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	'''Future's End''' is a two-part episode from the third season of '']''.		"'''Future's End'''" is a two-part episode from the ] of the American ] television series '']'', the eighth and ninth of the season and the 50th and 51st overall. "Future's End" made its debut on American television in November 1996 on the ] network in two separate broadcasts, on November 6 and 13, 1996.

			Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the ] starship '']'' during its journey home to Earth, having been stranded tens of thousands of ]s away. In this episode, ''Voyager'' is thrown back to Earth in 1996 and must find a way back to the 24th century while making sure they do not cause a disaster in the 29th century in the process.
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	] from the future appears before '']'' and says he must destroy them to prevent a cataclysm that will wipe out most of the ]. ''Voyager'' fights back, resulting in a time rip that sent the future captain to the ], while ''Voyager'' and her crew are sent to the ]. A ] found the timeship in the sixties, which led to the computer revolution of the nineties. The hippie, now a rich man, manages to hack into the computer on ''Voyager'' and steal many of their files, including ]. Meanwhile a young astronomer named Rain Robinson has discovered ''Voyager'' in high orbit, and assumes it to be ]. She successfully attempts to contact ''Voyager'', which forces the crew to do some damage control. ], Commander ], ], and ], all go to Earth's surface. Tuvok and Paris go to find Rain, while Janeway and Chakotay investigate the ex-hippie, Henry Starling.

			Part one was directed by David Livingston and part two by Cliff Bole, with a story by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky. Guest stars include ] and ] among others.
	== Aftermath ==

			==Plot==
	The main consequence of the episode was that ] gained the use of the ] and thus becomes able to leave ''Voyager'''s sickbay and go wherever he likes, whether inside or outside the ship.

			===Part I===
	Captain Braxton re-appeared in a ] suffering from temporal psychosis which he blamed on too many trips through time to correct errors which he believed were caused by Captain Janeway.
			A small ship with a ] signature emerges from a temporal rift in front of the starship '']''. Its pilot identifies himself as ] (]) from the 29th century in the timeship ''Aeon''. He has come to destroy ''Voyager'', believing it to be the cause of a temporal explosion that will wipe out most of the Solar System in his time. ''Voyager'' fights off Braxton's attack, resulting in Braxton being sent back through the rift. ''Voyager'' and its crew are also pulled into the rift and find themselves on Earth in 1996.

			Braxton crashes in 1967, where Henry Starling (]) finds ''Aeon'' and copies its technology, allowing him to found a company, Chronowerx Industries, and start the micro-computer revolution. In 1996, a young astronomer named Rain Robinson (]) who works at the ] in Los Angeles detects ''Voyager'' in high orbit and assumes it to be ]. Her work is funded by Starling, but against his instructions, she attempts to contact ''Voyager'' by transmitting a greeting to it, alarming the crew.<ref name="part-i">{{cite episode\|title=Future's End, Part I\|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/futures-end-part-i\|series=]\|network=]\|season=3\|number=8\|date=November 6, 1996\|publisher=]\|access-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref> The ''Voyager'' crew tracks her location to the Observatory and Captain Janeway, Commander Chakotay, ] (]), and ] (]), decide to beam down to Los Angeles. Tuvok and Paris save Robinson from a hitman Starling dispatched to kill her.
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			Janeway and Chakotay investigate Starling and his business. They identify a homeless man as Captain Braxton, who explains the rise of Starling to them.<ref name="part-i" /> Ultimately, they learn that Starling's planned attempt to travel to the 29th century using Braxton's timeship will be the true cause for the temporal explosion, because Starling lacks the knowledge needed to properly calibrate the timeship.
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			Janeway and Chakotay secretly enter Starling's Chronowerx office where they find the ''Aeon'', just as Starling walks in on them. Starling ignores Janeway's warning not to use the timeship and tries to kill them, but the officers are beamed aboard ''Voyager''.<ref name="part-i" /> When ''Voyager'' tries to beam up the timeship, Starling uses his own transporter beam to access ''Voyager''{{'}}s computer and study its systems, including stealing the Doctor's program from ].<ref name="part-i" /> Worse still, ''Voyager'' has been sighted and filmed, since the ship had to descend low into Earth's atmosphere to beam Janeway and Chakotay aboard.

