The 37's

Voyager discovers cryogenically frozen people from the 1930s.

There are some great ideas here such as the origins of the 37's and the dilemma the crew is placed in, but I think the two aspects of the story make it all feel a bit rushed and ill conceived.

I dislike the hostage situation because it feels forced and eats up way too much screen time. These minutes could have been used by the Voyager crew looking in more depth at their dilemma and making it feel like a genuinely difficult situation.

Instead of putting the budget into landing Voyager on a planet, I think they should have shown something of the fabulous cities referenced by Janeway. At least one matte background would have been nice.

None of it is bad filmmaking, but there is nothing particularly interesting in what happens and to me it feels like wasted ideas.

The cast are all good, especially Katie Mulgrew. David Graf who played Eugene Tackleberry in the Police Academy film series also guest stars. At one point he has to threaten people with a gun, which (for an 80s child) is obviously a highlight.

I've always been a Star Trek fan. When it's good it's awesome, when it's bad it's really bad. That said I know there are going to be some episodes that are better than others. This is one of the worse episodes in all of the different series. The fact that this was the first show in season two is a huge disappointment.

I am appalled at some of these reviews. Many are being so critical about the "science" and "technicalities". Just stop. One of the joys of reading or watching a Science Fiction novel or show is that it's NOT REAL. It's human nature to imagine what "could be". We want to envision what our life could potentially be like in the future. Why do so many people try to place our current reality into a fantasy world? Yea this episode is beyond far fetched. Yea it never could explain the disappearance of Amelia Aerhart. So what? That's not the intention of the writers. Their job was to ENTERTAIN and make you detach youself from reality for an hour. I LOVE this episode. Because I KNOW it's ridiculous. That would have never happened. Or.....could it have??? How do we know??? THATS my point...expand your mind and just accept it for what it is. Pure imagination which obviously many of the critics of this episode lack.

A very interesting story but they don't explore the possibility within it.. They could have shown the crew giving technology, replicators, working with them to establish the place as a true settlement, so many possibilities but the episode just ends.. Very odd.. Still fun to watch tho.

This story was pushed as the second season opener. It opens with the Voyage crew finding rust. It is from a 1937 Ford pickup truck floating around in space. Then a SOS signal beaming from a nearby planet. Captain Janeway decides to land the starship on the planet.

The crew find some humans in stasis, one of them aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. It seems something abducted people of Earth in 1937. When the people are revived they are understandably confused but security was lax. Earhart's navigator pulls a gun, it seemed they were not checked properly.

It emerges that a race called then Briori kidnapped some 300 humans back in 1937 and transported to the Delta Quadrant as slaves.

Captain Janeway encounter the descendants of the original 300 who have built cities on this planet. Janeway decides to offer her crew a choice. Continue the voyage home or some could stay behind with the human descendants of the 37s.

This could had worked as a finale where they could had have some Voyager crew stay behind. There is human world here. The ending was too neat given that for most of the first season there was supposed to be disharmony.

I liked how little the Voyager crew knew of 20h century history. Like what is gasoline or the combustion engine!