# Star Trek: Voyager

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Star Trek: Voyager and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an episodic show to watch whenever, with the caveat that episode quality is uneven.

## Why people recommend it

- Watchable as standalone episodes (2 comments): "liked Voyager as a purely episodic "watch whenever I catch it" show" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012900)) "I would recommend it on its own anyway." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012460))
- Standout episodes, strong season 5 (2 comments): "Star Trek Voyager season 5 still stands tall above the rest for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388653)) "Voyager was the surprising one. I expected a lesser series after reading the old discussion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015011))
- Liked alongside TNG and DS9 (3 comments): "I like TNG and Voyager more than Discovery" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47646537)) "I also really like DS9, TNG, and Voyager" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47395643)) "We old geezers have found memories of TNG, DS9, Voyager" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50297755))

## What people warn about

- Inconsistent episode quality (2 comments): "It has some of the best and some of the worst Star Trek episodes. Very little consistency there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020187)) "There were definitely some good episodes and it probably got better over time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711623))
- Episodes resolve too quickly (2 comments): "It wants to tell a story of a long difficult journey but struggles because most issue and conflicts just wrap up in an episode." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063659)) "And they still rushed it at the end." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175528))
- Captains too perfect, copies TNG (3 comments): "Some later Trek shows (e.g. Voyager) turned captains into geniuses who knew more about everything than all of their underlings." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50296311)) "Voyager tried but immediately just turned them all into a big happy family just like TNG." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50297998)) "Voyager spoils the TNG experience by rehashing so many stories" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47013421))
- Some viewers couldn't get into it (2 comments): "couldn't get into DS9 or Voyager" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47393920)) "DS9 and Voy have the same issue" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003287))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Star Trek: The Next Generation](https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-trek-the-next-generation.md): 88 recommend
- [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md): 59 recommend
- [The Expanse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/expanse.md): 51 recommend
- [Silo by Apple TV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silo.md): 27 recommend
- [Altered Carbon (Netflix series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/altered-carbon.md): 23 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Star Trek: Voyager", https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-trek-voyager/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).