Strange New Worlds fixed a bad Voyager story.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT 24 years after one of the lowest-rated and most incomprehensible episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, an episode from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 fixed it.
In Star Trek: Voyager season 5, episode 19 "The Fight", Commander Chakotay struggles with what appears to be an attack on his mind from non-corporeal aliens that exist in chaotic space, where the rules of physics can shift at a moment's notice. The aliens attempt to communicate with him by altering his brain structure, which causes hallucinations that he refuses to pay attention to, fearing that he'll become a "crazy old man" like his grandfather was.
Uhura joins forces with Lt. James T. Kirk and his brother Lt. Sam Kirk to discover her hallucinations are messages from non-corporeal aliens within the deuterium cloud Starfleet is mining. They're desperately trying to convey their pain, but they can't communicate in a way Starfleet understands, so they use Uhura's memories and knowledge to make their point within her mind.
Why Uhura In Strange New Worlds Worked Better Than Voyager's Chakotay For a story that's ultimately about bridging the gaps in communication, Nyota Uhura is a far better central figure than Voyager's Commander Chakotay. Uhura is the Enterprise's Communications Officer, with fluency in several dozen languages and a thorough understanding of universal translator functionality.
Besides having a better lead character for this story, Strange New Worlds' "Lost in Translation" is structured more thoughtfully than Voyager's "The Fight". The latter is incoherent, with more time devoted to Chakotay's boxing program on the holodeck than the genuinely interesting premise. "Lost in Translation" is a mystery from the jump, with a slowly unraveling reveal and a satisfying conclusion.