Katie's Corner

There are not many a series that can walk away ending on a high note. Time and time again, a great series can be overrun with personal plots, shock drama deaths and unused plot tools which take away from the very aspect of what made a series iconic. To me, there is one singular series finale that sticks out for a "perfect" ending. That being Star Trek: Voyager's Endgame. Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Kennth Biller,  Robert Doherty (and story editor Mike Sussman) and directed by Allan Kroeker, this episode aired on May 23, 2001. It would go down as a testament to ending a series on a positive, inspiring note fueled by the aspect of humanity and family. Now let us take a deeper look into what happened to make this finale so grand....25 Years later. Various stills from "Endgame" A full review: "Maybe its not the destination that matters. Maybe its the journey..." This quote by Ensign Harry Kim encapsulates the Voyager crew and how they had gro...

  There are a few things that make life worthwhile but having the lady who played your favorite character wrap her arms around you while you are surrounded by the cast of your favorite series will certainly do that. What a wonderful memory I will cherish and be able to tell my children one day. Happy 30th Anniversary, my beloved Voyager....        Back: Garrett Wang (Harry Kim), Robert Duncan McNeil (Tom Paris), Tim Russ (Tuvok),               Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Ethan Phillips (Neelix)      Front: Myself with Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Kate Mulgrew (Kathryn Janeway) and             Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres) Who would think back in 2018 when this little lady would become enthralled with Seven of Nine, watching Voyager each night during her senior year in high school that one day she would attend a convention that each cast member of the show ...

Watching Star Trek: Voyager has changed my life. I grew up in a household with a single, disabled mother who could not work. Throughout nineteen formative years, my mother dedicated herself to raising and educating me. I did not have many role models growing up, save for her and some influential figures in my favorite subject in school, which was history. In addition to this, I have danced classical ballet since the age of four.  My first contact with Voyager came at the age of sixteen in Bozeman, Montana when I stayed with a ballet host-family during the summer. I had never cared to watch Star Trek in the past and had no "Trekkies" in my family. However, as I was settling in for the two weeks I was staying, they asked if I wanted to join them in watching an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".  After I came home, I researched the franchise and also learned about Voyager and DS9. Less than two years later, I returned to the family for another summer intensiv...