The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One

BlueStuff · September 13 2011, 01:31 PM

Okay Trek fans, "least disliked" has concluded, so now it's time for the opposite. The basic idea here is your standard elimination game. I'll provide a list of the episodes for each season and you need to eliminate your favorite or the one you deem the 'best.' 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. Pretty simple. Enjoy!

Losers
Season One -

Emissary
Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Babel
Captive Pursuit
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
Move Along Home
The Nagus
Vortex
Battle Lines
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae
Duet
In the Hands of the Prophets

BlueStuff · September 13 2011, 01:32 PM

Emissary
Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Babel
Captive Pursuit
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
Move Along Home
The Nagus
Vortex
Battle Lines
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae
In the Hands of the Prophets

Stating the obvious when I save Duet. The first truly great episode of DS9.

Geck · September 13 2011, 01:34 PM

Emissary
Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Babel
Captive Pursuit
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
Move Along Home
The Nagus
Vortex
Battle Lines
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

And I'll save In the Hands of the Prophets - IMO the second truly great episode of DS9.

Seven of Five · September 13 2011, 01:59 PM

Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Babel
Captive Pursuit
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
Move Along Home
The Nagus
Vortex
Battle Lines
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

Woo DS9! I'll save Emissary, as it's one of the best Trek pilots. Up there with The Menagerie.

So that's pretty much all the excellent episodes gone...

Admiral Shran · September 13 2011, 02:51 PM

Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Babel
Captive Pursuit
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
Move Along Home
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

I'll save Battle Lines - DS9 really began to find it's voice here.

Jono · September 13 2011, 03:05 PM

Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Babel
Captive Pursuit
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

I'm going to save Move Along Home, it gets way more hate than it deserves.

MrBorg · September 13 2011, 03:15 PM

Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Captive Pursuit
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

Saving Babel. I found it quite funny.

Admiral Shran · September 13 2011, 03:17 PM

Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
Progress
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

Captive Pursuit - Another early example of DS9 starting to find it's voice.

Geck · September 13 2011, 03:20 PM

Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Q-Less
Dax
The Passenger
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

Saving Progress - another turning point for Kira, who got a ton of development in the first season. And I really liked Mullibok - he struck a perfect balance between antagonistic and sympathetic.

Seven of Five · September 13 2011, 03:34 PM

Past Prologue
A Man Alone
Q-Less
The Passenger
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

Wow, we lost Move Along Home and Babel so early?

I'm saving Dax, as I really enjoyed it. I liked how Jadzia was trying to honour the memory of someone that she didn't even know, purely because of Curzon. It began to define what it meant being a Trill, which, for Jadzia anyway, didn't seem to happen too much whilst she was around.

Admiral Shran · September 13 2011, 03:40 PM

My problem with Dax (other than that it's a Dax episode

) is that it begins the tend of essentially having the Curzon personality overtake the Jadzia one. We learn so much about Curzon but comparatively little about Jadzia herself.

Past Prologue
Q-Less
The Passenger
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

A Man Alone - a nice early character piece for Odo.

Fang66 · September 13 2011, 03:47 PM

Q-Less
The Passenger
The Nagus
Vortex
The Storyteller
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

Past Prologue: Introduction of Garak.

TheGodBen · September 13 2011, 03:52 PM

Q-Less
The Passenger
The Nagus
The Storyteller
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae

Out you come, Vortex. You don't belong in there with all those other episodes

Admiral Shran · September 13 2011, 03:55 PM

Q-Less
The Passenger
The Nagus
The Storyteller
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken

Ugh.... down to the dregs of the season. I guess I'll save Dramatis Personae. It's corny as hell and meaningless, but it's the best remaining.

Geck · September 13 2011, 04:01 PM

Q-Less
The Passenger
The Storyteller
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken

The Nagus - Ferengi comedy episodes would generally only get worse and worse, but this first one wasn't too bad. I was still excited to see Wallace Shawn show up at this point.

September 13 2011, 01:31 PM	#1
BlueStuff Rear Admiral Location: Lafayette, IN	The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Okay Trek fans, "least disliked" has concluded, so now it's time for the opposite. The basic idea here is your standard elimination game. I'll provide a list of the episodes for each season and you need to eliminate your favorite or the one you deem the 'best.' 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. Pretty simple. Enjoy! Losers Season One - Emissary Past Prologue A Man Alone Babel Captive Pursuit Q-Less Dax The Passenger Move Along Home The Nagus Vortex Battle Lines The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Duet In the Hands of the Prophets

September 13 2011, 01:32 PM	#2
BlueStuff Rear Admiral Location: Lafayette, IN	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Emissary Past Prologue A Man Alone Babel Captive Pursuit Q-Less Dax The Passenger Move Along Home The Nagus Vortex Battle Lines The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae In the Hands of the Prophets Stating the obvious when I save Duet. The first truly great episode of DS9.

September 13 2011, 01:34 PM	#3
Geck Rear Admiral Location: Sydney, Australia	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Emissary Past Prologue A Man Alone Babel Captive Pursuit Q-Less Dax The Passenger Move Along Home The Nagus Vortex Battle Lines The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae And I'll save In the Hands of the Prophets - IMO the second truly great episode of DS9.

