So, next up in these alien-race-themed elimination games: the Cardassians! Anyway, THE RULES. The basic idea is your standard elimination game. Below is a list of Cardassian episodes from TNG, DS9, and VOY. Eliminate your least favorite or the one you deem the 'worst.' 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, please leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you eliminate another episode. No tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode just because you feel they would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win. This list was more difficult to figure out than the Ferengi, Borg, Klingon, and Romulan lists, primarily because of how deeply woven into the fabric of DS9 the Cardassians are. It made defining the boundaries of what counts as a Cardassian episode quite tricky, @Farscape One and I had a lot more back-and-fourth than usual working it all out. To anticipate some questions we thought might come up, we capped it at 60. The Damar-plots-with-Weyoun episodes between the occupation arc and the final arc were excluded. Within those arcs they're always exploring the tension between Cardassia and the Dominion, but between them Cardassia feels so fully absorbed into the Dominion that it's not registering as a separate unit, and the Damar/Weyoun plotting was usually in C-story cut-aways, so these episodes just feel less Cardassian-y than everything else on this list. Over on Voyager, we included the episodes in which Seska was the primary antagonist, but excluded the ones in which her role was minor ("Alliances", "Lifesigns") or holographic. And, if anyone has any other questions about why something is/isn't on the list, Farscape and I have probably written a book on the topic already and can fill you in on the reasoning. Enjoy! TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Journey's End" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Waltz" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I" VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
This is a difficult choice. Most Cardassian episodes are great. Not to keen on any of the Seska episodes really, but I think I enjoyed them more than Empok Nor, it at least the first time around. Very atmospheric, but didn't feel it had much if a story, so it has to go. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Journey's End" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Waltz" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I" VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
With so many DS9 episodes on the list, it seems like my first elimination would HAVE to come from one of those. And though there are two DS9's on here I consider damn close to being worse than this, I think I have to go with "Journey's End" as my first kill. There's nothing else on here that I struggle to get thru to this extent. I don't like how this ep wraps Wesley and I don't like how it portrays Native Americans. I was going to say "at least it intros Gul Evek", but I just realized it doesn't even do that, he was already established on DS9! TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Waltz" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I" VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
My first kill is "BASICS, PART I". Too much Kazon hampers it. (I actually argued FOR including this two-parter in, but they are honestly not as good as the other Cardassian episodes on the list.) TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Waltz" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
I can't disagree with you. I'll vote for Basics, Part II. The best parts of the episode are seeing Ludar forced to confront his darkest thoughts again, and help the crew retake Voyager. The rest of it is basically a giant undo button the writers press on anything being interesting. Chakotay's baby isn't his anymore, Seska is dead, Paris and his band of Talaxians retake the ship. Sigh. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Waltz" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
I'll eliminate everything else before TNG "Chain of Command" with two legendary, highly respected Shakespearean British actors, David Warner & Patrick Stewart playing their extreme acting skills off against each other. That had to be one of the best Cardassian eps. of Star Trek, right up with DS9's Hannibal-Lecter-like "Duet" episode. I loved the way every Cardassian actor utterly went balls-to-the-wall with their scenery-chewing, epic-scale acting (Madred, Dukat, Garak, etc.). I can't think of an alien species who are consistently better-acted!
Waltz is out, it was the episode that turned Dukat from a multi layered interesting antagonist into a moustache twirling caricature. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
I'll ditch Tribunal next. I think it's one of my least favourite "make O'Brien suffer" episodes. Problem is, besides being memorable for having the Cardassian trial, I can never even remember much else about what happens unless I've just watched it. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
Removing Life Support. The whole thing with Bareil seemed stupidly contrived. And the whole 'Spark of life' thing made no sense. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 2: "Investigations" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
"Investigations" is the nadir of a terrible arc. It disappoints in every conceivable way. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
Covenant is a boring episode. Dukat and his Pah-Wraith cult is not thrilling in any way, despite Kira being there as well. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Destiny" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
"DESTINY" is taken out. It was nice to see the female Cardassians for a change and how they think, and Tracy Scoggins has always been very easy on the eyes. But it is not as good an episode as others here. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers" VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human" goes. Because it makes no sense. The doctor apparently created the Cardassian hologram by accident but it was uncharacteristically stupid of him given the aversion of a big part of the crew for the Cardassians. If you created pictures of imaginary characters to decorate say your child's bedroom would you choose one that looks exactly like some bully that bothers him at school? Then, in the end, the execution of the hologram is either nothing (if it's just a program) or indescribable cruelty if you consider it as a sentient being. The fact that the hologram has been made after a person doesn't make it responsible for what that person has done. I could expand indefinitely on why this is a terrible episode. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
I would like to continue beating up on Voyager by tossing "Maneuvers." Seska was a great character and Martha Hackett was wonderful in the part. It's a shame she was so often stuck playing opposite Chakotay, who was never in a scene he couldn't vampirically drain all life from. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Defiant" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
Defiant because of what it did to Tom Riker. I hate, hate, hate how that character was treated, it wasn't enough to ship him off to a ship somehwere, Defiant has to reveal he failed there, became a maquis, failed at that too and them ship him off,to a cardassian prison never to be seen again. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
I'll remove Profit and Loss. It's a nice romance for Quark but it doesn't compare to a lot of the others here. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
I still can't get over that our last true Garak showpiece episode was "Afterimage." Fundamentally I just do not think that any version of this idea was ever going to work, they were always going to have to compromise Garak too much in order for Ezri to be able to solve his problems. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
"WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT" goes. Time travel annoys me. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind" VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" goes. It an INO Cardassian episode. Plus the ones left are all better. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
I'll eliminate Things Past next, which I'm sure I did in the DS9 round. I like that it was a follow-up to Necessary Evil and seeing Terok Nor in the past again. It just wasn't as good as Necessary Evil. TNG Season 4: "The Wounded" TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I" TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II" TNG Season 6: "The Chase" TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" DS9 Season 1: "Emissary" DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "Duet" DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II" DS9 Season 2: "The Wire" DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin" DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense" DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast" DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow" DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water" DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms" DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand" DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals" DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters" DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold" DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels" DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight" DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra" DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind" DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"