The Most Disliked Episode of TAS, Season 1: 2021 Edition...

This is a twist on a game that is played here, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Here's the game. The basic idea is your standard elimination game. I'll provide a list of the episodes for each season and you need to eliminate your most 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 eliminate another episode.

No tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode because you feel they would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win. Pretty simple. Enjoy!

Hall of Champions (or Failures?)
2018 - "BEM"
2019 - "MUDD'S PASSION"
2021 - "THE TERRATIN INCIDENT"

Season One -

BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR
YESTERYEAR
ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE INFINITE VULCAN
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
MUDD'S PASSION
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE SLAVER WEAPON
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
JIHAD

 

I'm starting with an obvious one... "YESTERYEAR". Do I really need to explain why this episode is so awesome?


BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR
ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE INFINITE VULCAN
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
MUDD'S PASSION
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE SLAVER WEAPON
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
JIHAD

 

I'll start by eliminating the great "YESTERYEAR"

BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR
ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE INFINITE VULCAN
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
MUDD'S PASSION
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE SLAVER WEAPON
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
JIHAD

 

I'll eliminate "The Infinite Vulcan". Watched this one again a few days ago thanks to Lower Decks and it is still pretty entertaining.

BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR
ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
MUDD'S PASSION
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE SLAVER WEAPON
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
JIHAD

 

Oldtrekkie, I already eliminated "YESTERYEAR".

You can choose another without having to wait the 2 further eliminations.

 

BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR
ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
MUDD'S PASSION
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE SLAVER WEAPON
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER



I’ll take The Jihad from the list. I always liked this episode. I thought it would have made a better Star Trek : TMP script than that abominable rehash of The Changeling that they filmed. V’ger bored me to death!

 

"Beyond The Farthest Star" is a great kick-off for TAS. I am a sucker for a spooky-ancient-thing-in-space story, and the tonal shifts at the end of this are WILD -- the alien wailing about his horrible, agonizing, endless loneliness, and then the hard jump right into cheerful triumphant music. Hurray?

ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
MUDD'S PASSION
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE SLAVER WEAPON
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

[as I'm also a big fan of Larry Niven's "Tales of Known Space" universe; and the fact that the story translation basically puts Mr. Spock in the role of a Pierson's Puppeteer, I'm saving:

THE SLAVER WEAPON

(Which was a transplanted rework of Larry Niven's "The Soft Weapon" which Larry Niven submitted himself to TAS.)

ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
MUDD'S PASSION
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

I am taking “The Counter-Clock Incident” just for Karla 5’s ship…so even though it wasn’t up there…I’m not having it as worst. Crap that’s season 2 isn’t it?

I never thought much of Megas Tu as a child. In Alabama, if I wanted to see religious zealots, I could look at the church across the street. I watched Trek to get away from that. It should be the worst…even if it is the best to watch on acid.

 

I am eliminating MUDD'S PASSION because of the fun.

ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE SURVIVOR
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

Lots still to enjoy here, but "The Survivor" is the other really fantastic start-to-finish story from this season. So well crafted. After "Yesteryear", it packs the most emotional impact of anything in TAS.

ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING
THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

I would eliminate "One of Our Planets is Missing." Yeah, it's awfully similar to "The Immunity Syndrome," but frankly it's the tighter and more disciplined take on that kind of story. There were more than a few occasions where TAS echoing TOS revealed how much padding there was in a lot of the original's outings.

THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

I've deleted "The Ambergris Element." It's a fun episode and takes advantage of the animation format. We see a cool aqua ship and have scenes of characters underwater.

THE LORELEI SIGNAL
MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP

THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

I am eliminating "MORE TRIBBLES, MORE TROUBLES". It's not as good as the other Tribble episode but it's still nice.


THE LORELEI SIGNAL
THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

"The Lorelei Signal", for giving Uhura something to do.

THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE TIME TRAP
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

I'll save the Time Trap, a fav when I was a kid.

THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
ONCE UPON A PLANET
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT

THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

I believe "ONCE UPON A PLANET" though a much weaker take on "Shore Leave" is still better than the ones left.

THE MAGICKS OF MEGAS-TU
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

"The Magicks Of Megas-Tu" is delightfully trippy.

THE TERRATIN INCIDENT
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

Saving the Eye of the Beholder. Like it better than the lilliputian one.
THE TERRATIN INCIDENT

 

Trek really does not have much success with stories about characters becoming different sizes.