Robert Beltran thinks Star Trek: Voyager’s producers/writers took the easy way out sometimes

As a dedicated Star Trek: Voyager fan who’s journeyed through the cosmos alongside Commander Chakotay for seven seasons, I must confess my admiration for Robert Beltran’s unwavering dedication to his role. He embodied Chakotay with such grace and dignity that it was easy to forget he wasn’t actually a Starfleet officer. However, his insights into the show’s writing choices are as enlightening as they are intriguing.

For seven seasons on Star Trek: Voyager, Robert Beltran portrayed Commander Chakotay. As the series progressed, it seemed like his character’s role was becoming less prominent, with some episodes featuring minimal screen time for him. However, this didn’t seem to bother Beltran too much. According to remarks made in The Fifty Year Mission: The Next 25 Years From The Next Generation to J.J. Abrams by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, he was content with having a single strong scene per episode rather than asking for more screen time. What he did express concerns about was the dynamic between Seven of Nine (played by Jeri Ryan) and Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew).

The intention was to help Seven of Nine regain her human qualities, but each step forward seemed followed by a step back thrice. To put it in Captain Beltran’s words, she’d show improvement one week, only to return to her previous state the next week, as if the progress made had never happened.

I know that other people were not happy, but I’ll let them speak for themselves. To me, it was this endless scene that was written episode after episode of these all-knowing, all-seeing, omnipotent characters that were battling each other, going through the same argument over and over between Janeway and Seven of Nine.

Beyond his critique, he feels the creators weakened Captain Janeway by portraying her as an infallible, omniscient figure who never erred. In his opinion, this lack of conflict made the characters’ struggles more challenging, particularly for Janeway and Seven of Nine, who seemed to repeat the same conflicts weekly.

I know that writers have a huge challenge in trying to do that [maintain quality over seven years], and I sympathize with them. But that’s what they’re paid for. I think that they took the easy way out in many instances.

From my perspective as an ardent fan, it’s fascinating to observe how the character Seven of Nine was crafted into this virtually infallible problem-solver. She was seldom flawed, and the creators opted to maintain this perfection even during the seventh and concluding season of her journey. However, it wasn’t until her return in Star Trek: Picard that we were introduced to a more human side of Seven of Nine, one that is markedly less Borg-like.

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2024-08-18 04:23