star trek ensign fictional character appeared seven seasons american television series star trek voyager portrayed operations officer aboard starfleet starship difficulty casting prior start series reported lack young asian actors choose character appeared pilot episode series character continued appear series main cast role final appearance finale episode alternative future version character seen starfleet captain typically shown naive especially romantic situations gifted character finds ship possible route home alternative future manages develop drive allows travel home matter hours kills rest crew producers considered kill kim season subsequently reprised role fan star trek reviewers said kim represented elements crew voyager represented family kim storylines featuring kim frequently character captured aliens described typical voyager storyline critics timeless ranked best episode feature kim best series episodes featuring kim listed worst type franchise concept development character went prior casting called point series bible star trek voyager described kim sheltered individual sought repay love parents fulfilling expectations director voyager pilot involved casting process found kim difficult wasn great number young asian actors choose said role inexperienced naive character actor cast kim need fight stay forefront episodes time casting acting year half cast role described young coming actor needs learn going time actors work hard craft order character emphasized media reports guide describing character prior launch series green gills enthusiastic new role describing kim background saying stellar career basically rookie bridge asian american professional inner fear god big heritage focus martial arts casting said goal best job possible playing begin parents financial support given years pilot voyager broadcast january initially gone writing end second season asked production writers actions scenes romance realised time member main cast stunt double action scene required resulted penned non said wasn need requests single episode following involved suggestions character direction writers avoided giving kim comedic element similar doctor described tells jokes makes sets disappointed able nature producers point planned permanently kill season included people list sexiest people alive plan abandoned season voyager certain characters seen production staff utilised kim led episodes placing kim central positions including episode timeless character kim pleased episode felt able act different versions kim showed great following end felt character promoted course series told producers got ensign appearances kim born graduating assignment operations officer aboard uss voyager seen kim immediately friends assigned vessel mission saw voyager sent track vessel mission ship sent light years kim abducted medical facility infected unknown rescued cured voyager escape underground city cured board time ship kim engaged married kim encouraged date crew members paris eye needle kim found ship contact alpha quadrant discovered micro discovered linked space years past kim twice travels long range transportation systems accidentally transported effects alien burial system escapes manages funeral system killing returning voyager revived crew meet prime factors kim transported spatial distance light years ultimately technology proves incompatible voyager systems episode heroes demons kim converted energy alien creature appearing programme doctor resolves situation kim restored following accident kim san_francisco fiancée episode non finds travelled board voyager paris contacted alien discovers interacted alien time stream sent alternative reality receives assistance paris alien manages restore timeline return voyager episode persistence vision kim voyager attempts enter space voyager enters cloud avoid vessels damaged kim hull breach space killed dies shortly born crew find duplicate voyager better condition occupying space slightly phase attack voyager alternative kim sent damaged version ship carrying living shortly alternative voyager self destroys vessels damaged version voyager continues way carrying different version kim whilst shore leave kim paris falsely accused terrorist bombing imprisoned planet voyager crew track real offenders help rescue crewmen episode whilst crew studying alter ego kim romantically attached character turns controlled alien nearby space station kim infected dna leading suspect member species favorite son discovering ploy extract genetic material saved voyager alternative future seen marry birth daughter kim marry child kim infected attacked member species whilst member away team aboard cured doctor develops process initially working seven soon forms new friendship following events demon kim alien entity class planet duplicate crew later killed leave planet forget duplicate version kim captain ship deciding drop warp warp core destroying kim develops drive timeless allow voyager return alpha quadrant hours trip home ship destroyed kim shuttle years later older kim find destroyed voyager kim manages send message time seven disaster timeline kim infected chemical bond having sex named disease effects removed doctor alongside kim creates irish village program fair haven later causes problems characters begin recognise changes program starfleet crew world kim imprisoned alien race body soul crew captured transporting space whilst mission kim takes command vessel wanting command spending past seven years ensign board voyager manages return ship fleet route prophecy kim sexually pursued later chooses instead alternative future seen start series finale kim promoted rank captain aboard uss island attempts convince admiral kate plan travel time help voyager return home instead helps vessel attacks shuttle voyager novels series non canon novels launched set return voyager alpha quadrant novels promoted lieutenant assigned security chief onboard voyager captain star trek online spin novel needs published commanding officer year reception nature kim described reviewers crew forming type family network kim son separation nuclear family young age described cruel highlighted facto parents series position described review episode disease described certain scenes kim needing request permission order relationship alien felt disease caused character grow backbone rarely asserted previously captain kim star trek voyager scene described faces featured sweeping shot command table kim showing race woman native american man asian descent black vulcan single shot kim persistent optimism highlighted characters series seventh series believed return home lifetime kim frequently captured alien species course series extent described typical storylines seen voyager overview authors book deep space star trek state episode featured death kim examples star trek franchise death major character reversed parallel existence examples included generation return yesterday enterprise death miles brien deep space episode visionary felt kim shared similarity yesterday enterprise episode non feels reality changed similar experience felt generation episode kim relationships included relationship character ship episode alter ego building rivalry character affections finding character played real person relationship highlighted example star trek describes ideal woman embodiment male desire inner self called relationship man website den geek described timeless best episode best episode voyager overall said bitter emotionally performance holds hour features lovely imagery episodes kim included list worst related episodes star trek included worst moment described baby thing episodes highlighted bad included fair haven stated season heroes demons later returned star trek fan productions role star trek alongside voyager
Harry Kim (Star Trek)