Favorite Episodes for your Least Favorite Series(es)

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  1. Lord Garth

    Lord Garth Admiral Admiral

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    There's no such thing as absolutes. What are your favorite episodes from Star Trek series that aren't your favorite?

    I flat-out couldn't get into ENT at all. Not because it was a prequel or didn't look exactly like TOS -- how much I like DSC (a whole lot to put it into an understatement) has sure put that argument permanently to rest -- but the characters, the stories, and the fact that I was just about done with the Berman Era by that point. I stopped watching the series after the first six episodes when it was on, caught a few during the fourth season, then binged the entire series one week in 2010.

    The Temporal War did nothing for me. My opinion of the Temporal War is the same as those who don't like the Klingon War in DSC. I'm not a fan of Xindi either -- I'm going to lie, I think they're ridiculous, interesting looking but ridiculous -- but I'd take them over the Temporal War and the Suliban.

    I wasn't interested in seeing the 22nd Century or the founding the Federation either. Whereas, I was probably more pre-disposed to like DSC because the 23rd Century was my favorite anyway and virtually every show I've gotten into in the past 10 years has been heavily serialized.

    All that having been said, during my binge of Enterprise these episodes stood out to me. I really liked them. I'm relying off faded memory because it's been seven years:

    S1
    Fight or Flight
    Civilization
    Silent Enemy
    Two Days and Two Nights

    S2
    Singularity
    Judgment
    Cogenitor
    Regeneration

    S3
    Anomaly
    Rajiin
    Strategem
    There's some stuff later on in S3 too but it's blurred together, so I can't remember which episodes they're from.

    S4
    Home
    The Forge, The Awakening, Kir'Shara
    The Aenar
    In a Mirror Darkly
    Demons, Terra Prime
    That's a pretty good portion of S4 actually.

    So, if I can admit those, you can admit some favorite episodes of Star Trek series you don't particularly care for overall.

    Who else is brave enough to step up to that plate and admit that you don't completely "hate" a specific Star Trek series? It won't kill you. Or at least that's what they say. I guess you won't find out for sure unless you try... :evil:
     
  2. tomalak301

    tomalak301 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    There's a lot of things I love about Voyager, but overall it's probably my least favorite series. In terms of favorite episodes from Voyager though:

    Season 1:

    Eye of the Needle
    Caretaker
    State of Flux
    Jetrel
    Faces

    Season 2:

    Projections
    Maneuvers
    The Resistance
    Death Wish
    The Thaw

    Season 3:

    Flashback
    Futures End 1 and 2
    Fair Trade
    Before and After
    Scorpion I

    Season 4:

    Scorpion 2
    Year of Hell 1 and 2
    Prey
    Message in a Bottle
    Living Witness

    Season 5:

    Timeless
    Counterpoint
    Dark Frontier
    Someone to Watch Over Me
    11:59

    Season 6:

    Barge of the Dead
    Riddles
    One Small Step
    Memorial
    Blink of an Eye

    Season 7:

    Drive
    Flesh and Blood
    Shattard
    Workforce
    Lineage
     
  3. Verteron

    Verteron Lux in tenebris lucet Premium Member

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    ENT is also my least favourite series. Without looking at the lists above, my faves would be:

    Season 1
    Dear Doctor, Shadows of P'Jem, Shockwave

    Season 2
    Carbon Creek, Vanishing Point, Future Tense

    Season 3
    I honestly can't think of a single standout episode ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Season 4
    Cold Station 12, The Forge, In a Mirror Darkly.
     
  4. F. King Daniel

    F. King Daniel Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I'm not a big fan of The Next Generation, although it has quite a few stone-cold classic episodes.

    Q Who
    Yesterday's Enterprise
    Best of Both Worlds
    Parallels
    Future Imperfect
    Frame of Mind
    All Good Things

    Not crazy about DS9 either, but I loved "Way of the Warrior"
     
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  5. Balok's Decoy

    Balok's Decoy Commodore Commodore

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    TNG can be brilliant, reaching incredible heights of storytelling, excitement, and philosophical insight. But it can also be plodding and sanctimonious. That said, it has some absolutely stunning episodes:

    The Defector (my favorite TNG episode)
    Darmok
    The Measure of a Man
    Family
    I, Borg
    Yesterday's Enterprise
    Chain of Command
    Lower Decks
    Every episode about Worf's political/familial struggles with the Klingon Empire, in particular Redemption
     
  6. Joanna McCoy-Kirk

    Joanna McCoy-Kirk Commodore Commodore

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    DS9 isn't my absolute least favorite (that honor goes to Voyager), but I do like the DS9 episode Far Beyond the Stars.