By Corey Hines on Wednesday, January 13, 1999 - 9:19 pm:

I don't really want to blame the actress in this situation, but if I was a crew member on the Voyager, I would have a very hard time taking Janeway seriously when she gets angry. That voice of hers would cause me to break out in laughter. Still does everytime it happens.

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By Anonymous on Thursday, January 14, 1999 - 12:10 pm:

It took some time to get used to, but it's a million times better then Avery Brooks's overacting when Sisko screams... or Avery Brooks's over acting when Sisko doesn't scream... as you can see I'm not a great Avery Brooks fan

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By Anonymous on Saturday, January 16, 1999 - 10:59 pm:

Has anyone heard anything about Mulgrew leaving the show at the end of the 6th season? Many interviews show that she will be leaving, others do not, and Mulgrew recently ducked out of a chat session on the official ST website. Anyone?

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By Anonymous on Sunday, January 17, 1999 - 1:19 am:

Kate Mulgrew Wants to Leave?:Kate Mulgrew, who plays Capt. Kathryn Janeway, wants to leave the series at the end of the season. Mulgrew met reporters during a series of informal sessions at the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Friday. While Mulgrew said she enjoyed working on the show, and praised her costars (with the notable exception of Jeri Ryan), Mulgrew left no doubt to those in attendance that she was leaving the series at the end of the current season. Tom Nunan, President of Entertainment for UPN, had no comment about Mulgrew's comments, though Dean Valentine, CEO and President of UPN, said in a separate session the chances were "very fine that it will be back next year." Later, UPN publicists said that Mulgrew was going to stay with the show but refused to offer further details.

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By Don Ferguson on Monday, January 18, 1999 - 5:00 pm:

I dunno.. I always found myself very attracted to Brook's style of acting.. I happen to like the way he plays the character. he got much better after he lost the hair.. its that whole picard syndrome I think.. just give JAneway a baldy and watch her popularity sore!

Live Long and nitpick!

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By ScottN on Tuesday, January 19, 1999 - 12:01 am:

He's playing Sisko as Hawk.

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By Hans Thielman on Tuesday, January 19, 1999 - 11:22 am:

I hope Janeway doesn't shave her head.

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By Richie Vest on Tuesday, January 19, 1999 - 3:23 pm:

Why not? All the other captains are bald

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By Anonymous on Tuesday, January 19, 1999 - 5:27 pm:

Because then she'd wear a rug as bad as Kirk's!

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By Rodnberry on Wednesday, January 20, 1999 - 3:26 am:

I actually like the way she kinda purrs sometimes when she talks in low tones. *purrr-r-r-r* But of course, she's no Seven.

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By Cableface on Wednesday, January 20, 1999 - 2:49 pm:

All the captains have had issues with hair.Everyone said Kirks, at least in the films, was a rug , a wig, a dead animal etc.Picard was bald from the beginning.Sisko went for the bowling ball look late in life.And Janeway's changed almost on a weekly basis.Although, her current do is the best.It makes her look a lot better.

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By Cableface on Wednesday, January 20, 1999 - 2:52 pm:

And one more thing.We've had a non-American captain.We've had a black captain.We've had a female captain.I think now the only ground left to break ( if there is another Trek series) is to have a non-human captain.That would be cool.

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By Hans Thielman on Wednesday, January 20, 1999 - 3:32 pm:

Spock was technically the captain of the Enterprise in "Wrath of Kahn."

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By Richie Vest on Wednesday, January 20, 1999 - 3:40 pm:

Actually Cableface that is not a bad idea. Hans I would assume he meant for a series.

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By Nyla on Thursday, January 21, 1999 - 7:38 am:

I want a Horta captain, or maybe a Hamalki captain. (If you don't know what an
Hamalki is, go read Diane Duane's TOS novel The Wounded Sky. Dorky title, great
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By Mr. Luxury Yacht on Thursday, January 21, 1999 - 1:25 pm:

How exactly would a Horta communicate?

Would you have a Vulcan there in a continuos mindmeld?

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By Mr. Rogers on Thursday, January 21, 1999 - 4:26 pm:

Can you say "Universal Translator"? I knew you could!

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By Nina on Friday, January 22, 1999 - 10:40 am:

If she does leave the show, that would be a bit weird, but the creators have never had the chance to kill off a captain before. Just think of all the story possibilities..........

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By Mr. Luxury Yacht on Friday, January 22, 1999 - 4:12 pm:

I didn't think the horta made any communicative noises that the UT could translate.

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By Nyla on Saturday, January 23, 1999 - 7:02 am:

It interprets their thoughts. Or somethin'.

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By Samuel Regan on Saturday, January 23, 1999 - 10:47 am:

How about a Pakled Captain?!!

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By Anonymous on Saturday, January 23, 1999 - 1:52 pm:

Crystalline entity #3 for Captain!!

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By Joshua Truax on Saturday, January 23, 1999 - 10:17 pm:

Last I heard, she denied ever wanting to leave. Her side of the story was that her quote about wanting out was just an offhand remark that was taken out of context by the media. (Memo to Ms. Mulgrew: That's how the media operates. I'm amazed you didn't already know better...!)

Anyway, I'm obviously pleased. Best of luck, Kate -- although Janeway or no Janeway, I cannot see Voyager lasting any longer than one more season after this one (although that has more to do with UPN's troubles than anything else)...

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By Joshua Truax on Saturday, January 23, 1999 - 10:22 pm:

"Cableface" suggested a non-human captain for a future Trek series. Actually there is one -- just not on TV. Capt. Mackenzie Calhoun of the "New Frontier" novel series is a Xenexian. (His real name is M'k'n'zy, and he's from a city called Calhoun; hence the Terranized version of his name.)

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By Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Saturday, January 23, 1999 - 11:47 pm:

I think they meant a non-humanoid captain. M'k'n'zy's people are very Earth-like. They even name their towns like ours. I once ate lunch in a town called Calhoun, Kentucky. Probably named for a person whose last name was Calhoun.

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By Mf on Tuesday, January 26, 1999 - 8:35 am:

Mulgrew brings a great edge to Janeway. She's not afraid of making the character less-than-likeable. I had serious doubts when they cast a woman as Captain - I was afraid they were bowing to tokenism. Mulgrew has made her the best Captain since Kirk.

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By SpotskyCB on Tuesday, January 26, 1999 - 1:18 pm:

I don't know what it is, but I can't star focused on new frontier books. Too lose for me, even though I like the authors other STrek books

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By Dwmarch on Tuesday, January 26, 1999 - 4:24 pm:

Um, pardon me... the creators have never killed a captain before? Wasn't there a fellow named Kirk who got killed a while back? (I was very disappointed by that BTW- Starfleet's greatest capt. killed falling down a hill) And didn't Picard die in "Tapestry"?

