VOY Season 7

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

Episodes

Title	Episode	Production number	Stardate	Original airdate
"Unimatrix Zero, Part II"	7x01	247	54014.4	2000-10-04
"Imperfection"	7x02	248	54129.4	2000-10-11
"Drive"	7x03	249	54058.6	2000-10-18
"Repression"	7x04	251	54090.4	2000-10-25
"Critical Care"	7x05	250	Unknown	2000-11-01
"Inside Man"	7x06	252	54208.3	2000-11-08
"Body and Soul"	7x07	255	54238.3	2000-11-15
"Nightingale"	7x08	256	54274.7	2000-11-22
"Flesh and Blood"	7x09/10	253	54315.3–54337.5	2000-11-29
"Shattered"	7x11	257	Unknown	2001-01-17
"Lineage"	7x12	258	54452.6	2001-01-24
"Repentance"	7x13	259	54474.6	2001-01-31
"Prophecy"	7x14	260	54518.2–54529.8	2001-02-07
"The Void"	7x15	261	54553.4–54562.7	2001-02-14
"Workforce"	7x16	262	54584.3–54608.6	2001-02-21
"Workforce, Part II"	7x17	263	54622.4	2001-02-28
"Human Error"	7x18	264	Unknown	2001-03-07
"Q2"	7x19	265	54704.5	2001-04-11
"Author, Author"	7x20	266	54732.3	2001-04-18
"Friendship One"	7x21	267	54775.4	2001-04-25
"Natural Law"	7x22	268	54827.7	2001-05-02
"Homestead"	7x23	269	54868.6	2001-05-09
"Renaissance Man"	7x24	270	54890.7	2001-05-16
"Endgame"	7x25/26	271	54973.4	2001-05-23

Summary

While the story-telling of Voyager's seventh and final year in the Delta Quadrant is comparable to season six, (being populated with single story episodes largely independent of one another), the season as a whole has more of a feeling of continuity than its predecessor.

A multitude of familiar aliens are revisited for a final shout including the Ferengi in "Inside Man", the Hirogen in "Flesh and Blood", the Klingons in "Prophecy", the Hierarchy in "The Void" and "Renaissance Man", the Q in "Q2" and the Talaxians in "Homestead". To complement this feeling of continuity, a smattering of episodes revisiting past story lines are also thrown in to the mix, to give the season more of a feeling of completion. Most significant of these occurs in "Shattered" when Voyager encounters a space-time anomaly which fractures the space-time continuum aboard the ship. This leaves Commander Chakotay (and later Janeway) tasked with sealing the fractures and repairing the timeline. With different areas of the ship trapped at varying points in Voyager's journey through the Delta Quadrant, the audience is treated to 45 minutes of pure nostalgia as the captain and her first officer jump from time frame to time frame, interacting with their own histories as they go. Back for one last round is Seska and the Kazon, intent on sabotaging Chakotay's attempts to heal the shattered ship. Retrospective continuity is also maintained in "Repression", when a transmission from the Alpha Quadrant pits Starfleet personnel against the former Maquis, giving Janeway one last opportunity to chide Chakotay for reverting to his old mistrust:

"Maybe someone on your crew couldn't put the past behind them."
"My crew?"

- Chakotay and Janeway

"Drive" sees Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres pilot the Delta Flyer II in a "trans-stellar rally" before finally tying the knot, and in "Body and Soul", Jeri Ryan (forced, as Seven of Nine to hide The Doctor's program in her cybernetic implants) attempts, and largely succeeds in mimicking Robert Picardo. The fun continues towards the end of the series as well. In "Q2" John de Lancie returns with his errant son, desperate for the assistance of "Aunt Kathy" which completes the "Q" story arc begun in seasons two and three, and in "Author, Author", the crew get to play in the holodeck alongside adulterated versions of themselves, when The Doctor publishes his first holonovel to less than stellar reviews.

After marrying in "Drive", B'Elanna Torres and Tom Paris' relationship, so quintessential to the series from season three onwards bears fruit in the seventh season. Torres discovers that she is pregnant in "Lineage", before contending with a group of Klingons convinced she is carrying the Klingon Messiah in "Prophecy". Ultimately, Torres gives birth at the very moment Voyager bursts into the Alpha Quadrant from inside an exploding Borg sphere in the series finale "Endgame".

From Ethan Phillips's point of view, one of the most pleasingly poignant episodes of the season comes when Neelix makes contact, and ultimately decides to stay, with a small group of Talaxians in "Homestead". In hindsight, this is perhaps the best thing the writers could have done for the character, as Voyager's all-action finale would have undoubtedly featured less of Neelix had he remained on board. The development of the character, and Phillips' portrayal are arguably two of the unsung strengths of the series as a whole, and so the inclusion of an episode towards the end of the series, dedicated to Neelix's decision to stay with the newly discovered members of his race, allowed closure to his relationship with Tuvok and the character's complete story arc.

