A little hit of nostalgia, recapturing the excitement of a new Star Trek show before expectations met reality. Not that Voyager was ever bad. It was undoubtedly better than Enterprise and a near work of genius compared to the trash fire that is "modern" Trek. Yet it also brought us Threshold and a substantial selection of poorly handled characters.

One thing of note is the hullabaloo around having a "female" captain. I remember seeing this back in 1995, and even then, I was uncomfortable with how much of a big deal they were making about it. This was partly a marketing ploy ("How is this different?"), but even more so, we clearly had a long way to go in 1995.…