The least disliked episode of VOY - Season One

[BlueStuff]

This is a game that we play every few 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, please leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you eliminate another episode.

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

Hall of Champions
2011 - Meld
2013 - Living Witness
2017 - Blink of an Eye
2019 -

Season One

Caretaker
Parallax
Time and Again
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Ex Post Facto
Emanations
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Cathexis
Faces
Jetrel
Learning Curve

 

[BigDaveX]

Parallax is first to go. Just a really dull, forgettable and technobabble-laden story.

Caretaker
Time and Again
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Ex Post Facto
Emanations
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Cathexis
Faces
Jetrel
Learning Curve

 

[Seven of Five]

Yay, Voyager's turn.

Time and Again is a dull rehash of time travel tropes, and also had that annoying child guest.

Caretaker
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Ex Post Facto
Emanations
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Cathexis
Faces
Jetrel
Learning Curve

 

[Brennyren]

And "Ex Post Facto" is now an ex-entry. I blame the dog. And the recycled plot. And my life. Well, maybe not my life.

Caretaker
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Emanations
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Cathexis
Faces
Jetrel
Learning Curve

 

[Farscape One]

Caretaker
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Cathexis
Faces
Jetrel
Learning Curve

"EMANATIONS" is getting the axe. While it had good ideas, I don't think it was executed well enough.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Jetrel = discount Duet. Gone!

Caretaker
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Cathexis
Faces
Learning Curve

 

[Sakonna]

I know it wasn't intended to get this slot, but "Learning Curve" makes for such a drearily underwhelming finale.

Caretaker
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Cathexis
Faces

 

[BlueStuff]

Cathexis is out. Generic energy life form of the week... starring Chakotay. Not a good combination.

Caretaker
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Heroes and Demons
Faces

 

[cosmic mouse]

Heroes and Demons, my least favorite of what's left. Plus I think the Doc eats food here. .. maybe they forgot that by season 7. Can't recall, but it's out.

Caretaker
Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Faces

 

[BigDaveX]

Caretaker. Not a bad pilot episode by any means, but it feels over-long, and the destruction of the array could have been handled a lot better.

Phage
The Cloud
Eye of the Needle
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Faces

 

[Seven of Five]

I quite like The Cloud with its coffee nebula, but it's not as strong as the others. Despite some interesting bits of character work, its thin plot is full of technobabble.

Phage
Eye of the Needle
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Faces

 

[Discofan]

Phage
Prime Factors
State of Flux
Faces

The "Eye of the Needle" gives up a camel. Just not quite as compelling as the four left.

 

[Sakonna]

"Phage" I love the intro to the Vidiians, but the Neelix in sickbay stuff drags.

Prime Factors
State of Flux
Faces

 

[Discofan]

State of Flux
Faces

"Prime Factors" was just a little bit too creepy to be totally enjoyable.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

And State Of Flux wins.

Because Faces human/klingon thing was facile and cliche, and also it is gross.

 

[BlueStuff]

State of Flux
Faces

"Prime Factors" was just a little bit too creepy to be totally enjoyable.

Discofan, you can’t vote again after only one other poster has voted. You need to wait until at least two other posters have voted since your last vote. That rule is supposed to ensure that certain posters don’t dominate threads.

Prime Factors is reinstated. And I eliminate State of Flux because I never cared for the Seska stuff and I really enjoy that final scene in Prime Factors between Janeway and Tuvok.

I hope this isn’t controversial, but those are the rules after all.

 

[Discofan]

Discofan, you can’t vote again after only one other poster has voted. You need to wait until at least two other posters have voted since your last vote. That rule is supposed to ensure that certain posters don’t dominate threads.

Prime Factors is reinstated. And I eliminate State of Flux because I never cared for the Seska stuff and I really enjoy that final scene in Prime Factors between Janeway and Tuvok.

I hope this isn’t controversial, but those are the rules after all.

Not controversial but you should have posted the resulting list.

I re-dismiss Prime Factors for the same reason and I guess we're left with:

Faces

The big winner of that season.