So, next up in these alien-race-themed elimination games: the Cardassians!
Anyway, THE RULES. The basic idea is your standard elimination game. Below is a list of Cardassian episodes from TNG, DS9, and VOY. Eliminate your least favorite or the one you deem the 'worst.' Please provide an EXPLANATION for why you are eliminating your choice and be sure to copy and paste the list with your choice removed.
Finally, please leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you eliminate another episode.
No tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode just because you feel they would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win.
This list was more difficult to figure out than the Ferengi, Borg, Klingon, and Romulan lists, primarily because of how deeply woven into the fabric of DS9 the Cardassians are. It made defining the boundaries of what counts as a Cardassian episode quite tricky, @Farscape One and I had a lot more back-and-fourth than usual working it all out. To anticipate some questions we thought might come up, we capped it at 60. The Damar-plots-with-Weyoun episodes between the occupation arc and the final arc were excluded. Within those arcs they're always exploring the tension between Cardassia and the Dominion, but between them Cardassia feels so fully absorbed into the Dominion that it's not registering as a separate unit, and the Damar/Weyoun plotting was usually in C-story cut-aways, so these episodes just feel less Cardassian-y than everything else on this list. Over on Voyager, we included the episodes in which Seska was the primary antagonist, but excluded the ones in which her role was minor ("Alliances", "Lifesigns") or holographic. And, if anyone has any other questions about why something is/isn't on the list, Farscape and I have probably written a book on the topic already and can fill you in on the reasoning.

Enjoy!
TNG Season 4: "The Wounded"
TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Life Support"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Waltz"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Covenant"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
Anyway, THE RULES. The basic idea is your standard elimination game. Below is a list of Cardassian episodes from TNG, DS9, and VOY. Eliminate your least favorite or the one you deem the 'worst.' Please provide an EXPLANATION for why you are eliminating your choice and be sure to copy and paste the list with your choice removed.
Finally, please leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you eliminate another episode.
No tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode just because you feel they would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win.
This list was more difficult to figure out than the Ferengi, Borg, Klingon, and Romulan lists, primarily because of how deeply woven into the fabric of DS9 the Cardassians are. It made defining the boundaries of what counts as a Cardassian episode quite tricky, @Farscape One and I had a lot more back-and-fourth than usual working it all out. To anticipate some questions we thought might come up, we capped it at 60. The Damar-plots-with-Weyoun episodes between the occupation arc and the final arc were excluded. Within those arcs they're always exploring the tension between Cardassia and the Dominion, but between them Cardassia feels so fully absorbed into the Dominion that it's not registering as a separate unit, and the Damar/Weyoun plotting was usually in C-story cut-aways, so these episodes just feel less Cardassian-y than everything else on this list. Over on Voyager, we included the episodes in which Seska was the primary antagonist, but excluded the ones in which her role was minor ("Alliances", "Lifesigns") or holographic. And, if anyone has any other questions about why something is/isn't on the list, Farscape and I have probably written a book on the topic already and can fill you in on the reasoning.


Enjoy!

TNG Season 4: "The Wounded"
TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Life Support"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Waltz"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Covenant"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"