Star Trek: Voyager Emanations (1995–2001) watch online HD

When a new element is discovered within a nearby asteroid field an away team is dispatched to investigate. When they get there they find caverns containing alien bodies; it appears that they have stumbled upon an alien burial ground. When a sub-space vacuole opens in the cavern they attempt to beam back to Voyager but something goes wrong and only two of the away team re-materialise... along with a recently deceased alien. With Voyager's technology they are able to revive the alien woman and she is most disturbed to discover that not only has she not entered the afterlife; the fact that the asteroids are full of corpses suggests that there may be no afterlife. While the alien appeared on Voyager Ensign Kim finds himself on the planet she was sent from much to the surprise of the locals. They believe he is the first person to return from the afterlife but are confused when he tell them about the bodies on the asteroid. One of them who is preparing to die a starts to have doubts when he hears Harry's story, he wasn't dying but opted to move on to the afterlife since he was a burden to his family after an injury. Now he things there might not be an afterlife he isn't to sure about dying. This gives Harry an opportunity... he can take the place of the alien and hope Voyager is still near the asteroid field. It turns out that he got back just in time; while Voyager was near the asteroids the vacuoles were attracted to the warp core and corpse started to materialise in engineering.

This was an interesting episode; while it lacked action it explores the ideas of what may or may not happen after death in an interesting and fairly non-preachy way although the energy given off as the aliens die does give a slightly unnecessary hint that their beliefs might not be totally false. The story also touches on the subject of euthanasia although it doesn't go very deeply into it.

In this episode the subject of death and its consequences was treated quietly and smoothly, presenting possibilities beyond those we are taught to to believe. It allows us to open new ways of thinking about what happens after the death of the physical body.

Talking about Science fiction involves more than just ships stellar conflicts and disputes, it should also be included spiritual concepts like dimensions, beings of different levels of evolution and move beyond purely physical issues.

Is everything we believe really what we think? Or can it be in a different way? We must keep our minds always open to new questions, because they change the way we think.

It's like Captain Janeway said: what we do not know about death is greater than we know. There is still much to learn and stories like this make us reflect.

"Emanations" is a very good but very inconsistent episode of "Star Trek: Voyager". I liked it on balance but felt like the writer didn't quite hit the mark.

When the show begins, an away team beams to an asteroid within the rings of a planet below. Once there, however, they find dead bodies everywhere--bodies which were sent there by some unknown people. Chakotay insists that the team members do not touch or disturb the corpses in any way--as it would be disrespectful and violate the Prime Directive. He's right...too bad Harry Kim is an idiot. This is because when he tries to transport back to the ship, some weird space vacuole appears and transports him back to the planet which has sent their dead to the asteroid! He's the first person to return from the dead as far as these people are concerned--and this can cause havoc for these people and their religious beliefs. This part annoyed me because EVERYONE at Starfleet is drilled with the notion NOT to contaminate other planets--yet dumb 'ol Harry begins talking rather freely to these people--too freely. In fact, this is a serious plot problem because he behaved like he'd never heard of the Prime Directive.

Harry, though, is not the only confound. When another body is transported to the asteroid and bodies start appearing on the ship because it is in close proximity, the Doctor decides to revive one of these recently dead bodies. After all, he can cure her illness easily. But this ends up scaring the daylights out of the lady as she expected to be on her planet's version of Heaven and the planet below isn't even where she was born. It's naturally very confusing and now we have the Captain thinking about sending this lady back to her planet once they locate it--but wouldn't that also violate the much-beloved Prime Directive?!

So, to really enjoy this one you need to accept that Voyager forgot the Prime Directive---which is even harder since this show is so ethically bound and drips in the Prime Directive in other episodes. Inconsistent, that's for sure. It's really a shame, though, as shows about the afterlife and religion are interesting and I did enjoy this aspect of the program. Overall, good but way too inconsistent.

This is the obligatory theological episode. A planet is encountered where people die, believing they are going to a higher plain. This is not much different than any religion the posits an afterlife. The fact is that nobody knows. However, the priests and "experts" have totally fallen into belief, convincing the others that they know something. Just like here on earth, they don't know anything. They are the product of eons of transfer of these ideas. Science tells us we are the stuff of stars and our consciousnesses are merely a random set of molecules that become what we are. Whether or not there are other possibilities is usurped by people that often know less. So as the characters her pontificate on this planet they are worse than indifferent. They actually send people with infirmities off to their deaths, instead of suggesting that their lives have more meaning than a few problems.

An away team is sent to investigate unusual emanations coming from an asteroid and while there discover many shroud wrapped bodies. Chakotay, in Native American fashion, wishes to leave them alone and not interfere with another's burial customs while Kim wishes to further investigate. When transporting back to the Voyager there is a glitch and an alien's body from the asteroid is transported to the Voyager and Kim is transported to the alien's home planet. The alien is revived on the Voyager and she then conveys that her culture believes in an afterlife of such a nature as is belied by the corpses on the asteroid. The scenes between the alien and Kes are very touching. Meanwhile on the alien planet, Kim's appearance has upset the locals since his report of what was found on the asteroid is contrary to their belief system. One of the aliens in particular is questioning what he has believed his entire life. This episode was very interesting and didn't have the feel of a smarmy attack on contemporary religious beliefs. The final scene between Captain Janeway and Ensign Kim is very good – Janeway is the wise mentor and Kim the young student trying to make sense of the world around him and his experiences in it. Nicely done.