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Reported Problem for Dark Frontier, Part 2 (5x16)
posted by DianaSTAFFMOD on June 4, 2022 at 4:09 PM
Item: Dark Frontier, Part 2 (5x16)
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Duplicate
Extra Details: "Dark Frontier" was originally aired as a single feature-length episode.
Reply by Diana
on June 10, 2022 at 11:04 AM
Bumping.
Reply by superboy97
on October 17, 2022 at 5:11 AM
Do you have an official proof that it was originally broadcasted as one single episode ?
Reply by katbyte
on May 23, 2023 at 3:07 PM
from https://www.jammersreviews.com/st-voy/s5/darkfrontier.php
"Dark Frontier" does probably exactly what UPN executives wanted it to—it provides "an epic two-hour telefilm!" during February sweeps that is accessible to the average sci-fi-but-not-necessarily-Voyager fan and features the Borg, the most popular and reliable of all Trek bad guys. Obviously, no expense was spared in producing this two hour "event." So the real question: Is it any good? Answer: Yes.
Reply by superboy97
on May 24, 2023 at 5:46 AM
This review doesn't proof anything as it was written multiple years after the broadcast. This is visible while looking at the comments. The first one is only from 2007.
Reply by katbyte
on May 24, 2023 at 11:29 AM
from 1999 http://www.durfee.net/startrek/VOY_0515.html
"A Special Two-Hour Telefilm" airing at 8:00 pm.
Reply by katbyte
on May 24, 2023 at 11:32 AM
and another source https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aarong/from-andrew/upn/upn-news.html
On February 17, Star Trek: Voyager will air a two-hour episode "Dark Frontier",
Reply by superboy97
on December 29, 2023 at 4:15 AM
The February 17, 1999 TV schedule confirm that the broadcast took place as one single double-length episode. For example, here. This is also confirmed here.