Star Trek: Voyager: Season 3

1996 · 26 episodes · ★ 7.0

What Season 3 of Star Trek: Voyager

The season opens with Voyager far from home, in the Delta Quadrant, and with the crew determined to find a route back to Earth. Janeway and her team run into enemies, traps, and dangers of every kind, and time travel complicates the journey even further. The Doctor suffers a decline that threatens to erase his personality, while Kes goes through coma episodes and abductions. B'Elanna deals with implanted memories and the fever in her Klingon blood, and Chakotay becomes a lead again after his rescue by the Borg. Janeway will have to make tough decisions to protect her crew.

26episodes

Sep 4, 1996premiered

May 21, 1997latest episode

19.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Basics (2)
Sep 4, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: 50023.4. Voyager is captured by the Kazon and the crew are dumped on a planet in its early stages of evolution. As only Tom Paris and Lon Suder have evaded capture, it's up to them and the EMH to come up with a plan to retake the ship.
Directed by: Winrich Kolbe · Written by: Michael Piller · Starring: Nancy Hower, Michael Bailey Smith, Brad Dourif, Martha Hackett
3x02 Flashback
Sep 11, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: 50126.4. After falling ill to what appears to be a repressed memory Tuvok must perform a mind-meld with Captain Janeway in order to survive. The meld takes them back to when Tuvok was a junior science officer aboard the U.S.S. Excelsior under the command of Captain Hikaru Sulu.
Directed by: David Livingston · Written by: Brannon Braga · Starring: George Takei, Grace Lee Whitney, Michael Ansara, Boris Lee Krutonog
3x03 The Chute
Sep 18, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 6.8
Stardate: 50156.2. Paris and Kim are sent to an Akritian prison after being accused of a terrorist bombing.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: Kenneth Biller · Starring: Robert Pine, Don McManus, James Parks, Ed Trotta
3x04 The Swarm
Sep 25, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 6.8
Stardate: 50252.3. Voyager must cross through the territory of a mysterious and fiercely isolationist species. Meanwhile, B’Ellana tries to help the Doctor when he begins losing his memory.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Michael Sussman · Starring: Carole Davis, Steven Houska, Majel Barrett
3x05 False Profits
Oct 2, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 6.8
Stardate: 50074.3. The crew encounter a Bronze Age culture ruled by two “Sages” – a pair of Ferengi who arrived through a wormhole from the Alpha Quadrant.
Directed by: Cliff Bole · Written by: Joe Menosky · Starring: Leslie Jordan, Michael Ensign, Dan Shor, Rob LaBelle
3x06 Remember
Oct 9, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.1
Stardate: 50203.1. After Voyager encounter a telepathic species, B'Elanna starts having powerful dreams that depict the life of a woman and her lover in a time of great political and social upheaval.
Directing: Winrich Kolbe · Writing: Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga · Starring: Charles Esten, Bruce Davison, Eugene Roche, Athena Massey
3x07 Sacred Ground
Oct 30, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 5.9
Stardate: 50063.2. Captain Janeway has to undergo a rigorous ritual in order to save Kes' life when she is knocked unconscious.
Directed by: Robert Duncan McNeill · Written by: Lisa Klink · Starring: Harry Groener, Parley Baer, Becky Ann Baker, Keene Curtis
3x08 Future's End (1)
Nov 6, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: Unknown. Voyager is attacked by a Timeship from 500 years in the future, but the two ships are hurled into the past and Voyager is stranded in the year 1996.
Directed by: David Livingston · Written by: Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga · Starring: Sarah Silverman, Ed Begley Jr., Allan Royal, Barry Wiggins
3x09 Future's End (2)
Nov 13, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.4
Stardate: 50312.5. While trying to rescue Paris and Tuvok, Torres and Chakotay are captured by a gang of weapons smugglers who believe that they are from the government.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga · Starring: Sarah Silverman, Ed Begley Jr., Allan Royal, Brent Hinkley
3x10 Warlord
Nov 20, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 6.2
Stardate: 50348.1. A dying warlord transfers his consciousness to Kes’s body and uses her to stage a bloody coup on his home world.
Directed by: David Livingston · Starring: Leigh McCloskey, Anthony Crivello, Galyn Görg, Brad Greenquist
3x11 The Q and the Grey
Nov 27, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 6.8
Stardate: 50384.2. Q begins courting Captain Janeway, claiming that her having his child is the only way to end a civil war wracking the Q Continuum.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: Kenneth Biller, Shawn Piller · Starring: Suzie Plakson, John de Lancie, Harve Presnell
3x12 Macrocosm
Dec 11, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: Unknown. After returning from a first contact mission, Janeway, Neelix and the Doctor must retake Voyager from an infestation of microorganisms that grow to an alarming size.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Brannon Braga · Starring: Albie Selznick, Michael Fiske, Tarik Ergin, Louis Ortiz
3x13 Fair Trade
Jan 8, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 6.8
Stardate: Unknown. Voyager arrives at the dangerous and uncharted Nekrit Expanse. Neelix, feeling useless now that he can’t guide them, reaches out to a shady contact to find the crew a map.