			=== Part II ===
			Following Starling's computer attack, ''Voyager'' is badly damaged, leaving Paris and Tuvok stranded on Earth with Robinson. Paris convinces her to help by claiming that he and Tuvok are government agents trying to recover highly advanced technology that was stolen by Starling. Robinson, prompted by Paris and Tuvok, arranges to meet Starling at a public park. To keep an eye on the Doctor, Starling equips the Doctor with a piece of 29th-century technology, a "Mobile Holo-Emitter", which allows him to move around without having to rely on fixed emitters.

			During the meeting, Chakotay and Torres take a shuttle into Earth's lower atmosphere, planning to abduct Starling and beam him aboard ''Voyager''. Unfortunately, damage taken during the transport forces Chakotay and Torres to crash in the Arizona desert, where they are captured by isolationists. Tuvok and the Doctor, splitting up from Paris and Robinson, are able to rescue them and begin repairs on the shuttle.

			Held prisoner on ''Voyager'', Starling admits to Janeway that he intends to travel into the future to steal more advanced technology because he has reached the limit of what he can create by studying the ''Aeon''.<ref name="part-ii">{{cite episode\|title=Future's End, Part II\|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/futures-end-part-ii\|series=]\|network=]\|season=3\|number=9\|date=November 13, 1996\|publisher=]\|access-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref> Janeway informs him of Captain Braxton's warning about the disaster he will cause, but Starling is too egotistical to believe he can fail. Just when Janeway believes that she has ended Starling's plans, one of his henchmen transports him back to his office. Paris and Robinson arrive there to discover a large truck, which they believe contains the timeship. They pursue the vehicle out of the city, aided by the arrival of the repaired shuttle. Too late, the truck is found to be a decoy, and Starling launches the ''Aeon'', still at the Chronowerx building.<ref name="part-ii" />

			After a last attempt to dissuade Starling, Janeway manually fires a photon torpedo into the Aeon, destroying it and saving the future. A few moments later, an alternative Captain Braxton arrives in another timeship ''Aeon'', explaining that having detected the anomaly of their presence in the past, he has come to return them to their own time at the place they left it. Sadly, he is unwilling to bring them to their Earth, as that would violate the ]. ''Voyager'' returns to the exact moment they first encountered the ''Aeon''. The Doctor gains more freedom as he keeps the Mobile Holo-Emitter.

			== Production ==
			]
			The episode used ] as a shooting location for the boardwalk scene.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ogilvie\|first=Jessica P.\|date=2015-11-04\|title=10 Star Trek Filming Locations You Need to Visit Before the New Series Premieres in 2017\|url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/10-star-trek-filming-locations-you-need-to-visit-before-the-new-series-premieres-in-2017/\|access-date=2021-03-27\|website=Los Angeles Magazine\|language=en-US}}</ref> Other production locations in the region include the ], Jerry Moss Plaza outside The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles, and ].<ref name=":0" />

			Guest stars include ] as Rain Robinson, ] as Braxton, and ] as Starling.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=DeCandido\|first=Keith R. A.\|date=2020-07-16\|title=Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: "Future's End, Part I"\|url=https://www.tor.com/2020/07/16/star-trek-voyager-rewatch-futures-end-part-1/\|access-date=2021-05-26\|website=Tor.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>

