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• Actors: Roxann Dawson, Tim Russ
• Directors: Roxann Dawson, Tim Russ, Gabrielle Beaumont, Kenneth Biller, Cliff Bole
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000003K9V
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #452,345 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Voyager" crew deals with the prospects of being crushed, June 29, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 19: Twisted [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The "Voyager" crew has a surprise second birthday party for Kes (Jennifer Lien), which is nice since Occampans do not have too many of those. But during the festivities the ship is surrounded by a strange spatial distortion, which not only shuts down most of the systems but also appears to change the structural layout of the starship. The next thing we know Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) cannot find her way back to the Bridge, B'Elanna (Roxann Biggs-Dawson) keeps getting lost on the way to Engineering, and everyone is getting frustrated and confused. Meanwhile, the spatial distortion keeps growing smaller, threatening to crush "Voyager." When Janeway ends up being knocked unconscious it is up to Chakotay (Robert Beltran) to take command and find a way to save the ship and crew. However, this does not sit too well with Tuvok (Tim Russ).

Episode 19, "Twisted" (Story by Arnold Rudnick & Rich Hosek & Arnold Rudnick & Rich Hosek, Teleplay by Kenneth Biller, Aired October 2, 1995) is yet another in a long line of "Star Trek" episodes in which something strange is happening to the ship and the crew has to solve the mystery and save the day. However, it breaks the mold in two significant ways. First, the crew fails to solve the mystery, at least not in time to do anything about what is happening. Admittedly, this is a flip on normal expectations, and when we realize the crew has indeed exhausted its bag of tricks it is something of a minor shock. Second, and more importantly, "Twisted" is an episode where character interaction and development takes on more significance than the solving of the mystery. The key is Janeway being out of action, because this is what allows the simmering tension between Chakotay and Tuvok to boil over. Remember, the "Voyager" Security Chief had infiltrated Chakotay's team when the First Officer was captain of a Maquis raider and just because Janeway trusts them both is no reason for either of them to follow suit.

The payoff comes at the end of the episode when the crew essentially pairs up to face what they think is an inevitable death. Ultimately the mystery was just an interesting contrivance to set up these poignant vignettes. This might seem like the long way around to get to this point, but since it comes as a surprise that the episode reaches this point, you have to agree it works well as a set up. The result is not a classic episode of "Star Trek: Voyager," but certainly well above average.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of My Favorites, January 4, 2002

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Carol Tessen (Bartlett, Tennessee USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 19: Twisted [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This episode opens with a surprise birthday party for Kes in Chez Sandrines, a holographic recreation of Tom's favorite getaway in France. The entire bridge crew is there to celebrate when Voyager is surrounded by a spatial distortion ring that slowly engulfs the ship. As a result, corridors and areas on Voyager are compressed and twisted which continually changes the layout of the ship. This constantly confuses the crew as they get lost attempting to reach their destinations. No matter where they try to go they always end up at their original starting point at Chez Sandrines, in the center of the ship. They realize that the distortion ring is pushing them to this location, the only place that isn't currently effected by the ring. To further complicate matters, Captain Janeway comes into brief contact with the distortion and is semi-conscious and incoherent. The bridge crew's attempts to stop the distortion and escape, fail and they see the distortion coming toward them. Out of options, they know they must accept the inevitable and each makes peace in his or her own way as they surrender to the anomaly.

At the end of the show, we get to see the friendships and bonds of the bridge crew as they "pair up" to meet their supposed death. I thought it was actually quite touching especially when Tuvok reached out to Janeway. A somewhat unique episode in the Star Trek saga, one of my favorites.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.", December 7, 2002

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B.C. Scribe "trekviewer" (Brooklyn Center, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 19: Twisted [VHS] (VHS Tape)

That phrase was first heard in the classic Paul Newman film "Cool Hand Luke" and it works just as well here. When the Voyager and crew encounter a spatial distortion wave moving through space their attempts to maneuver around it are ineffectual. Since the majority of the bridge officers are gathered in Paris's holodeck recreation of Chez Sandrine to throw a surprise party for Kess who is turning two that day, Tuvok is presently in command on the bridge and he increases the starship's speed in order to travel through the phenomenon as quickly as possible. When Voyager comes into contact with the wave they soon notice that the integrity and shape of the ship is constantly changing. Practically helpless and kept thoroughly confused by the current state of flux, the officers gathered in the holodeck separate into pairs in an attempt to reach different locations to try and solve the ever-increasing emergency situation. This results in Janeway coming into direct contact with the distortion wave that disorients her; she has to be confined to a couch available in the Chez Sandrine where The Doctor can give her no medical aid because of their stranded state. Each effort that the separate teams attempt has no effect and in fact increases the dire straits they find themselves in. Finally Tuvok proposes the only reasonable and foreseeable solution to the problem - but it seems too outrageous and incredible to work...or is it?

'Twisted' is one of the more memorable episodes from Voyager's second season, stressing character interaction and new developments between the crewmembers. Neelix's jealousy of Tom Paris first surfaces here; when Janeway and Harry attempt to reach the bridge through a Jefferies tube she tells Harry he's "been one of the bright spots of their challenging mission"; Chakotay and Tuvok clear the air between them and learn to trust each other in the process; The Doctor has a moment in the episodes' finale where he softens a bit, offering uncharacteristic compassion to Kess; Neelix and Chakotay have a brief but notable conversation concerning jealousy. All of these character building oriented scenes aren't wasted as they help to advance the story and are incorporated perfectly into the action that is taking place. The credible, unexpected climax and the revelation about the nature of the distortion wave further add to the success of 'Twisted', making it an exceptional episode well worth purchasing for your collection.