Hello, Voyager fans. I just recently finished a viewing marathon for DS9, and I thought I would like to continue on with Voyager. With DS9, in order to avoid being overwhelmed by the length of the show, I hit on the idea of watching through it by planning out little mini-marathons, with resting points where I would take a week or two off before jumping back in. I thought of them as mini-"seasons" comparable to the length of a modern streaming series's episode run (like Discovery, and Picard), which range between 9-14 episodes for a season. This made DS9 very manageable.
I supplimented DS9 with a handful of TOS and TNG episodes, because those are the series that I was more familiar and comfortable with, as an anchor of familiar to "ground" DS9. For example, TOS episodes featuring Kor, Kang, and Koloth as a lead-in to DS9's "Blood Oath". And Worf-centric TNG episodes scattered between DS9's first three seasons, so that Worf is included in spirit, before he joins DS9 in Season 4, and cover Klingon politics that fed into DS9's storyline (The Duras family, Gowron, the Klingon civil war, ect.). I also added the TNG movies to check in with Picard's crew throughout DS9 and Starfleet's encounters with the Dominion.
I already have some of my Voyager marathon planned out, with a streamlined collection of DS9 episodes to cover the major highlights of the Dominion War, and the conflict and endgame for The Maquis storyline. The idea is to anchor Voyager with occasional the occasional check-in back home at the major political and military conflicts that Starfleet is dealing with, while Voyager makes it's homeward journey. And the TNG movies slotted in between episodes where appropriate.
This takes me up to Season 6 and 7 of Voyager, which has Voyager on it's own; the major quadrant-shaking events back home are settled, so there is less to check in on. I'm unfamiliar with Voyager, except for a handful of episodes throughout the series. I gather there is some checking back, with a storyline about Barclay trying to contact Voyager, but that's all I really know.
So I thought I would ask, for the last two Seasons of Voyager, are there stretches of episodes that would group together well as mini-seasons of about 9-14 episodes? Are there episodes that would serve as a quality story that resolves well, with a little bit of a hook for what's next, that function as a mini-season's "finale"? As an example, "Sacrifice of Angels" was one "season finale" endpoint, which ended a 6-part sequence of stories, "In the Pale Moonlight" was a satisfying stopping point as a quality episode that changed the political landscape in a hopeful direction. Episodes that are turning points, that aren't necessarily followed up right away, are satisfying pause and take a break, with just enough intrigue to look forward to the next "mini-season".
I had some great suggestions for DS9, that worked really well for sub-dividing the show. I would love to hear any ideas you all might have for the final seasons of Voyager.
I supplimented DS9 with a handful of TOS and TNG episodes, because those are the series that I was more familiar and comfortable with, as an anchor of familiar to "ground" DS9. For example, TOS episodes featuring Kor, Kang, and Koloth as a lead-in to DS9's "Blood Oath". And Worf-centric TNG episodes scattered between DS9's first three seasons, so that Worf is included in spirit, before he joins DS9 in Season 4, and cover Klingon politics that fed into DS9's storyline (The Duras family, Gowron, the Klingon civil war, ect.). I also added the TNG movies to check in with Picard's crew throughout DS9 and Starfleet's encounters with the Dominion.
I already have some of my Voyager marathon planned out, with a streamlined collection of DS9 episodes to cover the major highlights of the Dominion War, and the conflict and endgame for The Maquis storyline. The idea is to anchor Voyager with occasional the occasional check-in back home at the major political and military conflicts that Starfleet is dealing with, while Voyager makes it's homeward journey. And the TNG movies slotted in between episodes where appropriate.
This takes me up to Season 6 and 7 of Voyager, which has Voyager on it's own; the major quadrant-shaking events back home are settled, so there is less to check in on. I'm unfamiliar with Voyager, except for a handful of episodes throughout the series. I gather there is some checking back, with a storyline about Barclay trying to contact Voyager, but that's all I really know.
So I thought I would ask, for the last two Seasons of Voyager, are there stretches of episodes that would group together well as mini-seasons of about 9-14 episodes? Are there episodes that would serve as a quality story that resolves well, with a little bit of a hook for what's next, that function as a mini-season's "finale"? As an example, "Sacrifice of Angels" was one "season finale" endpoint, which ended a 6-part sequence of stories, "In the Pale Moonlight" was a satisfying stopping point as a quality episode that changed the political landscape in a hopeful direction. Episodes that are turning points, that aren't necessarily followed up right away, are satisfying pause and take a break, with just enough intrigue to look forward to the next "mini-season".
I had some great suggestions for DS9, that worked really well for sub-dividing the show. I would love to hear any ideas you all might have for the final seasons of Voyager.
