The showrunners reluctantly terminated Lien's contract as a member of Voyager's main cast due to unresolved personal issues that affected her performance. She was replaced by a new character, Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan. In 2000, Lien returned as a guest actor for a season six episode titled "Fury".
Although Kes is portrayed as fragile and innocent, she is also shown as having a hidden strength and maturity. Voyager's producers reluctantly fired Lien after her personal issues affected her reliability on set.
Neelix, a Delta Quadrant native turned USS Voyager crewmember, left the ship early after finding a colony of his own species living in an asteroid. It was a surprising choice for Voyager's final season and a rarity for Star Trek. It was an actual ending.
Jennifer Lien left Star Trek: Voyager after playing Kes for three seasons, even though Kes was a central and interesting character. Premiering in 1995, Star Trek: Voyager ushered in a new generation of fans after Star Trek: The Next Generation came to an end.
Kate Mulgrew's opposition to Seven of Nine as a character led to Mulgrew treating Jeri Ryan poorly on-set, and a rumored feud arising between the two actors while Star Trek: Voyager was in production.
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Why did Voyager end so abruptly?
Unlike previous Star Trek series, Voyager's ending was not a surprise. The plan to end was already in place when producer Branon Braga left after season 6 to begin work on Star Trek: Enterprise.
"We lost over a dozen crew members." (Kim in "Nightingale"). Assumption: 141 original crew as stated by Stadi -18 dead +36 Maquis +Tuvok +Paris +Kes +Neelix. The Maquis crew is based on the statements in "Repression" (see below). In "Shattered", on the other hand, Janeway says the ship started off with a crew of 153.
How did the cast of Star Trek Voyager get along? The TNG cast all got along swimmingly. They had fun with their roles, Patrick Stewart had learned to loosen up and have fun with the crew, and by the end of the show everyone felt like a family.
However, they did interact in the film "Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002), where Captain Picard meets with Admiral Janeway, who has been promoted since her time as Voyager's captain.
A few years after Voyager's return to Federation space and Janeway's subsequent promotion to Admiral, Janeway commands the USS Dauntless in an effort to locate her former first officer Chakotay who disappeared while commanding the USS Protostar.
After Seska and the Kazon abduct Tom Paris from the Talaxian ship, Neelix suggests on his broadcast that it was Paris who had betrayed them all. Captain Janeway privately reveals to Neelix that Paris's insubordination, departure and joining the Kazon was all part of an act to flush out a suspected traitor on board.
The showrunners reluctantly terminated Lien's contract as a member of Voyager's main cast due to unresolved personal issues that affected her performance. She was replaced by a new character, Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan.
The biggest problem in their relationship was that Neelix often treated Kes like he owned her. He was, in many ways, abusive, not physically but often emotionally.
Chakotay died in 2394, following Voyager's return, and Admiral Janeway visits his grave marker in that episode. This future was undone by the future Janeway travelling back in time to Voyager to return it to Earth sooner.
Neelix departs the show in the seventh season's 23rd episode "Homestead". The ship encounters a colony of Talaxians, the last of his species that he is likely to see as the ship travels further from his home, and he chooses to stay with them. The character returns for a cameo in the series finale, "Endgame".
In her old age, Kes had forgotten she had chosen to leave Voyager and thought the crew had abandoned her when she had become too troublesome. Subsequently, she hunted down Voyager, seeking revenge. She made her way to engineering, using her powers to cause extensive damage along the way.
Janeway Has The Most Successful Starfleet Career Of The TNG Era Captains. While several arguments could be made about who was the most influential of the major 24th century Captains, there's really no debate to be had over which character had the most fruitful Starfleet career.
Although Kate Mulgrew's commitments to Star Trek: Prodigy prevented her from appearing in Star Trek: Picard, Janeway was mentioned throughout the spinoff's three seasons.
Famously, Kate Mulgrew opposed a romantic subplot, which was why Janeway and Chakotay never became a couple. Mulgrew believed that it would undermine Star Trek's first female captain if she fell for her hunky second-in-command.
She is a member of the Alzheimer's Association National Advisory Council and the voice of Cleveland's MetroHealth System. Beginning in 2021, Mulgrew reprised her role as Janeway in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.
In the first season, Nimoy received $1,250 per episode. DeForest Kelley and James Doohan were paid $850; Grace Lee Whitney, $750; and George Takei, $600. The supporting cast were only guaranteed to appear in five to seven of each 13 shows. Nichelle Nichols was paid $140 for each day she was on set.
Since her return to Earth, Seven attempted to join Starfleet but was rejected due to her Borg past. Seven's life after Voyager includes avenging the death of Lt. Icheb, a romantic relationship with Commander Raffi Musiker, and receiving a field commission as Captain on the USS Stargazer.
There were complications during the birth, and the child died. However, a subspace accident had duplicated Voyager and the duplicated child was returned to Samantha when her counterpart was killed. (VOY: "Deadlock") The child was later named Naomi.
