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List Price: $69.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 5689
Released: November 9, 2004 |
| Our Price: $40.79 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
STAR TREK VOYAGER: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON features the adventures of the Voyager crew led by Capt. Janeway (Mulgrew). Throughout the season, the Voyager crew plunges into a vast, empty, star-less expanse, makes a surprising discovery in a most unexpected place, has a chance encounter with the remains of a destroyed Borg vessel that results in an unusual effect on Seven of Nine, and suddenly discovers a wormhole that apparently leads to Earth.
Description of Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Fifth Season:
After Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) spent much of Voyager's fourth season trying to resist the pull of the Borg, and just when the tide of battle seemed to be turning, she returns to the Collective in a memorable confrontation with the Borg Queen (Susanna Thompson) in the centerpiece story of the fifth season, the two-part "Dark Frontier." The Borg also factor into the nightmare-laden "Infinite Regress" as well as "Drone," in which a strange Borg-human-EMH hybrid teaches Seven the experience of parenthood, of sorts. Species 8472 returns as well, in another of the season's gritty episodes, "In the Flesh."
The series' historic 100th episode "Timeless" goes back in history as Kim (Garrett Wang) and Chakotay (Robert Beltran) try to repair a past mistake (directed by and guest-starring TNG's LeVar Burton), and in another dizzying episode, "Relativity," Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is spending her first day on Voyager when she discovers Seven, who has traveled back in time to prevent an act of sabotage. It was also a good season for buddies Kim and Paris (Robert Duncan MacNeill). In addition to "Timeless," Kim takes center stage in "The Disease" when he embarks on a dangerous romance. Paris is thrown in the brig in "Thirty Days," and his Captain Proton holodeck simulation goes haywire in "Bride of Chaotica!" In "Course Oblivion," a ship wedding is the prelude to a deadly displacement for the entire crew.
It wasn't all slam-bang action. The Doctor's (Robert Picardo) buried memories lead to an ethical conflict in "Latent Image," and he and Seven (the two most consistently interesting crew members) dabble in the most unlikely of romances in one of the series' most touching and memorable episodes "Someone to Watch Over Me." Also, Jason Alexander (then in Seinfeld) guest-stars as a scheming alien in "Think Tank." Voyager didn't always close its season with a cliffhanger, but in "Equinox, Part 1" an attempt to aid another Federation starship in the Delta Quadrant uncovers a threat that might destroy them both.
The bonus features include a season recap, crew profiles of Voyager's resident couple, B'Elanna Torres and Paris, a 19-minute spotlight on the makeup process (Neelix was created as a combination of Timon and Pumbaa in The Lion King), and "The Borg Queen Speaks," in which Susanna Thompson discusses the difficulties of shooting and how she had originally auditioned for the same role in Star Trek: First Contact. --David Horiuchi
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Fifth Season Reviews:
Excellent series 
2009-06-28 - Excellent series quit being cheap, get them all you know you want them, This is Star Trek get off your wallet.
For those of you who just don't get it I say get it and you will, if you don't then you have no soul or imagination how sad for you.
Great product!! 
2009-06-10 - The DVD set was in great condition and nothing was wrong with it!! We received it in a timely fashion!!
Except for the case...
2009-06-06 - Star Trek Voyager is my favorite of the Star Trek franchise. I think what appeals to me is that, unlike the other series that basically have them tooling around in their own little quadrant of the galaxy, Voyager is flung to an extraordinarily distant quadrant with little hope of getting back in their lifetime. The underlying mission of getting home along with the Star Trek standard fare gave more meaning to them being out there. The character of The Doctor was always entertaining, and once they brought in Seven-of-Nine and phased out Kes (never liked her) the series really took off, as she was easy on the eyes as well and very logical to complement the Vulcan Tuvok (the logical characters in all Star Trek were my favorites). Since others have done a fine job of describing the episodes, I'll leave it at that.
The only disappointment with the DVD collection is the cheap cases. They are basically storybook slim style jewels in different colors held together with really strong tape. Voyager was never fully accepted in Trekdom, and this is reflected in the distributor spending the barest minimum on the collection.
About the case, I had ordered all seasons individually over time from Amazon as they went on and off sale, and the case was always broken on #5. I asked if they could specifically inspect a copy before they send it, and they said no. I was trying to help them by letting them know there stock was damaged, but they didn't seem to care. In fact, after the fourth broken case, they told me that I would probably never be pleased and to go shop somewhere else! Gratefully, Overstock.com has a price matching program and was glad to do business with me. The copy I received from them was flawless on the first try.
Great season
2009-05-01 - The crew's getting closer to home, characters are continuing to develop... the same solid story telling from the rest of the seasons.
Definitely worth getting, heck, get all 7 seasons!
Great Show
2009-03-23 - Great service and great show. Seems it's about time to start another Star Trek series!!!
