The least disliked episode of TOS - Final Part

[BlueStuff]

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

Season One: The City on the Edge of Forever
Wild Card: Balance of Terror
Season Two: Mirror, Mirror
Wild Card: Journey to Babel
Season Three: Day of the Dove
Wild Card: The Tholian Web

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!

 

[BlueStuff]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 0
Journey to Babel - 0
Day of the Dove - 1
The Tholian Web - 0

I'll vote to eliminate Day of the Dove. It's great but it's my least favorite of those remaining. I prefer the urgency and atmosphere of The Tholian Web, and the other episodes are bonafide classics.

 

[Spock's Barber]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 0
Journey to Babel - 0
Day of the Dove - 1
The Tholian Web - 0


Balance of Terror takes a hit. It has some good scenes, but the rehash of submarine warfare from The Enemy Below is cheesy. And sound traveling through the vacuum of space....

 

[Maurice]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 0
Day of the Dove - 1
The Tholian Web - 0

I almost whacked the "The Tholian Web" for being a ham-filled puzzle box, but "Mirror Mirror"—fun as it is—gets 1 point for being just plain stupid. In a world of routine assassination the exact same crew ends up in the same positions on the same ship, and when we swap places we beam into each other's clothes.... yeeeeah.

 

[BlueStuff]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 0
Day of the Dove - 1
The Tholian Web - 0

List fixed.

 

[Commishsleer]

Day of the Dove is my least favourite of all these excellent episodes.
Can't really think of anything I hate about this episode except maybe (I'm struggling here) I don't like seeing the racist, xenophobic aspects of the Enterprise crew -even though it was artificially created.

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 0
Day of the Dove - 2
The Tholian Web - 0

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

I have to agree. Day of the Dove isn’t a bad episode but I don’t think it’s on par with the rest of the episodes of the list.

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 0
Day of the Dove - 3
The Tholian Web - 0

 

[feek61]

I have to add a point to "Journey to Babel" as it is a good episode but does not belong on the "best of Season Two" list or on the best of the entire series list IMO.

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 1
Day of the Dove - 3
The Tholian Web - 0

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

Yeah, I'll end the first round. Again, this is mostly because it's the least memorable for me.

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 1
Day of the Dove - 4
The Tholian Web - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 0
Journey to Babel - 0
The Tholian Web - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 0
Journey to Babel - 0
The Tholian Web - 1

And now I'll vote to remove The Tholian Web. I think that the best S3 episodes aren't a match for the best S1/S2 episodes.

 

[Spock's Barber]

List updated...

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 2
The Tholian Web - 1

Take that Journey to Babel! I make you my next victim! I liked meeting Spock-o's parents and Kirk's fight with the Andorian, but politicians always bore me.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Mirror, Mirror is a fun episode but too comicbook-y for my taste. It launched the cringeworthy evil goatee twin trope.

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 2
Journey to Babel - 2
The Tholian Web - 1

 

[Merry Stripmas]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 1
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 2
Journey to Babel - 2
The Tholian Web - 1

I gave a point to "City" because I don't like tearjerkers. Sorry.

 

[BlueStuff]

List updated...

The City on the Edge of Forever - 0
Balance of Terror - 1
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 2
The Tholian Web - 1

Take that Journey to Babel! I make you my next victim! I liked meeting Spock-o's parents and Kirk's fight with the Andorian, but politicians always bore me.

At the beginning of each new round, points are reset back to zero.

The City on the Edge of Forever - 1
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 1
The Tholian Web - 1

 

[Spock's Barber]

At the beginning of each new round, points are reset back to zero.

The City on the Edge of Forever - 1
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 1
The Tholian Web - 1

Okay. The Booth for me. Full duration.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

I have to choose City on the edge of forever too. I know it's often a favourite, but I really don't like the concept of the Guardian of Forever, or much of what happens in the episode either - it bores me. For some reason, whenever I remember the episode in my head, it's always in black and white... which is strange, because I don't think I've ever wathced Star Trek on a black and white TV. I don't think my household even had one during my lifetime. The only reason I didn't choose it in the first round was that it was at least more memorable than Day of the Dove.


The City on the Edge of Forever - 2
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 1
The Tholian Web - 1

 

[JonnyQuest037]

The City on the Edge of Forever - 2
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 1
The Tholian Web - 2

Another vote for The Tholian Web for me. it's the least memorable of these episodes, and the one I'm compelled to rewatch the least.

 

[Phaser Two]

Wow, is BOT going to win this?

My vote this round goes to JTB. Of course Sarek and Amanda are outstanding and absolutely everything about the Andorians (particularly the Spock-Shras scene's acting and dialogue) is awesome, but the lack of Scotty is outrageous and the whole Coridan debate never grabbed me. I couldn't believe it made it as far as it did in the S2 contest.

City on the Edge of Forever - 2
Balance of Terror - 0
Mirror, Mirror - 1
Journey to Babel - 2
The Tholian Web - 2

 

[Spock's Barber]

You know, I was thinking once. I was thinking bad thoughts about Balance of Terror, but someone convinced me not to think bad thoughts....

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