season 4, episode 15) - We meet the Hirogen, a big bad.

* Prey (Season 4, episode 16) - The Hirogen are hunting 8472.

Next Up: Extreme Risk

No prediction as Jessica is taking the helm and given the choice, picked B'Elanna's stories. She picked Extreme Risk. It's probably going to get personal.

In Andy's favorite Voyager episode, he and Jessica discuss:

* Andy's favorite because he loves timey-wimey, but Janeway does not

* This is an epic adventure where nothing happens

* Character moments from Tuvok, 7 of 9 and crew

* 47!

* Paris being the voice of reason and Chakotay going off the rails

* Annorax's problem is himself

* The reset. *Sigh*

* The series in their time

* Going back to old-style sci-fi!

Jessica's Rating

4 of 5 beat up Voyager ships

Andy’s Suggestions

* Dreadnaught (Season 2, episode 17) - we encounter a probe that B'Elanna programmed that made it's way into the Delta quadrant. She argues with herself as a weapon.

* Day of honor (Season 4, episode 3) - B'Elanna is confronted with the Day of Honor and she is not interested in her Klingon heritage. Also, she's dating Tom Paris.

* Extreme Risk (Season 5, episode 3) - Tom Paris builds the Delta Flyer in a space race while B'Elanna is hurting herself and dealing with depression.

Year of Hell (1&2)

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Next Up: Bride of Chaotica

Jessica's Prediction

Tom Paris is going to be the monster's bride, sacrificed to a volcano. Harry Kim is going to have him from the bad volcano monster.

Andy and Jessica talk:

* The two storylines in this episode

* Janeway "allowing" (or not) both situations

* Who 7 of 9 is and how deep the character can go, even beyond heels and cat suits!

* 7 of 9 is alone and she is becoming an individual

* Kes is becoming... everything?

* Kes' goodbye tour and how cheap it feels

* Andy tries a Borg voice

* Go-to holodeck scenarios

* Jessica will be captaining an episode soon

Jessica's Rating

5 of 5 ocular implants.

But also 3 of 5 Tuvok meditation flames

Jessica's Suggestions!

In prepping for captainship of an upcoming episode choice, Jessica delivers her top picks for you to watch this week.

* Futures End (Season 3, episode 8) -  Voyager gets thrown into the future and we see Sarah Silverman.

* The Q and the Grey (Season 3, episode 11) - Look for Janeway's terrific line: "What, that's it?!"

* Darkling (Season 3, episode 18) - We see Kes' adventurous spirit and the Doctor alters his personality. Bad Doctor!

The Gift

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Next Up: Year of Hell (1 and 2)

Jessica's Prediction

Voyager is going to do what it loves to do, which is try to power through a gas cloud and not know that things are getting timey-whimy. They'll live through a year of things and people breaking down and find out on the other side only 3 days have passed.

Andy and Jessica talk:

* Janeway and DaVinci - a fascinating choice of mentor

* Borg Stampedes and Alliances

* Species 8472 - The Borg’s Borg

* The Scorpion parable - Chakotay!

* Just who is the scorpion here, anyway?

* Tiptoeing between two giants

* 7 of 9 - What we think (so far)

* The Borg Queen and where do The Borg come from?

* ST: First Contact - Tons of backstory here, and a great movie as well

* Being cheesy and eating grilled cheese

Jessica's Rating

4 of 5 Kes new hairdos

Andy’s Suggestions

Star Trek: First Contact. The movie, not the TNG episode, but that’s good too!

Scorpion (1&2)

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Next Up: The Gift

Jessica's Prediction

We're going to see that 7 of 9 is a gift to Voyager because of the knowledge she brings as a Borg.

Andy and Jessica talk:

* Those funny trumpets can be found here

* Space battle!

* Janeway's slippery slope

* Delta Quadrant is the wild west

* The Prime Directive means nothing?

* Keeping ourselves kind is Star Trek

* Math jokes from strippers

* Remember Jadzia? Jessica has more to say about her.

Jessica's Rating

4 of 5 grafted orchids

Andy’s Suggestions

* Flashback (season 3, episode 2) - Captain Sulu interacts with Janeway through a mind meld and flashback from Tuvok.

* The Chute (season 3, episode 3) - Tom Paris and Harry Kim are thrown down a chute and into a brutal alien prison.

* Warlord (season 3, episode 10) - Kes gets taken over by a warlord.

* The Q and the Grey (season 3, episode 11) - Q decides he wants Janeway to have a baby with him.

* Unity (season 3, episode 17) - A definite must watch! A community of disconnected Borg connects with Chakotay.

Alliances

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Next Up: Scorpion (1&2)

Jessica's Prediction

This is like the allegory where the snake (Borg) gets a ride on a turtle (Voyager) and halfway through the ride gets bit. Why'd you do it, Snake? Because it's in their nature.

Andy and Jessica talk:

* Phage. Faj-uh. Phhhhhaaaayzzzz.

Vidiians are creepy, gross, super interesting and really awful

If you pull the strings, this episode just falls apart

The transporters are magical immortal machines that we don’t use

The Dr. is the last to know anything!

