The least disliked episode of DS9 - Season Seven

[BlueStuff]

This is a game that was played here a couple of years ago, and it proved to be a lot of fun, spanning across each Trek series, as well as a great way 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 favorite 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 because you feel they would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win. Pretty simple. Enjoy!

Winners
The Original Series - Balance of Terror
The Next Generation - The Measure of a Man
Deep Space Nine -

Season One - Emissary
Season Two - The Wire
Season Three - The Die is Cast
Season Four - The Visitor
Season Five - In Purgatory's Shadow
Season Six - In the Pale Moonlight
Season Seven -

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Chrysalis
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Covenant
It's Only a Paper Moon
Prodigal Daughter
The Emperor's New Cloak
Field of Fire
Chimera
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Claudia]

Badda-Bing Badda-Bang - baseball, holodeck, petty Vulcans... IMO one of the worst episodes of DS9.

Edit: Of course, I meant "Take me out to the holosuite" - but Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" was just as bad, so my decision stands.


Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Chrysalis
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Covenant
It's Only a Paper Moon
Prodigal Daughter
The Emperor's New Cloak
Field of Fire
Chimera
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[R. Star]

Well Badda Bing Badda Bang didn't have baseball or Vulcans in it.

But anyways, I'll take out Prodigal Daughter. A character piece on Ezri really just distracts from the main story arc.

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Chrysalis
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Covenant
It's Only a Paper Moon
The Emperor's New Cloak
Field of Fire
Chimera
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Wow, I go to bed for seven hours, come back and find I've missed all of season six!

Anyways, I'll take out The Emperor's New Cloak. A pointless Mirror Universe episode that contradicted what we'd seen previously.

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Chrysalis
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Covenant
It's Only a Paper Moon
Field of Fire
Chimera
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Seven of Five]

I'll shift The Emperor's New Cloak, mostly because I seem to keep killing off Ferengi episodes, but also because it's a stupid episode.

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Chrysalis
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Covenant
It's Only a Paper Moon
Field of Fire
Chimera
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[MacLeod]

"Covenant" DUkat still chasing Kira.

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Chrysalis
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
It's Only a Paper Moon
Field of Fire
Chimera
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Jono]

Removing Chrysalis.As I said in season 6, I can't stand the Jack Pack so seeing them again didn't do anything for me.

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
It's Only a Paper Moon
Field of Fire
Chimera
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[jimbotron]

The writers felt Extreme Measures was the weakest episode of the finale arc, so I'll bump it now. Sloan was too cool to get a weak death like that.

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
It's Only a Paper Moon
Field of Fire
Chimera
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[jimbotron]

Badda-Bing Badda-Bang - baseball, holodeck, petty Vulcans... IMO one of the worst episodes of DS9.

You meant to vote for Take Me Out to the Holosuite. I updated the list and put Badda-Bing back.

 

[MacLeod]

"Chimera", nothing espically wrong with the episode but nothing really to make it stand out.

Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Afterimage
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
It's Only a Paper Moon
Field of Fire
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[BlueStuff]

Shadows and Symbols is gone. So the Prophets manipulated and used a woman as a vessel for their child, against her will. And the show acts like this is a good thing?

Image in the Sand
Afterimage
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
It's Only a Paper Moon
Field of Fire
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Roboturner913]

It's Only a Paper Moon because booooooooooooooooooring

Image in the Sand
Afterimage
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Field of Fire
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[jimbotron]

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges - because it was so mean-spirited. Manipulate Bashir to screw over a Romulan ally, which will likely result in her execution or life imprisonment. All for what, to further a Federation spy? Meh.

Image in the Sand
Afterimage
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Field of Fire
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Jono]

Afterimage. Ezri being loveably incompetent just didn't work with actually giving Garak real issues.

Image in the Sand
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Field of Fire
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Roboturner913]

Penumbra.

Didn't like Ezri going after Worf like that. REALLY didn't like them hooking up. Seems out of character for both, even given the emotional circumstances. and the consequences of that should've been far messier than they actually ended up being.

Finally, the "ominous" end was tacked on and something the writers did far too often during the course of the series, IMO.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

This is tough because both Field of Fire and Badda Bing are high up on the 'worst episode ever' list.

I'll go with Field of Fire, because at least Badda Bing was trying to be stupid. Field of Fire is first set up like a bad CSI episode and then has cringe after cringe. "What do you see?" "People in pictures smiling." "I deduce from that the killer is a VULCAN!" Ugh. Just no. That's totally freaking stupid. A) If a vulcan became a killer it would be because the vulcan lost control of his emotions. B) Really, you deduce from the fact that the people who were killed happen to have smiling pictures that not only that is the reason those victims were selected, but that the killer is trying to destroy emotion. UGH. God freaking no.

Image in the Sand
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Once More Unto the Breach
The Siege of AR-558
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Seven of Five]

I'll lose Once More Unto the Breach. It was great seeing Kor again, and he got a great send-off. It's just not as strong as what's left.

Image in the Sand
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
The Siege of AR-558
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[MacLeod]

It's time for "Til Death Do Us Part" to part us. It was either that or Badda-Bing...


Image in the Sand
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
The Siege of AR-558
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[BlueStuff]

Farewell Image in the Sand. More Sisko the Prophet lameness.

I'm sure it's about to get booted out but I really like Badda-Bing. It doesn't take itself seriously at all and is totally fun. I love that shot of the crew making their way to the holodeck all decked out in costume. These guys are out for a good time!

Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
The Siege of AR-558
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[jimbotron]

I guess I'll actually knock out Badda-Bing Badda-Bang. For what's left, there's plot-heavy stuff, and one fun romp. Now instead of a holodeck malfunction, the "malfunction" is built into the program, how convenient. I do enjoy the episode and the Ocean's 11 plot. Nice cameo by Robert O'Reilly.

It is bittersweet with Sisko singing "The Best is Yet to Come" to signal the finale story arc.

Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
The Siege of AR-558
Strange Bedfellows
The Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind