What a disappointment!

[LastStarDate]

I just got through watching the final episode and boy, what a let down it was! I watched 7 seasons in order and I could have written a better conclusion than this. A little more details about their arrival home would have been very nice, maybe a scene where they all celebrate their being home and such. Maybe show how Seven took being back herself.

It ended like any episode would end, definately not "Finale" worthy. I loved the series, but hated the end..

 

[zenophite]

It was definitely one more time travel trip than necessary.

If they wanted something different they should have built up to a decent ending over the last quarter or third of the season.

 

[LastStarDate]

Yeah, they could have easily used the Transwarp Conduit without all the time travel hoopla, then they could have spent more time showing us the reactions of friends and family when they were reunited, maybe the doctor visiting his creator and maybe recieving an actual Starfleet Commision as well as Seven being given a commision. I could have written a much better story end.

 

[tomalak301]

Oh, how so many missed opportunities were lost with that final episode. No Species 8472, No Unimatrix 0 rebellion, no Suspira or any other Caretaker lifeform. If TATV is considered the worst finale in trek, than this finale should really be considered the most disappointing. So much potential wasted for your standard trek fare that we've gotten in this series already.

 

[Evil_Kirkneivel]

It's been said many times before, but it was juvenile, insulting to the fan's intelligence, way overplotted, rushed, contrived, and, yes, disappointing. Like quite a few of the latter part of season 6 and some of season 7, it felt like no one cared anymore and they (writers, directors) wanted to collect a paycheck and move on to their next series.

 

[PhoenixIreland]

I liked it.
The time travel stuff was good but I think the plot to get them home because way too convoluted and complex, I'm actually still trying to figure out some parts of the plan.

I always thought there should have been one more episode or two after that to show them home.

 

[Akiraprise]

insulting to the fan's intelligence,

No. That's just silly.

Endgame was fine. It had Borg, time travel, kewl splosions, armored Voyager. It pretty much summed up what Voyager became. The reunions with family I never wanted to see anyway. I would have rather they stayed in the DQ.

 

[Jeri]

I think it was fine, too; plus I liked the appearance of the Admiral Janeway character. To see how she turned out in one possible future was great; she is the main character, and in that sense, they certainly took care of business. I enjoyed seeing Barclay, Miral and the other kids grown up, the doctor's wife and Harry, etc. I'm most interested in how the crew progressed; less so how unknown characters on Earth reacted. As they teach you in writing class, when the story's over, stop. I liked Endgame.

 

[kimc]

I didn't have a problem with not seeing them on earth since after all it was about the journey. My problem was the crew didn't get home using their own resources. Once again the writers leaned on time travel and the borg - this time throwing them into the same episode. Throw in the ethical ramifciations of the Admiral messing with time for personal benefit plus the icky C/7 and you have one stinker of a finale.

 

[B_L_T]

I can not say that I disliked the last episode. It was very exciting and action packed. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. There was cute scene with B'Elanna and she having false labor, and Janeway joining the pool

 

[Lynx]

I think that "Endgame" is a horrible episode, simply a very bad ending of a show that started so good.

I mean, the episode is bad! Plain, simply bad. The whole story is badly written, full of flaws and only confusing. It's like the writesr simply didn't care about the show anymore, just like "let's get this done as soon as possible, then it's over and we can start working with our new pet project Enterprise and do our own TOS the way it should have been done".

Considering certain events in the episode and how bad it actually is, it's like the whole episode is a finger against the Voyager fanbase.

 

[kipron]

It had some neat ideas. Just lacked conviction.

perfect, really.

 

[Turbo]

Endgame was a sea of missed opportunities and poorly executed ideas. That said, aside from C/7, it's kinda fun.

 

[LastStarDate]

I guess to people that watched them over the years as they were released it wasn't that bad. But I sat and watched 120+ hours of this show and was just totally let down! Now, I've seen Voyager over the years with my father, not all of them, but alot.. so I thought I'd get the final episode and see how it ended. But after I obtained it, I thought I'd get the whole series and watch it start to finish. With the exeption of episode: "Nemesis", I've seen them all and the last one just left a bad taste in my mouth!!

 

[kimc]

I guess to people that watched them over the years as they were released it wasn't that bad.

I did watch them over the years and yes it was that bad.

 

[Warp Coil]

I think that, if the writers had just thrown out everything set in the future (a poor imitation of TNG's "All Good Things...") and dropped the time travel/Admiral Janeway plot, it would have freed up a lot more time to give viewers the closure they were looking for. Instead of showing us an alternate future (that now no longer exists) where people celebrate Voyager's homecoming, why not take the time to show the REAL homecoming of the ship? After seven seasons trying to reach home, the writers couldn't be bothered to have a scene with the crew setting foot in the planet they've been so desperate to reach?

The travesty and disappointment of "Endgame" reflects all of the many issues I have with VOY as a series. So many missed opportunities...

 

[exodus]

Alice Krieg again as the Borg Queen made "Endgame" worth it too me.

Seeing them get home was enough for me.

 

[bod]

I liked it, especially Admiral Janeway, she was a riot. Now I would have changed some stuff had I gotten to write it, (like that would have happened) but overall I was reasonably happy with the ending.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

There are worse episodes. But I felt they tried to hard create a "kewl" version of All Good Things.

As others have said they might have been better of to drop the time travel plot but keep having scenes in the future.

Show what happens one year later starting with the first anniversary of Voyager's return.
Then move on to show where each single character is at that point and then flashback to this character's special moment during the return-home-adventure.
Hmmm... Now that I think about it, with this story structure the could have called the episode "Lost" and it would have worked.

Oh, and no C/7!!!!

 

[kimc]

Show what happens one year later starting with the first anniversary of Voyager's return.
Then move on to show where each single character is at that point and then flashback to this character's special moment during the return-home-adventure.
Hmmm... Now that I think about it, with this story structure the could have called the episode "Lost" and it would have worked.

Given the success of "Lost" it probably would have but with a hopefully faster moving plot pace.