Voyager, Season 1: Learning Curve

Voyager, Season 1
"Learning Curve"
Airdate: May 22, 1995
15 of 168 aired
15 of 168 produced

Introduction

After a Tuvok has a tense and almost violent run-in with a Maquis crew member over his inability to follow protocol, Janeway decides that there must be some way to bridge the gap between the expectations she places on her Starfleet crew and the reality of the Maquis crew members' ability. Tuvok attempts to bring a handful of Maquis up to speed, but may find the task more difficult than he anticipated.

 Two sweaty men get down on the floor and reconcile their differences.

Trek Interviews: Ron Wilkerson (Part 2)

Here continues our interview with Trek writer Ron Wilkerson. This time, we focused on individual episodes that he worked on. If you haven't read it yet, check out the first part, too!

Trek Interviews: Ron Wilkerson (Part 1)

Hello everyone! Here in our second interview with Trek franchise creators, we have Ron Wilkerson, a screenwriter for both The Next Generation and Voyager. Ron has full writing credits on TNG "Lessons" and Voyager's "Learning Curve," and story credits on episodes such as "Lower Decks" and "Schisms."  Our questions are in bold-face, while Ron's answers are in regular type.

TNG writers get one free time travel trip to the 24th century. Lucky ducks.

Q: How did you become involved in Star Trek?

I've been a scifi fan since I was a kid, devouring the works of writers like Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut and Rod Serling by flashlight, under the bedcovers, in our home where I grew up in Western New York.  The stories that particularly appealed to me were those that used science fiction to deal with the human condition.  A unique attribute of the scifi genre is speculating about future scientific developments in order to ask the big questions about philosophy and values.  This, obviously, was Gene Roddenberry's imperative with Star Trek, that all stories must be "about something," which led me to a real appreciation of TOS, which I saw mostly through reruns long after it had gone off the air.