Threshold
- Episode aired Jan 29, 1996
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
2.4K
YOUR RATING
Tom's attempt to cross the time warp threshold and make a name for himself results in rapid physical mutation.Tom's attempt to cross the time warp threshold and make a name for himself results in rapid physical mutation.Tom's attempt to cross the time warp threshold and make a name for himself results in rapid physical mutation.
Roxann Dawson
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Tarik Ergin
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
Louis Ortiz
- Ensign Culhane
- (uncredited)
Susan Rossitto
- Hyper-evolved Reptile
- (uncredited)
Richard Sarstedt
- William McKenzie
- (uncredited)
Cindy Sorenson
- Hyper-evolved Reptile
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRobert Duncan McNeill helped refine the episode's conclusion. "I helped them rewrite the episode's final scene. I did not feel the original story ended very well. I was pleased because I got to have some input into how to resolve the story."
- GoofsTom and Harry try to break the Warp 10 barrier. In the process they say it's a theoretical impossibility and that no one has gone that fast. In That Which Survives (1969)(#3.17) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) the warp 10 barrier is apparently broken.
- Quotes
The Doctor: [examining the unconscious Paris] From what I can tell, he's just... asleep.
The Doctor: Can you wake him?
The Doctor: I don't see why not.
[bends down to Paris]
The Doctor: WAKE UP, LIEUTENANT!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Toys That Made Us: Star Trek (2018)
Featured review
A crazy but enjoyable episode
Tom Paris breaks the warp 10 barrier.
This is a famously panned episode that entertains if you go into it with the right frame of mind.
If you take your Star Trek seriously and appreciate good thought-provoking sci-fi writing, you might find Threshold somewhat of an insult to the intelligence, but if you appreciate wildly implausible ideas brought to life by a professional cast you can still take some enjoyment.
It starts off strongly with a good premise that works with the dilemma faced by the Voyager crew. Tom's ambition of piloting at warp 10 fits perfectly with his character and the build up to the flight is as good as any character work in the show.
Then events turn ridiculous in so many ways it would take too long to cover. The plot contrivances, the scientific implausibility, the reset button ending, and the fact the writers have taken a great Star Trek foundation of the warp 10 barrier and done THIS to it.
Robert Duncan McNeill carries Brannon Braga's ideas (including a tribute 'The Fly') remarkably well in an entertaining performance. I refuse to believe he plays the ranting and raving Paris as anything other than a tongue in cheek homage to Seth Brundle. There is some development for the character in the episode's resolution and the makeup effects are excellent.
Where does it sit on the list of worst Star Trek episodes of all time? It's not great, but it cannot be accused of tedium and I have seen some far worse in Voyager, The Original Series, TNG, and Enterprise.
This is a famously panned episode that entertains if you go into it with the right frame of mind.
If you take your Star Trek seriously and appreciate good thought-provoking sci-fi writing, you might find Threshold somewhat of an insult to the intelligence, but if you appreciate wildly implausible ideas brought to life by a professional cast you can still take some enjoyment.
It starts off strongly with a good premise that works with the dilemma faced by the Voyager crew. Tom's ambition of piloting at warp 10 fits perfectly with his character and the build up to the flight is as good as any character work in the show.
Then events turn ridiculous in so many ways it would take too long to cover. The plot contrivances, the scientific implausibility, the reset button ending, and the fact the writers have taken a great Star Trek foundation of the warp 10 barrier and done THIS to it.
Robert Duncan McNeill carries Brannon Braga's ideas (including a tribute 'The Fly') remarkably well in an entertaining performance. I refuse to believe he plays the ranting and raving Paris as anything other than a tongue in cheek homage to Seth Brundle. There is some development for the character in the episode's resolution and the makeup effects are excellent.
Where does it sit on the list of worst Star Trek episodes of all time? It's not great, but it cannot be accused of tedium and I have seen some far worse in Voyager, The Original Series, TNG, and Enterprise.
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- snoozejonc
- Sep 7, 2022
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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