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By Sarah Perkins on Tuesday, January 26, 1999 - 4:25 pm:

What are they going to do with the show if Mulgrew leaves? Frankly, I can't see Voyager without the good Captain(although maybe Chakotay would finally get a chance to shine). And there's the whole thing with Janeway and Seven, who play off each other all the time.

Of course, it would be very interesting to watch a show in which the captain really dies--as long as it isn't like Tasha or Jadzia's death.

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By Anonymous on Wednesday, January 27, 1999 - 10:35 am:

My understanding is that the manner of Kirk's death changed during the course of filming. Originally, Soran was supposed to shoot Kirk in the back.

While I don't believe Janeway is a particularly good starship captain, I don't think it would be wise for the powers that be to kill her character off either. Janeway, as played by Kate Mulgrew, for better or worse, is the glue that holds the show together.

Chakotay, as played by Robert Beltran, is simply too dull a character to be the lead on the show. In his heart, he is also still a Maquis. Janeway hasn't seen fit in four years to award him regular issue Starfleet rank pips.

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By Dwmarch on Wednesday, January 27, 1999 - 11:50 am:

I didn't know about Kirk's death being changed but it was different in the novelization of ST:G. Jadzia's death was also changed. Apparently Dukat was supposed to have executed her to avenge Ziyal's death.

Getting back to Janeway, I've always wondered how much better or worse the show would have been if Genevieve Bujold had stayed on as Captain...

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By Garak on Thursday, January 28, 1999 - 1:52 pm:

I have difficulty believing Kate Mulgrew is a size 4.

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By J. Goettsche on Thursday, January 28, 1999 - 9:45 pm:

Do not forget, Garak. The sizing of women's clothing is absolutely puzzling. A woman may be a size 4 in one outfit, a size 12 in another, and any size in between in the rest of her wardrobe.

In any case, Ms. Mulgrew looks great.

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By Mike Konczewski on Friday, January 29, 1999 - 7:27 am:

I've read that what used to be a size 4 10 years ago is now a different size altogether. I think we can assume that a size 4 could mean something completely different 400 years in the future.

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By Catherine on Friday, January 29, 1999 - 6:26 pm:

Getting back to Kate leaving the show, I think it is a power play move. I know she must think that Jeri Ryan is taking over (my opinion, too). I say go for it. Voyager is one of the few UPN shows that has real ratings. It's good to shake them up a little.

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By Cableface on Sunday, January 31, 1999 - 12:27 pm:

Pakleds would be MUCK as captains.Can you really imagine it?
"our ship.it is broken.can you make it go?"
nope.wouldn't work at all.maybe if they created a new race altogether.and i can't imagine a crystilline entity fitting into the center seat.

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By Catherine on Sunday, January 31, 1999 - 3:19 pm:

How about a Ferengi captain? Just move Nog up a couple of notches. And no one would have to worry about a hairstyle!

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By Brad W. Higgins on Sunday, January 31, 1999 - 3:35 pm:

How's this for a scenario? Janeway and Seven have another argument. Seven, in her first real fit of Human anger, kills the captain and assimilates the rest of the crew. Then, due to the crew's strong desire to get home, the ship high-tails it very Borg-like fashion back to the AQ. Upon their arrival, Seven's remorse over killing the captain, along with the crew's strong desire to not be Borg, begin to surface, causing them to be de-assimilated. I know it'll never happen, but it sounds like fun! The ultimate Seven-takes-over show!

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By Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Sunday, January 31, 1999 - 10:01 pm:

You don't have to worry about a Bolian's hair style, either. Mot for Captain! BTW, has anyone noticed the irony of a bald man being the Enterprise's barber? Also, Picard pretended to be ships barber.

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By Heather on Tuesday, February 02, 1999 - 8:33 am:

Garak, womens clothing sizes sometimes look like they were degined by a Vulcan in the middle of Pon Far. I wear size 6 panties (sz 8's are way too big for me.) But wear dress size 16. So, Janeway being a size 4 wouldn't be out of the questuion. Besides, Garak, didn't the thought that she was lying about her size cross your mind, Mr. "Plain, Simple Garak".

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By Kellkan on Tuesday, February 02, 1999 - 1:00 pm:

hey! no self-respecting vulcan would be caught dead in a pair of human panties! he he he
on the other hand, human actresses (and models!) are well known to lie about their size, weight and age. also, sizes are different for every designer. Just try cramming your body into a pair of italian jeans that are supposed to be your size, or go swimming in a pair of british shoes.

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By Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Tuesday, February 02, 1999 - 11:27 pm:

Going swimming in a pair of british shoes sounds like fun!

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By MrFindIt on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 8:48 am:


Chicago Tribune
Saturday, January 16, 1999
MULGREW READY TO LEAVE 'VOYAGER,'
BUT NOT QUITE YET
by Mike McDaniel
New York Times News Service

PASADENA, CALIF - Like her character, Capt. Kathryn Janeway, Kate Mulgrew wants to go home.
For Janeway, captain of the Starship USS Voyager on the UPN series "Star Trek:Voyager," home is planet Earth. For 4 1/2 years, Janeway and her crew have roamed the Delta Quadrant in search of a wormhole or some other route.

For Mulgrew, single mother of two, home is freedom from 80-hour workweeks and shoots that can go on until 3 a.m. It's obtaining some sort of sensible life with her teenage sons. Ian, 14, and Alexander, 13, resent that their mother is never around.

"They need a mother, and they got a celebrity," Mulgrew told an intimate gathering of TV reporters in a brief but unusually candid chat here. "They need milk and cookies, and they got a housekeeper. There's just no question they'd like me to walk out and never look back.

"But I had no choice. First of all, I needed this job. My career was not going well. I wanted it. I was determined to do well by it and with it. And they, too, initially, loved it. But to have their mother summarily lifted from the house as if by a spaceship ..." One way Ian expresses his displeasure is by not watching the show. Alexander will only watch now and then.

"This business of being in the vanguard of the women in the '90s is very interesting," she said. "I will write about this... I want a few months, even if they're not in the house, to be able to cook them dinner and have them just walk in the room and know that I'm there.

"And I want this man that I'm in love with. And I'm going to have him."

The man, Tom [sic] Hagen lives in Cleveland and has children of his own, two girls, 11 and 9. Mulgrew, whose marriage to Robert Egan ended 5 1/2 years ago, said she hopes to marry this summer, maybe in June, "but it's crucial that the four kids approve. It's a delicate situation."

