Game The Most Disliked Bajoran Episode

[Farscape One]

Winn used the chroniton solution because she didn't have enough faith in the Prophets to kill the pah-wraith, basically.

She also hated and was jealous of Sisko as Emissary, particularly in this instance because he was ready to risk his own son's life based on the Prophets. (Sisko doing this is just wrong on so many levels.)

She didn't care about Jake or Kira. Her own desires were paramount.

 

[Oddish]

She also hated and was jealous of Sisko as Emissary, particularly in this instance because he was ready to risk his own son's life based on the Prophets. (Sisko doing this is just wrong on so many levels.)

I think that it was meant to draw a parallel between Abraham and Isaac, a story that holds great meaning in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Given that the Prophets (being timeless) were already aware of the ending of the episode, maybe Winn was the ram in the thicket.

 

[Farscape One]

I know the story is a parallel to the episode. It doesn't make it any less unforgiving for damaging his character.

And I'm sorry, but having a story about a father ready to let his own child die or kill his own child just to prove his faith to some deity? That's a terrible lesson to teach, and just underscores why so many religions are dangerous and why I am so against religions in general. It also illustrates that he is a terrible father, and his deity is a dick, plain and simple.

 

[Oddish]

Since this is not a topic for discussing matters of faith, I think we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. But I also think we're agreed that "The Reckoning" was worthy of the dubious honor it has received.

 

[Farscape One]

On that, I agree. Didn't mean to derail the thread.

 

[Oddish]

We've all done it.

 

[Sakonna]

"The Reckoning" is one of those that's so badly written, I can't even really incorporate the character's actions into the larger arc. It's a bit like "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." or "Booby Trap", the story told is so badly plotted and damaging that I just have to ignore what it does to the characters to be able to continue to tolerate them going forward.

New list, so no prior winner.

Lower Decks is about to return, so next up is "The Most Disliked Trek Animation." Hope to see you all there!

MOST DISLIKED WINNERS, 2022
WRITER GENE RODDENBERRY: TOS, Season 1: "Mudd's Women"
MAJEL BARRETT APPEARANCE: TOS, Season 3: "And The Children Shall Lead"
3RD SEASON: TOS, Season 3: "And The Children Shall Lead"
'HEY, THIS PLANET IS JUST LIKE EARTH!': TOS, Season 3: "Plato's Stepchildren"
ROMULAN: TAS, Season 2: "The Practical Joker"
WEDDING: TNG, Season 2: "The Outrageous Okona"
DIRECTOR WINRICH KOLBE: TNG, Season 5: "The Masterpiece Society"
5TH SEASON: TNG, Season 5: "The Perfect Mate"
ROMANCE-OF-THE-WEEK: TNG, Season 6: "Aquiel"
KLINGON: TNG, Season 6: "Birthright, Part II"
DIRECTOR CLIFF BOLE: TNG, Season 7: "Liaisons"
DIRECTOR LES LANDAU: TNG, Season 7: "Dark Page"
WRITER RONALD D. MOORE: TNG, Season 7: "Journey's End"
7TH SEASON: TNG, Season 7: "Firstborn"
HOLIDAY: DS9, Season 3: "Meridian"
CARDASSIAN: DS9, Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
MIRROR UNIVERSE: DS9, Season 6: "Resurrection"
BAJORAN: DS9, Season 6: "The Reckoning"
FERENGI: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
COMEDIC/LIGHT-HEARTED: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
6TH SEASON: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
JEFFREY COMBS APPEARANCE: DS9, Season 7: "The Emperor's New Cloak"
WRITER JOE MENOSKY: VOY, Season 5: "The Fight"
HOLODECK: VOY, Season 6: "Spirit Folk"
MAQUIS: VOY, Season 7: "Repression"
BARCLAY: VOY, Season 7: "Inside Man"
2-PART/DOUBLE EPISODE: VOY, Season 7: "Flesh And Blood"
RECYCLED TITLE: ENT, Season 1: "Terra Nova"
VAUGHN ARMSTRONG APPEARANCE: ENT, Season 2: "Shockwave, Part II"
2ND SEASON: ENT, Season 2: "Shockwave, Part II"
DIRECTOR LEVAR BURTON: ENT, Season 3: "Extinction"
DIRECTOR MIKE VEJAR: ENT, Season 3: "Rajiin"
NAMED FOR CHARACTER: ENT, Season 3: "Rajiin"
DIRECTOR DAVID LIVINGSTON: ENT, Season 3: "Harbinger"
SEASON PREMIERE: ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part I"
EVERY 47TH RELEASE: ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part I"
VISIT TO EARTH'S PAST: ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part II"
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 BEST EPS: ENT, Season 4: "Home"
DIRECTOR ALLAN KROEKER: ENT, Season 4: "These Are The Voyages..."
TIME TRAVEL/TRAVELER/LOOP/ANOMALY: DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
FEMALE DIRECTOR: DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
SEASON FINALE ANTAGONIST: DIS, Season 2: Control
DIRECTOR JONATHAN FRAKES: DIS, Season 3: "There Is A Tide..."
47TH EPISODES: DIS, Season 4: "The Examples"
4TH SEASON: DIS, Season 4: "The Galactic Barrier"
4TH & 7TH EPISODES: ST, Season 2: "Ask Not"
TREK NOIR: PIC, "Broken Pieces"
CAST CROSSOVER: PIC, "Et In Arcardia Ego, Part 1"
GUINAN: PIC, "Monsters"
BORG/XB: PIC, "Mercy"
Q: PIC, "Mercy"
COUPLE: LD, Carol Freeman/Admiral Husband
REGULAR CHARACTER: PRO, Drednok

TRIPLE WINNERS
DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"

DOUBLE WINNERS
TOS, Season 3: "And The Children Shall Lead"
ENT, Season 2: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT, Season 3: "Rajiin"
ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part I"
DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
PIC, Season 2: "Mercy"

TOTAL SHOW WINS
SNW & Movies: 0 wins
TAS, ST, LD & PRO: 1 win each
TOS: 4 wins
VOY & PIC: 5 wins each
DIS: 6 wins
DS9: 8 wins
TNG: 9 wins
ENT: 12 wins