Bad episodes you just love to watch

[joona]

The thread title pretty much explains it. So what i basically want you to do is list episodes that you just love for their utter stupidity. I personally like the following:
-Alternative Factor (Just plain confusing...)
-Spock's Brain
-Way To Eden
-Masks (I REALLY don't understand what message it is trying to convey!)
-Sub Rosa
-Vis a Vis (it's just so utterly pointless)

I'll post some reasons later.

 

[Kegek]

I like "Justice" but I'm not about to claim it's the finest hour of Star Trek.

Can't stand "The Way to Eden" and consider "The Alternative Factor" a good episode.

 

[Michael]

Can't stand "The Way to Eden" and consider "The Alternative Factor" a good episode.

Well, just flip that for me.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Well, I don't know that I LOVE to watch them, but I think Fair Haven and Spirit Folk get an unnecessary bad rap. I don't mind them at all.

 

[The Wormhole]

Threshold. Yeah, a lot of it doesn't make sense, but I get such a kick out of it. If you don't think about it, it's actually a pretty good episode.

 

[TedShatner10]

The one with Dwayne Johnson...

 

[erastus25]

I really enjoyed "Looking for par'Mach in all the wrong places." I was surprised to hear that most people think it's sucks.

 

[DevilintheDark]

I like the alternative factor *shrug*.I like the apple, i mudd, catspaw, who mourns for adonais ....people seem to think they are bad episodes.But i HATE the city on the edge of forever.Actually i really dislike all the time travel and parallel earth episode except assignment: earth which people also seem to dislike.Kinda strange.But one i love for its stupidity....shore leave.

 

[ialfan]

To some extent or another I enjoy watching these episodes which get a lot of hate on this board:

The Deadly Years
A Night in Sickbay
(sometimes) These Are The Voyages...
Twisted
Carpenter Street
Macrocosm

 

[JiNX-01]

I hate to admit this, but my guilty pleasure is watching "Precious" Cargo just to marvel at how bad the "actress" is!

 

[chancellorjake]

I really like Profit and Lace. I can't explain it, but I'll gladly watch it whenever it's on.

 

[Basill]

I love Spock's Brain. It is total decadent fun. I love The Apple too, even though I hate all those poor red shirts biting the big one. The Alternative Factor never bothered me the way it does some people, but I probably won't revisit it voluntarily for some time.

 

[D Man]

I'm a big fan of "Qpid" and "Genesis." De-evolve, indeed.

 

[I am not Spock]

'And The Children Shall Lead' is so bad, it's good. Who doesn't crack up when the fat lawyer in the muu-muu shows up and tells those kids what to do?

Most 'bad' TOS episodes are at least entertaining to watch. Some bad VOY and ENT ones are just bad, period.

DS9's 'Move Along Home' always makes me chuckle. Sisko doing that silly 'alamarain' dance never fails to get a laugh from me.

'Masks' is underrated, if anything. I have always enjoyed that episode as a guilty pleasure. Same with 'Genesis'.

'Fair Haven' is just bad, full stop.

 

[D Man]

I forgot about "Masks," I've always loved that one mainly for Spiner's acting during that fireside scene with Picard.

 

[Lynx]

Threshold. Yeah, a lot of it doesn't make sense, but I get such a kick out of it. If you don't think about it, it's actually a pretty good episode.

"Threshold" is one of the few episodes I do find bad but at the same time funny to watch. I try to imagine it as a nightmare Janeway had after drinking too much of Neelix's coffee.

I actually like "And The Children Shall Lead", mostly because the Gorgan is a dead ringer to a crazy boss I had on a previous job.

"Masks" wasn't that bad and I did enjoy "Move Along Home". It was funny in a way.

 

[MattJC]

Bounty.
Yes, I know it's an excuse for Jolene to run around the ship in her underwear, but that's not enough for me to dismiss. I actually liked to story with the Tellarite bounty hunter.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

All Ferengi Episodes, especially Profit and Lace. I know it's bad, but I still love it.

Fair Haven. I didn't even know people hated it so much.

Sub Rosa. Come on, there's worse episodes out there....

Uh... what's that one with Worf on Risa called again? Let he who is without sin, I think. I have no love for Worf, but I like the ep.

Oh, I almost forgot Move Along Home. I really like it, for some unknown reason.

Yep, I think that's it.

 

[TrekNut87]

Threshold- So very bad, but I crack up every time Paris says "Peeeeeease"
Spock's Brain- Yeah, not the greatest episode, but still entertaining
Fair Haven- Another one I enjoyed. I never thought it was that bad

 

[Cicero]

I love Spock's Brain. It is total decadent fun. I love The Apple too, even though I hate all those poor red shirts biting the big one. The Alternative Factor never bothered me the way it does some people, but I probably won't revisit it voluntarily for some time.

When I was little, Spock's Brain seemed like the most dramatic and frightening Star Trek episode I'd seen (and this after The Best of Both Worlds).