Mulgrew's presence here, as part of UPN's winter session with the TV press, was necessarily brief -- she was due back on the Paramount set for more "Voyager" work. Despite her protests, Mulgrew is committed to "Voyager" for another season after this one, and "probably" will do one more after that.

"I've been dedicated to Janeway from the get-go," she said, "but I didn't think I'd love her this much. I love this character."

Upcoming is a two-parter, shot mostly in black and white, in which Janeway is swept back to the 1930s and deals directly with Lt. Tom Paris' "holonovel" character, the evil Dr. Chaotica. She'll play the novel's powerful Queen Arachnea.

"I love Janeway, but she's the height of restraint and dignity," she said. "In this, I'm a complete vamp. The whole thing is so extravagant, so outre and so funny. I was amazed they allowed me to play it. It's a delicious departure for me because I don't usually get to play parts like that. And it was so needed."

Although no end to the series is in sight, she can envision "one season devoted to [the Voyager crew] reaching home and the provocative things that develop."

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By Omer on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 10:10 am:

I don't know... sounds a bit over the top! and says we'll still have our Janeaway till the dead end, huh?

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By Hans Thielman on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 12:41 pm:

Oh please, not another awful Captain Proton episode, especially a two parter? How about Janeway and crew entering Toontown ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit?") instead? It couldn't be much worse.

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By Mike Konczewski on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 1:57 pm:

Hans--It sounds like the reporter got his facts mixed up. The upcoming two-parter is the season finale, and deals with 7o9 being reassimilated into the collective. It's not in b&w, but "Bride of Chaotica!" was.

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By Hans Thielman on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 2:15 pm:

That's a relief.

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By Richie Vest on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 3:25 pm:

Mike the episode in which Seven of Nine being reassimilated happens later this month and therefore cant be the finale.

Also Please in the future do not reprint whole articles. I am not sure of the legaltaly

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By Mike Konczewski on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 3:50 pm:

I'm not MrFindIt, so don't blame me.

I think it is alright to reprint articles from periodicals as long as you (a) site them as the source, and (b)don't use them for financial or personal gain. It's like when you write a term paper; always cite references.

You're quite right about the two-part; it's during sweeps week, not the season end. I'm guessing everything turns out okay in the two-parter, cos several of the remaining episodes feature 7o9.

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By MrFindIt on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 10:17 pm:

Hundreds of websites reprint articles and get away with it by just puting copyright whatever publication or whoever wrote it on the story.

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By MrFindIt on Wednesday, February 03, 1999 - 10:28 pm:

Kate Mulgrew Staying: Kate "Captain Janeway" Mulgrew was the subject of several articles after announcing she would be leaving at the end of the season. However, Cinescape Magazine reported that on February 2 Mulgrew said the following: "This is a combination of fatigue and lack of wits in the moment. I'm under contract through the sixth season, which I will honor. I love my kids so much and this man in my life. I need more time, that's definite. I will do that well within the confines of a contract I've honored, I hope, with great dignity."

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By Nyla on Thursday, February 04, 1999 - 6:15 am:

I feel sorry for her kids. I mean, on one hand, I would love to have my mom work
on ST, but on the other hand, they hardly get to see her. And yes, I wear Dr.
Laura-scented perfume.<g

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By Mike Konczewski on Thursday, February 04, 1999 - 7:11 am:

This would be a great opportunity for the writers to set some stories around the other characters, and give Mulgrew some time off.

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By Dan on Friday, February 05, 1999 - 9:27 am:

Speaking of captains getting killed...Spock was killed in ST: 2 and at the time he had the rank of Captain....if she left (i seriously doubt it) it wouldn't be the first time....

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By Mike Konczewski on Friday, February 05, 1999 - 10:27 am:

And as you obliquely pointed out, Dan, killing someone on Star Trek doesn't permanently remove them. Spock came back in ST III.

I'm sure the writer's could, if needed, find a way to write out Janeway but leave the door open for a return. Heck, I'm still waiting for Kes to return....

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By Nyla on Friday, February 05, 1999 - 1:00 pm:

When Kes left I looked at my dad, and said "One, two, three...<in> ' You may
not see us, but we're always watching.' " Did anyone else do that

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By XenaWP on Friday, February 05, 1999 - 6:26 pm:

GOOD one, Ccabe!!

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By Marten on Saturday, February 06, 1999 - 8:54 am:

Well,

Ethan Phillips strongly denied the rumours that Kate Mulgrew was planning on leaving the show. Read about it in the transcript of the latest online chat (dated 3 Feb I think) on

w ww.startrekcontinuum.com

Personally Im glad, because it would be hard to get accustomed to Chakotay being captain. Or perhaps they will beam a new captain in through a subspace rift, directly from the alpha quadrant. A ferengi captain would be interesting. "Latinum planet dead ahead! - Eject the warp core to make more room for latinum storage!"

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By Mike Konczewski on Monday, February 08, 1999 - 6:47 am:

She's under contract for at least one more season, so it's unlikely she'll be leaving before then. Like I mentioned earlier, this could be a negotiating ploy.

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By Mark Morgan on Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 10:01 pm:

Hey, maybe I can get Kellkan frustrated with me again about this topic:

MrFindIt, I would be careful. The International Lyrics Server (h ttp://w ww.lyrics.ch/search.html> is currently down (servers siezed by the Swiss Government) because they posted too much copyrighted material without permission. Best to tread carefully....

I hope Kate Mulgrew doesn't leave, and that instead the creators spend some more time developing characters other than Seven! I mean, what a bunch of generic button pushers and technobabble spewers we've got. I'd like to know some more about the *people* on the ship, instead of just the obstacles they face to get home.

Here endeth the rant.

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By Jonklein on Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 10:04 pm:

Ahem. My father works with Monica Hagan, Tim Hagan's Sister. Kate Mulgrew is to Marry Tim soon. (Ha ha I got Mulgrew's autograph- aren't connections great?) The last I heard from Monica, Kate is not contemplating leaving the show; though this info is a few months old. When she finishes Voyager, she is moving to a Cleveland suburb to live with Tim.

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By Anonymous on Thursday, February 11, 1999 - 9:36 pm:

As much as I'd miss Capt. Janeway -- aside from the fact that *real* family should be more important than fictional one -- Kate Mulgrew has been really treated shamefully since 7 of 9 came onboard. To look at UPN's ads, and to watch most of Voy's recent episodes, you'd think Jeri Ryan was the lead in the series. And maybe the *only* star, instead of part of an ensemble. (And the 7/9 character hadn't even been thought of when Voy premiered!) -- But show business is a *business*, and M18-49 ratings are more important than anything else to TPTB.

