Remote patrol

The fifth season of "Star Trek: Voyager" (8 tonight on Channel 29) finds the crew of the Starship Voyager stuck in a space void, drifting aimlessly far from anything and feeling, well, kinda lost. Capt. Janeway (Kate Mulgrew, left) is down in the dumps, and crew morale is in the pits. A bored Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) is trying out a new Holodeck game that could pass for a "Mystery Science Theater 3000" movie. The writing on this episode isn't much better than an "MST3K" movie, either. "Star Trek" fans have complained for years about the mediocre scripts on "Voyager," and that may explain why the show's viewership has dropped by half since the first season.