STAR TREK VOYAGER SEASON 4 SERIES

These 'jumps' would continue throughout the remainder of the series, getting Voyager out of danger while simultaneously removing years from their journey. Kes' 'gift' at the start of the season provided Voyager with its first big jump, knocking 10,000 light years and 10 years off their journey, as well as placing them well outside Borg space. Instead, making large jumps closer to Earth became a regular occurrence.

STAR TREK VOYAGER SEASON 4 SERIES

However, as the series continued to mature, episodes presenting the Voyager crew with the possibility of returning home were absent throughout season four, until the finale ' Hope and Fear'.

Prior to season four, story writers had given Voyager six thwarted opportunities to return to the Alpha Quadrant, aside from the series premiere ' Caretaker'. However, with audience figures ballooning, it appeared that the producers of Voyager had finally found a character that appealed to the crucial 16-24-year-old male demographic. The Doctor, for so long a student under Kes' tutelage, turned teacher to Seven in ' Prey', kinship with Tuvok was explored in ' Hunters' and, quintessential to the remainder of the series, Seven's relationship with Janeway took center-stage in ' The Gift', ' The Raven', ' Retrospect', ' The Omega Directive', and the season finale, ' Hope and Fear'. Relationships between Seven of Nine and all the other main characters needed to be quickly established, and so conflict between Seven and B'Elanna Torres was introduced in ' Day of Honor', and Harry Kim's infatuation with Seven became a hallmark of the season in ' Revulsion'. Season four could be described as the 'Seven of Nine season', heavy with episodes centering solely on developing Jeri Ryan's new character. Seven of Nine had plenty of character development on which to catch up when compared to the other principal actors. One episode later, Jennifer Lien left the cast and Kes departed Voyager, not to return until the season six episode ' Fury'. ' Scorpion, Part II' concluded the season three finale and-most crucially to the future of the series-introduced a new character, Seven of Nine.

Season four furthered and even embellished upon the changes to the franchise already seen by the middle to end of season three.

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