Voyager episode spirit folk

From here, the episode is essentially one ridiculous holodeck gimmick. Normally the holodeck protocols prevent the computer characters from noticing the inconsistencies of the. Voyager dvd order season 6 episode 17 spirit folk tom necha obyvatele fair havenu videt prilis z technologie 24. Its not too much of a stretch to imagine an episode of black mirror coming out of a similar premise. Spirit folk also suffers badly in comparison to the similar next generation episode that creates a selfaware moriarty from datas sherlock holmes holodeck program. Season 6 picks up where season 5 left off, with janeway fighting a battle of wills with another captain in equinox, part 2. Episode 9 the voyager conspiracy wherein seven of nine joins the alex jones fringe. Arguably the two voyagers in that episode were of the exact same origin and existence, just happening to have been duplicated by that nebulawhatitz. The last few holodeck episodes on voyager are underwhelming to say the least.

This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Shit like this just shouldnt be made basic rules of the trek holodeck paradigm arent observed, the voyager crew act like idiots, and the real focus seemed to be the fair haven folk. I quite like spirit folk despite the awful stereotyping of irish folk. Spirit folk a holodeck malfunction causes the characters in the fair haven simulation to become more aware of their surroundings than they should be. Voyager encounters a graviton ellipse, a phenomenon that emerges from subspace on rare occasions. Icheb, azan, rebi, and mezoti behave rebelliously against seven of nine. Ridiculously early in the episode, torres notes that fair haven can be reprogrammed, but paris and kim cannot. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, robert duncan mcneill. Spirit folk does none of this and, interestingly enough, the voyager regulars play second fiddle here to the zany. Bairbre patricia dowling 27 march 1953 20 january 2016. Star trek voyager the collectors edition collective spirit folk vhs. Unknownthe inhabitants of the holocity of fair haven suspect the voyager crew of having mystical powers when they witness the. Voyager finds a borg cube controlled by assimilated children who have been separated from the collective mind. He recites a legend about a similar town where spirit folk sneaked in, took advantage of their hospitality, and took all the people to the otherworld.

Titles spirit folk yields spirit folk voy 6x17 neelix is mentioned in this episode as looking like a leprachaun, but does ethan philips actaully appear. The characters in the fair haven holoprogram begin to suspect the voyager crew after they witness several supernatural occurrences. Its bad enough youve got them trussed up like christmas turkeys. The fifth series in the star trek franchise, it served as the fourth sequel to star trek. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001.

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a starfleet ship must cooperate with maquis rebels to find a way home. Spirit folk season 6, episode 17 bbc a return to the hologram village of fair haven alarms the superstitious locals when a glitch in the computers allows them to observe the crews ability to. Pursued by vidiian ships, voyager enters a plasma cloud just as ensign wildman nancy hower. Screenrant ranks sprit folk as one of the worst voyager. Fair haven and spirit folk are two of voyagers worst episodes. For the holographic inhabitants of fair haven, unworldly actions from voyager personnel fit only one explanation theyre faerie folk. The two episodes are six apart numerically and were originally aired six weeks apart. Seamus hypnotizes the doctor, asking him questions about banishing the spiritfolk to the otherworld. May 24, 2018 a lot of the fundamental problems with spirit folk might be overlooked if the episode were better able to deliver on the promise of fun and adventure. Seamus hypnotizes the doctor, asking him questions about banishing the spirit folk to the otherworld. Torres is the 2ndmostreliable voyager episode lead, after seven. Voyager is pulled into a subspace corridor, traveling 200 lightyears until pushed out by the turei who claim ownership of the labyrinth.

But then this is toms view of an early 20th c ireland so maybe it is meant to be inaccurate and stereotypical. Voyager episode where a space anomaly generates a duplicate voyager sooner or later in the star trek universe there has to be more than one captain. In the final dialogue of the episode, sullivan tells janeway. Kate mulgrew stated in an interview at the end of the series that the only time she had been surprised by the characterisation of janeway on screen was in the romance in fair haven.

Voyager episodes fair haven and spirit folk, played by fintan mckeown every month in my journal, i pick somebody i like or admire in some way and write about what it is i like about this person or fictional character. Voyager is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman, michael piller, and jeri taylor. Of course, the holodeck has given a few duds in various episodes. Star trek voyager season 6 episode 17 spirit folk trailer. An episode roadmap september 15, 2017 by juliette harrisson. The inhabitants of the holocity of fair haven suspect the voyager crew of having mystical powers when they witness the use of their futuristic technology. Running the fair haven program nonstop has destroyed the holodeck protocols keeping the. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Seven has a decisive advantage because of her borg implants. Ashes to ashes an alien woman seeks refuge on voyager, claiming she was a member of the voyager crew who was killed three years ago and later revived by an alien society.

