The least disliked episode 2023 - TNG Final Rounds

[Sakonna]

Suddenly I am regretting my last-round vote for "Yesterday's Enterprise." I do always say it's my favorite, even if I am burned out on it right now.

So now, I'll vote for "The Defector" and send it packing. It's amazing, but it's mostly about a guest character.

And I'll start a new round with a vote for "Q Who." It is a bit structurally awkward and it's earlier in the series and thus rougher.

Q Who - 1
Yesterday's Enterprise - 0
All Good Things... - 0

 

[Farscape One]

Tough choice, because they are among the very best of TNG. But I'll vote for "Yesterday's Enterprise".


Q Who - 1
Yesterday's Enterprise - 1
All Good Things... - 0

 

[ToddCam]

Keen. Now I'll vote for "All Good Things..." because Beverly changed her name to Picard and while it was consistent with her changing her name to Crusher, it was also annoying.

Q Who - 1
Yesterday's Enterprise - 1
All Good Things... - 1

 

[Oddish]

I vote for Yesterday's Enterprise as well. Not because it's bad, the others are just better.

Q Who - 1
Yesterday's Enterprise - 2
All Good Things... - 1

 

[Eckauskas]

Another one for Yesterdays Enterprise. An outstanding episode, but the other two are just that little bit better.

Q Who - 1
Yesterday's Enterprise - 3
All Good Things... - 1

 

[Summer Solstice]

All Good Things - same reason as before.


Q Who - 1
Yesterday's Enterprise - 3
All Good Things... - 2

 

[BlueStuff]

Yesterday's Enterprise was my favourite episode in the past - now, the Tasha/Shooter McGavin stuff is a little grating. History will never forget... the name... Enterprise... but we can forget this episode for now.

Q Who - 0
All Good Things... - 0

 

[Seven of Five]

Yesterday's Enterprise is my fave, but those are the breaks.

Q Who is the weakest one left, even though it's like choosing between pets or kids.

Though All Good Things... has not been surpassed as a series conclusion - it is awesome.

Q Who - 1
All Good Things... - 0

 

[Eckauskas]

Has to be Q Who. One of the absolute best, but All Good Things rounded off the series so well. That scene at the poker table is just perfect.

Q Who - 2
All Good Things... - 0

 

[Farscape One]

Has to be Q Who. One of the absolute best, but All Good Things rounded off the series so well. That scene at the poker table is just perfect.

I actually can't articulate my reason to pick "Q Who" better, so I hope you don't mind if I just use yours.

Q Who - 3
All Good Things... - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

I can't vote for Q Who - it did the unthinkable: introduced a new villain to Star Trek that surpassed any who came before. The Borg were at their most terrifying here and it led to what feels like hundreds of episodes exploring them since across the franchise.

Q Who - 3
All Good Things... - 1

 

[Oddish]

I vote against All Good Things as well.

Q Who - 3
All Good Things... - 2

 

[Qonundrum]

Adding 1 to ATG.

"Q Who" has fewer plot holes.

ATG has that third tachyon beam from the Pasteur, not 1701-alt-D. Some headcanon can traipse around this but, nope, "Q Who" is just that much more solid in plotting, though both are top notch stories.

Q Who - 3
All Good Things... - 3

 

[Farscape One]

Oooooooohhhhhh...

This is a nail biter!

 

[Brennyren]

Oh, shit. It looks like it's down to me. I love "All Good Things...," but it does have that logic flaw in how the anomaly gets "started." And "Q Who" is solidly plotted and introduces the defining villain of the 24th century Treks.

Farewell to "All Good Things...."

"Q Who" takes it all!

 

[Takeru]

All Good Things is out.

Q Who wins!

Edit: Looks like we pretty much voted at the same time, beaten by mere seconds. But at least we made the same choice.

 

[Oddish]

Hurray for Q Who! The Champion!

 

[Seven of Five]

It didn't end how I wanted but Q Who is still a tense introduction of the Borg on every rewatch, and of course hearing Guinan telling the backstory of the El-Aurians being wiped out by the Borg is chilling.

Q is great here too.

 

[Eckauskas]

Q Who is a cracker to be fair, it’s definitely in my top 5. I thought AGT would win in all honesty but there you go. That was good fun!

 

[Seven of Five]

Yeah, this contest became its own epic nailbiter, much like Q Who.