The Number of Episodes in Season 1

[Guy Gardener]

Light is both a particle and a wave.

(The Amazon list is not Memory Alpha. The production list from Amazon which you posted, does not express the same information that Memory Alpha does. If caretaker had two production numbers on the amazon production list, then it would have been listed twice. It wasn't. Someone was lazy, because no one (with a life) is anal enough to care. I don't care, but I thought it was worth a giggle to point it out.)

I'm Watching Deepwater Black on Youtube as I type, which was made during seaosn 3 of Voyager maybe.

Voyager in comparison is amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing.

 

[DigificWriter]

I have a correction to make: I was mistaken. Memory Alpha doesn't assign Caretaker two production numbers. Instead, it lists it as comprising Episodes 1 and 2 of the season, with Parallax being assigned production number 103.

This pattern is also followed by Emissary, Encounter at Farpoint, All Good Things, and Dark Frontier, which are listed as single episodes and were assigned a single production number but are also listed as comprising two episode slots in their respective seasons (DS9 1x01/1x02, TNG 1x01/1x02, TNG 7x25/7x26, and VOY 5x15/5x16, respectively).

 

[Guy Gardener]

Because in reruns, and syndication, the pilots will be aired as two episodes, an not as a tv movie event.

How many novels were set during season one?

And how many Novels set inbetween season one dribble into season two?

Can you imagine these mercenary authors tossing their toys after they're told that after the introduction of Seven of Nine that they are being asked to write a season one story sans Seven?

 

[Praetorian]

Whenever I rewatch Voyager, "my" first season is the one they originally meant. Having "The 37's" as season finale makes for a much more enjoyable experience.

 

[Christopher]

So you simultaneously think that Caretaker is a single episode, but Basics is two?

"Caretaker" debuted as a single 2-hour episode, and it was only in later reruns that it was split into two parts. "Basics" aired in two separate 1-hour episodes months apart.

This is hardly unique to these two episodes. Every episode that originally aired as a 2-hour block, such as every series premiere and finale, was given a single production number for the whole thing (as well as a pair of alternate production numbers for the split version in reruns), while every episode that originally aired as a 2-parter on separate weeks is given two different production numbers, one for each part.

 

[Guy Gardener]

You know how they say "Never explain a joke" because every one winds up looking like a moron?

From wikipedia

Episode no. Season 1
Episode 1 & 2 Directed by Winrich Kolbe Teleplay by Michael Piller
Jeri Taylor Story by Rick Berman
Michael Piller
Jeri Taylor Featured music Jay Chattaway Production code 101 & 102 Original air date January 16, 1995

One more time.

The amazon list was in error. It disagreed with what wikipedia and memory alpha said. How it disagreed was to tiny humourous wrinkle and probably a typo more so than an information error. Insignificant. Akin to punctuation Nazi's fucking me for where I put my apostrophes. Those assholes where born to be ignored.

Christopher, unfortunately Wikipedia and Memory Alpha disagree with you. Maybe you could fight them, or you could just burn them with a cigarette and run away. I don't aspire to tell you how to spend your day.

 

[Praetorian]

Caretaker was, originally, aired as a single episode. Basics wasn't. The end.

 

[Christopher]

Episodes that originally aired as 2-hour specials and are thus treated as single episodes:

"Encounter at Farpoint"
"All Good Things..."
"Emissary"
"The Way of the Warrior"
"What You Leave Behind"
"Caretaker"
"The Killing Game"
"Dark Frontier"
"Flesh and Blood"
"Endgame"
"Broken Bow"
"These Are the Voyages"

Episodes that originally aired as 2-parters on separate weeks and are treated (and usually named) as "Part 1" and "Part 2" (excluding those where the parts had different episode titles):

"The Best of Both Worlds"
"Redemption"
"Unification"
"Time's Arrow"
"Chain of Command"
"Birthright"
"Descent"
"Gambit"
"The Maquis"
"The Search"
"Past Tense"
"Basics"
"Future's End"
"Scorpion"
"Year of Hell"
"Equinox"
"Unimatrix Zero"
"Shockwave"
"Storm Front"
"In a Mirror, Darkly"

The odd one out is "The Menagerie." It aired as a 2-parter on consecutive weeks, yet it's given a single episode number and is generally counted in episode guides as just one episode.

 

[Guy Gardener]

It's only going to be aired "Originally" once.

Hundreds of crew and creative types are relying on the residuals from Caretaker being 2 episodes to feed their belligerent families.

 

[DigificWriter]

Episodes that originally aired as 2-hour specials and are thus treated as single episodes:

"Encounter at Farpoint"
"All Good Things..."
"Emissary"
"The Way of the Warrior"
"What You Leave Behind"
"Caretaker"
"The Killing Game"
"Dark Frontier"
"Flesh and Blood"
"Endgame"
"Broken Bow"
"These Are the Voyages"

Episodes that originally aired as 2-parters on separate weeks and are treated (and usually named) as "Part 1" and "Part 2" (excluding those where the parts had different episode titles):

"The Best of Both Worlds"
"Redemption"
"Unification"
"Time's Arrow"
"Chain of Command"
"Birthright"
"Descent"
"Gambit"
"The Maquis"
"The Search"
"Past Tense"
"Basics"
"Future's End"
"Scorpion"
"Year of Hell"
"Equinox"
"Unimatrix Zero"
"Shockwave"
"Storm Front"
"In a Mirror, Darkly"

The odd one out is "The Menagerie." It aired as a 2-parter on consecutive weeks, yet it's given a single episode number and is generally counted in episode guides as just one episode.

On Memory Alpha, The Killing Game is listed as two separate episodes alongside the likes of Basics, Unification, etc.

 

[Christopher]

^But if you check the airdates, you'll find that the two parts were broadcast back-to-back on the same night. Note that it's the first 2-hour VGR special after "Caretaker," and only the second 2-hour special that wasn't a series premiere or finale. Presumably it was made as an ordinary 2-parter but UPN then decided to air it as a movie-length episode. The next two times it happened, evidently, the producers knew in advance that it would be aired that way and it was handled accordingly.

 

[Dream]

^But if you check the airdates, you'll find that the two parts were broadcast back-to-back on the same night. Note that it's the first 2-hour VGR special after "Caretaker," and only the second 2-hour special that wasn't a series premiere or finale. Presumably it was made as an ordinary 2-parter but UPN then decided to air it as a movie-length episode. The next two times it happened, evidently, the producers knew in advance that it would be aired that way and it was handled accordingly.

Strangely, they were shown as two separate episodes on the same night. Part 1 was shown with ending credits and Part 2 was original shown with the opening credits.

They should edited it as a movie length feature like "Dark Frontier"!

 

[Christopher]

^Wow, then it must've been a last-minute decision, so that they didn't even have time to do a 2-hour edit.