Star Trek: Voyager’s ‘The Thaw’ Is 46 Minutes of Surreal Horror

This episode was genuinely unsettling, exploring fear through a self-contained virtual world that didn’t require any prior knowledge of the series. Voyager often aimed to be accessible to new viewers, allowing them to start watching at any point, and “The Thaw” really leaned into that idea. Both the visuals and the overall mood of this episode were different from what you’d normally see on the show, creating a uniquely surreal and frightening experience, and the fact that it didn’t rely on past storylines added to that effect.








