The least disliked episode of DS9 - Final Round

[BlueStuff]

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

Season One: Emissary
Wild Card: In the Hands of the Prophets
Season Two: The Wire
Wild Card: Necessary Evil
Season Three: The Die is Cast
Wild Card: Improbable Cause
Season Four: The Visitor
Wild Card: Return to Grace
Season Five: In Purgatory's Shadow
Wild Card: By Inferno's Light
Season Six: In the Pale Moonlight
Wild Card: Sacrifice of Angels
Season Seven: What You Leave Behind
Wild Card: Tacking into the Wind

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. And enjoy!

Emissary - 0
In the Hands of the Prophets - 0
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

I'll vote first for the season 1 finale. It's a good episode but I'm not sure it belongs on any list of the best episodes of the series. For me it's the weakest here.

Emissary - 0
In the Hands of the Prophets - 1
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[sadsquid]

I'm voting for the same episode and for the same reasons. This list is awesome all-round though, man DS9 was an awesome show... Hope we get a blu ray remastering of it once TNG finishes!

Emissary - 0
In the Hands of the Prophets - 2
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[Roboturner913]

1 vote for Improbable Cause. The story was very good when you put the two-parter together. However, if you watch just the first part on its own, not a lot really happens.

Emissary - 0
In the Hands of the Prophets - 2
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 1
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 1
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[Roboturner913]

Hope we get a blu ray remastering of it once TNG finishes!

If this doesn't happen it will be the second biggest disappointment of my life, ahead of several sporting events but behind getting c-blocked by the USAF on my wedding night.

 

[BlueStuff]

I'm fixing the list because someone randomly added a point to WYLB for some reason.

Emissary - 0
In the Hands of the Prophets - 2
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 1
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[jimbotron]

Another vote for In the Hands of the Prophets. Great season 1 episode, but the bar was raised in subsequent seasons. Robin Christopher (not to be confused with Christopher Robin) sure was a good looking lady.


Emissary - 0
In the Hands of the Prophets - 3
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 1
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[R. Star]

I'll kill the Hands of the Prophets. Good episode, Winn and Bareil were interesting, but really only sets up the great things to come than aspire to greatness itself.

Emissary - 0
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

Scores reset now, right?

 

[jimbotron]

^Scores reset, and you could have voted for the next round right away.

I guess I'll vote for The Wire, and I love that episode. I guess if I were asked about my top 14 episodes, they would be these.

Emissary - 0
The Wire - 1
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

Scores reset now, right?

That's correct.

My next vote goes to Return to Grace. I think that Starship Down should've been runner-up over this one. It's the weakest left in my view. DS9 is so strong that at this point of the game, pretty much every round is going to be a matter of "this is a great episode but I like the others more".

Emissary - 0
The Wire - 1
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 1
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[R. Star]

Pretty much what you said. Good episode, but a Dukat/Kira character piece is not -as- good as the rest. Return to Grace +1

Emissary - 0
The Wire - 1
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 2
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[MacLeod]

Mine goes to the pilot "Emissary"

The other episodes are far stronger.

Emissary - 1
The Wire - 1
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 2
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[Roboturner913]

One for Necessary Evil. Just not as good as the others, IMO.

Emissary - 1
The Wire - 1
Necessary Evil - 1
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 2
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[JirinPanthosa]

In a group of As, The Wire is a B.

Emissary - 1
The Wire - 2
Necessary Evil - 1
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 2
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[MacLeod]

Why do I think this is only going to get harder and harder to choose?

 

[R. Star]

Because it is? I have no idea who I'm gonna vote for after this.

 

[Claudia]

Another vote for Emissary - never did much for me, neither as a pilot to a TV-series, nor as an introduction to one of the main series arcs and the main characters. I'm happy DS9 got so good despite this pilot episode. *g*

Emissary - 2
The Wire - 2
Necessary Evil - 1
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 2
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0[/QUOTE]

 

[Seven of Five]

Return to Grace is easily the weakest episode here for me. It's merely good, whilst everything else is very good or excellent.

Emissary - 2
The Wire - 2
Necessary Evil - 1
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 3
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Return to Grace: great concept, and great performances. However, I felt that the dialogue went to far with Dukat, making him seem both unimaginative and incompetent. That's unrealisitc. Effectively, Kira set up the Cardassian resistance.

Emissary - 2
The Wire - 2
Necessary Evil - 1
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
Return to Grace - 4
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0

 

[Seven of Five]

And we're back to zero - Return to Grace is gone. Now I'm going to have to start pulling teeth. I think Emissary is a brilliant opener to the series, and is also one of the best Trek pilots. It's just lesser than the rest. If you want an actual reason, then Bashir is a bit of a jerk.

Emissary - 1
The Wire - 0
Necessary Evil - 0
The Die is Cast - 0
Improbable Cause - 0
The Visitor - 0
In Purgatory's Shadow - 0
By Inferno's Light - 0
In the Pale Moonlight - 0
Sacrifice of Angels - 0
What You Leave Behind - 0
Tacking into the Wind - 0