			==Reception==
			'']'' ranked "Future's End" (Part I & II) as the 60th greatest ''Star Trek'' overall franchise episodes.<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com">{{cite web \|date=September 8, 2016 \|title="Borderland"/"Cold Station 12"/"The Augments" - 'Star Trek': 100 Greatest Episodes \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/star-trek-episodes-best-100-924455/item/borderland-cold-station-12-augments-926165 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> They noted the episode(s) had "plenty of charm" and praised the comedy by the Paris and Tuvok characters.<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com" /> ] ranked "Future's End" as the 93rd best episode of the ''Star Trek'' franchise in their list of the top 100 ''Star Trek'' episodes.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Anders \|first=Charlie Jane \|date=2014-10-02 \|title=The Top 100 Star Trek Episodes Of All Time! \|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-top-100-star-trek-episodes-of-all-time-1641565699 \|access-date=2020-11-23 \|website=io9}}</ref> '']'' ranked this episode as one of the top 10 episodes of the overall ''Star Trek'' franchise for kids to watch.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2017-10-31 \|title=The 10 Best 'Star Trek' Episodes to Watch With Your Kids \|url=https://www.fatherly.com/news/10-best-star-trek-episdoes-to-watch-with-kid/ \|access-date=2019-07-04 \|website=Fatherly \|language=en-US}}</ref> ] ranked "Future's End" as the 7th best time-travel themed episode of the overall ''Star Trek'' franchise, and praised the storyline and its consequences.<ref>{{cite web \|date=December 7, 2016 \|title=Star Trek: 18 Best Time Travel Stories \|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-time-travel-tv-show-episodes/ \|website=ScreenRant}}</ref>

			] ranked the "Future's End" pair as one of the top ten episodes of ''Star Trek: Voyager''.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Granshaw \|first=Lisa \|date=2015-01-16 \|title=20 years later: Our top 10 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager \|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/20-years-later-our-top-10-episodes-star-trek-voyager \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223190107/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/20-years-later-our-top-10-episodes-star-trek-voyager \|archive-date=February 23, 2019 \|access-date=2019-02-23 \|website=SYFY WIRE \|language=en}}</ref> ''The Dispatch'', noted "Future's End" as the best episode yet, noting that it had "much excitement and crackling dialogue."<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Anthony \|first=Ted \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GfAbAAAAIBAJ&q=best+voyager+episode&pg=PA18 \|title=The Dispatch "'Star Trek: Voyager' Hits its stride-finally \|date=Nov 9, 1996 \|publisher=The Dispatch \|language=en}}</ref> A ''Star Trek: Voyager'' ] guide by ] suggested this episode could not be skipped.<ref>{{Cite magazine\|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/binge-guide-star-trek-voyager/\|title=WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Trek: Voyager\|last=McMillan\|first=Graeme\|date=2015-05-27\|magazine=Wired\|access-date=2019-07-23\|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> '']'' included this as one of six episodes of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' that are worth re-watching,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Britt \|first=Ryan \|date=2011-07-14 \|title=I Like My Coffee Black and My Crew Lost: Six Voyager Episodes Worth Re-Watching \|url=https://www.tor.com/2011/07/14/i-like-my-coffee-black-and-my-crew-lost-six-voyager-episodes-that-are-worth-re-watching/ \|access-date=2019-06-22 \|website=Tor.com \|language=en-US}}</ref> noting it was a fun time travel romp with brilliant guest casting.<ref name=":1" />

