Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) Live Fast and Prosper (2000) User Reviews

Even in the Delta Quadrant there is a sucker born every minute

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 21 April 2010]

This entertaining episode opens with Janeway and Tuvok purchasing ore at a mining colony which they say is to be used to help orphans at a contaminated colony, this seems the sort of thing Star Fleet officers would do except that these two characters aren't the Janeway and Tuvok we know but alien con artists who are trading on Voyager's good name. It turns out that Tom and Neelix were conned by the same two people who were posing as members of a religious order, while aboard the Delta Flyer they downloaded the database and decided to use in information in future cons. Having met some of the con artists' victims the real Janeway must convince them that Voyager wasn't responsible and with the victims' help they search for the imposters. When they catch up with them they are caught in the tractor beam of another dissatisfied customer. As they flee Voyager manages to capture their "Janeway" and Neelix tries to talk her into returning the stolen items, however she overpowers him and steals the Delta Flyer, she doesn't realise however that this was expected and only serves to help the capture of all three imposters.

This episode was fairly entertaining, a particularly liked seeing how the imposters started to act more and more like their Voyager counterparts, it was especially entertaining in the case of their Tuvok. The story itself was fairly light weight but that isn't a bad thing.

To fleece new life and new civilizations.

[thevacinstaller · 8/10 · 13 February 2023]

I absolutely loved the Vulcan impersonator taking his acting role so seriously that he remained in character even after the con had been a success. That cracked me up numerous times throughout the episode.

I also love the premise of the episode ---- a group of deranged star trek cosplayers roaming about the galaxy playing on the federations altruistic history to manipulate people. It's so bizarre and creative.

Each starfleet ship needs a Worf. This whole situation may have been avoided if a grumpy suspicious security officer was on the away team--- oh, who I am kidding --- they have would have ignored him.

I really liked this one.

Cute Lightweight Story

[Hitchcoc · 6/10 · 14 September 2018]

Three con artist use the identities of Janeway, Tuvok, and Chakotay to pull scams on various planetary creatures. Of course, Voyager is blamed and comes under assault. There is some cleverness as a sting is perpetrated, but once again, Season Six is a bit of a disappointment. The trip home seems to be of secondary importance.

A space sting

[snoozejonc · 6/10 · 23 July 2020]

A group of space grifters look to sting everyone they encounter whilst posing as members of Voyager.

This episode has a fairly simple plot with themes about the mentality of the scammers and the scammed. It isn't deep enough to really make you think about anything other than whether or not it is trying to be Voyager's answer to the Harry Mudd episodes of the original series.

There are some enjoyable moments with the Voyager crew dealing with what feels like a pretty harmless antagonist, but Janeway's dialogue makes her sound pretty arrogant at times which unfortunately is my standout memory.

Catch me if you can

[tomsly-40015 · 7/10 · 26 January 2024]

So I have to say: I am completely convinced by this second-rate Voyager cast. Replacement Chakotay is almost as bad as the original and 5'3" doppelganger Tuvok has really taken to heart in evaluating every situation and comment using logical deduction. And B-movie Janeway impersonator with ill-fitting wig basically does exactly what many reviewers have repeatedly demanded of the real Janeway: make a few deals, take advantage of the other side and use dubious tricks to get home faster.

This episode is refreshingly different. Lighter, shallower and intentionally a little over-the-top. But nonetheless, the plot sounds quite plausible. A group of grifters pose as the Voyager crew and basically pull off the old "Nigerian prince" and dating and online shopping scams - in a modified form, of course. But apparently there are still enough gullible people in the future who click on every link in an email or text message and believe every story, no matter how crazy.

Paris and Neelix are also pretty funny in this episode. After being the ones who were duped by the impostors, they doubt their ability to see through such games. They quickly turn the tables and end up beating the fraudsters at their own game. Rogue honor restored!

Grifting through space...

[planktonrules · 9/10 · 2 March 2015]

When the episode begins, two folks who look a bit like Janeway and Tuvok land on a planet and cheat some people badly. Not surprisingly, these people are furious and think that the real Janeway and Tuvok have done this! So, when these same people approach the real Janeway and demand satisfaction. Fortunately, the crew is able to put together the pieces and find these jerks posing as Starfleet officers! It seems that in addition to posing as Starfleet, these same jerk-faces posed as holy people some time ago and apparently ALSO cheated Neelix. During this encounter, they learned all about Voyager--and this set the evil plan to impersonate them in motion. However, the faux Federation crew doesn't stop here. They then offer various races the opportunity to join the Federation and receive protection from them...for a price!

This is a very funny episode and a nice change of pace. It seems that a couple times a year they made a humorous episode as a change of pace and most of them worked very well. This one is especially good.

Fun episode, something different

[Hughmanity · 8/10 · 22 February 2021]

Good comedy in this one as some space grifters pose as Voyager senior officers to steal resources from gullible trade partners. The guy who plays Tuvok is hilarious, really getting into his role to the annoyance of his partners in crime.

Liked how the Voyager crew which has a reputation in my mind for gullibility and lax security, actually turn the tables and pull a con of their own.

They don't say what becomes of the con men/woman after they capture them. Probably because there isn't a PC solution that could be divulged. Turning them over to local authorities who they'd duped would probably mean their deaths or worse?

Anyway I appreciate the writers efforts to try something different here and I enjoyed the episode.

The Classic Space Grifter Story

[popkiller · 3/10 · 25 October 2013]

A clam of an episode, in which a three-man band of space con artists pose as Captain Janeway, Tuvok and Chakotay. How? It seems that they somehow managed to download information from Voyager's database without them knowing. Don't they have encryption or an IT department on a spaceship run ENTIRELY by computers? Voyager manages to catch up to their imposters, imprisoning the fake Janeway, then putting on the least believable con in the history of the Delta Quadrant. And of course... it works! Then Fake Janeway, or Faneway, has a change of heart, because Neelix talks to her for two hours about how he used to not care about anything but now he's found a home on Voyager, being the cook and the comic relief because Tom Paris isn't nearly as funny as he or the writers think he is.

Why does Faneway have a change of heart after a lifetime of grifting? No idea. Why were they posing as Voyager in the first place, since Voyager has no reputation in this sector? Because there was plenty of backstory? I have no idea.

The best parts: seeing the Fake Tuvok, or Fuvok, pretend to be Tuvok. The worst part? The real Tuvok giving a John McLane-esque one-liner before shooting his counterpart. Why is he even on this show? B'Lanna can scowl enough for five people.

This might be the lowest point of a low season. But when you've come this far... there's no turning back.