Arazil on Nostr: The "Year of Hell" was originally pitched as an entire season of Voyager. Apparently ...

The "Year of Hell" was originally pitched as an entire season of Voyager. Apparently the writers were getting tired of the ship being left in a pristine state week after week and wanted to do something more gritty and impactful. The initial pitch was rejected by Berman and various other executives because they demanded a predictable and episodic show. At the time, Voyager was the only fictional show drawing viewership numbers to the UPN network that was airing it. After the defeat of the original pitch, the producers scaled the idea down to the iconic two-parter that we have today. It is an interesting peek into the story that the writers wanted to tell with Voyager and a practical demonstration of how frequent executive meddling tied the hands of the Voyager production team to the detriment of the show.