Friendship One
- Episode aired Apr 25, 2001
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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For the first time in seven years, Voyager gets a mission from Starfleet Command: retrieve the 21st century probe Friendship One from a nearby planet.For the first time in seven years, Voyager gets a mission from Starfleet Command: retrieve the 21st century probe Friendship One from a nearby planet.For the first time in seven years, Voyager gets a mission from Starfleet Command: retrieve the 21st century probe Friendship One from a nearby planet.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Friendship One probe in this story is a thinly veiled approximation of the (appropriately named) Voyager I & II space probes launched by NASA in 1977. They also include records (made of gold) that have greetings from Earth in 55 languages including - no kidding - whale. There are also over 100 scenes of Earth and music from Bach to Chuck Berry. At this point in time, the probes are over 13 billion miles (21 billion km) from home, but still far from even one light year, which is 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion km).
- GoofsThe Friendship One probe, launched in 2067, bears the Starfleet arrowhead emblem. The Trek time line has established that this emblem was a mission-specific one assigned to the Enterprise in the 2260s and wasn't adopted by the whole of Starfleet until after then.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Trek (1966)
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Dumb Motivations Used to Support Lame Plot
I won't go into a detailed plot synopsis, suffice to say that Voyager is sent to investigate a lost Earth probe, eventually finding it in the hands of survivors of a doomed civilization that used technology from the probe to eventually destroy itself.
By far the most interesting aspect of this episode is the fact that it is the first Federation mission assigned to Voyager after being lost in the Delta quadrant. As for the rest of it, the motivations of the alien race (yes, yet another hominid species with some facial appliances stuck to their faces) are nonsensical. So, you found this probe and mishandled the tech and you're blaming people 300 years later? Dumb. These aliens would make great Catholics, with their original sin.
Boil it down to the actions of the alien leader and he seems even more stupid. Voyager ambles along, demonstrates that, even though they acknowledge that Earth could be seen as partially culpable for their plight, they want to do their best to correct the terrible ramifications... and he does his level best to thwart Voyager's every move to help them. If you had the right actors, who could maybe sell the idea that the aliens have been driven insane by their plight, this idea might work. But the people they hired aren't those actors, so all you think while you watch this episode is "Why the Hell is he doing that?!?!". Why? Because script, that's why.
Outside of the idea of finally being able to carry out Federation-issued plot lines, skip this lame attempt at a morality tale
By far the most interesting aspect of this episode is the fact that it is the first Federation mission assigned to Voyager after being lost in the Delta quadrant. As for the rest of it, the motivations of the alien race (yes, yet another hominid species with some facial appliances stuck to their faces) are nonsensical. So, you found this probe and mishandled the tech and you're blaming people 300 years later? Dumb. These aliens would make great Catholics, with their original sin.
Boil it down to the actions of the alien leader and he seems even more stupid. Voyager ambles along, demonstrates that, even though they acknowledge that Earth could be seen as partially culpable for their plight, they want to do their best to correct the terrible ramifications... and he does his level best to thwart Voyager's every move to help them. If you had the right actors, who could maybe sell the idea that the aliens have been driven insane by their plight, this idea might work. But the people they hired aren't those actors, so all you think while you watch this episode is "Why the Hell is he doing that?!?!". Why? Because script, that's why.
Outside of the idea of finally being able to carry out Federation-issued plot lines, skip this lame attempt at a morality tale
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- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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