Once Upon a Time

This episode showcases Voyager's youngest crewmen, Naomi Wildman, played by Scarlett Pomers. Her mother is on a mission on the Delta Flyer which has gone missing. The Voyager crew are searching, hoping to find the Delta Flyer before the air supply runs out on the trapped away team.

At issue is should they tell Naomi the truth about her mother being in danger yet, since they don't have solid facts. Neelix hopes to keep her occupied, sparing her the worry and pain of thinking she may never see her mother again.

A neat element of this episode is the holideck program for children. In the 24th century instead of watching Elmo and Big Bird kids actually get to play with Flotter & Trevis. The adventures involve an educational element to encourage learning. But Sesame Street has better songs.

Guest Cast: Under Flotter's makeup is Wallace Langham of CSI and The Larry Sanders Show. It's the only appearance of the holideck program, but the stuffed Flotter that Neelix and Harry make for Naomi is shown in future episodes.

I am blown away that some of you nerds think this is the worst episode of any Star Trek. I made an account just to write this but what the hell are you talking about, did you see the Voyager episode where Janeway and Paris turn into salamander aliens and mate?

Y'all really hate kids, huh? I remember reading the reviews of DS9 episodes that featured Molly O'Brien and they were just like, calling for the kid to die in order to make the show better.

I thought this episode was fine, the silly characters kept themselves in check and rarely overstayed their welcome, and we got to deal with the most unique crew member on this voyage.

To all the weird haters: Sorry this episode wasn't about a space battle or like a dilithium matrix being jettisoned.

Complete waste of time watching this crap. Useless episode focusing on useless characters

It's the worst episode of any Star Trek series. Period. It's boring and has no story. If you want to watch a whole episode of Neelix and a pouty little girl and her annoying holodeck friends then this is an episode for you. Otherwise just skip it. It does not add to Voyager's journey in any way so you can take it out of the series and nothing would be lost. I was bored early on and I only continued to watch because I couldn't believe this was all there was to the episode. I was wrong.

I won't write much because it is barely worth my time. After a stellar beginning to Season Five, we get this junk. Neelix's relationship with that little girl is tiresome enough, but throw in the bad acting and those ridiculous characters on the holodeck, and it seems endless. Why do we have to take these diversions away from science fiction? Other than a shuttle crash, the whole thing is maudlin manipulation.