The least disliked episode of TOS - season two

[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 -

Season One - Devil in the Dark
Season Two -


Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
The Deadly Years
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Trouble With Tribbles
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
Patterns of Force
By Any Other Name
The Omega Glory
The Ultimate Computer
Bread and Circuses
Assignment: Earth

 

[Indysolo]

"Assignment: Earth". An episode comprised of mostly stock footage where our characters have little to do except stand around.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
The Deadly Years
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Trouble With Tribbles
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
Patterns of Force
By Any Other Name
The Omega Glory
The Ultimate Computer
Bread and Circuses

 

[ihno]

The Omega Glory! I don't have to explain, do I?

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
The Deadly Years
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Trouble With Tribbles
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
Patterns of Force
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer
Bread and Circuses

 

[BillJ]

Goodbye, "The Trouble With Tribbles". The little furballs always annoyed me.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
The Deadly Years
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
Patterns of Force
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer
Bread and Circuses

 

[drt]

Goodbye "The Deadly Years" - old age makeup and inept commodores equals deadly boring

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
Patterns of Force
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer
Bread and Circuses

 

[MacLeod]

Time for "Bread and Circuses" to go. It's not a terrible episode but there are far stronger episodes and I can remmber the other episodes better. So it didn't really leave a lasting impact therefore ummemmorable (largely)

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
Patterns of Force
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer

 

[Norsehound]

Second season is probably my favorite of the three. Good episodes all through. That said, I'm kicking out Patterns of Force. It's little more than a veiled excuse to do Space Nazis! I think it even started the trope of Nazis in space (If it didn't start it, it's one of the popular entries).

Plus for all the buildup of John Gill, he doesn't do much except mumble. He has only one moment of coherency before he's shot to death. At least for how well he's inflated in the litverse, it would have been nice to have more out of him. Even Merrick in Bread and Circuses had more to do than Gill!

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer

 

[BK613]

The Apple. Poison Dart Flowers, Exploding Rocks, Angry Computer.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I'll eliminate "Catspaw." It's a bit contrived & generally unmemorable, and most of the effects are pretty shoddy.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
I, Mudd
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer

 

[Sir Rhosis]

I, SIR RHOSIS hereby dump I, MUDD. Annoying character in an episode with Koenig clicking his heels. Good God, it is an embarassing mess. And how did the android whatshisname get onboard, get past McCoy, past Spock? My second least favorite episode of the entire series (just above Plato's Stepchildren).


Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
By Any Other Name
The Ultimate Computer

 

[johnnybear]

Surely least disliked means the one out of the bunch that you preferred above the others? For me the worst of season two would be I Mudd or Return To Tomorrow I suppose!
JB

 

[BlueStuff]

For me the worst of season two would be I Mudd or Return To Tomorrow I suppose!
JB

Then feel free to remove one from the current list. As for me, I'll take out By Any Other Name. Kirk flips out when Thompson is killed, yet whenever a male redshirt dies (every other episode) it doesn't phase him. Hello, sexism.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
The Ultimate Computer

 

[Joanna McCoy-Kirk]

A Piece of the Action--I like TOS's humorous episodes generally, but this one is way over the top.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow
The Ultimate Computer

 

[BillJ]

I, SIR RHOSIS hereby dump I, MUDD. Annoying character in an episode with Koenig clicking his heels. Good God, it is an embarassing mess. And how did the android whatshisname get onboard, get past McCoy, past Spock? My second least favorite episode of the entire series (just above Plato's Stepchildren).

There's a special place in Hell for whomever gave the go-ahead to "I, Mudd".

 

[BillJ]

"Return to Tomorrow", not terrible but not exactly fun to watch.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
The Ultimate Computer

 

[Norsehound]

I enjoyed I, Mudd. If for no other reason than for the illogical sketches used to defeat the Androids.

Kicking out A Private Little War. Like most of the pipelines on the Trek set, it feels like it Goes Nowhere and Does Nothing. There's a parable about escalation in war here, but it's served with a watery plot that doesn't feel engaging.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
The Ultimate Computer

 

[JimZipCode]

I've always hated Metamophosis. Sacharine little "love story" with syrupy intolerable string music and possibly the worst female character in all of TOS. Our heroes do nothing except ransom a Federation commissioner to an alien in order to escape from a planet. Now, maybe there is more here than I remember: I hated this episode so much as a child that I have never given it a chance as an adult. But just based off my visceral disappointment whenever this episode was on when I was younger – Yay, Star Trek is on! Oh YUCK, it's Metamorphosis – I'll happily hit the reject button here.


Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
The Ultimate Computer

 

[Mytran]

No-one's taken out Friday's Child yet?
Bye bye, Bob The Discount Klingon!
Also, those bows and arrows are terrible

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
The Ultimate Computer

 

[JimZipCode]

How did Metamorphosis get back in here? I killed you!

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Journey to Babel
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
The Ultimate Computer

 

[Sir Rhosis]

Five quatloos to anyone who will permanently erase THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION from the CBS Paramount film vaults. Heavy-handed allegory, very flat performances from Angelique Pettyjohn and everyone involved save the always excellent Joseph Ruskin.

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Journey to Babel
Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Immunity Syndrome
The Ultimate Computer