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Most Generic Episode

Which is the more generic episode?

  • Favorite Son

    Votes: 2 33.3%
  • Natural Law

    Votes: 4 66.7%

  • Total voters
    6
  • Poll closed .
  • Parallax
  • Time & Again
  • Phage
  • The Cloud
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Warlord
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Coda
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • MemorialImperfection
  • Body & Soul
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Nothing Human due to it’s focus on human value vs ideology and the difficulty to chose one over the other.
 
  • Parallax
  • Time & Again
  • Phage
  • The Cloud
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Coda
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Imperfection
  • Body & Soul
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Removing Warlord as a case of possession by an alien mind who's idea has been ripped off of a DS9 episode.
 
  • Parallax
  • Time & Again
  • Phage
  • The Cloud
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Coda
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Body & Soul
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Imperfection because Seven has a terminal disease and needs a donor to survive.
 
  • Parallax
  • Time & Again
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Coda
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Body & Soul
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
I am eliminating "THE CLOUD" because it had a living nebula. Dude... a LIVING nebula.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Coda
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Body & Soul
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
I am eliminating Time & Again, because the first time around Janeway had no reason or means to be there (no time holes or whatever caused by the explosion) and the second time... well, there couldn't be a second time without a first, could it?
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Body & Soul
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
I was extremely tempted to eliminate Favorite Son. I mean, three attractive ladies all interested in Harry Kim at the same time and wanting his babies? But other than that, I consider it a quite generic episode so I can't do that in good conscience.

So I'm going with Coda. Janeway experiencing dying like 5 times in succession, and have her have an argument with the Angel of Death (or whatever that being is) in the climax, that's got to count for something.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Body & Soul
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
I am eliminating "Someone to Watch Over Me" as a story of unrequited love that's neither cliché nor painful to watch.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Blood Fever
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Body & Soul goes. It was a character switch, with Jeri Ryan playing The Doctor.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • False Profits
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
"Blood Fever" goes. It's a story about a Klingon woman experiencing Pon Far. Not generic at all!
 
I hope this game makes it to the end, it's fun. I think I'm going with False Profits now. In my opinion, the worst episode in the series. Pre-Ent, the worst episode in Star Trek history. Even worse than Threshold. But that might be what makes it stand out. The crew had to be spectacularly stupid not to make it home here, but it happened. That's what makes this ep stand out, so incredibly bad it is.
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • Vis a Vis
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Day of Honor
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Vis a Vis is a goner. Tom Paris (as the alien) talks like the old one, macho, conceited and arrogant. Well, the concept is original, as far as I know.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • The Raven
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
"Day of Honor" is honorably discharged. First time we ever saw a vessel eject its warp core. Nothing generic about that.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Waking Moments
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Eliminated The Raven, since much of it was a flashback focused on Seven's parents, adding little to the series with less screen time for the main crew.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Ex Post Facto
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
"Waking Moments" is bye-bye. A species that sleeps all the time... sure... Who feeds them? Who cleans them up? Who does all the work that they don't do themselves? Yeah, that idea is not insane... not insane at all! At least it's unique... definitely!
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law

I am eliminating "EX POST FACTO". A pretty unique idea, actually reliving your victim's last moments as you kill him and forced to do that regularly for the rest of your life.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Concerning Flight
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
"Dragon's Teeth" is going the way of the Dinosaurs. Reviving an ancient race of warriors, accidentally. That's definitely not generic.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Unity
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Removed Concerning Flight. Not a good episode, but a weird one. Flying machines with Leonardo Davinci!
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Chute
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
I'll bring disharmony to "Unity" as it's, IIRC, the first episode in which a Borg cube appears, and features people who actually want to return to a collective of sorts.
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Dark Frontier
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
"The Chute" falls as it is an episode where first Paris beats up Kim and then Kim beats up Paris and in both cases, they have extenuating circumstances...
 
  • Parallax
  • Phage
  • Emanations
  • Cathexis
  • Initiations
  • Elogium
  • Parturition
  • Maneuvers
  • Resistance
  • Prototype
  • Alliances
  • Dreadnought
  • Life Signs
  • Investigations
  • The Swarm
  • Remember
  • Fair Trade
  • Alter Ego
  • Darkling
  • Rise
  • Favorite Son
  • Real Life
  • Displaced
  • Nemesis
  • Revulsion
  • Scientific Method
  • Random Thoughts
  • Hunters
  • Retrospect
  • One
  • Hope & Fear
  • Drone
  • In the Flesh
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Infinite Regress
  • Bliss
  • Juggernaut
  • Warhead
  • Survival Instinct
  • Fair Haven
  • Virtuoso
  • Memorial
  • Flesh & Blood
  • Natural Law
Dark Frontier, one of the series pivotal episodes. Brought in the Borg Queen, arguably neutered the Borg in the process, gave the ship one of their big distance jumps. Surprised it made it this far into the game.
 
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