The least disliked episode 2021 - DS9 Season Four

[BigDaveX]

To the Death. While it did the series a great favour by introducing Weyoun, and it was nice to see the dynamics of a Jem'Hadar squadron, it was ultimately too much build-up, not enough pay-off.

Homefront
Paradise Lost
Return to Grace
Hard Time
For the Cause
The Quickening
Body Parts

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Removing Body Parts. It's one of the better Ferengi episodes but suffers from the premise being a stretch even for an alien race.

Homefront
Paradise Lost
Return to Grace
Hard Time
For the Cause
The Quickening

 

[Swedish Borg]

"Hard Time" because this lifetime of suffering will be completely forgotten by the next episode.

Homefront
Paradise Lost
Return to Grace
For the Cause
The Quickening

 

[Farscape One]

"PARADISE LOST" is gone only because the first part is a stronger episode.


Homefront
Return to Grace
For the Cause
The Quickening

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Removing For The Cause.

The whole Eddington storyline is a tad eye rollingly over the top even if it touches on some of the more interesting criticisms of the Federation.

Homefront
Return to Grace
The Quickening

 

[Oddish]

Return to Grace. Ziyal was an underused character, Dukat didn't work as a resistance fighter, and I never liked the Klingons as bad guys. Kira's wise line about winning a knife fight doesn't save this one.

Homefront and The Quickening remain.

 

[Farscape One]

After a lot of careful thought... I eliminate "HOMEFRONT".

Both are excellent remainders... but "THE QUICKENING" only slightly edges out because we truly see how deadly and vindictive the Dominion is. So it wins.

 

[Oddish]

And it deserves it for both the Quark Advertisements and the more somber main plot.

 

[Swedish Borg]

And it deserves it for both the Quark Advertisements and the more somber main plot.

Not to mention Kira's menacing version of it:

"I will come to Quark's... and I will have fun!"

 

[Seven of Five]

Great final 2 episodes. Shame about The Visitor, but The Quickening is a brilliant episode as well.

I love the Homefront two parter as well so it's nice seeing that story doing well.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I love that moment where Bashir realizes the baby was cured and shows it to the mother right before she dies.

 

[Seven of Five]

Rene Auberjonois did a stellar job directing it as well.

 

[Oddish]

Great final 2 episodes. Shame about The Visitor, but The Quickening is a brilliant episode as well.

I love the Homefront two parter as well so it's nice seeing that story doing well.

That's the unique aspect of this game: "least disliked" versus "most beloved". Had it been the latter, "Visitor" would have won in a walk.

Rene Auberjonois did a stellar job directing it as well.

A lot of the Trek actors had unexpected directorial chops. The series came a long way from when Jonathan Frakes asked to direct and essentially got a bunch of "WTF" looks.

 

[Orphalesion]

IDK personally I never cared for the Visitor. Partially probably because I don't like stories about writers.

 

[Oddish]

IDK personally I never cared for the Visitor. Partially probably because I don't like stories about writers.

Fair enough. Some people don't like "The Inner Light". And I can't say that I'm overly fond of "Duet".

 

[Orphalesion]

Fair enough. Some people don't like "The Inner Light"

I know, I was the one who eliminated The Inner Light when this game was at TNG's fifth season

 

[Swedish Borg]

I know, I was the one who eliminated The Inner Light when this game was at TNG's fifth season

I never understood why many people think so highly of this episode.

 

[Orphalesion]

I never understood why many people think so highly of this episode.

I guess because at a very superficial level it looks like an episode that "makes you think" (or some such)
However if you look at the premise for more than two seconds all it makes you think of are the several plot holes that are large enough for Troi to fly the Enterprise through without crashing.

Though I can also imagine people who are huge fans of Patrick Stewart might enjoy it because it focuses so much on him?

 

[Swedish Borg]

I guess because at a very superficial level it looks like an episode that "makes you think" (or some such)
However if you look at the premise for more than two seconds all it makes you think of are the several plot holes that are large enough for Troi to fly the Enterprise through without crashing.

Though I can also imagine people who are huge fans of Patrick Stewart might enjoy it because it focuses so much on him?

And that's saying something!


I think the main question I have is: Why they would make so much effort to impress a single guy's brain? I mean when Picard dies all their efforts will have amounted to nothing... At least they could have joined records for everyone to see!!!
That's a problem when the central idea makes no sense whatsoever!

 

[Qonundrum]

I never understood why many people think so highly of this episode.

There's a core idea of interest, and it's a refreshing change in terms of season 5's more typical sledgehammer tactics...

...but @Orphalesion nailed it with the basic issue regarding plot holes. A good core idea can make up for a lot of inconsistencies or plot holes, but the TIL episode is akin to a hollow teddy bear - feels strongly emotionally stimulating on the surface, but has nothing at its core. Not even sawdust and people already have just reason to dislike sawdust enough to begin with. Even "The Next Phase", which has its own share of big plot holes, has elements that carry it beyond a single viewing. As does "Generations" and it's a near-total mess. "Inner Light", by comparison, doesn't. IMHO, anyway, YMMV.

Unless the story was trying to say without words an idea that isn't a plot problem - as I recall, the inhabitants of Picard's mindrape say this probe searches the galaxy for just one person, puts in their history, puts out of its pez dispenser a flute, then shuts down. As far as egoism goes, that's incredibly myopic. There are thankfully other issues, but that one is way too much. Or if I misinterpreted the episode and the probe really is wandering the galaxy to mindrape others and not just one person, just how many flutes is it doling out as prezzies? And were they washed beforehand? Dormant bacteria might react to the saliva, wake up, and cause fun fun storytime havoc - now there's a fun sequel... indeed, to preemptively answer one question, it could happen in real life:

https://newatlas.com/science/100-million-year-old-microbes-revived/

or an unexpected tangent o' fun:

https://otecorporation.com/2017/07/27/bacteria/