So they took our first strong, woman Captain and replaced her with a BimboBabe. I don't blame Kate for wanting to leave.

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By Richie Vest on Friday, February 12, 1999 - 6:59 am:

One I would not descirbe Seven of Nine or Jeri Ryan for that matter as a "Bimbo Babe"
Two True Seven does get more than Janeway but Janeway gets more than the rest of them.

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By Scott McClenny on Friday, February 12, 1999 - 7:56 am:

The rumor that Kate Mulgrew is leaving Voyager after next season is just that a RUMOR!
During her online chat at the Continuum yesterday
night Jeri Ryan was asked about this rumor.She
said that it was NOT true about Kate leaving.
What REALLY happened according to her is that
the interviewer simply caught Kate when she was
having a BAD DAY and Kate said some things that
got misconstrued and later misinterpreted to mean
that she was going to leave.They then ran with the
interview WITHOUT rechecking with Kate to make
certain that it was true.
As Jeri said that is how RUMORS get started,and
you shouldn't believe them.
Also to quash another rumor:Jeri said that she
and Kate get along FAMOUSLY and that Kate is a
riot to work with.

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By Plantman on Sunday, February 21, 1999 - 10:36 am:

How about a Tamarian captain. You know, one of those guys who speak in metaphor. Just think of a run in with some enemy.

BORG: We are the Borg.

CAPT: Darmok, his arms open.

BORG: You will be assimilated.

CAPT: Yutatn on the ocean his arms open.

BORG: Resistance is futile.

CAPT: Darmok in the mountain on the red ocean.

BORG: What the hell is he saying?

OTHER BORG: We don't want to assimilate him. Do you want his thoughts running around our collective?

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By Sarah Perkins on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 1:37 pm:

What I'd like to see is a series with a female captain *and* a female first officer. We've had male & male (Kirk and Spock, Picard and Riker), male & female (Sisko and Kira), and female & male (Janeway and Chakotay).

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By The male, 18 to dead demographic on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 8:33 pm:

We can't let that happen. 2 women running a ship, what next? A make-up miror on the Helm console?

Seriously, Men like (generally) seeing men run starships. So, since TPTB can't risk loosing us to the Drew Carey Show. You will never see a woman captain and a woman 1st officer. (Unless, it's from Angel One.)

PS-Its not that I don't like the idea of 2 women running a ship. It's just that TPTB won't allow it.

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By Omer on Thursday, February 25, 1999 - 11:43 am:

But on the other head, I think that even if there are going to be 777,777 Star Trek shows, we'll always have either the 1st officer ir the captain male, and the other female

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By Scott McClenny on Monday, March 22, 1999 - 11:07 am:

I think Seven should have a try at being captain
for a day.It be cool to have a ex-Borg drone
giving the orders!!!
Then they could have the EMH do it..and then
Vorick followed by B'Elanna..and then Neelix..
and then Naomi!!!
(Just kidding..except the part abut Seven being
captain..that be COOL!!)

They should change the spelling of Janeway's
first name to CATHRYN.Hey,if it's good for my
sister...

I could never resist a captain with the name of
Kathryn or Cathryn.

BTW:Does anyone know what ethnic background Janeway is from? All I know is she was born in
Indiana.

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By Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Monday, March 22, 1999 - 1:57 pm:

I live in Kentucky, so I know a little about Indiana. My guess is German. There ar a lot of Germans in Southern Indiana. (Colliary-There are a lot of Irish, English, Scotts, Amish, and about any other European ancestry you can think of.) I think it would be really ironic if she was Amish. Also, by the 24th century a family from Sigma Iotia II ("A Piece of the Action") could have moved to Indiana. So Janeway could be from almost any ethnic background, except Bolian.

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By Becky, Dorset on Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 1:40 pm:

Anyone ever wonder why Janeway cut her hair? My sister finally worked it out. Most people will have noticed that Janeway's hair gets messier the more serious the fight that Voyager is in. So - Janeway is pyschic! (Did I spell that right??)
Why? She cuts her hair STRAIGHT BEFORE 'YEAR OF HELL'!! My sister's theory goes that she knew it would be impossible to keep her hair tidy in that situation for a year so she cut it all off! (Not quite SHAVED though!!) Oh, well, it made me laugh!

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By Heather on Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 2:26 pm:

Great explanation, Becky. Now for a hard question: Why is Seven's hair so long? I would expect an ex-borg to be bald or really short hair.

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By ScottN on Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 2:59 pm:

The Doctor artificially stimulated her follicles.

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By norman on Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 2:59 pm:

The hair is The Doctor's creation (or "encouragement," at least). (Remember that "stimulate your hair follicles" line?) The only time Seven "lets her hair down" and have it be long is in the Holodec Simulation in "The Killing Game" (Remember, B'ellana was pregnant as well). Unless there's some other episode. If she lets her hair be long, that may be that she's about to transcend into a higher being and leave the series, after all. :P

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By ScottN on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 - 9:33 am:

I was channel surfing last night... Didn't Kate Mulgrew play Sam's politician girlfriend on Cheers?

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By Richie Vest on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 - 11:21 am:

Scott Yes I believe she did.

By Omer on Thursday, April 01, 1999 - 12:50 pm:

Kate was Sam's girlfriend? you GOTTA be kidding!

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By BILL BREHM on Thursday, April 01, 1999 - 9:00 pm:

I think if Kate Mulgrew would leave voyager it would not be the same the ship would have get back to earth and that would end the show.

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By cableface on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 3:52 pm:

As far as the next captain goes, just for once, I'd like to see someone who actually enjoys battles.I say, give him/her a ship like the Defiant and have him/her come screaming into battle while Song2 by Blur is playing.Probably never happen though.......(sigh).....

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By Scott McClenny on Monday, June 14, 1999 - 4:46 pm:

It is official Kate Mulgrew has SIGNED through
the seventh season.This should put all rumors
of her leaving after season six to final rest
where they belong.

As to the other rumors:they are either misqouting
Kate,misconstrusing what she says about Jeri,or
simply made up by reporters looking to spice up
an interview.I tend to believe the third theory
as reporters being reporters and Hollywood being
Hollywood..

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By Electron on Saturday, June 19, 1999 - 4:46 pm:

Rumours are that KJ will getting mad (different hairstyle?) at the beginning of season six. Chakotay will lead a "mutiny" and become temporary captain.

