The 37's
- Episode aired Aug 28, 1995
- TV-PG
- 46m
The Voyager crew discovers several people who were abducted during 1937, including Amelia Earhart, cryogenically frozen on a distant planet.The Voyager crew discovers several people who were abducted during 1937, including Amelia Earhart, cryogenically frozen on a distant planet.The Voyager crew discovers several people who were abducted during 1937, including Amelia Earhart, cryogenically frozen on a distant planet.
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Fitzpatrick
- (uncredited)
- Karyn Berlin
- (uncredited)
- Voyager Ops Lt. j.g.
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first time in Star Trek that a starship is shown landing (without crashing) on a planet's surface. The reason this was never shown on the original Star Trek (1966) was due to budget restrictions, which necessitated creating the transporter beam as a plot device.
- GoofsParis reports that benzene, acetylene and ethylene would have been present in gasoline. There could be small amounts of benzene in gasoline, but acetylene and ethylene have too high a vapor pressure to be in gasoline.
- Quotes
Fred Noonan: [Noonan has been wounded, and the alcohol in his bloodstream is inhibiting the Doctor's attempts to heal him] There's just one thing I want to say to you first, even though it's four hundred years late. Amelia, I love you.
Amelia Earhart: Fred, you never said anything...
Fred Noonan: You're married, or you were. I guess he's dead now. I just wanted you to know before... before I met my maker.
The Doctor: There! That should do it.
Fred Noonan: Do what?
The Doctor: You're healed.
Fred Noonan: [Noonan looks, and his wound is gone] You mean I'm not gonna die?
The Doctor: Aside from a hangover, you're going to be fine.
Fred Noonan: [panicked] Oh, Amelia... you, uh, you gotta forget what I just told you! Promise me!
Amelia Earhart: [grinning] Fred, I already have.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Enterprise: Terra Nova (2001)
There are some great ideas here such as the origins of the 37's and the dilemma the crew is placed in, but I think the two aspects of the story make it all feel a bit rushed and ill conceived.
I dislike the hostage situation because it feels forced and eats up way too much screen time. These minutes could have been used by the Voyager crew looking in more depth at their dilemma and making it feel like a genuinely difficult situation.
Instead of putting the budget into landing Voyager on a planet, I think they should have shown something of the fabulous cities referenced by Janeway. At least one matte background would have been nice.
None of it is bad filmmaking, but there is nothing particularly interesting in what happens and to me it feels like wasted ideas.
The cast are all good, especially Katie Mulgrew. David Graf who played Eugene Tackleberry in the Police Academy film series also guest stars. At one point he has to threaten people with a gun, which (for an 80s child) is obviously a highlight.
- snoozejonc
- Jun 28, 2022
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3