Star Trek: Voyager: Season 5
Capt. Janeway and crew continue to try and find their way home, and Seven of Nine returns to the collective to confront the Borg queen.
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Star Trek: Voyager Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Season overview
Capt. Janeway and crew continue to try and find their way home, and Seven of Nine returns to the collective to confront the Borg queen.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Night
Oct 14, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: 52081.2. Traveling through a large area of space completely devoid of stars and civilizations, the Voyager crew copes with the prospect of long-term isolation.
Drone
Oct 21, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. A transporter accident merges some of Seven of Nine's nanoprobes with The Doctor's mobile emitter to create a 29th century Borg drone.
Extreme Risk
Oct 28, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. In order to retrieve a probe stuck in a hazardous atmosphere, Tom Paris designs a new type of shuttlecraft named the 'Delta Flyer'. Torres begins to exhibit reck
In the Flesh
Nov 4, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. The crew discovers an outpost manned by a group of Species 8472, who have taken human form as a training measure for an invasion of the Alpha Quadrant.
Once Upon a Time
Nov 11, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. While Voyager searches for the crew of the crashed Delta Flyer carrying Tuvok, Paris and Ensign Wildman, Neelix must keep Naomi occupied. When it is discovered t
Timeless
Nov 18, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. In the future, Harry Kim attempts to correct a mistake he made 15 years earlier, which had resulted in the loss of Voyager during use of experimental engine tech
Infinite Regress
Nov 25, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. A transmission emanating from surviving technology from a destroyed Borg vessel induces multiple personality disorder in Seven of Nine.
Nothing Human
Dec 2, 1998 · 45 min
Stardate: Unknown. A moral dilemma arises when the Doctor is forced to consult the specialized medical database of a Cardassian war criminal in order to save Torres' life.
Thirty Days
Dec 9, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. Tom Paris is demoted to ensign and is sentenced to thirty days in the brig for disobeying orders. While serving his sentence, Tom writes a letter to his father a
Counterpoint
Dec 16, 1998 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. When trying to transport illegal refugees through the territory of a xenophobic civilization, Janeway must put her trust in a defector who offers his help.
Latent Image
Jan 20, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. A gap in The Doctor's memory uncovers clues to a mystery involving the nature of his existence.
Bride of Chaotica!
Jan 27, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. Trans-dimensional photonic lifeforms become entangled in a war with the characters from Tom Paris' "Captain Proton" program after mistaking Voyager's holodeck fo
Gravity
Feb 3, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. Stranded on a planet with little hope for rescue, Tuvok and Paris are befriended by a woman who becomes enamored with Tuvok.
Bliss
Feb 10, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. The Voyager crew is lured into a giant space creature that consumes starships as food, and only Seven and the Doctor may have the ability to save the ship.
Dark Frontier
Feb 17, 1999 · 89 min
Stardate: 52619.2. When Janeway hatches a daring plan to steal technology from a crippled Borg ship, Seven is coerced into returning to the Borg collective.
The Disease
Feb 24, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. Unable to resist his strong feelings for an alien woman, Ensign Kim breaks Starfleet protocol and engages in a torrid affair that lands him in hot water with the
Course: Oblivion
Mar 3, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. The entire ship and crew begin to disintegrate, leading to a discovery that they aren't what they seem.
The Fight
Mar 24, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. While boxing on the holodeck, Chakotay is contacted by a telepathic species. However, prolonged communication may leave him insane or braindead.
Think Tank
Mar 31, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. With Voyager pinned down by a fleet of bounty hunters, Janeway receives an offer from a group of geniuses infamous for solving unsolvable problems but asking unc
Juggernaut
Apr 26, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. An accident on a Malon freighter becomes a countdown to an explosive toxic-waste disaster, and preventing the explosion depends on Torres' ability to take contro
Someone to Watch Over Me
Apr 28, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. Under the guidance of the Doctor, Seven of Nine learns some social aspects of human dating.
11:59
May 5, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. Captain Janeway relates the story of her distant ancestor Shannon O'Donnell during the construction of the Millennium Gate on Earth during New Year's Eve 1999. S
Relativity
May 12, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. The crew of a time ship from the future recruits Seven to attempt preventing Voyager's forthcoming destruction.
Warhead
May 19, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. After Kim beams an alien missile onboard Voyager it links up to the Doctor's systems and requests that it is allowed to complete its mission of mass destruction.
Equinox (1)
May 26, 1999 · 46 min
Stardate: Unknown. Voyager encounters another Federation starship, the USS Equinox, in the Delta Quadrant. But as an alien presence prepares an attack, Janeway begins to uncover th