Voyager takes more or less advantage of a driveoftheweek. I guess the other disturbing thing about spirit folk is the rehash of federation sentiments about strong ai. Commander chakotay is on an away mission aboard the delta flyer. Spirit folk is a lousy sequel episode to a onenote original star trek. According to a fair haven legend, spirit folk arrived in kilmanin in 1846. In fair haven, she restricts herself access to his matrix, so he is, in effect, impervious to her charms. Screenrant ranks sprit folk as one of the worst voyager episodes ever, but i would argue that the episode is a good one and that it is also more closely thematically related to hbos current westworld than westworld is to its own, original 1973 version. Any number of them have, including the trek sendup. Guide to the star trek voyager episode spirit folk. Deep space nine actor colm meaney from 1977 until their divorce in 1994. It originally aired from january 1995 to may 2001 on upn, lasting for 172 episodes over seven seasons. The voyager crew makes first contact with a holodeck program.

Join the annual nocontexttrek tradition, and start 2020 on the right hoof. In the first episode, janeway reprograms one of the characters to be her ideal boyfriend and then realizes that thats weird. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show star trek. Who cares if these characters think the voyager crew are spirit folk. I say we tie them up to the lamp post in the square and show them how spirit folk were dealt with in the olden days. Star trek voyager s 6 e 17 spirit folk recap tv tropes. S06e17 spirit folk posted on april 24, 2017 by mark oshiro in the seventeenth episode of the sixth season of voyager, i was biased against this at the start, but you know what. When paris and kim attempt to fix the problem, they themselves are put in danger.

In collective, seven becomes a mentor to five young drones abandoned by the borg. With him are ensigns tom paris and harry kim, and neelix. Later, the maquisstarfleet crew each individually face demons from their past. This is from spirit folk voy6 in which the fair haven irish holodeck townsfolk shoot the control panel with a doublebarrel shotgun, a charles parker 1878 side by side shotgun. The quaint stereotypes of fair haven and spirit folk are. I agree that she is a very reliable actress to have carry an. Other ships, things or people from the alpha quadrant show up. Voyager almost attempted something similar with once upon a time. Janeway tries to explain to michael that they are simply explorers that like to spend time in fair haven. The characters in the fair haven holoprogram begin to suspect the voyager crew after they. Set in the science fiction universe of star trek, the titular uss voyager spacecraft is stranded on the other side of the galaxy as earth and the united federation of. Maintenance links ma files from this episode 19 template. Spirit folk is the 7th episode of the american science fiction television series star trek. In barge of the dead, belanna struggles with questions of the afterlife and her klingon heritage.

While married, the couple appeared together in the 1983 television movie playboy. A longpresumeddead crewmate returns to voyager, pursued by the aliens who revived her. The doctor begins to tell them about voyager, and michael demands that he instruct him on how to be transported to katies location. She manages to disable the pursuing ship, and, in an alien language, asks the shuttles computer to locate the uss voyager. A lone female pilot in an alien shuttle is pursued by a larger vessel of the same origin. The anomaly engulfed a manned vessel during a mars mission in 2032 and chakotay is determined to retrieve the debris from inside the ellipse. The residents of voyagers favorite holodeck town witness the crew manipulate their fantasy environment, and begin to suspect that they are from the spirit world. Old patsy down in county meath spoke of a band of spirit folk who came to killmannin in 46.

Voyager also used it a lot which made sense as, so far from earth, the crew needed something to indulge in for relaxation. It has an average fan rating of 45 on the official star trek web site as of september 2009. Spirit folk is very much pitched as a light comedy episode, something of a midtolateseason breather episode. When katie oclare comes in, everyone stops talking and sullivan hurriedly greets her, bringing her to the bar and dismissing the earlier conversation. A chronological order of episodes is presented in the series article.

Spirit folk plays those conventions straight, to the point that its perhaps more interesting to imagine a version of the episode told from the villagers perspective without cutting the crew. It is ironic that a holodeck program created to relieve crew boredom is itself, remarkably boring to the viewer. During the winter of 1847, the people and its inhabitants disappeared. The various star trek series have been known to produce some of the best episodic television known to man, but along the way there were some stinkers. In the final dialogue of the episode, sullivan tells janeway that knowing a spirits true name renders one impervious to their charms, but janeway insists that she doesnt believe a word of it. Unknown the holodeck program fair haven becomes a dangerous place after it destabilizes, leaving the characters able to see the strange changes the crew cause in the program. Everyone talks about threshold, but for me, these are by far the worst episodes of voyager, and probably of all of star trek yes, including spocks brain. February 23, 2000 5 of 168 produced 5 of 168 aired introduction the holographic town of fair haven is riven by tension as its residents begin to suspect their frequent visitors of nefarious designs upon them. However, spirit folk never coheres into anything satisfying or even amusing. The best episodes in star trekin all the series ntribute a little something to the franchise as a whole, whether through character development, introduction of a new idea, fact, species or technology, etc. The story arc is concluded in spirit folk, the other voyager episode featuring the town.