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By Alfonso Turnage on Monday, June 21, 1999 - 6:16 pm:

I think Capt. Janeway is one of the best Trek
characters ever. She and Seven are the only two truly full characters that we've gotten so far on Voyager-I take that back Kes was one as well. At any rate, she is my favorite captain and I love the way she has both command and scientific/technicial ability. Janeway definitely has the best explorer skills of the Next Gen-time period captains. Neither Picard nor Sisko could do a better job of getting their crew back from the delta quadrant alive, at least in my opinion.
I don't like the Kirk-ises of hers where she violates the prime directives and all the other rules(like violating the Swarm's space or B'ellana's rights according to medical ethics), moral-wise anyway, but story-wise they do give us interesting insights into the mind of Janeway. I honestly think that Trek could get away with(in terms of the general public's feelings) having a double-female captain/first officer pairing, but I think the second officer and rest of the main characters would have to be majority male.

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By ScottN on Tuesday, June 22, 1999 - 10:08 am:

Picard could... He did roughly the equivalent with the Stargazer, though it wasn't a 70 year voyage.

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By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Tuesday, June 22, 1999 - 1:42 pm:

IMHO, Janeway makes the worst command decisions of any Trek captain. She separated Tuvix after he expressed a wish not to be and the Doctor agreed. She mounted a foolish mission to rescue Seven of Nine when she was captured by the Borg instead of just using the transwarp drive to get the h*ll out of there. She refuses to use the slipstream more than once. (There soesn't seem to be any reason why they can't use it for a little bit, drop out, use it again, etc.) If I were commanding that ship, Voyager would have been home as soon as we hit that wormhole by the Ferengi planet. She commits Prime Directive violations all over the place. She has bad hair. She refuses to admit that Seven is right more often than not. She should be court-martialed as soon as Voyager gets home.

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By Nick Angeloni (Nangeloni) on Tuesday, June 22, 1999 - 8:17 pm:

Amen, Matt.

Actually if she cared about the Prime Directive they would be back home in the first episode. She stayed to help the Ocampa, but technically she shouldn't have been there so she should have gone home and left the Kazon to do what they wanted to do (I don't think they could conquer anything anyway—these are the people who can't find water).

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By Scott McClenny on Sunday, June 27, 1999 - 2:39 pm:

Janeway is Presbyterian.She has to be with all
that coffee she drinks!
Presbyterians invented the after church coffee
hour..ipso facto Janeway MUST be Presbyterian.

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By Johanna on Sunday, July 04, 1999 - 10:54 am:

I think it would be great if Chakotay took over
for a while instead - his character is under
utilised. He is the Carlos Castenada/Billy Jack
of space. Does he replicate his san pedro??

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By M. Jenkins on Monday, July 05, 1999 - 12:41 am:

I'd rather see Torres or Paris as captain. Or even Kim...he'd be interesting as captain, methinks. Oh wait...I quit watching Voyager. Nevermind! ;)

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By Scott McClenny on Sunday, July 11, 1999 - 2:04 pm:

Seven for Intergalactic Empress!!

But seriously folks:My ideal chain of command
for Voyager:
1.Janeway
2.Seven
3.Chuckles
4.Naomi
5.Marla Gilmore(just as long as they stay away
from tight enclosed nebulae!!!)
6.EMH
7.The Delaney Sisters(double your pleasure)

Yeah,just kidding,but I would love to see Seven
in charge in at least one episode.
I also love the relationship that Janeway has
developed with Seven and like the way that Kate
and Jeri play off of each other when they have scenes together.They have some of the best
chemistry of any Star Trek actors.Even better than
Old Baldy and Data.

And I still say JAneway is Presbyterian,after all
she does drink lots of coffee!!!

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By Xena, WP on Tuesday, August 03, 1999 - 12:21 pm:

Oh, Janeway ain't leavin'. She says she doesn't want to leave until the series is over. I found that out somewhere in some magazine. The Communicator, I think. Don't ask. My memory isn't that great to begin w/.

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By multi-midichlorians on Saturday, October 02, 1999 - 9:10 pm:

I heard that the character of Janeway was originally meant to be played by Genivieve something (can't remember how to spell the name properly, but I'm sure you all understand!). Does anyone know where I can see pictures of her in the Captain Janeway capacity? I'm just curious as to how another actor would have played her.

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By Chris Thomas on Saturday, October 02, 1999 - 10:10 pm:

You're thinking of Genevieve Bujold, who quit after two days' filming, if I remember rightly.

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By multi-midichlorians on Sunday, October 03, 1999 - 5:39 am:

Yeah that's her. Who is she?

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By Chris Thomas on Sunday, October 03, 1999 - 8:00 am:

From the webpage ht tp://vcd.student.utwente.nl/~erik/genevieve/info.html :

Geneviève Bujold is a French-Canadian actress, born 1st July 1942 in Montreal, especially known for her 1970's appearances in several movies, the most popular one being 'Anne of The Thousand Days'. Others include:
King of Hearts 1967
The Trojan Women 1971
Earthquake 1974
Obsession 1976
Swashbuckler 1976
Another Man, Another Chance 1977
Journey 1977
Coma 1978
Murder by Decree 1979
Final Assignment 1980
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark 1980
Monsignor 1982
Choose Me 1984
Tightrope 1984
Trouble in Mind 1986
Dead Ringers 1988
The Moderns 1988
False Identity 1990
Oh, What a Night 1992
Clint Eastwood - The Man From Malpaso 1993, Featured
The Adventures of Pinocchio 1996

Her father and mother are Firmin and Laurette (Cavanaugh) Bujold. After having gone to the Hochelga Convent for 12 years, she attended Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Montreal for 3 yrs. She married Paul Almond on the 18th of March 1967 and has one son, Matthew James.

She also featured in the Sci-Fi series 'ST: Voyager' as the first captain of this spaceship, but when they had been shooting this series for two days he decided to quit. Erik Larson emailed me the details as they appear in the book "Captains' Logs" by E.Gross and M.Altman. Here is a transcript:
In that book, Rick Kolbe explains:
"...in a much publicized arrival and departure, Ms. Bujold...quit the series less than a week into production.
She had a different concept about the show. At this point, I do not understand why she took the show in the first place. It seems to me that she was not prepared for what happened. Yet the day before she said 'yes,' Rick Berman called her and told her, step by step, what was expected. He told her television is a brutal schedule, it goes on day after day after day for long hours...She called back the next day and said, 'I thought about it. I've seen Star Trek, I want to do it.' Whether that was based on truth, I don't know. But it turned out that her concept of the captain was not being a captain...

She didn't want to run the ship. We shot for a day and a half...I tried to get her to give us the authority that I wanted from the character, and that never came through. We had a chat about it and I said, 'Why can't you give it to me?' She said to me, 'I don't want to be Janeway, I want to be Genevieve Bujold.'