			Regarding actress-comedian Sarah Silverman, '']'' said that she was the tenth best guest star on ''Star Trek: Voyager'' for her role as Rain Robinson, a 20th century astronomer who encounters the crew of ''Voyager''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Star Trek Voyager: 10 Great Guest Performances \|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/us/go/260335 \|access-date=2019-07-11 \|website=Den of Geek \|language=en}}{{Dead link\|date=October 2022\|bot=InternetArchiveBot\|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> ''Star Trek'' writer Bryan Fuller said Silverman was considered as a cast regular starting with Season 3 of ''Star Trek: Voyager''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/see_who_almost_became_a_r\|title=REVEALED: Sarah Silverman was almost a Star Trek: Voyager regular\|first=Nathalie\|last=Caron\|date=December 14, 2012\|website=SYFY WIRE}}{{Dead link\|date=May 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The filming locations in southern California have also been noted, including ], ], downtown Los Angeles, and ], etc.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=https://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/Voyager.shtml\|title=Star Trek Voyager - Filming Locations\|website=www.seeing-stars.com}}</ref> ''The Digital Fix'' said the episode was a "loving homage" to '']'', and Silverman was a "great guest star" and overall felt it was fun romp in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2020-07-09 \|title=Star Trek: Voyager Revisited - Season Three \|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/television/feature/star-trek-voyager-revisited-a-look-back-at-season-three/ \|access-date=2021-03-26 \|website=Television @ The Digital Fix \|language=en}}{{Dead link\|date=May 2024\|bot=InternetArchiveBot\|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> ] also noted Silverman for guest starring.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://variety.com/gallery/star-trek-celebrity-guest-stars-cameos-dwayne-johnson-tom-hardy/\|title=Stars You Didn't Know Were in 'Star Trek'\|last=Bryant\|first=Jacob\|date=2016-09-02\|website=Variety\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref>

			The ] site listed the futuristic but tiny Aeon, as one of the most powerful ships in the entire '']'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-12-17 \|title=Star Trek: The 20 Most Powerful Ships In The Galaxy, Ranked \|url=https://www.cbr.com/powerful-star-trek-ships/ \|access-date=2020-01-11 \|website=CBR \|language=en-US}}</ref>

			== Releases ==
			"Future's End" was released on ] in Japan on June 25, 1999, as part of the ''3rd season vol.1'' set.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=LaserDisc Database - Star Trek Voyager: 3rd Season vol.1 \|url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/25833/PILF-2454/Star-Trek-Voyager:-3rd-Season-vol.1\|access-date=2021-02-22\|website=www.lddb.com}}</ref>

			"Future's End" was released on ] on July 6, 2004, as part of ''Star Trek Voyager: Complete Third Season'', with ] surround audio.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ordway\|first=Holly E.\|date=July 7, 2004\|title=DVD Talk Star Trek Voyager: Complete Third Season\|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/11454\|access-date=2021-05-24\|website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2004-09-06\|title=Star Trek: Voyager, Season 3 Review {{!}} DVD Video Review {{!}} The Digital Fix\|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/dvd-video-review/star-trek-voyager-season-3/\|access-date=2021-05-24\|website=Film @ The Digital Fix\|language=en\|archive-date=May 24, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524134453/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/dvd-video-review/star-trek-voyager-season-3/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The season 3 DVD was released in the UK on September 6, 2004.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Foster\|first1=Dave\|date=August 10, 2004\|title=Star Trek Voyager: Season 3 in September\|url=http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/12414/star-trek-voyager-season-3-in-september.html\|access-date=May 10, 2015\|publisher=The Digital Fix}}{{Dead link\|date=October 2022 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

			In 2017, the complete ''Star Trek: Voyager'' television series was released in a DVD ], which included "Future's End" as part of the season 3 discs.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Wright\|first=Matt\|title=REVIEW: "Star Trek: Voyager" – The Complete Series on DVD\|url=https://trekmovie.com/2017/03/08/review-star-trek-voyager-the-complete-series-on-dvd/\|access-date=2021-02-22\|website=TrekMovie.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>

			== Notes ==
			* Star Trek writer and producer ], who began his career on '']'', has stated that ], ''Voyager''{{'}}s co-executive producer, considered making ] a member of the crew on the basis of her acting in this episode.<ref name="silverman">{{cite news\|first=Anthony\|last=Pascale\|url=http://trekmovie.com/2011/04/26/star-trek-voyager-producers-considered-making-sarah-silverman-a-series-regular/\|title=Star Trek Voyager Producers Considered Adding Sarah Silverman As Series Regular\|date=April 26, 2011\|publisher=]\|access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> Braga “liked writing for Silverman and the freshness she brought to the ''Voyager''” show plus the possibilities for a Tom Paris romance with her.<ref name="silverman" /> In the end, Braga abandoned the idea and instead chose ] to join the crew in ] of the show.
			* The Eugenic Wars that happen between 1992 & 1996 from The Original Series Episode "Space Seed" are not mentioned in this episode.

