Easy Episode Rating Thread: TNG S1

[Captrek]

With the season finale having "aired" on Episode of the Week, it's time to rate the episodes.

You can rate them almost any way you want to. For example:

• List all episodes from favorite to least favorite
• Assign a score to each episode
• List just your favorite episodes, or your favorite and least favorite

I'll construct a preferential ballot from your post and tally the results with the Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD method.

Here’s mine:

Favorite
Skin of Evil

Like it
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis

OK, but nothing special except by S1 standards
Where No One Has Gone Before
The Big Goodbye
11001001
Conspiracy

Weak
Encounter at Farpoint
The Naked Now
Lonely Among Us
The Battle
Hide & Q
Haven
Datalore
Home Soil
Coming of Age
Heart of Glory
We'll Always Have Paris

Crap
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Justice
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
The Neutral Zone​

 

[Vasquez Rocks]

Favorite to least favorite:

Conspiracy
Skin of Evil
Where No One Has Gone Before
11001001
Encounter at Farpoint
Heart of Glory
The Arsenal of Freedom
Datalore
Symbiosis
The Big Goodbye
The Neutral Zone
Coming of Age
Too Short a Season
The Naked Now
We'll Always Have Paris
The Last Outpost
Justice
Haven
Home Soil
Hide & Q
The Battle
Lonely Among Us
When the Bough Breaks
Angel One
Code of Honor

 

[inflatabledalek]

BEST:

Conspiracy;


Datalore;
We'll Always Have Paris;
The Big Goodbye;
Heart of Glory;
Where No One Has Gone Before.


Solid:

The Arsenal of Freedom;
Coming of Age;
11001001;
Haven;
Lonely Among Us.

Bubbling Under:

Encounter At Farpoint;
The Neutral Zone;
Skin of Evil;
When The Bough Breaks;
Coming of Age;
Symbiosis.

Pretty Bad:

Justice;
Angel One;
The Last Outpost;
Too Short A Season;
Hide and Q;
The Naked Now.

Worst:

Code of Honor.


Arguably the most forgettable episode of Star Trek ever made:

Home Soil.

 

[Captrek]

^ Just to clarify: are you ranking Home Soil below Code of Honor, or are you leaving it unranked?

 

[inflatabledalek]

Code of Honor is by far (for me anyway) the worst episode of the year. I just find Home Soil so amazingly beige it's hard to care, though I suppose a fair rating for the stats would put it slap in the middle. Nothing bad, you just don't remember a damn thing about it afterwards. Code of Honor, if nothing else, is never forgotten once seen.

 

[Captrek]

OK. I'll treat your vote as "no opinion" on Home Soil.

 

[Mojochi]

I'll rank them from best to worst

Where No One Has Gone Before
Encounter At Farpoint
The Battle
Conspiracy
Datalore
Arsenal Of Freedom
Hide And Q
Heart Of Glory
Symbiosis
Home Soil
The Last Outpost
11001001
The Neutral Zone
We'll Always Have Paris
Coming Of Age
Skin Of Evil
Lonely Among Us
Haven
The Naked Now
The Big Goodbye
Too Short A Season
Angel One
Justice
When The Bough Breaks
Code Of Honor

 

[Jeyl]

The BEST!
11001001

Quite Good
The Big Goodbye
Arsenal Of Freedom

Meh
Where No One Has Gone Before
Datalore
The Battle
Heart Of Glory
Symbiosis
Home Soil
We'll Always Have Paris
Coming Of Age
Conspiracy
Skin Of Evil
Lonely Among Us
Encounter At Farpoint

Burn in Hell
Too Short A Season
Angel One
Haven
The Naked Now
Justice
When The Bough Breaks
Hide And Q
The Last Outpost
Code Of Honor
The Neutral Zone

 

[Melakon]

You lost me with Favorite: Skin of Evil.