Genevieve Bujold is a very fragile human being on the outside - with a strong inside, I cannot say. I didn't work with her long enough to find that out. That fragile human being, to me, could not take over command of the ship. I'm not saying she's a bad actress. She's a very good actress. But she was NOT right for the part...It wasn't Paramount or anyone that fired her, she just decided to pull out."

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By multi-midichlorians on Sunday, October 03, 1999 - 7:23 pm:

Thanks for that. I haven't seen any of those movies, but I followed the link, and I don' think I can imagine her as the Captain.

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By Mark Swinton on Tuesday, November 02, 1999 - 5:54 pm:

I read somewhere once that Jeri Taylor and Michael Piller were adamant about a female captain but that they considered letting men audition for the role of Janeway, on condition that if the captain were male the first officer and the Asian ensign would be female. Now there's something I would like to see (although it has been done on DS9).

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By Anonymous on Thursday, November 04, 1999 - 5:51 pm:

I find it odd theat she has a psycotic breakdown once every season (well at least the last three). Do you think every six moths or so the senior staff have a secret meeting and plan for her annual trip off the deep end?

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By Scott McClenny on Thursday, December 23, 1999 - 4:36 pm:

I think the problem is that people tend to
forget that once VOYAGER became stranded in
the Delta Quadrant Janeway had to rewrite a lot
of the rules as time went by,since a lot of them
were inapplicable to a crew in their situation.

As far as helping the Ocampan being a violation
of the Prime Directive,while as we saw in the
TNG episode HOMEWARD some times the Prime Directive simply sucks.
In fact Janeway had two choices,either obey the
letter of the law and allow the fate of the
Ocampans to rest on her conscience for the rest
of her life or to do something about the situation
and to bend the Prime Directive.
She did the only reasonable and conscienable thing
she could.

The same applies to her truce with the Borg.
Either they could have taken Chuckles' suggestion
and gone home or..making a truce with the Borg
WAS the only alternative to finding a nice cozy
spot in the Delta Quadrant and settling down,while
Species 8472 assumingly conquered the rest of the
Galaxy.
In this regard Chuckles was wrong when he decided
to end the truce and ejected the drones from the
cargo bay.
Seven's request WAS in fact reasonable,even though
it meant travelling into the heart of Borg territory.

This is why Janeway is a captain and why Chuckles
will always remain a commander,he isn't able to
make the hard decisions that she makes.

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By Jwb52z on Thursday, December 23, 1999 - 8:24 pm:

There's one other Captain choice you haven't mentioned here and one that TPTB will never ever allow. A GAY Captain.

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By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Thursday, December 23, 1999 - 10:49 pm:

Scott, what have you been smoking? Would you allow Voyager to be assimilated in order to defeat Species 8472? Would you give them the knowledge that you gathered over the years of traveling through the Delta Quadrant? Just because everything worked out all right in the end doesn't mean that Janeway made the correct decisions. (Also, I came up with another way she could have gotten them home. Think about it: "Sure, Q, I'll have your kid. Just zap us home first." With a choice between the destruction of the Continuum and the relocation of one ship, I doubt Q would have argued.)

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By Adam Bomb on Tuesday, December 26, 2000 - 3:19 pm:

No postings to this board for almost 15 months? Anyway, we are well into season seven, and Capt. Kate's workload seems to be down. She has not been the focus of the storylines (with the exception of Unimatrix Zero Part II.) To Multi- See "Coma" and "Tightrope", fine thrillers with good examples of Ms. Bujold's work.

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By Ghel on Tuesday, December 28, 1999 - 2:12 pm:

People tend to be generally too hard on Janeway. There have been several episodes in TOS, DS9 and TNG where the captains have made horrid errors of judgement and acted "out of character." In STII Kirk's failure to raise shields directly leads to several deaths and indirectly ends in the destruction of the Enterprise.
I cannot remember the ep, but in ST:TNG Picard is willing to enforce a relocation because the Federation signed a treaty giving the planet to the Cardassians. He did not seem nearly as concerned w/ the immorality of the act as he does in Insurrection. (He must have gotten pointers from Wesley in that episode).
Ben Sisco poisoned a planet. Enough said.
Yes, Janeway makes poor decisions sometimes, but no more than any other captain.
Furthermore, Janeway has a far more difficult job than any other captain. Janeway's crew is partially composed of people not exactly fond of the Federation. She has to maintain order amongst a group with great philosophical differences and no support from Starfleet. With the distance from the Federation, a reprimand is pretty ineffective. She can't exactly court-marshal every officer who acts poorly. She is also unable to stop at a starbase and replace a bad crewmember.
Finally given limited resources, Janeway is in a position where she is forced to bend (and even break) some of the rules that traditional captains would never even have to think about. Once again, no starbases or backup to bail Voyager out of a jam.
Please excuse the long-windedness.

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By Jwb52z on Saturday, December 30, 2000 - 6:50 pm:

Adam Bomb, Genevieve Bujold is not Captain Janeway, Kate Mulgrew is.

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By Adam Bomb on Monday, January 01, 2001 - 3:53 pm:

I know that. I was just referring some good examples of Ms. Bujold's work to someone who is apparently unfamiliar with her films. I don't think I could ever see her as Janeway, either. See "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" and "Throw Momma From the Train" for examples of Ms. Mulgrew's work. Stay away from "Mrs. Columbo", aka "Kate Loves a Mystery", a best forgotten (and misbegotten) attempt to keep the "Columbo" franchise going without Peter Falk. Kate played Mrs. Columbo; at the time, she was (and still is) young enough to be his daughter.

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By Jwb52z on Monday, January 01, 2001 - 7:09 pm:

Hey!!! I liked Mrs. Columbo. Watching that show is how I fell for Kate Mulgrew, kinda.

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By Rene on Tuesday, January 02, 2001 - 7:08 am:

Yuck. You fell for Kate Mulgrew? Eww.

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By Anonymous on Tuesday, January 02, 2001 - 1:32 pm:

You'd be surprised how many people have a secret crush on Kate Mulgrew. They're just afraid to say it because it's some kind of silly taboo.

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By Anonymous on Tuesday, January 02, 2001 - 7:52 pm:

Yeah, check out Macrocosm.

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By Adam Bomb on Sunday, January 07, 2001 - 3:58 pm:

Do just that, guys. She kicks alien butt just like Ripley, and is nicely pumped up and all sweaty in her A-shirt. I wanna see Kate like this more often, really sweaty and p.o.ed.

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By P. Morgan on Saturday, January 08, 2000 - 9:41 am:

Is Voyager suposed to be Janeway's first command? I don't remember anything specific being mentioned in "Caretaker" but I did seem to get that impression.

