DS9's "FASCINATION" has no antagonist. Or "EXPLORERS". Or "HIS WAY". I would also say "IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON", though you could argue Nog's PTSD is an antagonist in itself.
Episodes with no antagonist?
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Unless you count space phenomenon as antagonists, Cause and Effect and Disaster come to mind.
Also, Relics.
Also, Relics.
Sito Jaxa's dead body would argue the Cardassians were, if it could speak.
Eye of the Needle, perhaps?
R'Mor is skeptical at first, but I wouldn't call him an antagonist. (Unless you define the term broadly, as 'the other party').
R'Mor is skeptical at first, but I wouldn't call him an antagonist. (Unless you define the term broadly, as 'the other party').
I know it's not an episode per say, but I never saw the Whale Probe as an antagonist. Maybe misunderstood (It's not like EM Pulses are antagonists anyway) but they just wanted to come to earth and find out why they lost contact with Whales. Apparently it saved George and Gracie, and her baby so all is well in the end.
In terms of episode, how about In the Cards? Yeah Wayoun was there, but he wasn't an antagonist. I wouldn't even classify Geiger as an antagonist. He just wanted to not be bored.
In terms of episode, how about In the Cards? Yeah Wayoun was there, but he wasn't an antagonist. I wouldn't even classify Geiger as an antagonist. He just wanted to not be bored.
I doubt many did. V'Ger, meanwhile, was a cosmic serial killer, clumsily probing for information.
TBF, we don't really know how many civilizations the whale probe may have accidentally(?) killed off when it couldn't communicate with the species it was seeking.
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Some conflate villains and antagonists as being the same thing . In the truest sense, they are not necessarily the same . Ofcourse ones interpretation of this is flexible and somewhat subjective. Personally though, I consider an antagonist as any character that serves as a contrarian force or foil to the protagonists. With that interpretation, it really makes it challenging to find episodes with absolutely no antagonist. Some have already mentioned a few I would be in agreement with though. For a moment I also thought "Disater" TNG but Ensign Ro definitely serves as an antagonist here. "Cause and Effect " comes to mind. I'm sure there's more after I give it more thought
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Ironically and technically, you could make an argument that Riker or even Picard serve as antagonists on Lower Decks . The episode is from the junior officers' point of view and the narrative is structured for us to be "rooting" for the youngsters . By that same token, you could argue that Tuvok is an antagonist in "Learning Curve." But this one is more open to interpretation a I don't think this was overtly set up from the misfit officers' perspective. (It's been a while since I've seen this one)
Ofcouse my interpretation of an antagonist is very liberal. To me any character that serves as contrarion or provides overt friction vs the main character(s) of a particular storyline is an antagonist. Some episodes have multiple antagonists. Obviously the Borg are the main antagonists in BOBW but I would say Shelby is one too. Or pretty much any admiral that comes on board
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