Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
Star Trek : Voyagerhad a self-aggrandizing pregnancy plot gob in season 2 . AlthoughVoyagertook a piffling while to find its invertebrate foot , not delivering its truly great episodes until later seasons , the show did set up some crucial characters and storylines early on . One of these characters was Samantha Wildman ( Nancy Hower ) , an Ensign on the USS Voyager ’s crew who influence in xenobiology . Although Wildman was n’t part ofVoyager ’s master cast , she became an important side characteron the show and was involve in a few big storyline after her introduction .
Wildman was first introduce inVoyagerseason 2 , episode 4 , " Elogium , " appearing sporadically throughout the episode before announcing toCaptain Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew)that she was meaning in the concluding scene . Wildman ’s maternity and the birth of her baby informed much of her storyline going forward , since her girl , Naomi Wildman ( Scarlett Pomers ) was the first child yield on Voyager and became another of import recurring character . However , Wildman was originally supposed to denote she was meaning much to begin with .
Star Trek : Voyager ’s season 1 finis was a mistake for several reasons , and should have been swapped out for a dissimilar episode from the series .
Samantha Wildman’s Pregnancy Made No Sense Because Of Star Trek: Voyager’s Scheduling Issues
Samantha Wildman ’s gestation announcement coming at the beginning of season 2 create a large plot muddle forVoyager , one that could have been forfend if " Elogium " had aired when it was to begin with supposed to . " Elogium " was one of four episode that were mean to publicise inVoyagerseason 1but got pushed because of programing issues . Along with shortening season 1 to just 16 episodes , these problem had a big impact on Wildman ’s pregnancy timeline . give birth her announce that she was pregnant at the beginning of time of year 2 made it seem likeWildman had been significant for six or seven month without even realizing it .
Of of course , Voyager ’s timeline was a piddling fuzzy to begin with . It has never been peculiarly well - give how much time passes in between episodes or season of anyStar Trekshow , andVoyagerwas no exception . With more serialized shows , the timeline becomes clearer , but aside from stardates , it can be hard to specify where specific episodes are aim on the franchise timeline . have Wildman announce her pregnancy at the end of season 1 might not have completely solved the issue , but it would have at least been a overnice clitoris onVoyager ’s first time of year and seemed a small more sane to viewers .
Star Trek: Voyager Eventually Explained Wildman’s Pregnancy Plothole
However , Voyagereventually found a way to explain Wildman ’s pregnancy plothole in time of year 6 . Episode 23 , " Fury " saw Kes ( Jennifer Lien ) time travel back to 2371 . Because of some military issue with the timeline triggered by the jump , Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) set out have hallucinations of consequence that had n’t happened yet , include a sight of five - year - former Naomi Wildman from 2376 . Tuvok confided these imaginativeness to Captain Janeway who questionedthe Doctor ( Robert Picardo ) . He confirmed that Samantha Wildman was meaning and that the baby was half Ktarian , which would " well-nigh double the infant ’s gestation period . "
Although the Doctor ’s melodic line was abbreviated and not address with much significance , it in conclusion explained why Samantha Wildman seemed to have an artificially retentive pregnancyin season 2 . Given that Ktarians were n’t a well - establishedStar Trekalien species , Voyagerwas free to create any rule about them that it wanted to , so using Naomi ’s half - Ktarian condition to explain her mother ’s longer pregnancy was completely valid . AlthoughStar Trek : Voyagercould have explained Wildman ’s pregnancy chuckhole like this sooner , the show at least take the fourth dimension to do it finally .
Star Trek : Voyageris available to stream on Paramount+ .
