episode second season seventeenth episode overall american science fiction television series star trek voyager differing release schedules released final episode season countries episode originally aired august upn network directed written producers originally intended episode bridge second seasons subsequently written single late changes final act episode special effects shots settlers cities completed series creator unhappy set 24th century series follows adventures starfleet crew starship uss voyager stranded far rest federation episode voyager crew discovers group humans including abducted earth lawrence cast previously worked voyager casting director episode shows time federation starship lands planet surface cgi landing feet added voyager model filming production crew weren pleased obscured filming episode received nielsen ratings percent given mixed response critics criticisms density ideas episode appearance said showing crew discussing leave ship episode contained powerful feminist narrative plot crew voyager follows ancient class planet atmospheric interference requires landing ship investigate surface captain kate leads away team discover source transmission lockheed model alien generator added sustain joining commander team crew finds chamber containing humans preserved 1930s including navigator uses hold voyager officers hostage story insisting speaking speaks explains significance human history boss tells cooperate caves outside breaks starfleet officers voyager figures flanks aliens human surprised assumed voyager ship learns alien species visited earth abducted humans bringing planet slaves humans successfully rose returned generations later humans living cities planet revived humans believed dead came monuments ancestors settlers offer technology brought ancestors dismantled alien ship long ago offer accept voyager crew society faces crisis conscience decide people voyager condemn year journey home earth choice presented crew decide stay ship staffed fewer says voyager learn pilot feel stronger affinity people planet staying end allows crew decide individuals choose leave production writing written season episodes produced season projections twisted originally intended round season voyager upn delayed episodes begin voyager second season networks shows delay influenced lot decision making episode wound pushed second season writers wanted end season showing starfleet factions aboard ship banding crew accepting long journey home home landing voyager intended advantage episode season opportunity wow audience wanted episode broken episode called wealth material later describe scene containing monologue staff wanted end season cliffhanger half condensed episode admitted struggling story pointing dramatically different tones acts compared final ultimately satisfied end result story came focus voyager crew end colonists cities described episode proud amazing impressive actually seen explained act episode developed late budgetary considerations time constraints impossible realize unlike writer series creator felt seeing cities detrimental overall episode taylor think compromise big deal casting johnson familiar guest star work lawrence later expressed belief qualities character somebody professional strength role actress excited portraying version saying professional relationships roles like opposed ones featuring domestic relationship lawrence drawn relationship women professional pilots risen great heights chosen fields historical character appeal lawrence twist alternate historical story happened lawrence grew watching soap opera ryan hope lawrence came family women exotic character career life new_york_city served inspiration set star trek voyager actresses spoke frequently careers backgrounds theatre struggles balancing home professional requirements lawrence felt relationship influenced relationship characters screen praised lawrence performance saying played hell role specifically remarked pleasure seeing lawrence praised cast ability cope vast virtually text star trek landing uss voyager background original star trek avoid tremendous costs landing enterprise week invented crew planets quickly star trek voyager concept landing voyager considered beginning way differentiate new series preceded episode writer explained understood beginning ship land effects time star trek canon starship landed planet surface accomplished combination computer generated imagery cgi physical modeling overhead views ship descended cgi allowed ship descend virtual initial description ship described landing capability small ventral hull included ship miniature model legs emerge designed feet allowed design ship difficulty designing articulated set legs fold support ship metric tons long tons short tons shots landing cgi versions installed physical model visual effects producer later said installing elements foot model impossible size filming landed voyager miniature feet producers felt feet looked sized rest ship partially obscured landscape post production scenes landed ship shot filming shots plotted foam core voyager scale perspective canyon provide space entire landed ship voyager set ship visible outside mouth canyon painting backdrop visual effects supervisor later admitted voyager canyon far small respect shooting location visible references audience keeping cast ship camera obvious visual effects crew reception aired united_states upn august received nielsen rating percent meaning watched percent watching television time broadcast watched episode season receiving highest ratings season episode post facto kate later recalled loved shooting second specifically praised writing director praised episode fine example science fiction said wished type episode felt lot fun cool elements meeting landing ship episode fell flat meeting colonists seeing cities planet star trek voyager creator described premise episode comparing old star trek instead praised landing ship pretty amazing series creator described great episode cinefantastique felt disparate ideas episode specifically view served little purpose subject compared captain abraham_lincoln original series episode savage curtain complained disappears second half episode noted lauded unseen cities awarded stars book specifically called noting appearance looking ford truck long lost book delta quadrant unofficial guide voyager described acting felt episode little discussion debating leave ship gave episode rating book described plot felt episode contained powerful feminist narrative shared female daring
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