Product Details

• Actors: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill
• Directors: Kim Friedman
• Writers: Brannon Braga, Gene Roddenberry, Jeri Taylor, Jim Trombetta, Michael Piller
• Producers: Brad Yacobian
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: February 1, 2000
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000003K9F
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,469 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great kickoff!, April 12, 2000

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This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 3: Parallax [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the episode of STAR TREK: Voyager that people would have seen the second week of the series. It's considered the third episode because the first episode was a two-parter, but this is really Voyager's first one hour episode. I think it helped Voyager start off with a bang. This episode involves some quantum physics, but they make it understandable and even poke fun at it when Tom Paris attempts to ask a question about it. But the real story in this episode is who's going to be chief engineer of Voyager... either Lt. Carey, who's next in line among the Starfleet officers, or B'elanna Torres of the Maqui. First officer Chakotay wants Torres and this causes some tension between him and Captain Janeway. It's great to see how this problem is resolved and why Janeway makes the decision she does. I also found myself laughing throughout the episode, especially at the shrinking Doctor! Definately an enjoyable early episode of Voyager.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Maquis get some respect, July 17, 2001

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B. Warrick "Flynnatic" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 3: Parallax [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I enjoyed this episode very much and feel that it is one of the key episodes of Star Trek Voyager's first season.

In this episode, we see the combined Starfleet and Maquis crew settling into life together, and we witness the emergence of former Maquis officers Chakotay and B'Elanna Torres as respected members of Voyager's senior staff. This is important viewing, especially for fans of Deep Space Nine, who might have a residual distrust the Maquis!

Additionally, the developing partnership between Janeway and Chakotay is forged during some very frank discussions that take place during this episode. For that reason as well, I consider it to be a "must see" among season one Voyager episodes.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Lieutenant Carey is an IDIOT!!" --B'Elanna Torres, November 24, 2000

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A. Grace (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 3: Parallax [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I must whole-heartedly agree with the other reviews here that the plot of "quantum singularity crushing ship and crew" is not very interesting. Of course they're not all going to die, and of course Janeway and B'Elanna will choose the "real" ship at the end--they can't kill the captain in the third hour of the show, right? In this first one-hour episode, you'd think the writers would have set a "discovering new life" tone to the series, not an "avoiding bad phenomenon" tone. Fortunately, this episode isn't about plot; it's about a character. B'Elanna gets some great moments, including the dialog between her and Chakotay in her quarters. Roxann Dawson is as fiery a Klingon as anyone could ask for, and Janeway's dilemma of integrating the two crews is well presented and well played by Kate Mulgrew. Already foreshadowed--in the third episode!--is the problem of "one-hour plot that we really don't care about," but this time the character moments make up for it. This one is a must-see for all Torres fans.