Bride of Chaotica!

It's fun! Don't take it too seriously and don't take yourself so seriously you can't enjoy it. Just like the X-Files, every good scifi show has its silly episodes. If you can't enjoy it, that's a personal problem. 😉

In the meanwhile the captain's performance is funny too

This episode is a lot of fun with great set pieces and costumes. Most of the story is in black and white because it takes place in Paris' holodeck series of Captain Proton, which is some kind of homage to the early Sci Fi movies of the golden Hollywood era.

Although this episode is a little whacky, it isn't complete nonsense. The premise of the story sounds plausible. Voyager is stuck in some subspace fold which makes it pierce into another dimension. The inhabitants there are photonic life forms. Since their dimension also cuts through the holodeck, the holographic world of Captain Proton and the dimension of the photonic life forms are suddenly merged. And since holograms are also photonic beings, they now pose a threat to the photonic beings in the other dimension and are even able to kill them.

Of course, as always, just shutting down the holodeck isn't working. And since Voyager is still stuck, the only solution is to help those photonic beings defeat Chaotica within the simulation.

Mulgrew does a good job impersonating a queen and overacting as it was often done in those old Sci Fi movies like Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon. Both visuals, acting and dialogue really immerse the viewer into this story.

All in all a well done episode that 25 years later still has a special charm due to the cinematography, the sets and costumes. I think, although it is a different kind of episode, it still fits well into the Voyager canon.

You're either going to love it or hate it. This is an episode that doesn't take anything seriously. It's completely insane, random, full of plot holes and downright corny but it makes me laugh and therefore I give it an 8. I'm a hardcore Treky but I like to party too, even in the 19th century. Lighten up a little and have some fun. That's what this episode is about.

"Bride of Chaotica" is a dumb episode...but it works because it never tries to be anything but cheesy and dumb! It begins as several other episodes have begun--with Paris and Kim in the holodeck playing Captain Proton! However, after they leave to go back to work, something totally unforeseen happens--the holodeck remains on and subspace beings enter it. Unfortunately, these beings think that the evil Dr. Chaotica is real and begin an all-out war against this holo-menace! In the process, they disable Voyager and it's up to Paris, Kim and the Captain to enter the holo program and straighten all this out.

To call this episode anything other than silly old fashioned fun would be difficult. Obviously the show was based on the old Flash Gordon serials and it's clearly a homage to these old serials. Well worth seeing.