The Most Disliked Episode of DS9, Season 2: 2021 Edition...

[Brobdingnag]

I'll say that "THE CIRCLE" is now the one with the least negatives.


RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
THE ALTERNATE
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS

 

[Sakonna]

"Rules Of Acquisition" Possibly DS9's best Ferengi episode? The Kira/Nagus "comic" subplot is revolting, but otherwise it deftly avoids the traps that dooms so many of the other Ferengi stories. And the backdoor intro of Dominion is as clever as everyone always observes.

SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
THE ALTERNATE
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS

 

[Farscape One]

I'm torn between "SANCTUARY" because of how it at least addresses the very rare occasion of the Universal Translator taking time to adapt, and "PROFIT AND LOSS" because of Armin doing his damndest to sell the episode and it has Garak.

I pick "PROFIT AND LOSS".


SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
THE ALTERNATE
PLAYING GOD

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Guess I'll save The Alternate. Nothing really good to choose from at this point, but Alternate doesn't have any glaring problems like the others.

SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
PLAYING GOD

 

[Sakonna]

Must save "Sanctuary" for that awesome final scene. All sorts of things are wrong with it, but I do love the episode. It's frustrating because it's so close to being so much better.

SECOND SIGHT
PLAYING GOD

 

[Brobdingnag]

Both episodes are irritating but "PLAYING GOD" does not give me a rash...

So the winner of the contest, aka the most disliked is "SECOND SIGHT".

 

[Brobdingnag]

Must save "Sanctuary" for that awesome final scene. All sorts of things are wrong with it, but I do love the episode. It's frustrating because it's so close to being so much better.
...

I can't remember anything about that episode that I liked, least of all the fact that it looked like the aliens' skin was covered with pustules.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I don't think the episode was a bad idea, as a metaphor for attitudes toward immigrants, but making them look like they had horrible skin conditions and had all the males be barbarians made it hard to watch.

 

[Oddish]

Any of those last five would have been a worthy loser.

 

[Farscape One]

And we have a winner for season 2... "SECOND SIGHT". (Second season... "SECOND SIGHT"? Hmm....)

I have to say, I am not surprised for one reason... this one was actually boring. For me, that's the worst crime.

Thank you all for playing. I'll post season 3 in a few hours... currently at a family event.

 

[Vale]

I think the thing I really dislike about "Second Sight" (apart from its rather plodding plot) is Gideon Seyetik being an absolute raging egotist and yet every one of the regulars just chuckles indulgently away throughout as though they find it entirely charming. It makes it a real chore to sit through, though I will concede Seyetik's final line is brilliant.