The Least Disliked Episode 2025 - DS9 Season 5

[Severed Heads]

Tough choice here.

The Ship was good but the other episodes are stronger.

Nor the Battle to the Strong
For the Uniform
In Purgatory's Shadow
By Inferno's Light
In the Cards
Call To Arms

 

[Detached Nacelle]

For the Uniform I guess. It's so good it's just maybe ever so slightly less good. But we're dealing in decimal point differences not whole numbers anymore.

...Nor the Battle to the Strong
In Purgatory's Shadow
By Inferno's Light
In the Cards
Call To Arms

 

[The Vorta-lak]

Eliminating By Inferno's Light. It's a game of fractions now. The b-plot is weaker, and as cool as the gladiator duel is, it is rather a distraction.


...Nor the Battle to the Strong
In Purgatory's Shadow
In the Cards
Call To Arms

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I have never witnessed the word school used an as adjective before.

 

[The Vorta-lak]

Bad autocorrect. Sorry.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I wasnt sure if it was some new fangled youth slang

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

I'll remove "...Nor the Battle to the Strong", because it's not as funny as In the Cards, it's not as dramatic as In Purgatory's Shadow, and its space battles can't compare to Call To Arms.

In Purgatory's Shadow
In the Cards
Call To Arms

 

[Frightscape One]

Extremely hard to do... but taking out "IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW".

All three here are 10s, but...

"IN THE CARDS" is such a simple, beautiful story about a young man who just wants to give his dad a gift. And that hug at the end... I feel that hug.

"CALL TO ARMS" is THE best season finale in the franchise. Yes, it beats out TNG's, and by quite a bit. While that one was awesome, this is awesome AND it gives everyone time to shine. Just a perfect finale. And that final shot? It was torture waiting that summer, even more so than "The Best of Both Worlds".




In The Cards
Call To Arms

 

[BlueStuff]

Call to Arms wins - though I'm very happy both are going to the Finals. Call to Arms was just a total game-changer for DS9 and started an absolutely amazing arc heading into season 6.

Though I do love In the Cards, always puts a smile on my face.

 

[The Vorta-lak]

Call to Arms wins - though I'm very happy both are going to the Finals. Call to Arms was just a total game-changer for DS9 and started an absolutely amazing arc heading into season 6.

Though I do love In the Cards, always puts a smile on my face.

It's one of the best written episodes. So much happens, but it all seems so effortless.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Such a choice was not one I could make.

Call to Arms is powerful, exciting and a shake up of all we expect.

In the Cards is a fun heartwarming tale that, as one who grew up in a motherless single parent household, resonates strongly with me.