Directing: Jesús Salvador Treviño · Writing: Ron Wilkerson, André Bormanis · Starring: James Horan, Carlos Carrasco, James Nardini, Steve Kehela
3x14 Alter Ego
Jan 15, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 6.6
Stardate: 50460.3. Ensign Kim asks for Tuvok’s help controlling his emotions when he finds himself desperately in love with a holodeck character.
Directing: Robert Picardo · Writing: Joe Menosky · Starring: Sandra Nelson, Shay Todd, Alexander Enberg, Majel Barrett
3x15 Coda
Jan 29, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 6.7
Stardate: 50518.6. Captain Janeway and Chakotay are trapped in a time loop, reliving the same disastrous shuttle crash.
Directed by: Nancy Malone · Written by: Jeri Taylor · Starring: Len Cariou, Majel Barrett, Louis Ortiz
3x16 Blood Fever
Feb 5, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 6.6
Stardate: 50537.2. Ensign Vorik expresses his desire to mate with B'Elanna during his Pon-Farr. After they get in a brawl over the matter, Torres begins showing signs of the Pon-Farr herself.
Directing: Andrew Robinson · Writing: Lisa Klink · Starring: Bruce Bohne, Deborah Levin, Alexander Enberg, Louis Ortiz
3x17 Unity
Feb 12, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.4
Stardate: 50614.2. During an away mission, Chakotay discovers a Federation hailing signature coming from an alien planet. After landing, he learns that all is not peaceful, and those helping him have not been entirely honest about their true origins.
Directing: Robert Duncan McNeill · Writing: Kenneth Biller · Starring: Ivar Brogger, Lori Hallier, Susan Dalian, Patrick Barnitt
3x18 Darkling
Feb 19, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 6.4
Stardate: 50693.2. When the doctor tries to improve his personality by incorporating the psychological profiles of famous and historical people, he is overwhelmed by their dark sides and begins exhibiting signs of a split personality, one the regular doctor, and the other dark and evil. Kes asks to leave Voyager when they encounter a race with vast knowledge of the region of space they are currently exploring.
Directed by: Alexander Singer · Written by: Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga · Starring: Stephen Davies, David Lee Smith, Peter Dennis, Noel De Souza
3x19 Rise
Feb 26, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 6.5
Stardate: Unknown. Neelix is pushed to the limits when Tuvok's attitude becomes too much to bear while the pair is on an away mission to help evacuate a Nezu planet, which is being bombarded with asteroids.
Directing: Robert Scheerer · Writing: Brannon Braga · Starring: Tom Towles, Alan Oppenheimer, Kelly Connell, Geof Prysirr
3x20 Favorite Son
Mar 19, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 6.0
Stardate: 50732.4. Harry Kim experiences strong senses of deja vu in an unknown region of space. He soon learns that he is native to this region and that he is T'Karian, not human.
Directed by: Marvin V. Rush · Written by: Lisa Klink · Starring: Kristanna Loken, Deborah May, Patrick Fabian, Irene Tsu
3x21 Before and After
Apr 9, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.2
Stardate: 50973. Kes begins traveling backwards through time from the moment of her death. With each shift, she comes closer to a solution but she also grows months and years younger at a time.
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: Kenneth Biller · Starring: Jessica Collins, Christopher Aguilar, Rachael Harris, Janna Michaels
3x22 Real Life
Apr 23, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: 50863.2. The Doctor decides he should create a holographic family in order to expand himself. When B'Elanna is disgusted by its unrealistic perfectionism, she alters the program to include random events and outcomes with interesting and devastating results.
Directing: Anson Williams · Writing: Jeri Taylor · Starring: Wendy Schaal, Glenn Walker Harris Jr., Lindsey Haun, Stephen Anthony Ralston
3x23 Distant Origin
Apr 30, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Stardate: Unknown. An alien palaeontologist discovers a common ancestral link between his people and humans. He believes that this proves that his people (the Voth) evolved on Earth and migrated to the Delta Quadrant millions of years ago, but his government is not as willing to believe his interpretation of the evidence.
Directing: David Livingston · Writing: Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga · Starring: Concetta Tomei, Marshall R. Teague, Henry Woronicz, Christopher Liam Moore
3x24 Displaced
May 7, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: 50912.4. Crew members are replaced one-by-one with aliens from an unknown race.
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: Lisa Klink · Starring: Mark L. Taylor, Nancy Youngblut, Kenneth Tigar, James Noah
3x25 Worst Case Scenario
May 14, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.7
Stardate: 50953.4. B'Elanna Torres discovers a holodeck program where Chakotay and the Maquis rebel against Janeway.
Directed by: Alexander Singer · Written by: Kenneth Biller · Starring: Martha Hackett, Majel Barrett, Louis Ortiz
3x26 Scorpion (1) Season Finale
May 21, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 8.5
Stardate: 50984.3. Voyager finally enters Borg space, only to discover a threat more powerful than the Borg themselves.
Directed by: David Livingston · Written by: Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga · Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Louis Ortiz