The most disliked episode of TNG - Part Five

[BlueStuff]

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 - Code of Honor
Season Two - Shades of Gray
Season Three - Transfigurations
Season Four - The Loss
Season Five -

Redemption (II)
Darmok
Ensign Ro
Silicon Avatar
Disaster
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cause and Effect
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase
The Inner Light
Time's Arrow (I)

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Redemption (II)
Darmok
Silicon Avatar
Disaster
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cause and Effect
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase
The Inner Light
Time's Arrow (I)

Saving "Ensign Ro" first since I'm fairly confident many of my other favorites from this season will be saved soon enough. I love DS9 and that Bajoran story retroactively applies to what TNG did with it. And I love Ro Laren.

 

[tighr]

Redemption (II)
Darmok
Silicon Avatar
Disaster
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cause and Effect
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase
Time's Arrow (I)

Saving The Inner Light, because it was Inception before Inception.

 

[KNH]

Have to save "Disaster". Some of my favorite character moments ever.

Redemption (II)
Darmok
Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cause and Effect
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase
The Inner Light

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Darmok
Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cause and Effect
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase
The Inner Light

"Redemption, Part II" is terrific. Man, I love Worf once the writers figured out what to do with him in the middle seasons and beyond.

 

[Seven of Five]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cause and Effect
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase

I've taken The Inner Light off your list as someone saved it earlier. I think two people posted close to each other.

I'll save Darmok. One of the best from the season; I just love watching Picard and the Talarian trying to communicate.

 

[MacLeod]

Well got to save, Darmok

Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cause and Effect
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase
The Inner Light

 

[Pseudo]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
Unification (II)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase

I'm saving Cause and Effect, it's a great episode. I remember being surprised to see the Enterprise explode in the teaser, and the way it plays through the repeating events is well done.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

*snorts* At this point two people have saved both "Darmok" and "The Inner Light". This is hard to keep up with sometimes!

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
The First Duty
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase

"Unification" rocks; Nimoy and Stewart have great chemistry and I love pretty much any political episode. I'll save the second part.

 

[MacLeod]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase

I'll save "First Duty". It's a reasonable episode

 

[tighr]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
Unification (I)
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase

I'll save Times Arrow (I), seeing as how someone deleted it without saving it, and because it tells us more about Guinan.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Conundrum
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase

"Unification" gets my next save... again.

I'll save Times Arrow (I), seeing as how someone deleted it without saving it, and because it tells us more about Guinan.

What the. Good catch.

 

[Mr Silver]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg
The Next Phase

Saving "Conundrum" because it features an enjoyable concept (memory loss) and a mission that was so close to being carried out that you actually want to shout at the screen.

 

[Pseudo]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend
I, Borg

I'll save The Next Phase, some great stuff between Ro and LaForge, plus a genuinely interesting storyline.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Silicon Avatar
The Game
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend

"I, Borg" is simply terrific. IMO, etc.

 

[TroiFan4ever]

Silicon Avatar
A Matter of Time
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend

I'll save "The Game" from the walk of shame. It was one of those episodes you don't feel an interest when you first hear about it but once you start watching it, you don't wanna stop until the very end.

Brannon Braga is a great writer!

 

[Fang66]

How is Darmok not in the bottom half? Shocked and stunned I was.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

How is Darmok not in the bottom half? Shocked and stunned I was.

Most TNG fans consider it four-star material everywhere I've been to.

 

[Fang66]

I didn't remember season 5 having so many weak episodes it's almost like a throwback to season 1/2.

I'll save A Matter of time. I like Matt Frewer.

Silicon Avatar
New Ground
Hero Worship
Violations
The Masterpiece Society
Power Play
Ethics
The Outcast
Cost of Living
The Perfect Mate
Imaginary Friend