			==See also==
			{{Portal\|Speculative fiction\|Television}}
			* "]" – the ] episode where ''Voyager'' again encounters Captain Braxton (portrayed in that episode by ])

			==References==
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			* {{Memory Alpha\|Future's End\|"Future's End, Part I"}}
			* {{Memory Alpha\|Future's End, Part II\|"Future's End, Part II"}}
			* {{StarTrek.com\|futures-end-part-i\|"Future's End, Part I"}}
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Not to be confused with the band Futures End or the DC Comics series The New 52: Futures End.

8th and 9th episodes of the 3rd season of Star Trek: Voyager

"Future's End"

Star Trek: Voyager episodes

Episode nos.

Season 3
Episodes 8 & 9

Directed by

David Livingston (part I)
Cliff Bole (part II)

Written by

Featured music

Jay Chattaway

Cinematography by

Marvin V. Rush

Production code

150 & 151

Original air dates

November 6, 1996 (1996-11-06)
November 13, 1996 (1996-11-13)

Guest appearances

Sarah Silverman - Rain Robinson
Allan G. Royal - Captain Braxton
Ed Begley Jr. - Henry Starling
Brent Hinkley - Butch
Clayton Murray - Porter
Susan Patterson - Ensign Kaplan
Christian Conrad - Dunbar
Barry Wiggins - Policeman

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"Future's End" is a two-part episode from the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the eighth and ninth of the season and the 50th and 51st overall. "Future's End" made its debut on American television in November 1996 on the UPN network in two separate broadcasts, on November 6 and 13, 1996.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Federation starship Voyager during its journey home to Earth, having been stranded tens of thousands of light-years away. In this episode, Voyager is thrown back to Earth in 1996 and must find a way back to the 24th century while making sure they do not cause a disaster in the 29th century in the process.

Part one was directed by David Livingston and part two by Cliff Bole, with a story by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky. Guest stars include Sarah Silverman and Ed Begley Jr. among others.

Plot

Part I

A small ship with a Federation signature emerges from a temporal rift in front of the starship Voyager. Its pilot identifies himself as Captain Braxton (Allan Royal) from the 29th century in the timeship Aeon. He has come to destroy Voyager, believing it to be the cause of a temporal explosion that will wipe out most of the Solar System in his time. Voyager fights off Braxton's attack, resulting in Braxton being sent back through the rift. Voyager and its crew are also pulled into the rift and find themselves on Earth in 1996.

Braxton crashes in 1967, where Henry Starling (Ed Begley Jr.) finds Aeon and copies its technology, allowing him to found a company, Chronowerx Industries, and start the micro-computer revolution. In 1996, a young astronomer named Rain Robinson (Sarah Silverman) who works at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles detects Voyager in high orbit and assumes it to be extraterrestrial life. Her work is funded by Starling, but against his instructions, she attempts to contact Voyager by transmitting a greeting to it, alarming the crew. The Voyager crew tracks her location to the Observatory and Captain Janeway, Commander Chakotay, Lt. Tuvok (Tim Russ), and Lt. Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill), decide to beam down to Los Angeles. Tuvok and Paris save Robinson from a hitman Starling dispatched to kill her.

Janeway and Chakotay investigate Starling and his business. They identify a homeless man as Captain Braxton, who explains the rise of Starling to them. Ultimately, they learn that Starling's planned attempt to travel to the 29th century using Braxton's timeship will be the true cause for the temporal explosion, because Starling lacks the knowledge needed to properly calibrate the timeship.

