The Least Disliked Episode 2023 - TAS Season One

[BlueStuff]

Our addictive biyearly game of rapid elimination returns - now with more shows than ever. It's generally a lot of fun, providing a chance to mentally revisit those episodes you may not have thought about in a while. With that in mind, why not play again?

So, here's the game. The basic idea is your standard elimination game. I'll provide a list of the episodes for each season and you need to eliminate your least favourite 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, 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 it would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win. Pretty simple. Enjoy!

Star Trek: The Animated Series
Hall of Champions
2018 - Yesteryear
2019 - The Pirates of Orion
2021 - Beyond the Farthest Star
2023 -

Season 1

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Survivor
The Infinite Vulcan
The Magicks of Megas-Tu
Once Upon a Planet
Mudd's Passion
The Terratin Incident
The Time Trap
The Ambergris Element
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder
Jihad

 

[Tango]

Removed "Jihad". Boring and unimaginative, and not really very Star Trekish at all.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Survivor
The Infinite Vulcan
The Magicks of Megas-Tu
Once Upon a Planet
Mudd's Passion
The Terratin Incident
The Time Trap
The Ambergris Element
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Seven of Five]

I found Once Upon a Planet a bit dull, so that's my first vote.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Survivor
The Infinite Vulcan
The Magicks of Megas-Tu
Mudd's Passion
The Terratin Incident
The Time Trap
The Ambergris Element
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Brennyren]

Removing "The Infinite Vulcan." (Sorry, Walter Koenig!) In this case, more Spock is not better.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Survivor
The Magicks of Megas-Tu
Mudd's Passion
The Terratin Incident
The Time Trap
The Ambergris Element
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Farscape One]

Taking out "MUDD'S PASSION".

While the character of Mudd is fun to watch on screen, the episode is not the best of the bunch.


Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Survivor
The Terratin Incident
The Time Trap
The Ambergris Element
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Seven of Five]

I thought that the way Kirk and Spock were made into water breathers in The Ambergris Element, was a cool idea, and one of those things that were brought to life in animation in a way that could be done during TOS. That said, the episode is one of the more dull episodes remaining.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Survivor
The Terratin Incident
The Time Trap
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Brennyren]

"More Tribbles, More Troubles" is just too derivative of "The Trouble With Tribbles." I was bored watching it as a kid! By all means, if you're gonna steal, steal from the best (and from your own stuff -- that way no one will prosecute!), but try to wipe off the fingerprints a little, mmmkay?

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
The Survivor
The Terratin Incident
The Time Trap
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Farscape One]

Taking out "THE TERRATIN INCIDENT".

Cool concept with the planet's inhabitants, but not with the crew.


Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
The Survivor
The Time Trap
The Slaver Weapon
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Tango]

I guess I'm allowed to take another turn. Hum... actually all of these have something that I appreciate, so, well, it's tricky. But I think "The Slaver Weapon". A good episode for Spock/Sulu/Uhura, but I disliked Niven lifting so much from his own work and shoehorning it into Star Trek. I'm sure they were happy to get him as a writer, though.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
The Survivor
The Time Trap
The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Sakonna]

"The Eye Of The Beholder" is the least special of these. It's so standard-issue in my memory, whereas there is something special about the other 6 of these.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
The Survivor
The Time Trap

 

[Farscape One]

Taking out "THE SURVIVOR".

It's not bad, but it is not as good as the remaining ones.


Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal
The Time Trap

 

[Brennyren]

The Klingon betrayal in "The Time Trap" is rather predictable, with Kor and crew appearing to be baddies just for the sake of it. Also, Kor should properly have the voice of John Colicos, not James Doohan.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
One of Our Planets Is Missing
The Lorelei Signal

 

[Seven of Five]

Tough choice. I guess One of Our Planets Is Missing isn't quite up there like the other three episodes.

Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear
The Lorelei Signal

 

[Farscape One]

Two are great episodes, and one is the best of TAS, period. (You can probably guess which one I am referring to, given my posts in the past.)

Taking out "THE LORELEI SIGNAL", because the other had an even better story and ship.


Beyond the Farthest Star
Yesteryear

 

[BlueStuff]

I'll remove Beyond the Farthest Star. It's the only possible episode I can vote for... as it's the only one I've seen. (bad timing since I was planning to start watching TAS in about a week)

Which is not much of a reason - but both episodes will be in the final round, so it doesn't really matter. Let's get on with season 2.

Yesteryear wins!

 

[Seven of Five]

I actually find a fair few episodes of TAS better than some of the episodes in TOS season 3.