Favorite and Least Favorite

[Orphalesion]

^That's very true, I know a girl who's in the army and when on duty she always wears her hair in a bun. Then again buns are fairly common around here.

However Starfleet doesn't really seem to have any sort of regulation when it comes to hair other that it has to be tidy. Throughout the shows we have seen women with buns, beehives, ponytails, perms and freely flowing hair and likewise we have seen men with ponytails and mullets. It might be regulated according to your position? A security officer might have to wear their hair short or in a bun while a astronomic researcher can wear theirs dangling freely around their shoulders.

 

[IrishNero]

Having served in the military for many years, I can tell you that the mindset also changes from role to role. A combat troop will wear their hair extremely short whereas we consider ourselves fortunate if we can get our doctors to shave once per week.

 

[Brie]

I´m not familiar with military customs. But German military regulations say, that female officers have to wear long hair that touches the shoulder as bun or pony tail. You can see female Starfleet officers with either pinned-up or open hair, no matter their rank. Despite the fact that there must be regulations as to the hairstyle, too, I think females are more attractive with open hair.

Having regulations on women's hair in the Military is partly to do with keeping it looking neat and right, but mostly to do with the fact that long hair is easy for an enemy to grab onto. The vanity of long hair in the military becomes a life-threatening liability, if it's loose and flowing. The Military loves regulations and Men's hair is similarly regulated. Even mustaches have strict requirements. I know STARFLEET's not supposed to be Militaristic, but it made sense having Yar with short hair for that very reason.

As a woman in the military. Yes we do have to wear our hair in buns if it extends past our collar (just at the German military) But there are many other ways we can wear our hair as well, just not in a pony tail and not very long. Basically as long as it does not touch the collar. The reason for this is NOT however because it gives the enemy "something to grab on to" The reason behind it is to offer a "standard for all uniformed personnel to follow" and "to ensure professional appearance is maintained at all times" No where in our regulation does it say because it's tactically sound haha if that was the case we would all just be required to have short hair since in battle the last thing you will be concerned with is "nice hair" In fact our female pilots don't have to adhere to those standers either because the helmet wont fit right so they tend to wear it in a long pony tail or long braid, and they're the ones who are most likely to land in an inopportune situation behind enemy lines. All in all the reason behind it is to have uniformity and keep a professional appearance.

 

[Mr. Data]

Favorite character: Data+Picard
Least Favorite Character: Pulaski

Favorite Episode: BoBW, Measure of a Man, All Good Things, The Inner Light, I Borg, Descent, Schisms, Frame of Mind

Least Favorite Episode: Almost anything from season 1.

 

[2takesfrakes]

... there are many other ways we can wear our hair as well, just not in a pony tail and not very long. Basically as long as it does not touch the collar. The reason for this is NOT however because it gives the enemy "something to grab on to" ... the reason behind it is to have uniformity and keep a professional appearance.

 

[HIjol]

Favorite Character: tie between Barclay and Guinan
Least Favorite Character: tie between Troi and Wesley

Favorite Episode: Lal
Least Favorite Episode: Justice

 

[HIjol]

... there are many other ways we can wear our hair as well, just not in a pony tail and not very long. Basically as long as it does not touch the collar. The reason for this is NOT however because it gives the enemy "something to grab on to" ... the reason behind it is to have uniformity and keep a professional appearance.

 

[Cromwell]

Favourite Character: Data

Favourite Episode: "Darmok"

I wished we'd have seen the Tamarians again, at some point. It's the same as with the Voth in Voyager (where "Distant Origin" was my favourite episode).

Least Favourite Character: Wesley Crusher

Least Favourite Episode: "Skin of Evil"

I think it could have been an interesting episode if that thing hadn't happened.

 

[RandyS]

Favourite Character: Data

Favourite Episode: "Darmok"

I wished we'd have seen the Tamarians again, at some point. It's the same as with the Voth in Voyager (where "Distant Origin" was my favourite episode).

Least Favourite Character: Wesley Crusher

Least Favourite Episode: "Skin of Evil"

I think it could have been an interesting episode if that thing hadn't happened.

Which thing? Yar being killed (which I hated), or Yar being killed by an oil slick (which I thought was silly)?

 

[BillJ]

I actually quite disliked "Chain of Command" and I definitely disliked Jellico. He was too much a contemporary military man for me. I agree Picard had made the Enterprise a bit very comfortable but I don't think it was necessary to swing back into this other extreme.

I actually liked Jellico, he reminded of Picard from the first couple of seasons of TNG. The one who told Riker get his ass out on the battle bridge and manually reconnect the saucer and stardrive section.

 

[Cromwell]

Which thing? Yar being killed (which I hated), or Yar being killed by an oil slick (which I thought was silly)?

Both, in a sense. More so the latter. I'm not against character death, but they way it was executed just seemed so weak and pathetic.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Favorite: Data
Least Favorite: Troi

Favorite episodes: Tapestry, All Good Things
Least favorite: Shades of Gray, Code Of Honor, Outrageous Okona

 

[Brie]

... there are many other ways we can wear our hair as well, just not in a pony tail and not very long. Basically as long as it does not touch the collar. The reason for this is NOT however because it gives the enemy "something to grab on to" ... the reason behind it is to have uniformity and keep a professional appearance.

haha that meme though. sorry to call that out just quoting from out regulations book.

