I just finished going through the series for the second time, and I thought I would share with you my personal ranking of the episodes and various statistical trivia. Please chime in with agreement, disagreement, and thoughts about the episodes.
Note: The episodes in the "Bad" category have a redeeming feature or two after the episode title and number. Those episodes don't work for me as a whole, but certain elements are worth watching again. I could use some help coming up with something good about "Vanishing Point" and adding any other nice scenes, effects shots, or moments from those shows. Thanks in advance for any help in this area.
Excellent:
1, 2, and 3: "The Forge"/"Awakening"/"Kir'Shara" (4-7, 4-8, and 4-9)
4: "Azati Prime" (3-18)
5: "Cease Fire" (2-15)
6, 7, and 8: "Borderland"/"Cold Station 12"/"The Augments" (4-4, 4-5, and 4-6)
9: "Observer Effect" (4-11)
10: "Exile" (3-6)
11: "Fallen Hero" (1-23)
12: "Twilight" (3-8)
13: "Regeneration" (2-23)
14: "The Council" (3-22)
Good:
15, 16, and 17: "Babel One"/"United"/"The Aenar" (4-12, 4-13, and 4-14)
18: "Civilization" (1-9)
19: "Dead Stop" (2-4)
20: "Cogenitor" (2-22)
21: "Anomaly" (3-2)
22: "Stratagem" (3-14)
23: "The Andorian Incident" (1-7)
24: "First Flight" (2-24)
25: "The Forgotten" (3-20)
26 and 27: "In A Mirror, Darkly" (4-18 and 4-19)
28: "Countdown" (3-23)
29: "The Shipment" (3-7)
30: "Minefield" (2-3)
31 and 32: "Shockwave" (1-26 and 2-1)
33: "Proving Ground" (3-13)
34: "Home" (4-3)
Tolerable:
35: "Rajiin" (3-4)
36: "The Xindi" (3-1)
37: "Silent Enemy" (1-12)
38: "Two Days and Two Nights" (1-25)
39: "Shadows of P'Jem" (1-15)
40: "E2" (3-21)
41: "Chosen Realm" (3-12)
42: "Carbon Creek" (2-2)
43: "Precious Cargo" (2-11)
44: "Singularity" (2-9)
45: "Shuttlepod One" (1-16)
46: "Zero Hour" (3-24)
47: "Dear Doctor" (1-13)
48 and 49: "Affliction"/"Divergence" (4-15 and 4-16)
50: "Oasis" (1-20)
51: "The Expanse" (2-26)
52: "Breaking the Ice" (1-8)
53: "Future Tense" (2-16)
54 and 55: "Demons"/"Terra Prime" (4-20 and 4-21)
56: "Similitude" (3-10)
57: "Desert Crossing" (1-24)
58: "Fortunate Son" (1-10)
59: "Horizon" (2-20)
60: "Judgment" (2-19)
61: "Detained" (1-21)
62 and 63: "Storm Front" (4-1 and 4-2)
64: "North Star" (3-9)
65: "A Night in Sickbay" (2-5)
66: "Doctor's Orders" (3-16)
67: "Unexpected" (1-5)
68: "Strange New World" (1-4)
69 and 70: "Broken Bow" (1-1 and 1-2)
71: "Marauders" (2-6)
Bad (Will not watch complete episode again by choice):
72: "Damage" (3-19) - Xindi-Aquatic scene, meeting with Sphere Builder female
73: "Sleeping Dogs" (1-14) - Hoshi volunteers for away team duty
74: "Fusion" (1-17) - Vulcan engineer scenes
75: "Cold Front" (1-11) - Temporal viewscreen
76: "The Breach" (2-21) - Phlox subplot
77: "Harbinger" (3-15) - Reed/Hayes plot, discovery of alien
78: "Dawn" (2-13) - Tucker outwits alien with recording of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
79: "Vox Sola" (1-22) - Water polo and Kreetassan scenes, ending
80: "The Seventh" (2-7) - Bar scenes
81: "Acquisition" (1-19) - Ferengi with Porthos
82: "Fight or Flight" (1-3) - Phlox/Sato conversation
83: "Canamar" (2-17) - Very beginning and end?
