Star Trek: Every Two-Parter Ranked From WORST To BEST

31. Workforce, Workforce, Part II

First day on the new job? Try not to trigger a core overload! This whole place runs on tylium, but there are no Cylon second chances. Workplace alienation and the (ill-)treatment of the immigrant labour force is the theme — one that sadly hits home more today than it did when the two-parter was first broadcast. In that, Workforce is a fine piece of science fiction, even if it doesn't quite reach the dizzying heights of the other Star Trek: Voyager two-parters.

Allegories and memory manipulations aside, Workforce and Workforce, Part II were the chance for a 'what if' for the crew of Voyager. So close to the series finale, 'what if they ended up settling in the Delta Quadrant'? The 'what if' of the Emergency Command Hologram (ECH) also went from daydreams to reality for the Doctor. In actuality, Captain Janeway was no fool for the falsely implanted premises of another life: "Not for a second."