chakotay

WHY WON'T THEY? A mysterious disease forces Janeway and Chakotay to live on an alien planet for the rest of their lives, but will the tension force them to move beyond colleagues? Wait a minute. What tension? Is there actually something here, or is it merely the inertia of a man and a woman of similar ages being stranded together in a confined space? Is it the ultimate Bachelor date? 

Our Two Hander theme continues into *a second month* as Bryan and Kristen investigate Star Trek: Voyager's stab at a harlequin romance story, just in time for Valentine's Day. Is this May sweeps stunt a success? 

The grades begin at (23:20). 

Prepare the Space Peyote and fire up the Native band because our favorite Dream Warrior saddles up for one last star turn in "Natural Law". We get a turd straight from the Season Two writers room, with the added 'bonus' of Seven of Nine tripping over her heels.

"Why do we argue? Life's so fragile, a successful virus clinging to a speck of mud, suspended in endless nothing."

You know what else is suspended in an endless nothing? Season Six of Voyager, and the episode "One Small Step"! Listen to our despair and behold a greater truth!

A-koo-chee-moya to us all as we grab our flutes and hand vibrators for another ride on the Chuck O'Tay Backstory Train to Oblivion. Everyone's favorite pacifist terrorist is using his Dream Warrior powers once again ... and its terrible!

Our favorite first officer turns up the charm to 11 for a hot date with Space Mewtwo Ellen Tigh for "In The Flesh"! In the most underrated crazytown episode Voyager ever produced, we suddenly find out...Species 8472 are totally reasonable and also like to bone? Wait really?

Your podcast heroes run up against the budget-friendly adventures of "Visa a Vi", a love story so forgetful, the characters can't even remember it! Charles O'Tay has smitten a handsome, elflike alien who thirsts for First Officer D. Can Joseph and Peter remember this one long enough to record a full hour?

"The Cloud" Commentary. 

When Voyager is in serious danger of running out of replicator resources (and Captain Janeway her morning coffee), Voyager changes course toward a resource-rich nebula that turns out to be a vaporous spacefaring life form. Join hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling for an audio commentary on the first-season Voyager episode, "The Cloud," the origin of more than one Voyager meme, everything from Chakotay-led animal guide vision quests to holodeck pool hustling with a French twist at Chez Sandrine.  

Chapters
Intro (00:00:00)
Commentary (00:03:17)
Closing (00:48:25) 

Hosts
Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling 

Production
Suzanne Williamson (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Patrick Carlin (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Faces.  

Like many of us (except for Suzanne!), B'Elanna Torres struggles with an inner dual nature. In B'Elanna's case, the struggle consists of finding the balance between her Klingon side and her human side. When B'Elanna's two halves are split into two distinct people, one fully Klingon and the other fully human, this inner struggle is acted out dramatically on screen between the two B'Elannas.  

In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling discuss the many faces of "Faces," from B'Elanna's dual nature and Chakotay's inner Vidiian to Sulan's inner Hannibal Lecter.  

Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00) 
No, I Can't Relate to That (00:02:47) 
Corn and Ranch Dressing (00:07:43) 
Not DNA Again (00:14:59) 
Are Rabbits Rodents? (00:20:25) 
Closing (00:22:34)  

Hosts 
Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling  

Production 
Suzanne Williamson (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Patrick Carlin (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Innocence.  

Tuvok may be known for his Vulcan stoicism, but his Vulcan parenting skills are second to none. When Tuvok's shuttle crashes on one of the moons of Drayan Two, he's forced to care for three children who, unbeknownst to him, are actually elderly Drayans aging in reverse.  

In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling discuss the second-season Voyager episode "Innocence," in which we see a kinder, gentler Tuvok keeping the monsters away and singing the children to sleep with a Vulcan lullaby. Suzanne and Zachary also discuss reverse-aging as a metaphor for senility in old age and the fear of death, along with Chakotay's diplomacy learning curve.  

Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00) 
Uncle Tuvok's Storytime Hour (00:01:55) 
Mind Meld?! (00:06:41) 
Old and Busted Version (00:15:59) 
A Simpler Way of Life (00:21:17) 
Is Death Something to Fear? (00:25:32) 
Propositioning an Ambassador (00:33:48) 
Closing (00:35:53)  

Hosts 
Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling  

Production 
Suzanne Williamson (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Patrick Carlin (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Doomed Voyager Relationships - Part 2.  

In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson continue their two-part discussion on doomed relationships in Star Trek: Voyager. In Part 2, Zachary and Suzanne explore the failed relationship attempts of B'Elanna Torres, Seven of Nine, Commander Chakotay, and Captain Janeway, from B'Elanna's old academy flame on the U.S.S. Equinox (who still wants his sweater back) to Captain Janeway's oddly specific holographic facial hair requirements.  

Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00) 
The Man in Black (00:02:43) 
He Went All Pon Farr (00:05:33) 
Lobster Has a Mind of its Own (00:11:05) 
Hey There Seven (00:14:16) 
Taxonomic Nomenclature (00:18:06) 
She Just Used Him for His DNA (00:21:24) 
Boothby Is In (00:25:37) 
She's Gonna go to Jail for This, Or Worse (00:30:28) 
Akoochimoya Cafe (00:33:14) 
Dear Janeway Letter (00:36:40) 
No Bathtub, Therefore Not a Good Match (00:39:19) 
This Is Jeff Foxworthy (00:43:25) 
He Has a Twinkle in His Eye (00:45:28) 
Q Means Well (00:48:26) 
Hashtag ReadTheBooks (00:52:20) 
Closing (00:56:03)  

Hosts 
Zachary Fruhling and Suzanne Williamson  

Production 
Suzanne Williamson (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Patrick Carlin (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Tuvix Alternatives.  

The second-season Voyager episode "Tuvix" featured some amazing acting on the part of actor Tom Wright as Tuvix, a transporter-created hybrid of Tuvok and Neelix, capturing the distinctive personality traits and mannerisms of both characters. In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling imagine alternative Voyagercharacter hybrids besides Tuvok and Neelix. Which character traits would be most prominent, and which actors or actresses would best capture the personality traits and mannerisms of these alternative character hybrids?  

Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00) 
We're Calling Him Chalix (00:02:37) 
B'Eleven of Nine (00:08:27) 
Chell Travolta (00:13:09) 
Tomix, He Was an Actor (00:16:29) 
Vulcan Opera in Your Camaro (00:21:06) 
Keurig Station (00:27:00) 
What About Jarry? (00:32:00) 
Stuck in His Vulcan Craw (00:38:28) 
Closing (00:41:18)  

Hosts 
Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling  

Production 
Suzanne Williamson (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Patrick Carlin (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Seska...What If?  

Seska may be the character fans love to hate in Star Trek: Voyager. And sadly, or perhaps gladly, Seska met her demise at the beginning of Season 3. But what would have happened had Seska remained on Voyager for all seven seasons? How might the Voyagerstory have unfolded differently had Seska not in fact been a Cardassian spy, but instead an ordinary, run-of-the-mill (but still feisty) Bajoran?  

In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling explore alternative directions that the character of Seska could have taken in Voyager. What if Seska and Chakotay had maintained a long-term relationship and raised a family together? What if Seska were actually a changeling instead of a Cardassian? What if, instead of the Delaney Sisters, Voyager had more than one twin or clone Seska Sisters? And how exactly is laundry done aboard Voyager, and what does that have to do with Seska?  

Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00) 
Seska Sestras (00:02:41) 
Spies Aplenty (00:04:44) 
Voyager: The Soap Opera (00:07:42) 
Dime Store Changeling (00:11:00) 
But What About the Baby? (00:15:14) 
Alpha Seska (00:20:49) 
The Laundry Question (00:25:35) 
She's a Spitfire (00:30:15) 
Shippers Go Down With the Ship (00:34:11) 
Chell Is Like Klinger (00:42:27) 
Closing (00:46:09)   

Hosts 
Suzanne Williamson and Zachary Fruhling  

Production 
Suzanne Williamson (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Patrick Carlin (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

We Need to Talk about Chakotay.  

Unquestionably the character of Commander Chakotay was underutilized in Star Trek: Voyager. But beyond merely being underutilized, some Star Trek fans have developed a form of loathing for Commander Chakotay, partly because of his nonplussed demeanor and partly because of his amalgam of stereotypes about Native American beliefs and spirituality. In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Zachary Fruhling, Kay Shaw, and Suzanne Williamson come racing to Commander Chakotay's defense with a discussion of what they love about, and what was done right with Voyager's intrepid first officer.  

Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00) 
The Man in Black (00:01:55) 
She Didn't Know That He Liked Dante (00:07:00) 
Lost, or Found? (00:12:32) 
A Mashup of Han Solo and Indiana Jones (00:18:48) 
Jack of All Trades (00:25:13) 
Seska Is Very Questionable (00:30:43) 
Maybe We're All Chakotay (00:36:42) 
Closing (00:44:22)  

Hosts 
Zachary Fruhling, Kay Shaw, and Suzanne Williamson  

Production 
Kay Shaw (Editor) Suzanne Williamson (Producer) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Patrick Carlin (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)