And so, in a final "nod" back to the origins of the series, Janeway's decision to destroy the Caretaker's array is used against her by none other than her future self, to persuade her that collapsing a Borg transwarp hub, and risking its destruction before she can use it to return home is folly. The Captain provides the ultimate retort however, by presenting her senior officers with the final say.

"A long time ago, I made a decision that stranded this crew in the Delta Quadrant. I don't regret that decision. But I didn't know all of you then, and Voyager was just a Starship. It's much more than that now. It's become our home. I know I could order you to carry out this plan, and none of you would hesitate for a second. But I'm not going to do that. You know the crewmen that work under you, and you know what your own hearts are telling you. So we're not going to attempt this unless everyone in this room agrees. No one will think less of you if you don't"

- Janeway to her senior officers

"... to the journey!"

- Janeway and her senior officers

Background information

Brannon Braga steps down as showrunner to spend a year of pre-production on Enterprise, and is replaced for Voyager's final season by Kenneth Biller.
Filming for this season began on 22 June 2000 with "Unimatrix Zero, Part II". [1]^(X)
After the series, Janeway was promoted to vice admiral and made a cameo appearance in Star Trek Nemesis.
Alice Krige reprised her role of the Borg Queen in the Voyager series finale "Endgame" for the first time since starring in Star Trek: First Contact. All other appearances of the Borg Queen were played by Susanna Thompson.
Characters with "crossovers" from other incarnations of Star Trek: Deanna Troi ("Inside Man"); Reginald Barclay ("Inside Man", "Author, Author", and "Endgame"); Q ("Q2").

Credits

Cast

Starring

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Also Starring

Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
Roxann Dawson as Lieutenant jg B'Elanna Torres
Robert Duncan McNeill as Lieutenant jg Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips as Neelix
Robert Picardo as The Doctor
Tim Russ as Lieutenant commander Tuvok
Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim
Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Crew

Executive Producers

Consulting Producer: Brannon Braga

Creative Consultants

Supervising Producers

Producer: J.P. Farrell

Co-Producers

Associate Producer: Stephen Welke
Executive Story Editor: Michael Taylor

Story Editors

Unit Production Manager: Brad Yacobian
Production Coordinator: Diane Overdiek

First Assistant Directors

Second Assistant Director: Michael DeMeritt
Second Second Assistant Director: Lorri Fischer
Script Supervisor: Jan Rudolph
Science Consultant: Andre Bormanis
Production Designer: Richard James
Art Director: Louise Dorton
Set Designer: Tim Earls
Senior Illustrator/Technical Consultant: Rick Sternbach
Scenic Arts Supervisor/Technical Consultant: Michael Okuda

Scenic Artists

Construction Coordinator: Al Smutko
Property Master: Alan Sims
Set Decorator: Jim Mees
Director of Photography: Marvin Rush, ASC
Chief Lighting Technician: Bill Peets
First Company Grip: Randy Burgess
Video Operator: Ben Betts
Special Effects: Richard Ratliff
Stunt Coordinator: Dennis Madalone
Video Supervisor: Denise Okuda
Hair Designer: Josee Normand

Hair Stylists

Charlotte A. Parker
Viviane Normand
Gloria Montemayor

Make-Up Designed and Supervised By: Michael Westmore

Make-Up Artists

Costume Designer: Robert Blackman
Wardrobe Supervisor: Carol Kunz

Key Costumers

Supervising Sound Editor: Bill Wistrom
Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Jim Wolvington

Sound Editors

Set Security

Lazard Ward
Steve D'errico

Casting Executive: Helen Mossler

Casting Directors

Original Casting By: Nan Dutton, CSA

Film Editors

Assistant Editor: Noel A. Guerra

Composers

Music Editor: Gerry Sackman
Visual Effects Producer: Dan Curry

Visual Effects Supervisors

Visual Effects Coordinators

Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Edward Hoffmeister
Visual Effects Associate: Chad Zimmerman
Sound Mixer: Alan Bernard
Camera Operator: Douglas Knapp
Post Production Coordinator: Monique K. Chambers
Script Coordinator: Maggie Allen

Production Associates

Production Assistants

Aaron Segal
Joanna Fuller
Jim Daley
Jeremy Leo

Transportation Captain: Stu Satterfield

Drivers

Larry Dukes
Cameron Calder
John Moore
Bobby Guillory

Location Manager: Lisa White
Publicity: Rachel Fox
Assistant to Publicist: Candice Clark
Production Accountant: Suzi Shimizu
DGA Trainee: Mark Rabinowitz

Filmed with PANAVISION Cameras and Lenses

Main Title Design by

Post Production Sound by

4MC Sound Services
Todd Studios Burbank

Digital Optical Effects: Composite Image Systems

Editing Facilities

Four Media Company
Level 3 Post

Computer Generated Effects

External link

VOY Season 7 credits

Previous Season:
VOY Season 6

Seasons of
Star Trek: Voyager

Final season in series