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By Richie Vest on Saturday, January 08, 2000 - 6:18 pm:

No no they mentioned several times through the series that this was at least Janeway's second command

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By P.Morgan on Sunday, January 09, 2000 - 3:17 am:

Cheers I obviously haven't been enough attention, but in my defence she doesn't seem to ram it down everyone's throat,there's none of Picard's hazy eyed rambles about the Stargazer. ( frankly if Stargazer was that much fun, I'm sure Riker wouldn't mind the Enterprise), Janeway never seems to say " on my first command the USS Aimless we etc.. ( had a large Helium leak which has perminantly affected my voi.. no to catty)

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By Mark Swinton on Sunday, January 09, 2000 - 5:34 pm:

EXT. SPACE- cold, silent, waiting.
Close up of KATHRYN JANEWAY in a space suit.
She taps her sleeve controls.
JANEWAY: Computer, begin recording.
Sound effect: BEEPLY BEEP.
JANEWAY: Personal Log, Cadet Janeway. Stardate 41153.7. I am now five minutes into my Spacewalk Training Course, here about seven miles above the Academy. With a further fifty-five minutes to go,
two things are running through my mind. Will I pass this course, and why the hell did I bring HELIUM INSTEAD OF AIR?
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(With apologies to the writers of "Hot Shots Part deux").

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By Adam Bomb on Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 7:04 pm:

P.S. Guys, can you really see Genevieve Bujold like Kate was in Macrocosm? I didn't think so.

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By P.Morgan on Friday, January 14, 2000 - 1:49 pm:

Mark that I like

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By Adam Bomb on Friday, February 02, 2001 - 6:37 pm:

Kate was also in the best episode of one of the best shows ever-"St. Elsewhere." She was in the two-parter detailing the history of St. Eligius hospital through its staff and one family's tribulations there. Superb perf there by Edward Herrmann as Fr. Joseph McCabe, founder of the hospital. Fr. McCabe was a priest who was pro-birth control, and who took down his bishop on the matter. Way to go!

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By ScottN on Friday, February 02, 2001 - 7:50 pm:

Which part did Kate play? Was she related to the polio kid?

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By Tricorder on Saturday, February 03, 2001 - 9:26 pm:

Sheesh, I'll handle this one. I'm the other huge "St. Elsewhere" fan who posts here.

She is related to the polio kid by marriage. This episode shows slices of hospital history by decade. I believe the kid you're referring to was a girl from the 1940s, and Mulgrew's character married who would have been the girl's nephew.

Mulgrew appears in the episode in two time frames -- the 1960s and the 1980s (present day). In the '60s, her husband suffers from a bad trip after taking acid and runs amok in the hospital lobby. A young nurse Rosenthal talks him down. Mulgrew appears in these sequences with hair down to her legs.

In the 80s, she returns with her husband, who is exhibiting momentary paralysis, but Dr. Morrison, in his usual befuddled manner, is unable to figure out what's wrong. Only when he researches the family history through hospital records does he discover the polio connection and cures him. Mulgrew arranges a meeting between her husband and their estranged son, who's gay. She looks much like she did during the early seasons of Voyager, with her hair pulled back.

Mulgrew has scenes with Norman Lloyd, who also played Galen, Picard's archeological mentor, in a episode of TNG. You can use that next time you play Six Degrees.

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By Adam Bomb on Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 3:46 pm:

Thanks for refreshing my memory about the ep, Tricorder. I had forgotten that Kate was in this episode, and the other particulars, until I caught the last third of it on Bravo the other night. Bravo, which started to run "St. Elsewhere" nightly just recently, is already showing it disrespect, bumping it on Friday nights to run "Weird Weekends."

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By Robbinson on Saturday, March 04, 2000 - 8:09 pm:

And I know just how she can get Voyager home.
The next time Q shows up:

Q: Hello all!

Janeway: Q! Last time you showed up, I personaly saved your life. My crew won your civil war for you, and do you have any how much damage your brat did last time I baby-sat?!?!?!

Q: Well...

Janeway: You owe us. Earth. Now!

As you can see, I drew my inspiration from Jameway's diplomatic skills (or lack thereof) in the premiere - Caretaker. No, seriously. The first thing she did was insult him!

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By Anonymous on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 - 6:09 pm:

Everyone seems to think that destroying the Caretaker's Array was a violation of the Prime Directive and was the reason that Voyager's stuck in the Delta Quadrant, but if you paid attention to the episode, you'd know better. The Caretaker had activated his self-destruct, but as a result of Voyager's battle with the Kazon, the Array was damaged and the self-destruct sequence didn't work. It was therefore Voyager's fault the Array did not destroy itself, and Captain Janeway felt she was responsible for seeing through to it's destruction. As for using the Array to get home, they had a better chance going the long way. It was highly advanced, complex technology. The Caretaker himself said it was 'terribly complicated', even for him. Voyager would have to learn how to use the technology and repair the Array, which would most likely take weeks if not months. Meanwhile, they were fighting a losing battle with the Kazon, who could also call for reinforcements. In addition to that there was the moral implications of letting the Kazon have the technology, which would also be allowing the Ocampa to perish.
On a separate note, Janeway cut her hair the first time shortly after Chakotay cut some off to use as a firestarter in Basics, part two. Interesting.

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By Mr. Luxury Yacht on Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 6:43 am:

Anonymous--

First, Tuvok said he could operate the array in 2-3 hours.
So it wouldn't take weeks.

Second, the array *had* to have weapons because I'm sure the Kazon had attacked before, and most likely in very large numbers. So the array must have the appropriate fire power to destroy the Kazons. So Janeway should have no problem.

Thus, she should *never* have destroyed the thing.

Besides... how would the Kazons get on the thing? They can't beam and I didn't notice any docking bays.

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By John A. Lang on Friday, March 09, 2001 - 1:43 am:

I cannot help but wonder if Kate Mulgrew was chosen because she sounds like Kathryn Hepburn...hence the name Kathryn Janeway.

I would've LOVED to seen Janeway get the "rapid aging" disease and see what kind of performance she'd do....the creators could even slip in Ms. Hepburn herself for the "final version" (if Ms. Hepburn is doing well, that is)

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By Sheila on Saturday, March 10, 2001 - 6:51 pm:

Kate Mulgrew has always reminded me of Katherine (I think that's how she spells it) Hepburn. That's one of the reasons I like Janeway. I'm older than the average viewer and didn't know if anyone else noticed the resemblance. Thanks for bringing it up, John.

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By John A. Lang on Saturday, March 10, 2001 - 7:25 pm:

It'd be funny if Janeway started calling everyone "an old poop" in a "Voyager" episode like Hepburn did to Fonda in "On Golden Pond"

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By Sheila on Saturday, March 10, 2001 - 7:37 pm:

I can see Janeway calling people "an old poop." I wonder how the Doctor would react. Or Tuvok.

