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The least disliked episode 2021 - VOY Final Rounds

I can never get enough Chakotay and Harry... :D

... three stories come to mind, as much as I do rather like most of them, Pathfinder still feels too much by-the-numbers fore its own good or need -- as well as feeling like a sweeps week viewer grab, complete with schmaltzy ending. "Oh look! Barclay is back! Deanna too! Deanna is consoling him! Deanna is consoling him, again! For the same issue! Again! Barclay went from a generalist to a perfect specialist in a different and more complex field and nobody listens to in a handful of years! He correctly guessed Voyager's position despite all the moments where some anomaly pushed them forward a few thousand light years! He even does a better job at putting on his toupee now!"

(Though the treatment of him via letting the manager on duty speak to the upper echelon is proper and even I would wait until after the meeting to say "Yes, but this needs to be considered" instead of doing an end run like what Shelby did, though comparing the two scenes I'd still say Barclay's was fleshed out better... which isn't to say Shelby's moment was bad...)


The standings:

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 2
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 1
Life Line - 1
Imperfection - 1
 
Life Line. Ugh. Stupid premise and...really why are Barclay and Troi here?

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 2
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 1
Life Line - 2
Imperfection - 1
 
Life Line, same reason as before.

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 2
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 1
Life Line - 3
Imperfection - 1
 
"Imperfection," same reason as my previous votes.

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 2
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 1
Life Line - 3
Imperfection - 2
 
Imperfection again.

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 2
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 1
Life Line - 3
Imperfection - 3
 
I'll eliminate Imperfection. I just like it a little less than the remaining ones.

Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
 
"Timeless" as before, because of an overdose of Harry and Chakotay.

Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 0
 
Life Line again, same reason as before.

Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 1
 
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 2

Life Line - same reason as before, can't believe it's still there. ;)
 
"BEFORE AND AFTER", same reason as the last couple times.


Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 2
 
I loved the Doctor trying to make his stubborn father see sense and be treated by him. However, Life Line gets my vote this round as it's just not as strong as Pathfinder, or the other episodes left.

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
Life Line - 3
 
Deleting Life Line, same reasons as before.

Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 0
 
Down to two, but I still have to vote Pathfinder off the Island where #6 and Gilligan never met and for the same reasons I'd mentioned before.

The standings:
Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 1
 
Pathfinder because of Barclay.:ack: I was really over him by the end of TNG and there was no point in dragging him into Voyager too especially not when they did the whole holodeck addiction thing again.


Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 2
 
Another retroactive disappointment: I am voting down the otherwise excellent "Before and After" simply because future installments acted as if it had never happened. It should have had an obvious impact on how Janeway responded to events in "Year of Hell."

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 0
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 2
 
Maybe it's time for Timeless to take time out.

Before and After - 0
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 2
 
Correcting...

Before and After - 1
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 2
 
"BEFORE AND AFTER" again. I think I'm experiencing a temporal anomaly...


Before and After - 2
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 2
 
Before and After because... they didn't explain Kes's hairstyle change, which is about as much reason as I can think of to delete any of the episodes at this stage.

Before and After - 3
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 0
Pathfinder - 2
 
I guess Drone is next for me. No bad episodes left to remove. It’s one of those episodes where they raise something which should affect future episodes then cheat it away by killing it all off.

Before and After - 3
Scorpion I - 0
Living Witness - 0
Scorpion II - 0
Timeless - 1
Drone - 1
Pathfinder - 2
 
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