Janeway and Chakotay secretly enter Starling's Chronowerx office where they find the Aeon, just as Starling walks in on them. Starling ignores Janeway's warning not to use the timeship and tries to kill them, but the officers are beamed aboard Voyager. When Voyager tries to beam up the timeship, Starling uses his own transporter beam to access Voyager's computer and study its systems, including stealing the Doctor's program from Sickbay. Worse still, Voyager has been sighted and filmed, since the ship had to descend low into Earth's atmosphere to beam Janeway and Chakotay aboard.

Part II

Following Starling's computer attack, Voyager is badly damaged, leaving Paris and Tuvok stranded on Earth with Robinson. Paris convinces her to help by claiming that he and Tuvok are government agents trying to recover highly advanced technology that was stolen by Starling. Robinson, prompted by Paris and Tuvok, arranges to meet Starling at a public park. To keep an eye on the Doctor, Starling equips the Doctor with a piece of 29th-century technology, a "Mobile Holo-Emitter", which allows him to move around without having to rely on fixed emitters.

During the meeting, Chakotay and Torres take a shuttle into Earth's lower atmosphere, planning to abduct Starling and beam him aboard Voyager. Unfortunately, damage taken during the transport forces Chakotay and Torres to crash in the Arizona desert, where they are captured by isolationists. Tuvok and the Doctor, splitting up from Paris and Robinson, are able to rescue them and begin repairs on the shuttle.

Held prisoner on Voyager, Starling admits to Janeway that he intends to travel into the future to steal more advanced technology because he has reached the limit of what he can create by studying the Aeon. Janeway informs him of Captain Braxton's warning about the disaster he will cause, but Starling is too egotistical to believe he can fail. Just when Janeway believes that she has ended Starling's plans, one of his henchmen transports him back to his office. Paris and Robinson arrive there to discover a large truck, which they believe contains the timeship. They pursue the vehicle out of the city, aided by the arrival of the repaired shuttle. Too late, the truck is found to be a decoy, and Starling launches the Aeon, still at the Chronowerx building.

After a last attempt to dissuade Starling, Janeway manually fires a photon torpedo into the Aeon, destroying it and saving the future. A few moments later, an alternative Captain Braxton arrives in another timeship Aeon, explaining that having detected the anomaly of their presence in the past, he has come to return them to their own time at the place they left it. Sadly, he is unwilling to bring them to their Earth, as that would violate the Temporal Prime Directive. Voyager returns to the exact moment they first encountered the Aeon. The Doctor gains more freedom as he keeps the Mobile Holo-Emitter.

Production

The episode used Santa Monica Pier as a shooting location for the boardwalk scene. Other production locations in the region include the Griffith Observatory, Jerry Moss Plaza outside The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles, and Palisades Cliffside Park.

Guest stars include Sarah Silverman as Rain Robinson, Allan G. Royal as Braxton, and Ed Begley Jr. as Starling.

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter ranked "Future's End" (Part I & II) as the 60th greatest Star Trek overall franchise episodes. They noted the episode(s) had "plenty of charm" and praised the comedy by the Paris and Tuvok characters. io9 ranked "Future's End" as the 93rd best episode of the Star Trek franchise in their list of the top 100 Star Trek episodes. Fatherly ranked this episode as one of the top 10 episodes of the overall Star Trek franchise for kids to watch. ScreenRant ranked "Future's End" as the 7th best time-travel themed episode of the overall Star Trek franchise, and praised the storyline and its consequences.

SyFy ranked the "Future's End" pair as one of the top ten episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. The Dispatch, noted "Future's End" as the best episode yet, noting that it had "much excitement and crackling dialogue." A Star Trek: Voyager binge-watching guide by Wired suggested this episode could not be skipped. Tor.com included this as one of six episodes of Star Trek: Voyager that are worth re-watching, noting it was a fun time travel romp with brilliant guest casting.

