10 Best Star Trek: Voyager Episodes

10. Equinox

The end of Voyager's fifth season saw the arrival of the USS Equinox, a Nova class starship that was also pulled into the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. Unlike Voyager however, this vessel found no allies and, after a fateful encounter with a species called the Crotonan Guard, lost half of their crew.

Captain Ransom and his colleagues quickly abandon the Prime Directive, searching for any means to get home. On meeting the Ankari, they find that they can use the bodies of extra-dimensional beings as fuel. This increases the power of their Warp Core. This first step into darkness leads to a confrontation with Janeway and the crew of Voyager.

Kate Mulgrew skirts the line in this episode. She and Robert Beltran deliver some of their finest performances here, going head to head in a battle of right versus wrong. By the close of the episode, their friendship has been pushed to the very limit.

After betrayal, kidnap and attempted murder, Ransom remembers that he is a Starfleet Captain. He may have forgotten that for a little while, but he saves who he can by piloting the Equinox away ahead of a core breach.