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Game The Most Disliked 4th Season Episode

"Choose To Live" is another very strong Discovery.
Always great to see Ma Burnham, and Ni'Var looks amazing.

TNG: "Suddenly Human"
TNG: "The Nth Degree"
TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Retrospect"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"
ENT: "Borderland"
ENT: "Cold Station 12"
ENT: "Awakening"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
I'm going to save ENT: "Cold Station 12", another fun torture adventure for the NX-01 crew, this time with extra Brent Spiner.

TNG: "Suddenly Human"
TNG: "The Nth Degree"
TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Retrospect"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"
ENT: "Borderland"
ENT: "Awakening"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
DS9: "The Muse" The Jake/alien lady stuff is pretty bad, but I genuinely love the relationship between Odo and Lwaxana. That scene of them playing hide and seek in his quarters is so heart warming and I'm legitimately sad that this was the last episode we got with Lwaxana.

And so DS9 escapes an inglorious "victory" in this round

I think DS9 season 4 is probably the single strongest season of any Star Trek yet produced, I would have been shocked if anything from there had gone the distance.

And this is so true re: "The Muse." I love picturing Lwaxana's next visit to the Enterprise after this, updating Deanna on the two husbands she's gone through since the last visit...
 
I might as well save the other remaining episode from the Vulcan arc, Awakening. It was a bit like one of the older Bajoran episode from DS9, the way they fleshed out the Vulcans in new and interesting ways, after the first couple of seasons of ENT they seemed a bit dull and lost.

TNG: "Suddenly Human"
TNG: "The Nth Degree"
TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Retrospect"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"
ENT: "Borderland"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
VOY: "Retrospect" a tragic story with a good moral about not jumping to conclusions. And it focuses on Seven.

TNG: "Suddenly Human"
TNG: "The Nth Degree"
TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"
ENT: "Borderland"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
I think DS9 season 4 is probably the single strongest season of any Star Trek yet produced, I would have been shocked if anything from there had gone the distance.

And this is so true re: "The Muse." I love picturing Lwaxana's next visit to the Enterprise after this, updating Deanna on the two husbands she's gone through since the last visit...

Agreed. DS9 season 4 is the closest thing to a perfect season the franchise ever got so far.


Saving "BORDERLAND" because of Brent Spiner.


TNG: "Suddenly Human"
TNG: "The Nth Degree"
TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
"The Nth Degree" is the best Barclay episode.

TNG: "Suddenly Human"
TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
Just like with broccoli, any entree featuring Barclay is a yummy treat:

TNG: "The Nth Degree"

A really fun episode at the time, it holds up fairly well. It's got a neat twist on the idea of exploration, a clever idea for mystery (not as much what made Barclay so awesome but WHY), and it allows Barclay to become Superman - complete with a deftly handled, satisfying reason and conclusion.



LOL, I got ninjaed!
 
I'm saving ENT: "Storm Front, Part II". This isn't everyone's favourite episode, in fact even the poor traumatised crew seems to want to be done with the goofy alien Nazi antics as soon as possible. Though on the plus side it does have a short Archer and Silik team up, plus the scene where the NX-01 swoops over WWII Manhattan. And it ended the Temporal Cold War plot forever, freeing S4 up to be about other things!

TNG: "Suddenly Human"
TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
Hmmm I'm gonna save "Suddenly Human" There are quite a few problems with the episode, not the least that it would have needed some follow up, but I always enjoy it when it comes around on a TNG re-watch.

TNG: "The Host"
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
A daring episode, if not imperfect...

TNG: "The Host"

While DS9 would be quick to retcon the "we can't use transporters" shtick as well as being one of 59856985469875648975^42 examples of Trek altering its canon whenever a good and/or cheap reason is needed, this episode quickly proved why as all that ersatz "tension" over the shuttle ride and imminent daaaaaaaaaaaanger was scribbled off way too fast. Really poor pacing... if nothing else.

The setup of Riker as intermediary host tries to set up a rather different point, which is an interesting one - if nothing else. It shows, or tries to, some differences between lust and love and if the two can coalesce... or not... I didn't quite believe she really wanted to overlook Riker's body when thinking about the personality stuck in an oversized aquarium hermit crab for every time it wants a shiny new shell to cozy up with.

The episode also tries hard to be a LGBT allegory. But, if nothing else, Beverly just can't put love above lust when the trill's new host arrives and, you guessed it, the new body has lady parts instead of the various man parts she's used to. She's not obligated to try and thankfully she got burned out on body swapping thanks to Riker... I've seen far worse, in terms of allegory or love stories with sad twists that don't feel genuine; I do feel it is the character of Crusher on display rather than anything else. Even people of their own orientation don't fall for lust for everyone within the same orientation, so why would it be different for any other? (Being bi, it's double the un-fun, but it's something everyone can and does experience at some point, the concept of romantic rejection. TNG's handling of this is not ideally realized, but it's not a total dud either.)


What's left:
VOY: "Unforgettable"
VOY: "Demon"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
VOY: "Demon" while not as good as the follow-up, Course Oblivion, this is a good episode with a decent premise and it's one of relatively few times that we get to see a truly alien planet, as opposed to Earth 2.0.

VOY: "Unforgettable"
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
TNG's other finale wasn't as good, but is better than many in the full list:

ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."

What should have been a finale for the ENT crew ends up being a simulation, just to see Troi drooling over her Imzadi for one last time. Again.


What's left:
ENT: "Storm Front, Part I"
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
This is tough. I don't like one and I hate the other of the ENT ones left, and I can't separate the DISCO episodes because of the whole season arc method of their episodes.

Saving "STORM, PART I" because at least it isn't "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES...".

This is my last vote for this one.


ENT: "These Are The Voyages..."
DIS: "The Examples"
DIS: "Rubicon"
DIS: "The Galactic Barrier"
 
I agree with the outcome of the remaining DIS episodes, even if I think there were worse episodes on the list. Season 4 was my favourite so far, it was a shame about the pacing of it with too many episodes.

Considering that it was a huge list, it didn't take as long as I thought it would. :)
 
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