The least disliked episode 2021 - TOS Final Round

[Brenny Reindeer]

New round! And I'll start it with a point to "Doomsday Machine," for the hokey-looking machine itself, and for William Windom's toothmarks in the scenery.

The Devil in the Dark - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
The Doomsday Machine - 1
The Trouble With Tribbles - 0

 

[Indysolo]

One vote for The Trouble with Tribbles. Terrific, memorable episode, but the others are a little deeper.

The Devil in the Dark - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
The Doomsday Machine - 1
The Trouble With Tribbles - 1

 

[Poltargyst]

No, we are NOT eliminating Doomsday Machine which is the best of the episodes remaining. And the hokey-looking Bugle is cool.

The Devil in the Dark - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
The Doomsday Machine - 1
The Trouble With Tribbles - 2

I like Trouble with Tribbles. It's just not as cool as the others.

 

[ThrorII]

This is rough.....all are among my favorites. That being said, Tribbles is my least most favorite here. TwT, BoT, DitD, and DM are ICONIC Star Trek, and what I share with non-Trekkies as prime Star Trek.

Unfortunately, the Tribbles must be beamed on to the Klingon ship before they go in to warp...

The Devil in the Dark - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
The Doomsday Machine - 1
The Trouble With Tribbles - 3

 

[Brenny Reindeer]

And the hokey-looking Bugle is cool.

[Sliding glasses down nose to peer over them] I find that highly questionable.

 

[Frostscape One]

The Devil in the Dark - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
The Doomsday Machine - 0


I can't believe my first vote on this thread is going to eliminate one of my favorite episodes... but ALL of these are in my top favorites of TOS. But I must beam the tribbles off this list. "THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES" is out. New round.

 

[Takeru]

Devil in the Dark, same reason as before.

The Devil in the Dark - 1
Balance of Terror - 0
The Doomsday Machine - 0

 

[BK613]

Balance of Terror because the fiance dying was to obvious.

The Devil in the Dark - 1
Balance of Terror - 1
The Doomsday Machine - 0

 

[Frostscape One]

Extremely strong episodes. The other edge out "THE DEVIL IN THE DARK", but only margonally. It gets my vote this round.


The Devil in the Dark - 2
Balance of Terror - 1
The Doomsday Machine - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

The Devil in the Dark - 3
Balance of Terror - 1
The Doomsday Machine - 0

Devil is the least of great options.

 

[Richard S. Claus]

The Devil in the Dark - 2
Balance of Terror - 1
The Doomsday Machine - 1

I like all three, but I like The Doomsday Machine best. I can't articulate a reason beyond that.

 

[BK613]

@Richard S. Ta You are supposed to vote for your least favorite. And your post doesn't include @BlueStuff 's vote.

 

[Richard S. Claus]

@BK613 Sorry. In that case:

The Devil in the Dark - 3
Balance of Terror - 2
The Doomsday Machine - 0

 

[Scott Kellogg]

I'm just going to abstain.
I like the ones that are left.
Me trying to find fault with them is just that.

Are you going to do a round of the TAS episodes?

 

[Frostscape One]

They were included on the last edition. Season 1 and 2, as short as it is.

 

[BlueStuff]

They were included on the last edition. Season 1 and 2, as short as it is.

I’d forgotten about that. We’ll do TAS, though I’ll abstain from voting having only seen a single episode.

 

[Henoch]

I'll phaser the Horta out of the game. Spock was great with the pain scene, but the big carpet suit and poor set execution with a mine with polished floors and fake tube passages hurts the show. When you can see a flat wooden board to walk on while in the tubes, well...

The Devil in the Dark - 4 (and out)
Balance of Terror - 2
The Doomsday Machine - 0

 

[Scott Kellogg]

We’ll do TAS, though I’ll abstain from voting having only seen a single episode.

You might want to look them up.
Some of it is Quite good stuff!

 

[BK613]

I’d forgotten about that. We’ll do TAS, though I’ll abstain from voting having only seen a single episode.

Can't we just skip to the part where Yesteryear or One of Our Planets is Missing is the winner.

 

[BlueStuff]

Final Round -

Balance of Terror is my favourite episode of TOS, so Doomsday is the loser for me by default.

Balance of Terror - 0
The Doomsday Machine - 1