The least disliked episode 2021 - VOY Final Rounds

[BlueStuff]

Here we have the winners and runners up of each season:

Season One: Prime Factors
Wild Card: Eye of the Needle
Season Two: Projections
Wild Card: Maneuvers
Season Three: Before and After
Wild Card: Scorpion I
Season Four: Living Witness
Wild Card: Scorpion II
Season Five: Timeless
Wild Card: Drone
Season Six: Pathfinder
Wild Card: Life Line
Season Seven: Imperfection
Wild Card: Workforce I

So now it is time for the final part.

*RULES*

Give what you consider to be the worst/your least favourite episode ONE point, and briefly explain WHY. Be sure to copy and paste the list with your point added. When an episode reaches 4 points, it is eliminated. Then a NEW round begins (in this thread) with the numbers restored to 0. Vote ONCE per round. If 48 hours without a vote passes, the episode currently leading in points will be eliminated, and a new round will begin. And enjoy!

Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 0

 

[Seven of Five]

That was swift. On the whole, it's a pretty strong bunch of Voyager episodes.

Maneuvers gets my first vote. I loved Seska and liked the attempt they made on a continuing storyline. This episode isn't the best one to show that element, however.

Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 0

 

[Orphalesion]

Eye of the Needle, because it was too soon for a "will this get us home?" episode.


Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 1
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 0

 

[Qonundrum]

"Eye" needled me too and for the same reasons. (I'll admit, seeing 20/20 along with everyone else has its moments... and not just being able to focus on bad puns...)


Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 2
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 0

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Point to Imperfection. It was great for Seven’s relationship to Icheb but seemed a little contrived.

Plus it retroactively has secondary implications that are uncomfortable.

Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 2
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1
Workforce I - 0

 

[Farscape One]

My vote this round goes to "WORKFORCE". It's by far the weakest on the list.



Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 2
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1
Workforce I - 1

 

[Brennyren]

^^^I agree. The setup doesn't make a lot of sense, and Janeway's guy is a real snooze.

Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 2
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1
Workforce I - 2

 

[oldtrekkie]

"Eye of the Needle" is a bit too contrived. The Romulan should have been more suspicious. Deception is part of their culture.


Prime Factors - 0
Eye of the Needle - 3
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1
Workforce I - 2

 

[BigDaveX]

Eye of the Needle is the first one out. Solid for Season 1, but unremarkable at best compared to everything else on this list.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

No sense in Eye of the Needle being here - fun, but too early for a “we’re going home!” episode. New round.

Ninja’d. I’ll go Workforce then. Never a fan.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 1

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Imperfection, same reason.

Spoiler

20 years after the fact was made difficult to watch, watching Icheb doom himself.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1
Workforce I - 1

 

[Brennyren]

Workforce again.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 2

 

[Sakonna]

TO THIS DAY I have still not seen "Workforce II." I always get to the end of part one, and I do not care enough to continue! So, voting for that...

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 3

 

[Qonundrum]

Workforce gets my vote as well. Not memorable. Not exciting. Not anything less than contrived-beyond-belief-suspension for the setup. Naah. I'd rather whip out a curved microscope and watch dandruff form.


Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0
Workforce I - 4

 

[Sakonna]

So that kills "Workforce I", right?

I'll vote "Maneuvers" next. Kazon -- what more is there to say?

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 0

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Imperfection again.

Looks like last round somebody accidentally erased my vote for it through posting at the exact same time but it turned out not to matter.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 1
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1

 

[Seven of Five]

I'll go for Maneuvers again. Same reasons as before.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 2
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1

 

[oldtrekkie]

"Maneuvers", also because of the Kazons. Any episode with the Kazons starts with a disadvantage then it's an uphill battle to achieve averageness.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 3
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 1

 

[Brennyren]

"Imperfection" has been retroactively spoiled for me, for the reason @JirinPanthosa mentioned.

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Maneuvers - 3
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
Imperfection - 2

 

[Claudia]

Prime Factors - 0
Projections - 0
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 1
Imperfection - 0

Maneuvers gets booted - it's a solid episode but a bit creepy.

Next round, my vote goes to Life Line - one Barclay episode in this whole lineup is enough.