 

[suarezguy]

Favorite character: Picard,
Favorite episode: Tie between "The Measure of a Man" and "The Best of Both Worlds"

Least favorite character: Tie between La Forge and Pulaski
Least favorite episode: Tie between "Cost of Living" (painful characters and forced subplot) and "True Q" (interrupts the flow of the other Q episodes and has a lot of characters acting out of character)

 

[golddragon71]

Favorite character
Data: For the same reason I always loved Spock. He showed us what it meant to truly be human even though he personally was NOT human.
Favorite Episode
First Contact (Season Four) In so many ways it showed why First contact is so monumental a step in a planet's evolution.
Least favorite character
Alexander: so instead of Dr Crusher's teenage son who at least is serving some kind of practical service aboard the ship, we get Worf's pre-teen son who's mostly interested in pursuing holodeck adventures.....sorry the cute kid thing was a bigger drag-down than the annoying teen. (ducks flying rotten tomatoes)
Least favorite episode
Quality of Life: It wasn't until the third season opener of Highlander the Series (the Samurai) that I really understood my dislike for this episode. During critical thinking class, I argued for Worf's wish for ritual suicide because I felt that it was a cultural issue versus a "waste of life"
That day in class was one of the hardest i had to deal with in terms of arguing my point. It would have been easier if I had the Samurai to fall; back on to support my argument.

 

[Lucky]

Favorite Character: Riker
Least Favorite Character: Wesley
Favorite Episode: "Best of Both Worlds"
Least Favorite Episode: I'm not sure, but I'll go with "Samaritan Snare" off the top of my head.

 

[Kilana2]

I´m not familiar with military customs. But German military regulations say, that female officers have to wear long hair that touches the shoulder as bun or pony tail. You can see female Starfleet officers with either pinned-up or open hair, no matter their rank. Despite the fact that there must be regulations as to the hairstyle, too, I think females are more attractive with open hair.

Having regulations on women's hair in the Military is partly to do with keeping it looking neat and right, but mostly to do with the fact that long hair is easy for an enemy to grab onto. The vanity of long hair in the military becomes a life-threatening liability, if it's loose and flowing. The Military loves regulations and Men's hair is similarly regulated. Even mustaches have strict requirements. I know STARFLEET's not supposed to be Militaristic, but it made sense having Yar with short hair for that very reason.

As a woman in the military. Yes we do have to wear our hair in buns if it extends past our collar (just at the German military) But there are many other ways we can wear our hair as well, just not in a pony tail and not very long. Basically as long as it does not touch the collar. The reason for this is NOT however because it gives the enemy "something to grab on to" The reason behind it is to offer a "standard for all uniformed personnel to follow" and "to ensure professional appearance is maintained at all times" No where in our regulation does it say because it's tactically sound haha if that was the case we would all just be required to have short hair since in battle the last thing you will be concerned with is "nice hair" In fact our female pilots don't have to adhere to those standers either because the helmet wont fit right so they tend to wear it in a long pony tail or long braid, and they're the ones who are most likely to land in an inopportune situation behind enemy lines. All in all the reason behind it is to have uniformity and keep a professional appearance.

There was compulsory military service in Germany (now suspended). One of my friends was a (conscientious) objector, chose community service instead. He would have had to cut his hair off, which he wore longer than the military allows.

 

[CaptJaneway]

I haven't finished the series yet (I'm a little more than halfway through season 5), so I can't say yet which episodes were my most or least favorite.

However, I do have favorite and least favorite characters:

Favorite: Worf

I didn't quite realize why I liked Worf at first, but one of the first moments where he made me laugh was when he was inhaling Riker's disgusting omelette just a few episodes after we had seen just how gross Klingon food actually was. It was such a perfect moment. Then his Russian parents came on, and I realized fully why I loved him. I was a Russian major in college, so somehow I am always attracted to Russian things. Sometimes this comes up before I even know it--just like it did with Worf! His reactions are always just so funny to me.

Least favorite: Riker

He's such a lech! I get so grossed out every time he gives some random beautiful alien that "I want to do you" look. He even tried it on the J'naii! I originally thought I'd like him since the first time I saw him was when Q brought him onto the Voyager. In those few seconds, I saw a big, attractive, bearded guy, but damn was I wrong about him.

There are at least two episodes where false memories show Riker as being overly aggressive when trying to court women (3x14 and 5x12), and really I never have found these depictions of Riker to be too hard to believe. I don't know why he has this effect on me, but I think maybe it's just the overall thin layer of sexism that coats TNG that makes his personality hard to take. Why does sex seem to be the only thing on his mind ever?

 

[CaptJaneway]

I think I have a least favorite episode now: The Inner Light.

I found this episode really off-putting. Picard lives for 20+ years on another planet with an entirely different life, but then he comes back to the ship and is able to put that all aside and act like nothing's happened. How is this possible? He'd spent way less time on the Enterprise than on that planet, so logically he should feel as though his time there were more real than as a captain. He's able to just get back to normal like nothing happened! Do his emotions about this come back in later episodes? I find it so hard to believe he can just ignore 20 years of his life, no matter how artificial they were.

 

[Ghrakh]

Do his emotions about this come back in later episodes?

Could have happened off-camera. Probably wasn't interesting enough to film...