The 37's

An episode that take 30 minutes to come to its point, 10 minutes to discuss the point, and that's that.

An episode about aliens that have kidnapped humans and brought them to a planet as slaves. In the time between 1937 and the current year, a lot has happened. The human slaves revolted and now have the planet to themselves. However they had around 8 humans in cryogenic stasis. No explanation is given as to why they are kept in stasis other than that the other humans think they are dead.

This episode is more about the prospect of staying on a planet that "feels like home" over the perils of getting back to home. That's really the whole idea of the episode itself and we never really a chance to explore that aspect of the plot. The moment we get to point, we have 10 minutes left, enough for a monologue from Janeway and a few conversations here and there about it, but all in the span of 5 minutes. The build up took so long to achieve and the resolution below average.

Overall, skippable episode. Nothing stands out, not even David Gaff, who was a memorable character from the Police Academy movies. Nothing to see here with starting Season 2.

It was said this episode was a screenplay written for Season 1, so I will assign this episode to that season and take the next episode as season 2 and see if this season starts off better with that in mind.

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.

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.

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.

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.