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The Most Disliked Episode of DS9, 2023 Edition - Finals...

Saving Crossfire. Outstanding acting from Auberjonois and Shimerman

THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 1
"SECOND SIGHT" - 0
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"CROSSFIRE" - 4
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 0
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
Right, I'll go for A Simple investigation next. A nice little performance and Auberjonois is great in the role as usual in this ROTW.

Nowhere near the worst of S5.

THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 0
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 1
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
Voting for "A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" this round.

Only one season 5 episode really deserved to be in the Finals, and this definitely wasn't it. Auberjonois, as always, brought his 'A' game. It's also not a bad episode, either.

(In fact, I think very few on this list are actually bad episodes. A couple boring ones, yes, but even a list like this shows DS9 turned in good quality far more often than not.)


THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 0
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 2
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
The winner is probably going to be Profit and Lace or The Emporer's New Cloak, though I have no strong affinity for Crysalis, Resurrection, or Meridian either.

The rest are all good or average at worst.
 
Voting for "Second Sight". After a rewatch, I decided it wasn't as bad as I thought it was.

"THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 1
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 2
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
I'll bleat for "Babel" and for the same reasons:


...That's the third time! Are we in a chronic hysteresis? Dunno. What's one of those? Dunno. Count the card, then count the number of pips, and then call out for Gladys Knight! Or Ensign Fletcher before you've fallen and can't get up! :biggrin:

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(Never understood how this became a source of amusement or meme in 1991, but whatever...)

"THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 1
"SECOND SIGHT" - 1
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 2
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
I'll go with "A Simple Investigation", only because on my most recent rewatch, I noticed for the first time that in the scene where Odo and Arissa are in bed, we hear the Odo morphing effect (happening somewhere below the mid-chest level, we can't see whatever is morphing), and just a moment later Arissa suddenly tosses back her head in pleasure and CUT.

It's so much dirtier than I ever noticed before!

"THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 1
"SECOND SIGHT" - 1
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 3
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
Sakonna said:
I'll go with "A Simple Investigation", only because on my most recent rewatch, I noticed for the first time that in the scene where Odo and Arissa are in bed, we hear the Odo morphing effect (happening somewhere below the mid-chest level, we can't see whatever is morphing), and just a moment later Arissa suddenly tosses back her head in pleasure and CUT.

It's so much dirtier than I ever noticed before!

"THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 1
"SECOND SIGHT" - 1
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 3
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
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My only real complaint about "A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" is I think it would have been a little more effective for Odo's character if it occured while he was a solid. One of the rare occasions where placement in the season production of an episode would actually have made a difference.
 
Frightscape One said:
My only real complaint about "A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" is I think it would have been a little more effective for Odo's character if it occured while he was a solid. One of the rare occasions where placement in the season production of an episode would actually have made a difference.
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I so agree. This episode, staged when Odo was human, could have been one of the all-time greats.

It has that elusive element that Trek ROTW's need to be effective - justification for how the relationship gets so deep so fast. Odo as a human suddenly, that should have been so intense and destabilizing and hormonal. Totally explains how he could fall in love in an instant, like a teenager.

But, the version we got is fine, I guess.
 
Sorry, I was going to vote for "Babel" again, but I rewatched "The Emperor's New Cloak" in my head as I read its Memory Alpha page as a reminder, and found myself laughing (mostly with, but occasionally at). Quark and Rom with the cloaking device in the corridor (sounds like Clue!) were the main culprits, but Regent Worf is in there too. When I think about the other episodes on the list, they all seem dull in comparison (some FAR more than others even without the comparison), so I'm giving this vote to "THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" :klingon: :cardie: :rommie:

"THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 1
"SECOND SIGHT" - 1
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION" - 3
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 1
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
"A Simple Investigation" gets saved for being a pretty decent episode, with some good performances.

Reset

"THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 0
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 0
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
Well, seasons 4 and 5 are completely safe, so now I actually have to think about my choices... slightly.

My vote this round goes to "PROPHET MOTIVE".

A fun first directing for Auberjonois, it's a fun episode overall. Definitely not bad or boring.

And the B story was good. AND the first time we see the dartboard. That alone deserves a save.


"THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 1
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 1
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
I just rewatched "Prophet Motive" and had fun with it. Better than I remembered.

Such a clever way to reintroduce the Prophets to the series for the first time since "Emissary."

I also like the weird self-indulgence of the Bashir subplot.

THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 1
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROPHET MOTIVE" - 3
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
I'll save Prophet Motive as it's mostly fun, even if it was just the average Ferengi fare. It's also interesting seeing different characters interacting with the Prophets.

THE NAGUS" - 0
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 0
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
My vote this round is for "THE NAGUS".

It gave us Wallace Shawn as Zek. That alone is a good reason.

But a bonus reason... Jake teaching Nog to read. That was just so heartwarming. And Sisko watching. You can feel how proud he is of Jake. And how this episode really shows him there is a true bond between them. That story always makes me smile.


THE NAGUS" - 1
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 0
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
"The Nagus" gets another vote. It's a (mosty) harmless, fun episode and the Jake and Nog interactions are lovely.

"THE NAGUS" - 2
"BABEL" - 0
"SECOND SIGHT" - 0
"SANCTUARY" - 0
"MERIDIAN" - 0
"PROFIT AND LACE" - 0
"RESURRECTION" - 0
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK" - 0
"CHRYSALIS" - 0
 
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