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By Adam Bomb on Sunday, March 11, 2001 - 4:12 pm:

I think the character was first called Elizabeth Janeway. When Genevieve Bujold was cast, she had it changed to Nicole; Kate Mulgrew then asked for it to be changed to Katherine after she was cast.
Let's see her call Admiral Paris an "old poop" upon her return home. Or maybe she will rip the mask off him to reveal he is really a lizard person.

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By ScottN on Friday, May 11, 2001 - 10:01 pm:

Here is a funny interview with Kate Mulgrew from Time Magazine.

The inteviewer has a weekly column with six question interviews...

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y John A. Lang on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 4:33 am:

According to Star Trek.Com, Kate Mulgrew will be doing an on-stage, one woman show called "Tea At Five" in which she will be portraying the silver screen legend Katherine Hepburn.

The question is....how will we know if it's really Hepburn and not Mulgrew?

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By cstadulis on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 8:45 am:

Kate's husband, Tim Hagan, is running for governor of Ohio. Which means, if by some miracle Hagan wins, Kate Mulgrew will by the First Lady of Ohio!

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By ScottN on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 9:27 am:

Tsk, tsk. It should be Indiana!

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By Anonymous on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 8:27 am:

isnt this a voyager room not st somewhere or mz columbo room? lol

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By John A. Lang on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 9:17 pm:

NO SURPRISES HERE:
I just read on "Star Trek.Com" that Kate will be portraying Katherine Hepburn in a Broadway play called: "Tea At Five"

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By Blue Berry on Friday, June 20, 2003 - 2:51 am:

John Lang,

Lol. Good casting.

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By John ZZZ Lang on Friday, June 20, 2003 - 7:41 am:

Boy..I must have dozed off. I already mentioned that on Jan. 18!

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By Sven of Nine, not a time-traveller, but... on Friday, June 20, 2003 - 7:51 am:

Happens to me all the... time.

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By Adam Bomb on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 9:52 pm:

Kate is now the voice of Ford, doing the voice-over for ads for their new minivan, the "Freestar." (Maybe they could have named it the "Freebird," and used the Skynyrd song...)

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By John A. Lang on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 12:23 pm:

No matter how she has her hair styled, Janeway is HOT!

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By ScottN on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 12:37 pm:

For proof of John A. Lang's statement, see Macrocosm(VOY).

Janeway-as-Ripley is a guilty pleasure.


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By John A. Lang on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 9:34 pm:

Has anyone else noticed that Kate Mulgrew ALSO looks / sounds like Patricia Neal from "The Day The Earth Stood Still"?

It just started this TV season, and I've never seen the show so I don't know if it's any good, but Kate Mulgrew is playing a character on "The Black Donnellys"(?) Monday nights on NBC, if anybody is a bug Mulgrew fan. The show seems to be a primetime Sopranos but features the Irish mob instead.

ooh, will she behave like she did in the episode living witness?

She's on Broadway!

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jun25/0,4670,PeopleKateMulgrew,00.html

in EndGame there were two Janeways, a young Cpt. Janeway..she was a unknown actress.Erin Lee Price (imbd).

For ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL you Janeway/Mulgrew haters, and and I know that there are multi-millions of you, five words:

"Throw Momma From The Train!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She is a complete, total entire, absolute you -know-what in this. You just want her to be dead, you know what I'm sayin?

But she lives! EXCRETORY MATTER!!!!!!!!

(That's what you have to say on the Wrestlecrap.com Forums instead of s***! How restrictive!)

Anyway, I know for a fact that the full whole entire world hates Janeway cause she was a strong-willed and assertive woman, and men don't dig it when women are strong and stand up for themselves!

Let's go back to the way women were in TOS! Yeah-hoooo, short skirts, go-go boots, bad hair, and lame sexist dialogue (it WAS the 60's!) and stuff like that! How cool would that be!

Yeah!

Let's go back to the way women were in TOS! Yeah-hoooo, short skirts, go-go boots, bad hair, and lame sexist dialogue (it WAS the 60's!) and stuff like that! How cool would that be! - Andre the Aspie

Judging by the Uhura action figure I saw at Wal-Mart today, I'd say that's exactly what we're going to be seeing in the movie. At least in terms of how the women are dressed.

Anyway, I know for a fact that the full whole entire world hates Janeway cause she was a strong-willed and assertive woman, and men don't dig it when women are strong and stand up for themselves! - Andre part II

There's two things wrong with that statement. Unless you've polled the entire world population, or the vast majority (at least 95%, I'd say), you can't honestly say you know the whole world hates Janeway. Not to mention that you know why they hate her. But there's also the problem that men aren't the "whole entire world". We are a part of it. Women are also a part of the world population. Are you saying women also hate Janeway and that they hate her because she's "a strong-willed and assetive woman"? I'd think that most women nowadays would admire those qualities. (Okay, so that was more than two things. So sue me. You won't get anything 'cos I'm now out of work. :-p)

Oh, and I don't hate Janeway. I'm indifferent to her, just as I'm actually indifferent to Voyager. It's there. I don't care. (And that's just one more thing wrong with your rant.)

Live long and prosper.

I now regret having posted the above. It was three years ago, so it was not one of my better ones.

I will say that, in any case, Janeway is cool for certain things, and not so cool for quite a few others. About ten years ago a fellow Trekkie wrote an essay entitled "Janeway's Delta Quadrant Crime Spree". It was available on a BBS for a time but has now since probably been lost. It was very detailed and informative, and the author really tried not to be biased, he wrote it from a neutral perspective. Therefore, I liked it.

Anyway, that's that. There it is, and that is all!

Why does it seem that Kate is whispering most of the time in her conversations?

You're just asking that now, after all these years?

You can do better than that, I'm sure of it. I actually agree with quite a bit of your Trek nitpicking. I think you even have decent nitpicking on the Star Wars board.

And Kathy would sometimes raise her voice, it depended on the circumstances. What else can I say about this? Nothing, really!

Mulgrew has a new biography out, titled Born With Teeth. In it, she reveals that at age 22, she had a daughter, and promptly gave her up for adoption. More here.

Kate Mulgrew will reprise Janeway in an animated series for Nickelodeon, titled Star Trek Prodigy. More on that here. (What's next? Maybe Janeway can be King Neptune's mate in an upcoming episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. )

Here's an explanation on Captain Janeway's numerous hairstyles over the series' run.

Kate Mulgrew will join the cast of the Showtime series version of the 1976 movie The Man Who Fell To Earth. More on that here.