History YMMV / StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd

* RetroactiveRecognition: You might be more familiar with Creator/SarahSilverman (Rain Robinson) now for her stand-up comedy.
** Her role in Series/CrankYankers makes Rain's job of listening for alien calls, and preparing to represent the human race essentially "over the phone," especially hilarious.
** Fans of ''Film/PineappleExpress'' have already seen [[Creator/EdBegleyJr Henry Starling]] as a respectable businessman with a psychotic, violent side, and will either lament or thank the limits that '90s TV put on the threats he could make to Janeway and Chakotay.
*** Many rewatchers will now recognise Ed Begley Jr from his recurring guest role in ''Series/BetterCallSaul''.

* CompleteMonster: Henry Starling was a hippie camping out in the mountains of California in 1967 when he discovers a crashed time ship from the 29th century. Starling takes tech from the ship, developing several computer products from it--creating the computer revolution of the 90s--forming a company called Choronowerx and becoming a powerful [[CorruptCorporateExecutive tech mogul]]. In 1996, Starling plans to use the time ship to go to the 29th century and steal more tech to make into products. This will cause a massive explosion that will wipe out Earth's solar system in that time. The ''Voyager'' crew arrives in 1996 to stop him, but Starling steals the Doctor's program and changes his program to torture him for information. Starling also rigs the time ship to explode if Voyager tries to beam it away, which would destroy Los Angeles. When Captain Janeway tells Starling his trip to the future will destroy the Earth in the 29th century, Starling does not care, willing to risk billions of lives for sake of his {{greed}}.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rain was a fairly popular element of this episode with some funny interactions with Tuvok and Paris, with also the amusement value of a modern day SETI member capturing a Starfleet ship in the sky. Being played by Creator/SarahSilverman right [[RetroactiveRecognition before she became more famous also helped]], but reportedly the production liked her enough there was actually some talk to [[AscendedExtra bring her into the main cast]]. As is, she remained a one-episode character.

* LesYay: Lesbian fans were ecstatic over the introductory scene where [[LesbianJock Janeway is practicing her tennis stroke]] with a futuristic racket.

** Fans of ''Film/PineappleExpress'' have already seen Henry Starling as a respectable businessman with a psychotic, violent side, and will either lament or thank the limits that '90s TV put on the threats he could make to Janeway and Chakotay.

** Fans of Film/PineappleExpress have already seen Henry Starling as a respectable businessman with a psychotic, violent side, and will either lament or thank the limits that '90s TV put on the threats he could make to Janeway and Chakotay.

** When Rain catches Paris out on the fact [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp the Soviet Union]] collapsed and the KGB is defunct. Fast forward to TheNewTens, with the rise to power of ex-KGB strongman Vladimir Putin and accusations of using KGB-style tactics to silence his opponents and critics, and cooling relations between the United States and Russia (in particular over the annexation of Crimea, and investigations into Russian agents directly subverting or attempting to subvert the 2016 Presidential Election in favor of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump).

* RetroactiveRecognition: You might be more familiar with Creator/SarahSilverman (Rain Robinson) now for her stand-up comedy.

** When Rain catches Paris out on the fact [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp the Soviet Union]] collapsed and the KGB is defunct. Fast forward to TheNewTens, with the rise to power of ex-KGB strongman Vladimir Putin and accusations of using KGB-style tactics to silence his opponents and critics, and cooling relations between the United States and Russia (in particular over fears of Russian agents directly subverting or attempting to subvert the 2016 Presidential Election).

* HarsherInHindsight: Captain Janeway's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
-->"[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E23Endgame In my time, Mister Starling, no human being would dream of endangering the future to gain advantage in the present.]]"

* CompleteMonster: Henry Starling was a hippie camping out in the mountains of California in 1967 when he discovers a crashed time ship from the 29th century. Starling takes tech from the ship, developing several computer products from it (creating the computer revolution of the 90s) forming a company called Choronowerx and becoming a powerful [[CorruptCorporateExecutive tech mogul]]. In 1996, Starling plans to use the time ship to go to the 29th century and steal more tech to make into products. This will cause a massive explosion that will wipe out Earth's solar system in that time. The ''Voyager'' crew arrives in 1996 to stop him, but Starling steals the Doctor's program and changes his program to torture him for information. Starling also rigs the time ship to explode if Voyager tries to beam it away, which would destroy Los Angeles. When Captain Janeway tells Starling his trip to the future will destroy the Earth in the 29th century, Starling does not care, willing to risk billions of lives for sake of his {{greed}}.

* LesYay: Lesbian fans were ecstatic over the introductory scene where [[LesbianJock Janeway is practicing her tennis stroke]] with a futuristic racket.

* HilariousInHindsight: Starling demands Captain Janeway's psychological profile from the Doctor. The Doctor promptly diagnoses Starling with bipolar personality disorder, a popular fan explanation for Janeway's DependingOnTheWriter portrayal in later seasons.

* LesYay: Lesbian fans were ecstatic over the introductory scene where [[LesbianJock Janeway is practicing her tennis stroke]] with a futuristic racket.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season 3 is commonly felt to be at least a little better than the first two seasons, with the "Future's End" two-parter in particular being considered to be where the show's overall quality started to drastically improve (in no small part due to the Doctor getting his mobile emitter).