The least disliked episode of Voyager - Season Four

[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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2013 - Living Witness
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Season Four

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Scientific Method
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Concerning Flight
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Message in a Bottle
Hunters
Prey
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
Vis á Vis
The Omega Directive
Unforgettable
Living Witness
Demon
One
Hope and Fear

 

[Orac]

I eliminated Message in a Bottle because I hate Andy Dick.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Scientific Method
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Concerning Flight
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Prey
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
Vis á Vis
The Omega Directive
Unforgettable
Living Witness
Demon
One
Hope and Fear

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Eliminating Concerning Flight, because I think the writers' Davinci fetish got just a tad out of hand in this ep. Not only do they stretch the premise to bring him out of the holodeck somehow, they contrive a situation exactly around having him invent a flying machine and being forced to use it to escape.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Scientific Method
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Prey
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
Vis á Vis
The Omega Directive
Unforgettable
Living Witness
Demon
One
Hope and Fear

 

[Refuge]

I eliminate the one episode I never re-watch. 'Prey'.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Scientific Method
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
Vis á Vis
The Omega Directive
Unforgettable
Living Witness
Demon
One
Hope and Fear

 

[Brennyren]

"Unforgettable" was anything but. Another chemistry-free romantic interest for Chakotay, and not even a particularly likable one. I for one had a hard time working up much sympathy for Kellin's desire to stay on Voyager, considering that to that point she'd literally made a career out of keeping others from her planet from doing similar things.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Scientific Method
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
Vis á Vis
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
Demon
One
Hope and Fear

 

[Sakonna]

Vis á Vis. It's a fun idea, executed in a completely joyless way. I find this episode a real trial to get through.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Scientific Method
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
Demon
One
Hope and Fear

 

[BigDaveX]

It would be madness not to eliminate Scientific Method. Just an inferior rehash of TNG's Schisms, with a sprinkling of Where Silence Has Lease for flavour.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
Demon
One
Hope and Fear

 

[Farscape One]

I am exorcising the "DEMON". A great idea, but the follow up episode next season is far superior.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One
Hope and Fear

 

[Seven of Five]

I've lost two of my favourites already. Hope and Fear was a disappointing end to the season that had been pretty good, so off it goes.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Day of Honor
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[cosmic mouse]

Day of Honor is out... it's the only ep left that I can't recall anything about right off the top of my head:

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Mortal Coil
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Eliminating Mortal Coil. Whenever Voyager does strictly emotional episodes they never come off as genuine, characters go from 0 to full blown emotional crisis in a few seconds then have one big realization and go right back to 0.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Random Thoughts
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[Brennyren]

Oh good, I came back in time to get to eliminate "Random Thoughts." While the episode wasn't without merit, I was pissed that everybody except Tom accepted the supposed necessity of letting strangers muck about with Torres's brain. Also, are the Voyager crew really such pollyannas that they spent three days on the planet without having a single angry thought until Torres's little faux pas? Wow. I'm a relatively even-tempered person myself, but I have angry thoughts at least a few times every day.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Nemesis
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[Sakonna]

Nemesis. As Chakotay episodes go, it's at the high end, but that's one of those valedictorian-of-summer-school level achievements. TV as a whole has generated very little content that's worse than a Chakotay episode of Voyager.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Waking Moments
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[dstyer]

Eliminating "Waking Moments." It put me to sleep.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Revulsion
The Raven
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[Farscape One]

I am putting "THE RAVEN" away in a cage. This was a good episode, but the overacting of Jeri Ryan as a scared little girl was just too over the top for my taste.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Revulsion
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (I)
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[Takeru]

Getting rid of The Killing Game I, I was never a fan of the Hirogen and nazis are such a cliche.


Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Revulsion
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Hunters
Retrospect
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[cosmic mouse]

Nemesis. As Chakotay episodes go, it's at the high end, but that's one of those valedictorian-of-summer-school level achievements. TV as a whole has generated very little content that's worse than a Chakotay episode of Voyager.

You got some hate, yo!

 

[Garth Rockett]

I'll dump Retrospect. I never liked the repressed memory angle.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Revulsion
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Hunters
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[Farscape One]

I am eliminating "REVULSION". All the episodes left are good ones, and this one is no exception. But I feel it might be the weakest of the remaining.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Hunters
The Killing Game (II)
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One

 

[Seven of Five]

The holodeck hijinks in The Killing Game Part 2 are fun but a bit meaningless. That's my next elimination.

Scorpion (II)
The Gift
Year of Hell (I)
Year of Hell (II)
Hunters
The Omega Directive
Living Witness
One