THE OBJECTIVE: A sudden-death elimination game in which we remove our personal favorite episodes/movies from a themed list, until we arrive at the episode that is, if not the worst, at least the most disliked.
It's a framework to say positive things about episodes from across the franchise.
THE RULES: Below is the every episode/movie directed by a Star Trek actor. It includes TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DIS, ST, PIC, and SNW - everything live action.
Eliminate/save your favorite, or the one you deem the ‘best' of what currently remains.
Post something you enjoy 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.
As you get down the list, you might have to reach more and more for something to enjoy about an episode, and it's OK to eventually save episodes for being "less bad."
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!
Enjoy!
TOS Season 1: "Charlie X" (Larry Dobkin)
TOS Feature: "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock" (Leonard Nimoy)
TOS Feature: "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (Leonard Nimoy)
TOS Feature: "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (William Shatner)
TNG Season 1: "Haven" (Richard Compton)
TNG Season 3: "The Offspring" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 4: "Reunion" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 4: "The Drumhead" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 4: "In Theory" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 5: "Hero Worship" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 5: "Cause And Effect" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 6: "A Fistful Of Datas" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 6: "The Quality Of Life" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 6: "The Chase" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 6: "Second Chances" (LeVar Burton)
TNG Season 7: "Phantasms" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 7: "Attached" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 7: "The Pegasus" (LeVar Burton)
TNG Season 7: "Sub Rosa" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 7: "Genesis" (Gates McFadden)
TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Feature: "Star Trek: First Contact" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Feature: "Star Trek: Insurrection" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "The Search, Part II" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 3: "The Abandoned" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "Meridian" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 3: "Fascination" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "Past Tense, Part II" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 3: "Prophet Motive" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "Family Business" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 4: "Hippocratic Oath" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "Rejoined" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 4: "The Sword Of Kahless" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "Bar Association" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "Rules Of Engagement" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "To The Death" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "The Quickening" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 4: "Body Parts" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 5: "Looking For Par'Mach In All The Wrong Places" (Andrew Robinson)
DS9 Season 5: "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 5: "Business As Usual" (Alexander Siddig)
DS9 Season 5: "Ferengi Love Songs" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 5: "Soldiers Of The Empire" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 5: "In The Cards" (Michael Dorn)
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 6: "Waltz" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 6: "Far Beyond The Stars" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 6: "Inquisition" (Michael Dorn)
DS9 Season 6: "Profit And Lace" (Alexander Siddig)
DS9 Season 7: "The Emperor's New Cloak" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." (Michael Dorn)
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" (Avery Brooks)
VOY Season 1: "Ex Post Facto" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 2: "Projections" (Jonathan Frakes)
VOY Season 2: "Parturition" (Jonathan Frakes)
VOY Season 2: "Prototype" (Jonathan Frakes)
VOY Season 2: "Dreadnought" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 3: "Sacred Ground" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 3: "Alter Ego" (Robert Picardo)
VOY Season 3: "Blood Fever" (Andrew Robinson)
VOY Season 3: "Unity" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 4: "The Raven" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 4: "Unforgettable" (Andrew Robinson)
VOY Season 4: "Living Witness" (Tim Russ)
VOY Season 5: "Timeless" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 5: "Someone To Watch Over Me" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 6: "Riddles" (Roxann Dawson)
VOY Season 6: "One Small Step" (Robert Picardo)
VOY Season 6: "Live Fast And Prosper" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 7: "Body And Soul" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 7: "Nightingale" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 7: "Workforce, Part II" (Roxann Dawson)
VOY Season 7: "Q2" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 7: "Homestead" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 1: "Terra Nova" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 1: "The Andorian Incident" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 1: "Fortunate Son" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 1: "Cold Front" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 1: "Vox Sola" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 1: "Two Days And Two Nights" (Michael Dorn)
ENT Season 2: "Dead Stop" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 2: "Dawn" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 2: "The Breach" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 2: "Cogenitor" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 2: "First Flight" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 2: "Bounty" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Extinction" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 3: "Exile" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Twilight" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 3: "Similitude" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 3: "Chosen Realm" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Doctor's Orders" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "The Forgotten" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 3: "E²" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Countdown" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 4: "The Augments" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 4: "Awakening" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 4: "Demons" (LeVar Burton)
DIS Season 1: "Despite Yourself" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 2: "New Eden" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 2: "Project Daedalus" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 3: "People Of Earth" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 3: "The Sanctuary" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 3: "There Is A Tide..." (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 4: "Stormy Weather" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 5: "Lagrange Point" (Jonathan Frakes)
ST Season 1: "The Escape Artist" (Rainn Wilson)
PIC Season 1: "Absolute Candor" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 1: "Stardust City Rag" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 2: "Assimilation" (Lea Thompson)
PIC Season 2: "Watcher" (Lea Thompson)
PIC Season 2: "Fly Me To The Moon" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 2: "Two Of One" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 3: "Seventeen Seconds" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 3: "No Win Scenario" (Jonathan Frakes)
SNW Season 1: "Ghosts Of Illyria" (Leslie Hope)
SNW Season 2: "Those Old Scientists" (Jonathan Frakes)
It's a framework to say positive things about episodes from across the franchise.
THE RULES: Below is the every episode/movie directed by a Star Trek actor. It includes TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DIS, ST, PIC, and SNW - everything live action.
Eliminate/save your favorite, or the one you deem the ‘best' of what currently remains.
