10 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Voyager

Pages of space have been given over to the speedy way in which the Maquis and Starfleet crews blend together before the Caretaker's rocky remains have cooled.

Promoted as an opportunity for conflict and character development, Voyager's melding of two factions offered a new spark to the franchise set up in the later days of TNG and the second season of DS9. Yet it failed to pay off in any respect. The nearest fans got to seeing this conflict in action was Torres and Carey clashing over who would become chief engineer. As the elephant in the room, the duality of the crew would play out in a holodeck for Worst Case Scenario but otherwise be firmly left at the roadside.

Backroom discussions led to the removal of the friction between the crews of Janeway and Chakotay yet to ditch some a fundamental element of the show and something intrinsic to its concept still leaves fans baffled today. Revisiting this controversially abandoned plot point only reignited the fires three seasons later. Yes, it made sense for the two crews to work together and put aside their differences yet barely a line is given to exploring how it was all put to bed before the closing credits of Caretaker. That decision may actually have been the real Worst Case Scenario depriving the show of more character depth and exploration than checking out the next gaseous space anomaly.