The least disliked episode of TNG - season six

[BlueStuff]

This is a game that we play every two years, 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 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 - Mirror, Mirror
The Next Generation -

Season One - Heart of Glory
Season Two - Q Who?
Season Three - Yesterday's Enterprise
Season Four - The Best of Both Worlds (II)
Season Five - Cause and Effect
Season Six -

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
Rascals
A Fistful of Datas
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Ship in a Bottle
Aquiel
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Lessons
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Suspicions
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent (I)

 

[Vanyel]

Aquiel goes bye bye. Boring and Geordi seems really creepy in this episode.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
Rascals
A Fistful of Datas
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Ship in a Bottle
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Lessons
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Suspicions
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent (I)

 

[Green Shirt]

A Fistful of Datas goes. I didn't care for the "malfunctioning/possessed Data threatens the crew" episodes. There were too many of them.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
Rascals
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Ship in a Bottle
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Lessons
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Suspicions
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent (I)

 

[Amaraen]

I am going to take out Ship in a Bottle. This was probably one of the better (if not the best) holodeck adventures, but I still did not like it and still find difficulty believing that the computer could just create a sentient hologram.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
Rascals
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Lessons
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Suspicions
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent (I)

 

[Seven of Five]

I love Moriarty! I think Elementary, Dear Data and Ship In A Bottle are both very good.

I'll remove Suspicions, which was a naff version of Crusher as Quincy.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
Rascals
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Lessons
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[T'Ressa Dax]

Man of the People is out. Just too weird, and really seems odd that only the Enterprise crew could figure out what was going on. Seems like someone would've noticed something was up sooner.


Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
Rascals
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Lessons
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[Vanyel]

Rascals, Riker really doesn't know how to fight a Klingon BoP? And a handful of Ferengie take over a ship with 400-600 starfleet personel who all at least know that phasers are point and shot.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Lessons
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[Green Shirt]

I don't need Lessons. I don't buy Picard as a "romantic lead" character.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Man of the People
Relics
Schisms
True Q
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
The Chase
Frame of Mind
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[IronMaiden]

I take out The Chase, did not really like the episode and got bored.

I got rid of Man of the People as it was removed but T'Ressa Dax forgot to remove it from the list

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Relics
Schisms
True Q
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[Disco]

I'll remove Schisms. This felt like a repeat of other TNG episodes mixed with something from The Outer Limits and failed on both counts.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Relics
True Q
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Rightful Heir
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[Amaraen]

I am going to remove Rightful Heir. I never cared for this episode, it felt very weird to me.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Relics
True Q
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[suarezguy]

"True Q" which featured Q and the Continuum acting overly humanlike and most of the crew, especially Riker, out of character plus it interrupts the flow between "QPid" and "Q-Less".

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (I)
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[Vanyel]

People are going to hate me, but I really really hate Chain of Command (I). The plot to get Picard is dumb, and I hate Jellico.

Time's Arrow (II)
Realm of Fear
Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[Amaraen]

I will remove Realm of Fear. I like Reginald Barclay, but I did not find this episode particularly invigorating.

Time's Arrow (II)
Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances
Timescape
Descent

 

[Seven of Five]

Descent for me. A very average two-parter.

Time's Arrow (II)
Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances
Timescape

 

[Green Shirt]

Bye Time's Arrow II, Mr. "Pikerd" - the rent is due. Time travel episodes give me a headache. They sure did a good job restoring Data's 500 year old head.


Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances
Timescape

 

[Amaraen]

I am going to take out Timescape. I thought this episode was fun, but it left me scratching my head. Also, I don't like treacherous Romulans.

Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Birthright (II)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances

 

[Marsden]

I want to eliminate Birthright (II) The moral story where Worf teaches some young people that to live in harmony with others is wrong and that prejudice is good and you shouldn't be happy getting along peacefully.



Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Face of the Enemy
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances

 

[Green Shirt]

Face of the Enemy is gone. Troi goes from "he's hiding something" babble to master spy in one easy lesson.


Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Starship Mine
Frame of Mind
Second Chances

 

[Seven of Five]

Lots of good stuff left here. I'll take out Starhip Down. It's a lot of fun but there are episodes with more substance left.

Relics
The Quality of Life
Chain of Command (II)
Tapestry
Birthright (I)
Frame of Mind
Second Chances