The Killing Game, Part II
- Episode aired Mar 4, 1998
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.9K
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Janeway seeks to retake her ship and crew from the Hirogens.Janeway seeks to retake her ship and crew from the Hirogens.Janeway seeks to retake her ship and crew from the Hirogens.
Paul Eckstein
- Young Hirogen
- (as Paul S. Eckstein)
Majel Barrett
- Computer Voice
- (voice)
John Austin
- Hirogen Hunter
- (uncredited)
Michael Bailous
- Klingon Hologram
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe rain seen in later scenes is real. Rain started the second day of location shooting and the third day there was a downpour. The rainstorm was so extreme that it was included. Mitch Suskin (Visual Effects Supervisor) remarked, "It really wasn't part of the script, but it ended up working out [....] It's a major part of the scene [....] It played well in the end."
- GoofsOn two occasions, the German radio room (as a holo simulation) can be seen. The two-way radio in that room is indeed a World War II radio, but it is an American World War II radio, not a German military radio. The radio shown had (has) a US Army designation called "BC-312" or "BC-342". On the radio, four bright indicator lights can be seen, which were not present on the original BC-312 radio. They were added by the props department for effect. To be fair to the makers, the episode also depicts a genuine BC-611 radio which is shown in Chakotay's army tent (the walkie talkie on his desk), and Tom Paris uses a genuine BC-1000 WWII radio on two occasions. These two WWII American army radios are shown in their correct configurations (including accessories) and are indeed of WWII vintage, so I was impressed to see these two items depicted as factually correct.
- Quotes
Tuvok: I don't recognize this
[holodeck]
Tuvok: program.
Tom Paris: I do. He's wearing a Nazi uniform. We're on Earth during the second world war.
Seven of Nine: Nazi?
Tom Paris: Totalitarian fanatics bent on world conquest; the Borg of their day. No offense.
Seven of Nine: None taken.
- Alternate versionsA 90 minute feature-length version of "The Killing Game", the two parts spliced together without the intervening credits and previews, was broadcast by the BBC on the first UK airing of 5 September 1999. This "movie" version was released in the UK on VHS on 5 February 2001 as part of the collection "Star Trek: Voyager - Movies: Volume 3". (This 5-volume collection includes all of the Voyager two-part episodes in similar feature versions, and all of the feature-length episodes as well.)
Featured review
Nazi Hirogens and WWII aboard Voyager wearing thin
Voyager crew fight back against the Hirogen.
The mayhem of Nazis and holodeck characters spilling out on to the other ship decks has the potential to entertain if you are interested in finding out how the situation gets resolved and status quo returned. For me though by this second part the novelty has worn off and the story reaches a bit of an anticlimax.
All the actors make the best of the material, but when a story is built on the premise of "it would be really cool to do a World War II episode with our characters" there is only so much shenanigans I can take before the silliness outstays it's welcome. Personally I think with holodeck stories the writers would have been better off just putting characters into a program and have them play it out with none of the additional ideas to raise the stakes like characters escaping or the tech going wrong.
The Hirogen add very little to this story for me, although their leader is a slightly better written character than usual.
The mayhem of Nazis and holodeck characters spilling out on to the other ship decks has the potential to entertain if you are interested in finding out how the situation gets resolved and status quo returned. For me though by this second part the novelty has worn off and the story reaches a bit of an anticlimax.
All the actors make the best of the material, but when a story is built on the premise of "it would be really cool to do a World War II episode with our characters" there is only so much shenanigans I can take before the silliness outstays it's welcome. Personally I think with holodeck stories the writers would have been better off just putting characters into a program and have them play it out with none of the additional ideas to raise the stakes like characters escaping or the tech going wrong.
The Hirogen add very little to this story for me, although their leader is a slightly better written character than usual.
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- snoozejonc
- Jun 1, 2023
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- European Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Sainte Claire, France exteriors)
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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