Post something you enjoy 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.
As you get down the list, you might have to reach more and more for something to enjoy about an episode, and it's OK to eventually save episodes for being "less bad."
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!
Enjoy!
TOS Season 1: "Charlie X" (Larry Dobkin)
TOS Feature: "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock" (Leonard Nimoy)
TOS Feature: "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (Leonard Nimoy)
TOS Feature: "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (William Shatner)
TNG Season 1: "Haven" (Richard Compton)
TNG Season 3: "The Offspring" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 4: "Reunion" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 4: "The Drumhead" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 4: "In Theory" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 5: "Hero Worship" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 5: "Cause And Effect" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 6: "A Fistful Of Datas" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 6: "The Quality Of Life" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 6: "The Chase" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 6: "Second Chances" (LeVar Burton)
TNG Season 7: "Phantasms" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Season 7: "Attached" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 7: "The Pegasus" (LeVar Burton)
TNG Season 7: "Sub Rosa" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Season 7: "Genesis" (Gates McFadden)
TNG Season 7: "Preemptive Strike" (Patrick Stewart)
TNG Feature: "Star Trek: First Contact" (Jonathan Frakes)
TNG Feature: "Star Trek: Insurrection" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 2: "Tribunal" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "The Search, Part II" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 3: "The Abandoned" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "Meridian" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 3: "Fascination" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "Past Tense, Part II" (Jonathan Frakes)
DS9 Season 3: "Prophet Motive" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 3: "Improbable Cause" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 3: "Family Business" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 4: "Hippocratic Oath" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "Rejoined" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 4: "The Sword Of Kahless" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "Bar Association" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "Rules Of Engagement" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "To The Death" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 4: "The Quickening" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 4: "Body Parts" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 5: "Looking For Par'Mach In All The Wrong Places" (Andrew Robinson)
DS9 Season 5: "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 5: "Business As Usual" (Alexander Siddig)
DS9 Season 5: "Ferengi Love Songs" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 5: "Soldiers Of The Empire" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 5: "In The Cards" (Michael Dorn)
DS9 Season 6: "Behind The Lines" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 6: "Waltz" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 6: "Far Beyond The Stars" (Avery Brooks)
DS9 Season 6: "Inquisition" (Michael Dorn)
DS9 Season 6: "Profit And Lace" (Alexander Siddig)
DS9 Season 7: "The Emperor's New Cloak" (LeVar Burton)
DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" (Rene Auberjonois)
DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..." (Michael Dorn)
DS9 Season 7: "The Dogs Of War" (Avery Brooks)
VOY Season 1: "Ex Post Facto" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 2: "Projections" (Jonathan Frakes)
VOY Season 2: "Parturition" (Jonathan Frakes)
VOY Season 2: "Prototype" (Jonathan Frakes)
VOY Season 2: "Dreadnought" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 3: "Sacred Ground" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 3: "Alter Ego" (Robert Picardo)
VOY Season 3: "Blood Fever" (Andrew Robinson)
VOY Season 3: "Unity" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 4: "The Raven" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 4: "Unforgettable" (Andrew Robinson)
VOY Season 4: "Living Witness" (Tim Russ)
VOY Season 5: "Timeless" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 5: "Someone To Watch Over Me" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 6: "Riddles" (Roxann Dawson)
VOY Season 6: "One Small Step" (Robert Picardo)
VOY Season 6: "Live Fast And Prosper" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 7: "Body And Soul" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
VOY Season 7: "Nightingale" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 7: "Workforce, Part II" (Roxann Dawson)
VOY Season 7: "Q2" (LeVar Burton)
VOY Season 7: "Homestead" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 1: "Terra Nova" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 1: "The Andorian Incident" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 1: "Fortunate Son" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 1: "Cold Front" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 1: "Vox Sola" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 1: "Two Days And Two Nights" (Michael Dorn)
ENT Season 2: "Dead Stop" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 2: "Dawn" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 2: "The Breach" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 2: "Cogenitor" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 2: "First Flight" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 2: "Bounty" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Extinction" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 3: "Exile" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Twilight" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 3: "Similitude" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 3: "Chosen Realm" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Doctor's Orders" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "The Forgotten" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 3: "E²" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 3: "Countdown" (Robert Duncan McNeill)
ENT Season 4: "The Augments" (LeVar Burton)
ENT Season 4: "Awakening" (Roxann Dawson)
ENT Season 4: "Demons" (LeVar Burton)
DIS Season 1: "Despite Yourself" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 2: "New Eden" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 2: "Project Daedalus" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 3: "People Of Earth" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 3: "The Sanctuary" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 3: "There Is A Tide..." (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 4: "Stormy Weather" (Jonathan Frakes)
DIS Season 5: "Lagrange Point" (Jonathan Frakes)
ST Season 1: "The Escape Artist" (Rainn Wilson)
PIC Season 1: "Absolute Candor" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 1: "Stardust City Rag" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 2: "Assimilation" (Lea Thompson)
PIC Season 2: "Watcher" (Lea Thompson)
PIC Season 2: "Fly Me To The Moon" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 2: "Two Of One" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 3: "Seventeen Seconds" (Jonathan Frakes)
PIC Season 3: "No Win Scenario" (Jonathan Frakes)
SNW Season 1: "Ghosts Of Illyria" (Leslie Hope)
SNW Season 2: "Those Old Scientists" (Jonathan Frakes)
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