September 13 2011, 01:59 PM	#4
Seven of Five Commodore Location: Staffordshire, United Kingdom	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Past Prologue A Man Alone Babel Captive Pursuit Q-Less Dax The Passenger Move Along Home The Nagus Vortex Battle Lines The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Woo DS9! I'll save Emissary, as it's one of the best Trek pilots. Up there with The Menagerie. So that's pretty much all the excellent episodes gone... __________________ I love how coffee makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!

September 13 2011, 02:51 PM	#5
Admiral Shran Admiral Location: In the Before Time - the Long, Long Ago	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Past Prologue A Man Alone Babel Captive Pursuit Q-Less Dax The Passenger Move Along Home The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae I'll save Battle Lines - DS9 really began to find it's voice here. __________________ Vote Obomney 2012! "All governments suffer a recurring problem: power attracts pathological personalities. It's not that power corrupts but that it's magnetic to the corruptible." - Frank Herbert, Dune

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September 13 2011, 03:05 PM	#6
Jono Rear Admiral Location: Australia	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Past Prologue A Man Alone Babel Captive Pursuit Q-Less Dax The Passenger The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae I'm going to save Move Along Home, it gets way more hate than it deserves. __________________ Those who lose dreaming are lost.

September 13 2011, 03:15 PM	#7
MrBorg Lieutenant Commander Location: Cube 0398, Grid 343	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Past Prologue A Man Alone Captive Pursuit Q-Less Dax The Passenger The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Saving Babel. I found it quite funny. __________________ For Cardassia!

September 13 2011, 03:17 PM	#8
Admiral Shran Admiral Location: In the Before Time - the Long, Long Ago	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Past Prologue A Man Alone Q-Less Dax The Passenger The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller Progress If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Captive Pursuit - Another early example of DS9 starting to find it's voice. __________________ Vote Obomney 2012! "All governments suffer a recurring problem: power attracts pathological personalities. It's not that power corrupts but that it's magnetic to the corruptible." - Frank Herbert, Dune

September 13 2011, 03:20 PM	#9
Geck Rear Admiral Location: Sydney, Australia	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Past Prologue A Man Alone Q-Less Dax The Passenger The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Saving Progress - another turning point for Kira, who got a ton of development in the first season. And I really liked Mullibok - he struck a perfect balance between antagonistic and sympathetic.

September 13 2011, 03:34 PM	#10
Seven of Five Commodore Location: Staffordshire, United Kingdom	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Past Prologue A Man Alone Q-Less The Passenger The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Wow, we lost Move Along Home and Babel so early? I'm saving Dax, as I really enjoyed it. I liked how Jadzia was trying to honour the memory of someone that she didn't even know, purely because of Curzon. It began to define what it meant being a Trill, which, for Jadzia anyway, didn't seem to happen too much whilst she was around. __________________ I love how coffee makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!

September 13 2011, 03:40 PM	#11
Admiral Shran Admiral Location: In the Before Time - the Long, Long Ago	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One My problem with Dax (other than that it's a Dax episode ) is that it begins the tend of essentially having the Curzon personality overtake the Jadzia one. We learn so much about Curzon but comparatively little about Jadzia herself. Past Prologue Q-Less The Passenger The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae A Man Alone - a nice early character piece for Odo. __________________ Vote Obomney 2012! "All governments suffer a recurring problem: power attracts pathological personalities. It's not that power corrupts but that it's magnetic to the corruptible." - Frank Herbert, Dune

September 13 2011, 03:47 PM	#12
Fang66 Lieutenant Commander Location: decontamination with T'Pol or Tokyo	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Q-Less The Passenger The Nagus Vortex The Storyteller If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Past Prologue: Introduction of Garak.

September 13 2011, 03:52 PM	#13
TheGodBen Rear Admiral Location: Ireland	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Q-Less The Passenger The Nagus The Storyteller If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Dramatis Personae Out you come, Vortex. You don't belong in there with all those other episodes __________________ *...so many different suns...*

September 13 2011, 03:55 PM	#14
Admiral Shran Admiral Location: In the Before Time - the Long, Long Ago	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Q-Less The Passenger The Nagus The Storyteller If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken Ugh.... down to the dregs of the season. I guess I'll save Dramatis Personae. It's corny as hell and meaningless, but it's the best remaining. __________________ Vote Obomney 2012! "All governments suffer a recurring problem: power attracts pathological personalities. It's not that power corrupts but that it's magnetic to the corruptible." - Frank Herbert, Dune

September 13 2011, 04:01 PM	#15
Geck Rear Admiral Location: Sydney, Australia	Re: The most disliked episode of DS9 - Part One Q-Less The Passenger The Storyteller If Wishes Were Horses The Forsaken The Nagus - Ferengi comedy episodes would generally only get worse and worse, but this first one wasn't too bad. I was still excited to see Wallace Shawn show up at this point.