Okay Trek fans, this game has been successful on the boards for the other shows, and I hope it prospers here as well. The basic idea is your standard elimination game. I'll provide a list of the episodes for each season and you need to eliminate your least favorite or the one you deem the 'worst.' Please provide an EXPLANATION for why you are eliminating your choice and be sure to copy and paste the list with your choice removed. Finally, leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you play again. Not a very accurate way of determining the best episode, but a fun game nonetheless. Pretty simple. Enjoy! Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected Terra Nova The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Fortunate Son Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Rogue Planet Acquisition Oasis Detained Vox Sola Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Two Days and Two Nights Shockwave (I)
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Fortunate Son Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Rogue Planet Acquisition Oasis Detained Vox Sola Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Two Days and Two Nights Shockwave (I) Terra Nova: Boring and predictable. The characters were annoying rather than sympathetic, so I didn't care what happened to them.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Fortunate Son Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Rogue Planet Acquisition Oasis Detained Vox Sola Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Two Days and Two Nights: Pointless filler episode involving the crew taking a holiday on Risa. Dull, only watchable for Reed & Tucker behaving like Abbott & Costello and that Tardaran spy plot with Archer which needed to go somewhere... I dare you not to nod off during the Hoshi romance parts. Michael Dorn ought've been given a Klingon story to direct.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Fortunate Son Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Acquisition Oasis Detained Vox Sola Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Rogue Planet -- stupid science, even for Star Trek, and it comes with a boring episode, too.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Fortunate Son Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Acquisition Detained Vox Sola Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Oasis: Not only dull and unmemorable, but also repetitive. IIRC, DS9 did an episode almost exactly like this one. Also a waste of Rene Auberjonois.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Fortunate Son Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Detained Vox Sola Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) I got rid of the stupid Ferengi episode Aquisition as by this point in the franchise, we'd suffered through enough stupid Ferengi episodes. Having them appear before they did on TNG, just for a fluff episode just adds to the silliness really.
I actually thought "Acquisition" was amusing, and it didn't break canon (heaven forbid), so I don't see the big deal.
Don't misunderstand me, canon violations don't bother me to the point of no sleep! All of the Star Trek series have made such 'errors' over the years, so it's impossible to get worked up about a fictional universe. I enjoy internal consistency in a series, it helps to make things seem more real. which then lets me escape into that world. If a writer came up with a really cool idea that just had to be done, however, even if it contradicts what came before, then they should just go for it. I just feel that Acquisition is not a good example of this. Season two's Regeneration is much stronger, however. Well, YMMV and all that.
I watched "Acqusition" the other day and my attitude has softened toward it. It's okay. I'm over it. The Ferengi obviously had to get the Vulcan Love Slave story idea from somewhere. The only part that I thought could've been done differently, was the play acting moment where Trip suddenly pretends Hoshi was his wife. Jeffrey Combs has never done an awful Trek character. Cool that they roped in Clint Howard and Ethan Phillips who criss-cross the franchise too. But yeah, stronger episodes... It's no use asking me! I actually don't mind Terra Nova and that's no shale.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Detained Vox Sola Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Fortunate Son: Nausicaans? Really? Why didn't TIIC just set this "prequel" series in the period between TOS and TNG and be done with it?
My only issue with Nausicaans was how they were more articulate than in "Tapestry". You would think they would be less evolved and a race you couldn't exactly negotiate with. Although I did like that moment Archer promises that they'd be seeing more NX class ships... The bitterness of the cargo hauler's son, not wanting faster warp and talk of Starfleet potentially taking people away from their service, adds a bit of background to the prequel era. ECA sets work well with their earlier than the NX look. Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World Unexpected The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Detained Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Vox Sola: Creature feature. Captured crewmen who can hang around for hours, discussing the situation and not be strangled. Some brief goodness as we basically see Reed try out an early type of force field. Water polo established as Archer's sport of choice. Basketball I could've bought, even if that would've been very predictable and probably no longer played on Earth. Innercity ghettos being ancient history and all by the 22nd Century.
I liked Vox Sola. It might have been a creature of the week but at least it didn't have a bumpy forehead. And we got to see T'Pol and Hoshi working together to save the men.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Fusion Detained Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Killed Unexpected. It's a terrible, sexist episode, really. No reason to keep it around.
Sorry. I'm not quick enough. You quoted me while I was still kind of organising my thoughts with a few edits. Done now though.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Shuttlepod One Detained Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Fusion: Beginning of the Pa'nar syndrome storyline, of which I am not a fan. Also, mind rape. No thanks. I did like the idea of the V'tosh ka'tur, though, and wouldn't have minded seeing that explored further.
Broken Bow Fight or Flight Strange New World The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Detained Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) At the risk of incurring wrath, I'm removing Shuttlepod 1. Two guys bickering for 40 minutes. Gah.
Oh wow... There hasn't been an atmosphere like this, since the last time I said J.J. Abrams did a fantastic job rebooting Star Wars.
I guess it's down to me to make a pointless self-sacrifice at this point. I didn't see Shuttlepod One going quite so soon. Broken Bow Fight or Flight The Andorian Incident Breaking the Ice Civilization Cold Front Silent Enemy Dear Doctor Sleeping Dogs Shadows of P'Jem Detained Fallen Hero Desert Crossing Shockwave (I) Strange New World: Let's be honest. It wasn't all that strange now was it? Some great character drama but I maybe wouldn't have two leads try kill each other this early. Need some time to grow fond of them before anybody understands they're not always like this. Yes, it's the spores. But if you we're only vaguely familar with ENT, T'Pol and Trip were often at each other's throats. That's my beef and I'm sticking to it.