Regarding actress-comedian Sarah Silverman, Den of Geek said that she was the tenth best guest star on Star Trek: Voyager for her role as Rain Robinson, a 20th century astronomer who encounters the crew of Voyager. Star Trek writer Bryan Fuller said Silverman was considered as a cast regular starting with Season 3 of Star Trek: Voyager. The filming locations in southern California have also been noted, including Santa Monica Pier, Griffith Observatory, downtown Los Angeles, and Palisades Cliffside Park, etc. The Digital Fix said the episode was a "loving homage" to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Silverman was a "great guest star" and overall felt it was fun romp in the 1990s. Variety also noted Silverman for guest starring.

The Comic Book Resources site listed the futuristic but tiny Aeon, as one of the most powerful ships in the entire Star Trek franchise.

Releases

"Future's End" was released on LaserDisc in Japan on June 25, 1999, as part of the 3rd season vol.1 set.

"Future's End" was released on DVD on July 6, 2004, as part of Star Trek Voyager: Complete Third Season, with Dolby 5.1 surround audio. The season 3 DVD was released in the UK on September 6, 2004.

In 2017, the complete Star Trek: Voyager television series was released in a DVD box set, which included "Future's End" as part of the season 3 discs.

Notes

Star Trek writer and producer Bryan Fuller, who began his career on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, has stated that Brannon Braga, Voyager's co-executive producer, considered making Sarah Silverman a member of the crew on the basis of her acting in this episode. Braga “liked writing for Silverman and the freshness she brought to the Voyager” show plus the possibilities for a Tom Paris romance with her. In the end, Braga abandoned the idea and instead chose Jeri Ryan to join the crew in season 4 of the show.
The Eugenic Wars that happen between 1992 & 1996 from The Original Series Episode "Space Seed" are not mentioned in this episode.

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External links

"Future's End, Part I" at IMDb
"Future's End, Part II" at IMDb
"Future's End, Part I" at Memory Alpha
"Future's End, Part II" at Memory Alpha
"Future's End, Part I" at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)
"Future's End, Part II" at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)

v t e Star Trek: Voyager episodes
Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Season 3	"Basics, Part II" "Flashback" "The Chute" "The Swarm" "False Profits" "Remember" "Sacred Ground" "Future's End, Part I" "Future's End, Part II" "Warlord" "The Q and the Grey" "Macrocosm" "Fair Trade" "Alter Ego" "Coda" "Blood Fever" "Unity" "Darkling" "Rise" "Favorite Son" "Before and After" "Real Life" "Distant Origin" "Displaced" "Worst Case Scenario" "Scorpion, Part I"

v t e Star Trek time travel stories
The Original Series	"The Naked Time" "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" "The City on the Edge of Forever" "Assignment: Earth" "All Our Yesterdays"
The Animated Series	"Yesteryear"
The Next Generation	"We'll Always Have Paris" "Time Squared" "Yesterday's Enterprise" "Captain's Holiday" "A Matter of Time" "Cause and Effect" "Time's Arrow" "Timescape" "Parallels" "Firstborn" "All Good Things..."
Deep Space Nine	"Past Tense" "Visionary" "The Visitor" "Little Green Men" "Accession" "Trials and Tribble-ations" "Children of Time" "Wrongs Darker than Death or Night" "Time's Orphan" "The Sound of Her Voice"
Voyager	"Time and Again" "Eye of the Needle" "Non Sequitur" "Death Wish" "Future's End" "Before and After" "Year of Hell" "Timeless" "Relativity" "Fury" "Shattered" "Endgame"
Enterprise	"Cold Front" "Shockwave" "Future Tense" "Twilight" "Carpenter Street" "Azati Prime" "E²" "Zero Hour" "Storm Front" "In a Mirror, Darkly"
Discovery	"Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad"
Picard	"Assimilation" "Watcher"
Strange New Worlds	"A Quality of Mercy" "Those Old Scientists" (crossover with Lower Decks)
Films	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek Generations Star Trek: First Contact Star Trek

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