 

[Jahuaxu]

Favorite
The Arsenal of Freedom

Good
Conspiracy
11001001
Home Soil
The Big Goodbye
Where No One Has Gone Before
The Battle

Okay
We'll Always Have Paris
Skin of Evil
Lonely Among Us

Meh/Weak
Datalore
The Naked Now
Hide and Q
Too Short a Season
When The Bough Breaks
Encounter at Farpoint
Justice
The Last Outpost
Coming of Age
Symbiosis

Bad
Heart of Glory
The Neutral Zone
Haven
Angel One
Code of Honor

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Good
Arsenal Of Freedom
11001001
Heart Of Glory
Hide and Q
Where No One Has Gone Before
Encounter at Farpoint

Decent
Coming Of Age
Conspiracy
Home Soil
Datalore
Symbiosis

Watchable
Skin Of Evil
The Neutral Zone
We'll Always Have Paris

Bad
The Battle
Too Short A Season
Lonely Anong Us
The Big Goodbye

Unwatchable
When The Bough breaks
The Last Outpost
Justice
Haven
Naked Now
Angel One
Code Of Honor

 

[Captrek]

Solid:

The Arsenal of Freedom;
Coming of Age;
11001001;
Haven;
Lonely Among Us.

Bubbling Under:

Encounter At Farpoint;
The Neutral Zone;
Skin of Evil;
When The Bough Breaks;
Coming of Age;
Symbiosis.

You list Coming of Age twice.

 

[sadsquid]

Ranked from best to worst and on a five-point scale:

4-Conspiracy
4-Where No One Has Gone Before
4-Arsenal of Freedom
4-The Big Goodbye
4-11001001
4-Datalore
3-Coming of Age
3-Heart of Glory
3-Hide and Q
3-The Neutral Zone
3-Encounter at Farpoint
3-The Battle
2-Skin of Evil
2-Lonely Among Us
2-When the Bough Breaks
2-We'll Always Have Paris
2-Symbiosis
2-Too Short A Season
2-Home Soil
2-The Last Outpost
1-Haven
1-The Naked Now
1-Angel One
1-Justice
1-Code of Honor

There were no 5 star episodes this season :-P

 

[inflatabledalek]

Solid:

The Arsenal of Freedom;
Coming of Age;
11001001;
Haven;
Lonely Among Us.

Bubbling Under:

Encounter At Farpoint;
The Neutral Zone;
Skin of Evil;
When The Bough Breaks;
Coming of Age;
Symbiosis.

You list Coming of Age twice.

Sorry, that's me cutting and pasting episode titles and re-arranging them.. Please ignore the second placing for this episode.

Sorry for making more work twice, please don't shoot me off in a satellite in order to get woken up by Picard patronising me.

 

[TrekAlliance92]

Graded on the A to F "academic" grading scale...

A (Awesome)
"Where No One Has Gone Before"
"The Battle"
"11001001"
"Heart of Glory"
"The Arsenal of Freedom"
"Conspiracy"
B (Good)
"Encounter at Farpoint"
"The Naked Now"
"Lonely Among Us"
"Haven"
"Home Soil"
"Symbiosis"
"We'll Always Have Paris"
C (Fair)
"Code of Honor"
"The Last Outpost"
"Hide & Q"
"Datalore"
"Angel One"
"Too Short a Season"
"When the Bough Breaks"
"Skin of Evil"
D (Poor)
"Justice"
"The Big Goodbye"
"Coming of Age"
"The Neutral Zone"
F (Awful)
None

 

[mswood]

Awesome

Ranked by 5 star system

Pretty much anything rated 3.5 stars or above I wouldn't be ashamed to have others see (Oh that's Star Trek), 4.0 is or higher are usually the episodes I would openly recommend to someone.

5.0 Stars - None (Excellent)
4.5 Stars - None (great)

4.0 Stars (Very Good)
11001001

3.5 (Really Good)
The Big Goodbye
Conspiracy

3.0 (Fair)
Where No One Has Gone Before
Heart of Glory
Datalore

2.5 (average)
The Arsenal of Freedom

2.0 (Poor) and not in order
Encounter at Farpoint
The Last Outpost
The Battle
Haven
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Coming of Age
Symbiosis
The Neutral Zone

1.5 Stars (bad)
The Naked Now
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Angel One
Homesoil
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris
Hide & Q

1.0 Stars (Awful)
Code of Honor

.5 Stars (none) (Terrible)

Zero Stars (none) (Garbage, having no value)

My second Favorite Star Trek series, yet the worst 1st season of any Trek. Oh well, things do get better.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I think I view season one more positively than others do. I think most episodes have their merits, but it is, overall, very "average."

