The Most Disliked Episode of DS9, Season 2 - 2025 Edition...

[Pumpkin Bread]

"Sanctuary" rates a save for its insights on welcoming the immigrant, misinterpreted prophecies, and the tragedy of misunderstanding on the battlefield. Heavy stuff.

"MELORA"
"RULES OF ACQUISITION"
"SECOND SIGHT"
"RIVALS"
"THE ALTERNATE"
"PLAYING GOD"
"PROFIT AND LOSS"

 

[Frightscape One]

Saving "RULES OF ACQUISITION".

The Dominion gets a first mention here. Inspired decision to make such a huge part of the series get a tiny piece of a Ferengi episode

And I truthfully use a number of Rules of Acquisition on real life. A very surprisingly high number of them are QUITE relevant and useful.


"MELORA"
"SECOND SIGHT"
"RIVALS"
"THE ALTERNATE"
"PLAYING GOD"
"PROFIT AND LOSS"

 

[Sakonna]

"Profit And Loss" is one of Trek's more successful ROTW's. It's always wise when they establish a past off-screen relationship, to justify getting us to a place of "true love" in one episodes time.

"MELORA"
"SECOND SIGHT"
"RIVALS"
"THE ALTERNATE"
"PLAYING GOD"

 

[Captrek]

Playing God. I appreciate exploration of the Trill-symbiont dynamic, even when I have some issues with the execution.

"MELORA"
"SECOND SIGHT"
"RIVALS"
"THE ALTERNATE"

 

[Frightscape One]

Saving "RIVALS".

It's a more fun, and slightly better, episode than the remaining ones.


"MELORA"
"SECOND SIGHT"
"THE ALTERNATE"

 

[Sakonna]

I want to give all three of these A for effort. They're all good ideas that are trying, and then just go awry in execution.

I'll save "Melora", because I like the zero G effects, and they did a nice job with the interplay of A & B story. I'm glad they made this attempt to tackle the issue, even if they didn't do it all that well.

I really wish they'd avoided all those times Bashir seduced his patients, though. But I can kind of squint and see it as setup for the genetic engineering reveal. As we saw with the Jack Pack, the genetic engineering can give you poor sexual boundaries!

"SECOND SIGHT"
"THE ALTERNATE"

 

[Tosk]

I'm saving The Alternate, and I'm surprised it took this long.

It's better than Second Sight in pretty much every way.


SECOND SIGHT

 

[Frightscape One]

And the winner for the third time in a row is "SECOND SIGHT".

Thank you all for playing. I will begin season 3 shortly. Hope to see you all there!

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

Awww... I kind of liked "Second Sight". Seytik was am obnoxious character, but the fact that that he was completely unapologetic about it, for some strange reason, helped.

Well, that's what I get for going to bed early.

 

[Captrek]

Awww... I kind of liked "Second Sight". Seytik was am obnoxious character, but the fact that that he was completely unapologetic about it, for some strange reason, helped.

Well, that's what I get for going to bed early.

Seytik was very well cast, that’s one thing the episode has going for it.

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

Rooting for Melora to be the choice, I do not like spending 45 minutes with that character.

I could have dealt with the prickly character, but the whole cultural identity business left me rolling my eyes. But an episode only needs one fan. I've saved "Shades of Gray" a time or two.

 

[Captrek]

I could have dealt with the prickly character, but the whole cultural identity business left me rolling my eyes. But an episode only needs one fan. I've saved "Shades of Gray" a time or two.

I might too. TNG S2 has a number of stinkers that are worse or arguably worse. I’d easily save SOG over Okona.

 

[Cyfa]

Awww... I kind of liked "Second Sight". Seytik was am obnoxious character, but the fact that that he was completely unapologetic about it, for some strange reason, helped.

Well, that's what I get for going to bed early.

~ Had I not been fast asleep too, I would have saved "Second Sight" (right after "Profit and Loss" was saved).