the repaired shuttle. Too late, the truck is found to be a decoy, and Starling launches the Aeon, still at the Chronowerx building. After a last attempt to dissuade Starling, Janeway manually fires a photon torpedo into the Aeon, destroying it and saving the future. A few moments later, an alternative Captain Braxton arrives in another timeship Aeon, explaining that having detected the anomaly of their presence in the past, he has come to return them to their own time at the place they left it. Sadly, he is unwilling to bring them to their Earth, as that would violate the Temporal Prime Directive. Voyager returns to the exact moment they first encountered the Aeon. The Doctor gains more freedom as he keeps the Mobile Holo-Emitter. Production The episode used Santa Monica Pier as a shooting location for the boardwalk scene. Other production locations in the region include the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, and Palisades Cliffside Park. Guest stars include Sarah Silverman as Rain Robinson, Allan G. Royal as Braxton, and Ed Begley Jr. as Starling. Reception A 1996 newspaper article, The Dispatch, noted "Future's End" as the best episode yet, noting that it had "much excitement and crackling dialogue." In 2011, Tor.com included this as one of six episodes of Star Trek: Voyager that are worth re-watching. The Comic Book Resources site listed the futuristic but tiny Aeon, as one of the most powerful Star Trek ships. In 2014, io9 ranked "Future's End" as the 93rd best episode of Star Trek in their list of the top 100 Star Trek episodes. In 2015, a Star Trek: Voyager binge-watching guide by WIRED magazine suggested this episode could not be skipped. In 2015, SyFy ranked the "Future's End" pair as one of the top ten episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. Star Trek writer Bryan Fuller later said Sarah Silverman was considered as a cast regular starting with Season 3 of Star Trek: Voyager. The filming locations in southern California, USA have also been noted, including Santa Monica Pier, Griffith Observatory, downtown Los Angeles, and Palisades Cliffside Park, etc. In 2016, "Future's End, Part I" & "Future's End, Part II" were ranked as the 60th greatest Star Trek episodes overall by The Hollywood Reporter. They noted the episode(s) had "plenty of charm" and praised the comedy by the Paris and Tuvok characters. In 2017, ScreenRant ranked "Future's End" as the 7th best