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The MOST Disliked Episode of DS9 - Final Part...

My vote this round goes to "LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...". The saving grace of this episode, which I have said for years, is that we get that very important glimpse at Worf's childhood. It gives a valid, and perfectly sensible, reason for why he is the way he is, and ultimately why he is so different, fundamentally, from most Klingons we meet.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 0
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - 0
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
I'm one-upping Meridian again. For the same aforementioned reasons.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 1
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - 0
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
I'm one upping "Sons and Daughters." It's underlying premise isn't terrible like the others, and the Dukat/Zyial/Kira subplot was okay (if redundant).

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 1
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Meridian again.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Sons and Daughters again. While it is a sub-par episode it is the only one left which, while I am watching DS9 on Netflix, I would not skip.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - 2
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Sons and Daughters, again.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - 3
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
The Muse. It seems worse then it is, coming in season 4, DS9's best year.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 1
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - 3
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Sons and Daughters. There's nothing in it as bad as the other five. Reset.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 0
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 0
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Getting to the point where I have to vote through gritted teeth now. I'll cast a vote for Meridian, as it at least has an entertaining B-story, which is more than can be said for the other four.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 1
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 0
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
I'll do Meridian this time. The A story alone might be the worst thing up here, but the B story is charming and introduces Jeffrey Combs to Star Trek.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 0
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
"LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN..." gets my vote this round for the same reason as last time.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
This is fun; I like this :-)

My vote's for "The Muse." Loften and Brook's chemistry forgives a lot of sins, and the final reveal of Jake's book title is touching. And, dumb as it may have been, I liked the Odo/Lwaxana subplot. It was sweet.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 1
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Now all skip episodes left. No idea what to vote for. I guess Emperor's New Cloak, because every episode left is stupid and it's the only one doing it intentionally.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 1
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 1
 
MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 1
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 2
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0

The slight saving grace of let he who is without sin is that we learn that Curzon has a common point with a French President... they died the same way...
 
“Meridian”, it was a decent Dax episode.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 3
THE MUSE - 1
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 2
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Adding back the point for Emperor's New Cloak that was removed because two people posted at the same time.

MELORA - 0
MERIDIAN - 2
THE MUSE - 1
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 2
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 1
 
I've deleted Meridian. Begin again.

MELORA - 0
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 0
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
Everything left is either straight up crap or just plain boring. But each of them has at least one saving grace, in this case I'll go with Sin's Worf scene.

MELORA - 0
THE MUSE - 0
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
For me, "Sin" and "Cloak" are the two total failures here. "Melora" is also purely terrible, but it's slightly more forgiveable because it's early season 2 and they're still working out the kinks.

"The Muse", on the other hand, has some good stuff mixed in there. Rene Auberjonois and Majel Barrett are doing wonderful work here, and it ends Lwaxana's story with real growth.

MELORA - 0
THE MUSE - 1
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
I will vote for "THE MUSE" this time. The A story creatively sucked (pun intended), but at leadt it was a nice touch having ANSLEM be the book he was writing. Also, as pointed out by others, the B story had a lot of growth for Lwaxana, and some for Odo.

MELORA - 0
THE MUSE - 2
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... - 1
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK - 0
 
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