story events that have been twisted to fit the end result." Lisa Granshaw listed "Hope and Fear" as one of the top ten episodes of Voyager for Blastr, saying that it showed an important step in the development of Seven of Nine as the character declares that she does not want to return to the Borg. Juliette Harrisson at Den of Geek described the fourth season as the strongest in the series, and highlighted "Hope and Fear" as one of seven episodes to watch from that season. When reviewing the DVD release for the website DVD Active, Benjamin Willcock called "Hope and Fear" "wonderful, clever and incredibly fun", and added that while it wasn't a "typical Voyager finale", it was one of the "more memorable and sophisticated" ones from the later seasons. In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter rated "Hope and Fear" the 8th best episode of Star Trek: Voyager. In 2015, it was rated as among the top ten episodes of the series by SyFy. SyFy recommend "Hope and Fear" for their Seven of Nine binge-watching guide in 2019. In 2020, SyFy ranked this the 4th best episode of Star Trek: Voyager, commending it as a "Landmark episode" and that takes the audience deeper in the relationship between Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine; a conflict and its resolution. They praise a fitting but tragic ending that leaves the audience and crew with a renewed sense about of hope with their journey back to Earth, while having explored the morality of revenge. Home media release and legacy "Hope and Fear" was first released for home media use on VHS within the United Kingdom as part of the collection of two-episode issues alongside "One" in 1998. The episode was first released on DVD as part of the fourth season release on September 28, 2004 in the United States. This was followed by a release in the United Kingdom on November 1, which was subsequently re-released on September 24, 2007. The Dauntless was subsequently included in video games and merchandise spin-offs. It was added to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Trek Online in 2014, initially as part of the "Delta Rising: Operations Pack" in conjunction with the Delta Rising expansion. In 2015, it was released as an expansion to Star Trek: Attack Wing, a wargame produced by WizKids. The ship was also the subject of issue 17 of the Official