The Swarm
Joe Siegler
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The Swarm
This Story: Season 3 Episode 4 (production code 148)
VOY Overall: Episode 46
Trek Overall: Story 476, Episode 502
Airdate: 25 Sep 1996
Written by Mike Sussman
Directed by Alexander Singer
Notes
- Running fired torpedo count: 14 (3 this episode) / Confirmed crew deaths since pilot: 11 (crew of 143).
- Two working titles for this episode were “Remembrance” & “The Patient”,
- The episode is an allegory to Alzheimer’s disease (the Doctor B-plot).
- The doctor singing in this episode is brought up again several decades later in the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode “Beta Test” in 2026. The singing was actually Robert Picardo (for both).
- The earliest reference to the eventual marriage of Tom Paris & B’Elanna starts here with some first time flirting.
- The first time the “Emergency Medical Hologram” is referred to as just “EMH”.
- We got a “helmsman’s log” this episode vs a Captain’s log.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Delta Flyers Podcast ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 46 - The Swarm - 25 Sep 1996 1/2 Such a generic title. The main thrust of this is the Doctor having repercussions for being online for so long. His program is degrading, and they have to decide whether to reboot him, or to try to retain who he's become since
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 46 - The Swarm - 25 Sep 1996 2/2 the pilot. Earliest evidence of Torres/Paris romance starts here. The B plot is about the ship trying to find a way through a threatening region of space. I far preferred the Doctor part of this where Louis Zimmerman appears.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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