So with a somewhat particular order:

"Encounter at Farpoint" B-
"The Naked Now" C
"Code of Honor" D
"The Last Outpost" C+
"Where No One Has Gone Before" C+
"Lonely Among Us" C+
"Justice" C-
"The Battle" B
"Hide and Q" B-
"Haven" C
"The Big Goodbye" C+
"Datalore" B+
"Angel One" C-
"11001001" B+
"Too Short a Season" C
"When The Bough Breaks" C
"Home Soil" C-
"Coming of Age" C+
"Heart of Glory" B-
"The Arsenal of Freedom" B+
"Symbiosis" C-
"Skin of Evil" B-
"We'll Always Have Paris" C
"Conspiracy" B+
"The Neutral Zone" B

 

[Captrek]

Solid:

The Arsenal of Freedom;
Coming of Age;
11001001;
Haven;
Lonely Among Us.

Bubbling Under:

Encounter At Farpoint;
The Neutral Zone;
Skin of Evil;
When The Bough Breaks;
Coming of Age;
Symbiosis.

You list Coming of Age twice.

Sorry, that's me cutting and pasting episode titles and re-arranging them.. Please ignore the second placing for this episode.

Sorry for making more work twice, please don't shoot me off in a satellite in order to get woken up by Picard patronising me.

You also don't rate The Battle.

 

[Captrek]

Here are the results so far:

And here are the individual preferences, which you may proofread if you wish:

Captrek
1. Skin of Evil
T2┌The Arsenal of Freedom
T2└Symbiosis
T4┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T4│The Big Goodbye
T4│11001001
T4└Conspiracy
T8┌Encounter at Farpoint
T8│The Naked Now
T8│Lonely Among Us
T8│The Battle
T8│Hide and Q
T8│Haven
T8│Datalore
T8│Home Soil
T8│Coming of Age
T8│Heart of Glory
T8└We'll Always Have Paris
T19┌Code of Honor
T19│The Last Outpost
T19│Justice
T19│Angel One
T19│Too Short a Season
T19│When The Bough Breaks
T19└The Neutral Zone


CorporalClegg
T1┌Datalore
T1│11001001
T1│The Arsenal of Freedom
T1└Conspiracy
T5┌The Battle
T5└The Neutral Zone
T7┌Encounter at Farpoint
T7│Hide and Q
T7│Heart of Glory
T7└Skin of Evil
T11┌The Last Outpost
T11│Where No One Has Gone Before
T11│Lonely Among Us
T11│The Big Goodbye
T11└Coming of Age
T16┌The Naked Now
T16│Haven
T16│Too Short a Season
T16│When The Bough Breaks
T16└We'll Always Have Paris
T21┌Justice
T21│Angel One
T21│Home Soil
T21└Symbiosis
25. Code of Honor


Jahuaxu
1. The Arsenal of Freedom
T2┌Conspiracy
T2│11001001
T2│Home Soil
T2│The Big Goodbye
T2│Where No One Has Gone Before
T2└The Battle
T8┌We'll Always Have Paris
T8│Skin of Evil
T8└Lonely Among Us
T11┌Datalore
T11│The Naked Now
T11│Hide and Q
T11│Too Short a Season
T11│When The Bough Breaks
T11│Encounter at Farpoint
T11│Justice
T11│The Last Outpost
T11│Coming of Age
T11└Symbiosis
T21┌Heart of Glory
T21│The Neutral Zone
T21│Haven
T21│Angel One
T21└Code of Honor


Jeyl
1. 11001001
T2┌The Big Goodbye
T2└The Arsenal of Freedom
T4┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T4│Datalore
T4│The Battle
T4│Heart of Glory
T4│Symbiosis
T4│Home Soil
T4│We'll Always Have Paris
T4│Coming of Age
T4│Conspiracy
T4│Skin of Evil
T4│Lonely Among Us
T4└Encounter at Farpoint
T16┌Too Short a Season
T16│Angel One
T16│Haven
T16│The Naked Now
T16│Justice
T16│When The Bough Breaks
T16│Hide and Q
T16│The Last Outpost
T16│Code of Honor
T16└The Neutral Zone


JirinPanthosa
T1┌The Arsenal of Freedom
T1│11001001
T1│Heart of Glory
T1│Hide and Q
T1│Where No One Has Gone Before
T1└Encounter at Farpoint
T7┌Coming of Age
T7│Conspiracy
T7│Home Soil
T7│Datalore
T7└Symbiosis
T12┌Skin of Evil
T12│The Neutral Zone
T12└We'll Always Have Paris
T15┌The Battle
T15│Too Short a Season
T15│Lonely Among Us
T15└The Big Goodbye
T19┌When The Bough Breaks
T19│The Last Outpost
T19│Justice
T19│Haven
T19│The Naked Now
T19│Angel One
T19└Code of Honor


Mojochi
1. Where No One Has Gone Before
2. Encounter at Farpoint
3. The Battle
4. Conspiracy
5. Datalore
6. The Arsenal of Freedom
7. Hide and Q
8. Heart of Glory
9. Symbiosis
10. Home Soil
11. The Last Outpost
12. 11001001
13. The Neutral Zone
14. We'll Always Have Paris
15. Coming of Age
16. Skin of Evil
17. Lonely Among Us
18. Haven
19. The Naked Now
20. The Big Goodbye
21. Too Short a Season
22. Angel One
23. Justice
24. When The Bough Breaks
25. Code of Honor


TrekAlliance92
T1┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T1│The Battle
T1│11001001
T1│Heart of Glory
T1│The Arsenal of Freedom
T1└Conspiracy
T7┌Encounter at Farpoint
T7│The Naked Now
T7│Lonely Among Us
T7│Haven
T7│Home Soil
T7│Symbiosis
T7└We'll Always Have Paris
T14┌Code of Honor
T14│The Last Outpost
T14│Hide and Q
T14│Datalore
T14│Angel One
T14│Too Short a Season
T14│When The Bough Breaks
T14└Skin of Evil
T22┌Justice
T22│The Big Goodbye
T22│Coming of Age
T22└The Neutral Zone


Vasquez Rocks
1. Conspiracy
2. Skin of Evil
3. Where No One Has Gone Before
4. 11001001
5. Encounter at Farpoint
6. Heart of Glory
7. The Arsenal of Freedom
8. Datalore
9. Symbiosis
10. The Big Goodbye
11. The Neutral Zone
12. Coming of Age
13. Too Short a Season
14. The Naked Now
15. We'll Always Have Paris
16. The Last Outpost
17. Justice
18. Haven
19. Home Soil
20. Hide and Q
21. The Battle
22. Lonely Among Us
23. When The Bough Breaks
24. Angel One
25. Code of Honor


inflatabledalek
1. Conspiracy
T2┌Datalore
T2│We'll Always Have Paris
T2│The Big Goodbye
T2│Heart of Glory
T2└Where No One Has Gone Before
T7┌The Arsenal of Freedom
T7│Coming of Age
T7│11001001
T7│Haven
T7└Lonely Among Us
T12┌Encounter at Farpoint
T12│The Neutral Zone
T12│Skin of Evil
T12│When The Bough Breaks
T12└Symbiosis
T17┌Justice
T17│Angel One
T17│The Last Outpost
T17│Too Short a Season
T17│Hide and Q
T17└The Naked Now
23. Code of Honor
Not rated: The Battle, Home Soil


mswood
1. 11001001
T2┌The Big Goodbye
T2└Conspiracy
T4┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T4│Heart of Glory
T4└Datalore
7. The Arsenal of Freedom
T8┌Encounter at Farpoint
T8│The Last Outpost
T8│The Battle
T8│Haven
T8│Too Short a Season
T8│When The Bough Breaks
T8│Coming of Age
T8│Symbiosis
T8└The Neutral Zone
T17┌The Naked Now
T17│Lonely Among Us
T17│Justice
T17│Angel One
T17│Home Soil
T17│Skin of Evil
T17│We'll Always Have Paris
T17└Hide and Q
25. Code of Honor


sadsquid
T1┌Conspiracy
T1│Where No One Has Gone Before
T1│The Arsenal of Freedom
T1│The Big Goodbye
T1│11001001
T1└Datalore
T7┌Coming of Age
T7│Heart of Glory
T7│Hide and Q
T7│The Neutral Zone
T7│Encounter at Farpoint
T7└The Battle
T13┌Skin of Evil
T13│Lonely Among Us
T13│When The Bough Breaks
T13│We'll Always Have Paris
T13│Symbiosis
T13│Too Short a Season
T13│Home Soil
T13└The Last Outpost
T21┌Haven
T21│The Naked Now
T21│Angel One
T21│Justice
T21└Code of Honor​

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Now I really want to know, mathematically, what that flowchart is based on.

Is this based on that same algorithm they use to figure out the social pecking order of apes, where they build a series of won/lost comparisons into a DAG?