Seska Was Voyager‘s Perfect, Messy Foil

Voyager and Deep Space Nine draw many intriguing parallels as sister series that aired in tandem for a good chunk of their airings. Voyager‘s more episodic format and tone struck an altogether different approach to DS9‘s increasing lens on the dark heart of Star Trek‘s ideas and universe, digging into wider and deeper interconnected storylines. But one little piece of Deep Space Nine energy that Voyager kept early on came from an unlikely figure: Ensign Seska. The turncoat Bajoran ex-Maquis revealed her true identity as a Cardassian double agent 30 years ago today with the broadcast of “State of Flux,” setting off a rare little mini-arc for the early days of Star Trek: Voyager. Although by and large an episodic show, for better or worse, Voyager did occasionally experiment with short-form arcs here and there, and Seska’s was one of them, weaving in other plotlines across the rest of season one until her untimely death and defeat at the beginning of season three, like Tom Paris’ seemin ... Read full article.