Game The Most Disliked Cardassian Episode

[Sakonna]

THE OBJECTIVE: A sudden-death elimination game in which we remove our personal favorite episodes from a themed list, until we arrive at the episode that is, if not the worst, at least the most disliked.

THE RULES: Below is a list of Cardassian episodes from TNG, DS9, VOY, and LD.

Eliminate/save your favorite, or the one you deem the ‘best.’
Post something you love about the episode you are saving, and copy-and-paste the list with your choice removed.

You can use any standard you like to judge which option is "best." You can save episodes for being widely recognized “best Trek” classics, or for idiosyncratic qualities that no one appreciates but you.

But -- no tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode because you don’t think anyone else will, or because you feel it would threaten your preferred episode's chance to “win.”

You can take multiple turns. Leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you eliminate another episode.

New players are always welcome, you do not have to already be a "most disliked game" regular to dive in.

Much thanks to @Farscape One for helping me vet the list!
If anyone is wondering about parameters for this list, check out the note from the first time it was played in 2019: https://bit.ly/3Mtmc1h

Enjoy!

TNG Season 4: "The Wounded"
TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "The Way Of The Warrior"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Waltz"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 6: "In The Pale Moonlight"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Whoa, seeing all these episodes in a row like that really makes it obvious how great the Cardassians are. But I'm going to go and pick the episode all about bringing the Klingons onto Deep Space Nine: "The Way Of The Warrior". It's pretty much the closest we ever got to a DS9 movie, with a huge budget and a storyline worthy of it. If you want to see DS9 station fighting off an entire fleet, it's got you covered and if you'd rather listen to Quark comparing the Federation to root beer, it's got that too.

TNG Season 4: "The Wounded"
TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Civil Defense"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[gweeps]

Have to go with DS9's season 3 episode, 'Civil Defense'. Shows just how devious the Cardassians are/were, even with each other.

TNG Season 4: "The Wounded"
TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Necessary Evil"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Sakonna]

"Necessary Evil" is hugely satisfying. The first flashback to Terok Nor days is the best. The dark vibe blew my mind as a kid. Maybe this is tonights rewatch...

TNG Season 4: "The Wounded"
TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Choosing TNG Season 4: "The Wounded"
The original Cardassian episode. A very strong TNG and O'Brien episode, with a nice treatment of what war does to people.

TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Qonundrum]

There's no way to hate

TNG Season 5: "Ensign Ro"

Ensign Ro gets a pretty robust introduction, and how Guinan treats her really showed some top notch writing and acting. Definitely a standout for season 5 and TNG in general.


what's left:
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "The Wire"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Qonundrum]

Whoa, seeing all these episodes in a row like that really makes it obvious how great the Cardassians are. But I'm going to go and pick the episode all about bringing the Klingons onto Deep Space Nine: "The Way Of The Warrior". It's pretty much the closest we ever got to a DS9 movie, with a huge budget and a storyline worthy of it. If you want to see DS9 station fighting off an entire fleet, it's got you covered and if you'd rather listen to Quark comparing the Federation to root beer, it's got that too.

TWotW was the not-a-reboot that DS9 and the franchise needed. I was a lukewarm and infrequent viewer, but season 4 upped the ante in so many ways - season 4 was extremely impressive, and then came season 5....

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "THE WIRE". For Garak. Enough said.


TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 1: "Duet"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Brennyren]

"Duet" is one of DS9's finest -- possibly one of the franchise's finest. Amon Marritza is the hero Cardassia doesn't deserve, but Bajor (and Kira) needed to see.

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Past Prologue for giving us Garak. A treasure of a character and not a bad episode at all.

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "Tacking Into The Wind"
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "TACKING INTO THE WIND".

Everything about this episode was perfect. It might very well be Ronald D. Moore's best script, which is an already difficult thing to do because he write a LOT of great episodes he did.


TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Richard S. Ta]

There's some really good ones on this list. If no-one else nixes it I'll probably save Cardassians next.

 

[Seven of Five]

I'm struggling with my first pick, as there are so many good ones here.

Improbable Cause is good because of the Odo/Garak interactions, whilst Odo investigates who actually bombed Garak's shop.
The introduction of Enabran Tain sees another great Cardassian character, and a test for what Garak really wants in life.

EDIT: I love Cardassians as well. I've updated my list without it.

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Profit And Loss"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[dupersuper]

"Profit And Loss": vive la revolution!

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "Destiny"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Richard S. Ta]

EDIT: I love Cardassians as well. I've updated my list without it.

I don't think it's been eliminated yet?

 

[Cyfa]

DS9: "Destiny" - Such a wonderful, fun episode which introduces us to a segment of Cardassian life that's not the military; a look at how Cardassian flirting works, plus I love the Bajoran prophecy and how it's interpreted (both wrongly, and in hindsight)!

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "Defiant"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

I've popped "Cardassians" back in

 

[Oddish]

And it will stay for now; my first elimination is "Defiant", because Jonathan Frakes is a welcome addition to any Trek show he pops up on.

*Oddish remembers "These Are the Voyages".

Ok, almost any Trek show.

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Captain's Coffee]

VOY Season 1: "State Of Flux" Because of one of Janeway's most badass lines, and one of my favorite lines in all of Trek "You know, I'm really easy to get along with most of the time, but I don't like bullies and I don't like threats, and I don't like you."

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Alright then, Cardassians. It elevated Garak to a regular, gave Dukat some nuance and shone a spotlight into Cardassian society (for better or worse).

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "Second Skin"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"

 

[Cyfa]

My second save is "Second Skin" - Kira is a Cardassian?! What an emotionally fraught episode, and ripe with Cardassian scheming and manipulation. I thought it was a shame that Entek got vaporised at the end, though - I would like to have seen more of him in future episodes.

TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part I"
TNG Season 6: "Chain Of Command, Part II"
TNG Season 6: "The Chase"
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End"
DS9 Season 1: "Emissary"
DS9 Season 2: "The Homecoming"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 Season 2: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal"
DS9 Season 3: "The Die Is Cast"
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion"
DS9 Season 4: "Return To Grace"
DS9 Season 4: "For The Cause"
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past"
DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light"
DS9 Season 5: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 Season 5: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood & Water"
DS9 Season 5: "Empok Nor"
DS9 Season 5: "Call To Arms"
DS9 Season 6: "A Time To Stand"
DS9 Season 6: "Rocks And Shoals"
DS9 Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines"
DS9 Season 6: "Favor The Bold"
DS9 Season 6: "Sacrifice Of Angels"
DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night"
DS9 Season 7: "Afterimage"
DS9 Season 7: "Penumbra"
DS9 Season 7: "Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil"
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War"
DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
VOY Season 2: "Maneuvers"
VOY Season 2: "Investigations"
VOY Season 2: "Basics, Part I"
VOY Season 3: "Basics, Part II"
VOY Season 5: "Nothing Human"
LD Season 2: "Strange Energies"