A very interesting analysis. I’ve been tempted to revisit various StarTrek series (except for the awful first). Each had innovations and interesting characters, as well as characters I hated. I mostly daunted by the time commitment. Life is short. Keep moving.

Now, "Voyager": in praise of the Trekkiest "Trek" of all | Balder and Dash | Roger Ebert by Ian Grey

As we mourn Abrams’ macho Trek obliteration, it’s a good time to revisit Voyager, at once the most Star Trek-ian of accomplishments and the most despised object of fanboy loathing in the franchise’s nearly 50-year history. From 1995-2001, it offered American audiences something never seen before or since: a series whose lead female characters’ agency and authority were the show. It was a rare heavy-hardware science fiction fantasy not built around a strong man, and more audaciously, it didn’t seem to trouble itself over how fans would receive this. On Voyager, female authority was assumed and unquestioned; women conveyed sexual power without shame and anger without guilt. Even more so than Buffy, which debuted four years later, it was the most feminist show in American TV history.

Voyager wasn’t some grrl power screed in Starfleet regalia. The ideas and emotions it explored were very much in the Star Trek wheelhouse; it just came at them from a fresh–and to some

Now, "Voyager": in praise of the Trekkiest "Trek" of all | Balder and Dash | Roger Ebert