Summary
- Kate Mulgrew reveals Captain Janeway's intentional choice to prioritize her crew over personal relationships on Star Trek: Voyager.
- Mulgrew discusses Janeway's sacrifice of love and family for the greater good of leading the USS Voyager back to Earth.
- Janeway's decision to forgo a lover showcased her dedication to being the captain Voyager needed.
Kate Mulgrew explains Captain Kathryn Janeway's decision "not to have a lover" on Star Trek: Voyager and dedicate herself to her USS Voyager crew, even if it meant her own loneliness. Janeway led her lost starship through the uncharted Delta Quadrant and successfully brought the USS Voyager back to Earth after a seven-year journey. But Janeway's decision sacrificed her own happiness with love and family in order to be the Captain Voyager and all the souls aboard her needed.
X user Craig Semon (@CraigSemon) shared a video of Kate Mulgrew's panel at FAN EXPO Boston, where Mulgrew delved into Captain Janeway's "loneliness" on Star Trek: Voyager. Mulgrew states that both Captain Janeway and the actress who plays her chose for Janeway not to have a lover, and why. Check out the post below:
Star Trek: Prodigy Can Finally Give Janeway The Lover Fans Want For Her
Is JC going to happen in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2?
Captain Janeway did have love interests on Star Trek: Voyager, but Kathryn always put the crew of the USS Voyager and their mission to return home to Earth above all else. Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 revealed that Admiral Janeway still did not find love and family for herself in the years after the USS Voyager's safe return. But fans hope this can finally change in Star Trek: Voyager season 2 as Admiral Janeway launches a mission to rescue her dear friend, Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran), from an alternate future timeline. The Janeway and Chakotay love match, which fans have dubbed "JC" and clamored for during Star Trek: Voyager, may finally bring both Kathryn and Chakotay deserved happiness.
Janeway still fell under the old Star Trek formula of a lonely Captain whose first love is her starship and crew.
Kathryn Janeway was Star Trek's first female Captain to lead her own series, but Janeway still fell under the old Star Trek formula of a lonely Captain whose first love is her starship and crew. This has changed in the current Star Trek on Paramount+ series, where Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) on Star Trek: Discovery and Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds balance healthy love lives with their Starfleet duties. Admiral Janeway is long overdue for a genuine romance and a happy ending like Burnham and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) got on Discovery, and Star Trek: Prodigy can finally do for Janeway and Chakotay what Star Trek: Voyager did not.
