Sacred Ground
Joe Siegler
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Sacred Ground
This Story: Season 3 Episode 7 (production code 143)
VOY Overall: Episode 49
Trek Overall: Story 479, Episode 505
Airdate: 16 Oct 1996
Story by Geo Cameron
Teleplay by Lisa Klink
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
Notes
- Running fired torpedo count: 14 (3 this episode) / Confirmed crew deaths since pilot: 11 (crew of 143).
- The last of the four episodes to air that was produced for the second season, but aired in the third.
- The first episode directed by a cast member of Voyager – Robert Duncan McNeill. He also appears in the episode, but has no dialogue.
- The episode was originally supposed to be directed by Jonathan Frakes, as he bowed out to direct Star Trek: First Contact.
- Janeway mentions she has a sister in this episode, but she is not named.
- Harry Groener plays the Magistrate here. He was also in TNG’s “Tin Man” (as Tam Elbrun) as well as Minister Samuels in Enterprise’s “Demons” and “Terra Prime“.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Delta Flyers Podcast ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 49 - Sacred Ground - 16 Oct 1996 1/2 First VOY ep directed by a cast member (Tom Paris). On an away mission Kes gets critically injured, and Janeway has to navigate local customs to get her help / save her life. It's not exactly the most original story in
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) February 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 49 - Sacred Ground - 16 Oct 1996 2/2 Trek's history, but this one worked for me. It's really a Janeway story - I liked the confluence of science vs religious ceremony and what Janeway has to go thru. Did remind me that Neelix is a doofus when Kes is sick.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) February 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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