Kes is a child. So Neelix is… EW.

Janeway’s decision to let them go

The Vidiians are serial killing zombies

Are we going to address the Maquis/Starfleet mix?

Dilithium crystals

The very cool video of comparing max warp speeds

Jessica's Rating

3 of 5 vVidiian medical scanners/organ thievers

Andy’s Suggestions

* Tattoo (Season 2, episode 9): For Chakotay's backstory

Dreadnaught (Season 2, episode 17): One of Andy’s faves, B’ellana is haunted by her past

Death Wish (Season 2,  episode 18): An immortal Q wants the right to stop living.

Tuvix (Season 2, episode 24): Those darn transporters merge Tuvok and Neelix together.

Phage

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Next Up: Alliances

Jessica's Prediction

Seska is going to have information on Voyager so the Nistrim is going to catch up with us, start a battle and then we’re going to be able to take over that ship! Don't mess with Voyager!

Andy and Jessica talk:

* The moments vs the plots

* Jeri Taylor

* Star Trek fostering careers

* First impressions of Captain Janeway, Tuvok and Chakotay (Chakotay!)

* Indian? Native? Indigenous?

* The new doctor and holosuites, holodecks and holoships

* Neelix & Kes

* The Caretaker. Oh, that crazy evil Caretaker.

* Wouldn't be a pilot without the Prime Directive

* DS9 & Voyager overlap

* STLV! We'll be going in 2018 and hope to see you all there!

Jessica's Rating

3 of 5 Caretaker corpses

Andy’s Suggestions

* Parallax (Season 1, episode 3): We assign some crew positions and see B'elanna become Chief Engineer.

* Time & Again (Season 1, episode 4): What do we do when life simply stops on a planet and we might have the opportunity to save them?

* Learning Curve (Season 1, episode 16): Tuvok sets up a Maquis training program and gets a lesson in leadership.

Caretaker (1&2)

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Next Up: Phage

Jessica's Prediction

Neelix gets an infection and is going to die but the new holographic doctor will save him!

Andy and Jessica talk:

* Sisko and Dax are the ones pelting Kirk with tribbles! You can see TOS and DS9 comparison on youtube here.

* Beautiful retcons all the way around

* The bar fight is still going on? Another side by side comparison of the original and this episode.

* Sisko giving rules that he breaks

* The story of the pizza parlor and Klingon spies

* Breaking the fourth wall

* Kira is pregnant with whose baby?!

* Is Jadzia Dax character liberated or pushed too far sexually?

* Waddle is the worst Klingon.

* Can't get enough? There's also a twenty minute making-of documentary.

Jessica's Rating

5 of 5 Tricorders

Andy’s Suggestions

A couple of personal favorite fun DS9 episodes:

* Looking For Par’Mach In All The Wrong Places (Season 5, episode 3) - Worf plays Cyrano de Bergerac to Quark’s Christian with the Role of Roxane played by Quark’s Klingon Wife, Grilka (did I not mention The House of Quark from 3rd season?)

* Badda Bing, Badda Bang (Season 7, episode 15) - favorite holo-fiction episode in all of Star Trek!

Trials and Tribble-ations

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Next Up: Voyager - Caretaker (1 & 2)

No prediction as we're going to be meeting yet another whole new cast with way different space problems.

Andy and Jessica talk:

* Woo hoo DS9!

* Everything has changed but mostly Odo

* The Klingon's motivations

* We have arrived.

* Worf as a character

* Dax & Kira's holosuite adventures

* Space battles!

* All the extra amazing episodes

Jessica's Rating

4 of 5 root beers

Way of the Warrior (1&2)

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Next Up: Trials & Tribble-ations

Jessica's Prediction

Andy pretty much gave away the plot, which is Sisko is going to be integrated into Captain Kirk-iness.

Andy and Jessica talk:

* Watch The Search!

* The little great moments throughout this episode

* Runabout. Not Roundabout.

* Sisko. And Quark. And frustration.

* Where are the fail-safes for the runabout?!

* Quark calling out the hewmans.

* Bigotry. Ours, Sisko’s and even the cast at the time.

* Jem’Hadar, tech, motives and new things!

* And everything The Search, everything Odo, everything good stuff

Jessica's Rating

3 of 5 Campfires

Andy’s Suggestions

* The Abandoned (Season 3, episode 6) - We find an abandoned Jem’Hadar who only bonds with Odo. I wonder why?

* The Adversary (Season 3, episode 26) - We learn that when we haven't gone over to the gamma quadrant, they've definitely been infiltrating this side

* Explorers (Season 3, episode 22) - Sisko builds a perfect replica of an ancient Bajoran ship and takes Jake on a journey to double check history

The Jem'Hadar

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Next Up: Way of the Warrior (1 & 2)

Jessica's Prediction

Worf is going to be pursuing a changeling who becomes root beer and Worf smacks the root beer with his bat'leth. And in the second part, DS9 is going to deal with what to do with a captured changeling.