84: "The Catwalk" (2-12) - Early scenes before outside aliens and EV suits appear
85: "These are the Voyages..." (4-22) - Final montage, Shran's daughter
86: "Daedalus" (4-10) - T'Pol's subplot
87: "Carpenter Street" (3-11) - Archer and T'Pol steal a car and get drive-thru
88: "Rogue Planet" (1-18) - Early scenes talking about hunt and around campfire
89: "Terra Nova" (1-6) - T'Pol/Archer discussion of what to do with the Novans
90: "Stigma" (2-14) - Opening dedication, Hoshi/Trip scene, T'Pol/Phlox scenes if I'm feeling charitable
91: "Bounty" (2-25) - Teaser, bounty hunter ship chase
92: "Bound" (4-17) - Flying dragons on Beregaria joke in teaser, the kiss at the end
93: "The Communicator" (2-8) - Final rescue/shootout
94: "The Crossing" (2-18) - Beginning with Trip, Hoshi calling for help
95: "Hatchery" (3-17) - Reed apologizes to Hayes about his response to the simulation
96: "Vanishing Point" (2-10)
97: "Extinction" (3-3) - Trip finds T'Pol's DNA on peach, vision and reality of alien city?
98: "Impulse" (3-5) - Briefing room scene, explosion of Seleya, movie night dream
Breakdown by Category:
Excellent: 14 (14.29%)
Good: 20 (20.41%)
Tolerable: 37 (37.76%)
Bad: 27 (27.55%)
Tolerable or Better: 71 (72.45%)
Season High and Low Rankings:
1: 11, 89
2: 5, 96
3: 4, 98
4: 1, 92
Season Average Rankings (Lower is Better):
1: 57.02
2: 57.52
3: 46.17
4: 34.77
Category Breakdowns by Season:
1: 1 Excellent (3.85%), 3 Good (11.54%), 14 Tolerable (53.85%), 8 Bad (30.77%)
2: 2 Excellent (7.69%), 5 Good (19.23%), 9 Tolerable (34.62%), 10 Bad (38.46%)
3: 4 Excellent (16.67%), 6 Good (25%), 8 Tolerable (33.33%), 6 Bad (25%)
4: 7 Excellent (31.82%), 6 Good (27.27%), 6 Tolerable (27.27%), 3 Bad (13.64%)
Season Rankings (Not a Calculation): 4, 3, 2, 1
Best Disc: Season 4, Disc 2
Note: The episodes in the "Bad" category have a redeeming feature or two after the episode title and number. Those episodes don't work for me as a whole, but certain elements are worth watching again. I could use some help coming up with something good about "Vanishing Point" and adding any other nice scenes, effects shots, or moments from those shows. Thanks in advance for any help in this area.
Excellent:
1, 2, and 3: "The Forge"/"Awakening"/"Kir'Shara" (4-7, 4-8, and 4-9)
4: "Azati Prime" (3-18)
5: "Cease Fire" (2-15)
6, 7, and 8: "Borderland"/"Cold Station 12"/"The Augments" (4-4, 4-5, and 4-6)
9: "Observer Effect" (4-11)
10: "Exile" (3-6)
11: "Fallen Hero" (1-23)
12: "Twilight" (3-8)
13: "Regeneration" (2-23)
14: "The Council" (3-22)
Good:
15, 16, and 17: "Babel One"/"United"/"The Aenar" (4-12, 4-13, and 4-14)
18: "Civilization" (1-9)
19: "Dead Stop" (2-4)
20: "Cogenitor" (2-22)
21: "Anomaly" (3-2)
22: "Stratagem" (3-14)
23: "The Andorian Incident" (1-7)
24: "First Flight" (2-24)
25: "The Forgotten" (3-20)
26 and 27: "In A Mirror, Darkly" (4-18 and 4-19)
28: "Countdown" (3-23)
29: "The Shipment" (3-7)
30: "Minefield" (2-3)
31 and 32: "Shockwave" (1-26 and 2-1)
33: "Proving Ground" (3-13)
34: "Home" (4-3)
Tolerable:
35: "Rajiin" (3-4)
36: "The Xindi" (3-1)
37: "Silent Enemy" (1-12)
38: "Two Days and Two Nights" (1-25)
39: "Shadows of P'Jem" (1-15)
40: "E2" (3-21)
41: "Chosen Realm" (3-12)
42: "Carbon Creek" (2-2)
