The least disliked episode of ENT - Season Three

[BlueStuff]

This is a game that we play every few years or so, and 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 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, and wait at least 6 hours after your last vote, before voting again.

No tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode because you feel they would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win. Pretty simple. Enjoy!

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2011 - United
2013 - Azati Prime
2017 -

Season Three

The Xindi
Anomaly
Extinction
Rajiin
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
North Star
Similitude
Carpenter Street
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Doctor's Orders
Hatchery
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown
Zero Hour

 

[BlueStuff]

I was distinctly embarrassed by Extinction; it's the first one out.

The Xindi
Anomaly
Rajiin
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
North Star
Similitude
Carpenter Street
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Doctor's Orders
Hatchery
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown
Zero Hour

 

[Farscape One]

I am ripping up "DOCTOR'S ORDERS". An almost exact rehash of VOYAGER's "ONE", but that episode was done better.

The Xindi
Anomaly
Rajiin
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
North Star
Similitude
Carpenter Street
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Hatchery
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown
Zero Hour

 

[BigDaveX]

Carpenter Street. Just felt like a S1/S2 Temporal Cold War story that was given a quick rewrite to fit with the Xindi story arc, then shoved out the door.

The Xindi
Anomaly
Rajiin
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
North Star
Similitude
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Doctor's Orders
Hatchery
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown
Zero Hour

 

[Seven of Five]

North Star was a dull episode so that's gone next.

The Xindi
Anomaly
Rajiin
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Doctor's Orders
Hatchery
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown
Zero Hour

 

[Farscape One]

Killing off "HATCHERY". The obsession that Archer was forced upon him felt a bit like "SINGULARITY, PART II".

The Xindi
Anomaly
Rajiin
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown
Zero Hour

 

[jespah]

Later, Rajiin

The Xindi
Anomaly
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown
Zero Hour

 

[Brennyren]

"Zero Hour" has come -- and gone. And I will freely admit that it has everything to do with its having one of the most bizarre and bogus endings in Trek. Alien Nazis? Are you kidding me? (Oh yes, I know it's been done in Trek before. That makes it worse, not better.) I walked away from that one firmly convinced that B & B were down to just screwing with us.

The Xindi
Anomaly
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown

 

[Seven of Five]

The Xindi showed off the new direction of the season, but was a bit average in doing so. The following episode Anomaly would have been a better season opener.

Anomaly
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
E²
The Council
Countdown

 

[BigDaveX]

E² is 2 derivative 2 be allowed 2 continue. As even Mike Sussman admitted, what could have been potentially an interesting storyline got turned into an inferior rehash of DS9's Children of Time.

Anomaly
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
The Council
Countdown

 

[jespah]

I choose Chosen Realm

Anomaly
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Harbinger
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
The Council
Countdown

 

[Seven of Five]

Harbinger is an annoying episode! I forgot all about it until I was just refreshing my memory with some of the synopses of the episodes left. The Trip/T'Pol/Amanda material was a bit thin, and the Hayes/Reed fight was stupid.

Anomaly
Impulse
Exile
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
The Council
Countdown

 

[BigDaveX]

Exile has been sent away. Not a terrible episode, really, just a little dull compared to the others here.

Anomaly
Impulse
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
The Council
Countdown

 

[jespah]

Later, zombie Vulcans - out goes Impulse

Anomaly
The Shipment
Twilight
Similitude
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
The Council
Countdown

 

[Farscape One]

Shipping out "THE SHIPMENT". Weakest episode of what is left.

Anomaly
Twilight
Similitude
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
The Council
Countdown

 

[BigDaveX]

The Council. A good episode, but ultimately it's a little too much set-up for the final two episodes, whereas the other episodes here stand by themselves better.

Anomaly
Twilight
Similitude
Proving Ground
Stratagem
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
Countdown

 

[Farscape One]

"STRATAGEM" is getting the axe. A solid episode, but at the end of the day, it was a reset in a lot of ways.

Anomaly
Twilight
Similitude
Proving Ground
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
Countdown

 

[jespah]

Difficult choice but going with Proving Ground.

Anomaly
Twilight
Similitude
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
Countdown

 

[BigDaveX]

Anomaly. Nothing really wrong with it per se, it's just not as memorable as the others here.

Twilight
Similitude
Azati Prime
Damage
The Forgotten
Countdown

 

[Farscape One]

I will eliminate "THE FORGOTTEN". Just so hard to choose, but it edges out as the weakest of the last episodes on the list.

Twilight
Similitude
Azati Prime
Damage
Countdown