Worst Case Scenario (Star Trek: Voyager)
"Worst Case Scenario" | |
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Star Trek: Voyager episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 25 |
Directed by | Alexander Singer |
Written by | Kenneth Biller |
Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
Production code | 167 |
Original air date | May 14, 1997 |
Guest appearances | |
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"Worst Case Scenario" is the 67th episode and the 25th and penultimate episode of the
Plot
Various members of Voyager's crew discover a
When Paris and Tuvok start to work on the program in the holodeck, they suddenly find themselves trapped in the virtual brig. They are addressed by the simulation's version of the former crew member
Reception
When the episode first aired in 1997,
In 2015, SyFy ranked "Worst Case Scenario" among the top 10 ten episodes of the series, calling it one of the classic Star Trek holodeck stories.[3] A year later, they ranked it the 5th best holodeck episode of the entire Star Trek franchise.[4]
In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter ranked "Worst Case Scenario" as the 11th best Star Trek: Voyager episode,[5] and as the 64th best episode of all Star Trek television series up to that point.[6]
In 2019, CBR rated "Worst Case Scenario" the 9th best 'holodeck' episode of the entire Star Trek franchise.[7]
Home media
"Worst Case Scenario" was released on
In 2017, the complete Star Trek: Voyager television series was released in a DVD box set, which included "Worst Case Scenario" as part of the season 3 discs.[10]
References
- ^ Kaplan, Anna (November 1997). "Voyager Episode Guide". Cinefantastique. Vol. 29, no. 6/7. p. 113.
- ^ "Worst Case Scenario". Star Trek Monthly. No. 32. October 1997. p. 93.
- ^ Granshaw, Lisa (January 16, 2015). "20 years later: Our top 10 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved February 23, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Granshaw, Lisa (October 5, 2016). "From baseball to Sherlock Holmes: The top 10 Star Trek holodeck episodes". SYFY WIRE. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ ""Worst Case Scenario" - 'Star Trek: Voyager' — The 15 Greatest Episodes". The Hollywood Reporter. September 23, 2016.
- ^ ""Worst Case Scenario" - 'Star Trek': 100 Greatest Episodes". The Hollywood Reporter. September 8, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Star Trek: Ranking the 20 Best Holodeck Episodes". CBR. January 4, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ Ordway, Holly E. (July 7, 2004). "DVD Talk Star Trek Voyager: Complete Third Season". www.dvdtalk.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "Star Trek: Voyager, Season 3 Review | DVD Video Review | The Digital Fix". Film @ The Digital Fix. September 6, 2004. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Wright, Matt. "REVIEW: "Star Trek: Voyager" – The Complete Series on DVD". TrekMovie.com. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
External links
- "Worst Case Scenario" at IMDb
- Stoppe, Sebastian (2016). "Getting Immersed in Star Trek, Storytelling Between "True" and "False" on the Holodeck" (PDF). SFRA Review (316): 4–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- Worst Case Scenario at Memory Alpha
- Worst Case Scenario at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)