43: "Precious Cargo" (2-11)
44: "Singularity" (2-9)
45: "Shuttlepod One" (1-16)
46: "Zero Hour" (3-24)
47: "Dear Doctor" (1-13)
48 and 49: "Affliction"/"Divergence" (4-15 and 4-16)
50: "Oasis" (1-20)
51: "The Expanse" (2-26)
52: "Breaking the Ice" (1-8)
53: "Future Tense" (2-16)
54 and 55: "Demons"/"Terra Prime" (4-20 and 4-21)
56: "Similitude" (3-10)
57: "Desert Crossing" (1-24)
58: "Fortunate Son" (1-10)
59: "Horizon" (2-20)
60: "Judgment" (2-19)
61: "Detained" (1-21)
62 and 63: "Storm Front" (4-1 and 4-2)
64: "North Star" (3-9)
65: "A Night in Sickbay" (2-5)
66: "Doctor's Orders" (3-16)
67: "Unexpected" (1-5)
68: "Strange New World" (1-4)
69 and 70: "Broken Bow" (1-1 and 1-2)
71: "Marauders" (2-6)
Bad (Will not watch complete episode again by choice):
72: "Damage" (3-19) - Xindi-Aquatic scene, meeting with Sphere Builder female
73: "Sleeping Dogs" (1-14) - Hoshi volunteers for away team duty
74: "Fusion" (1-17) - Vulcan engineer scenes
75: "Cold Front" (1-11) - Temporal viewscreen
76: "The Breach" (2-21) - Phlox subplot
77: "Harbinger" (3-15) - Reed/Hayes plot, discovery of alien
78: "Dawn" (2-13) - Tucker outwits alien with recording of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
79: "Vox Sola" (1-22) - Water polo and Kreetassan scenes, ending
80: "The Seventh" (2-7) - Bar scenes
81: "Acquisition" (1-19) - Ferengi with Porthos
82: "Fight or Flight" (1-3) - Phlox/Sato conversation
83: "Canamar" (2-17) - Very beginning and end?
84: "The Catwalk" (2-12) - Early scenes before outside aliens and EV suits appear
85: "These are the Voyages..." (4-22) - Final montage, Shran's daughter
86: "Daedalus" (4-10) - T'Pol's subplot
87: "Carpenter Street" (3-11) - Archer and T'Pol steal a car and get drive-thru
88: "Rogue Planet" (1-18) - Early scenes talking about hunt and around campfire
89: "Terra Nova" (1-6) - T'Pol/Archer discussion of what to do with the Novans
90: "Stigma" (2-14) - Opening dedication, Hoshi/Trip scene, T'Pol/Phlox scenes if I'm feeling charitable
91: "Bounty" (2-25) - Teaser, bounty hunter ship chase
92: "Bound" (4-17) - Flying dragons on Beregaria joke in teaser, the kiss at the end
93: "The Communicator" (2-8) - Final rescue/shootout
94: "The Crossing" (2-18) - Beginning with Trip, Hoshi calling for help
95: "Hatchery" (3-17) - Reed apologizes to Hayes about his response to the simulation
96: "Vanishing Point" (2-10)
97: "Extinction" (3-3) - Trip finds T'Pol's DNA on peach, vision and reality of alien city?
98: "Impulse" (3-5) - Briefing room scene, explosion of Seleya, movie night dream
Breakdown by Category:
Excellent: 14 (14.29%)
Good: 20 (20.41%)
Tolerable: 37 (37.76%)
Bad: 27 (27.55%)
Tolerable or Better: 71 (72.45%)
Season High and Low Rankings:
1: 11, 89
2: 5, 96
3: 4, 98
4: 1, 92
Season Average Rankings (Lower is Better):
1: 57.02
2: 57.52
3: 46.17
4: 34.77
Category Breakdowns by Season:
1: 1 Excellent (3.85%), 3 Good (11.54%), 14 Tolerable (53.85%), 8 Bad (30.77%)
2: 2 Excellent (7.69%), 5 Good (19.23%), 9 Tolerable (34.62%), 10 Bad (38.46%)
3: 4 Excellent (16.67%), 6 Good (25%), 8 Tolerable (33.33%), 6 Bad (25%)
4: 7 Excellent (31.82%), 6 Good (27.27%), 6 Tolerable (27.27%), 3 Bad (13.64%)
Season Rankings (Not a Calculation): 4, 3, 2, 1
Best Disc: Season 4, Disc 2
