The Most Disliked Episode of ENT, 2023 Edition - Season 4...

[Farscape One]

Welcome to our bi-yearly 'Most Disliked Episode' games! Now that the 'Least Disliked Episode' games hosted by BlueStuff (who inspired me to create these games, so thank you very much for paving the way) have concluded, we can begin the opposite side of that coin.

Here's the game. The basic idea is your standard elimination game. I'll provide a list of the episodes for each season and you need to eliminate your most favorite or the one you deem the 'best.' Please provide an EXPLANATION for why you are eliminating your choice and be sure to copy and paste the list with your choice removed. Finally, leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you eliminate another episode.

No tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode because you feel they would threaten your preferred episode's chance to win. Pretty simple. Enjoy!

Hall of Champions (or Failures?)
2011 - "TERRA NOVA"
2018 - "PRECIOUS CARGO"
2019 - "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."
2021 - "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."
2023 - "SHOCKWAVE, PART II"


Season Four -

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"HOME"
"BORDERLAND"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"OBSERVER EFFECT"
"BABEL ONE"
"UNITED"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"IN A MIRROR, DARKLY"
"IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II"
"DEMONS"
"TERRA PRIME"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Farscape One]

Season 4... many would call this the series' best season, and I fully agree. It kept the tradition alive of the 4th season of a STAR TREK series being that show at their best. A fantastic season that saw multiple trilogies, which was necessary for budgetary reasons but ended up being a great shot in the arm and was an excellent storytelling method. They got to expand on some meaty stories without them overstaying their welcome. (DISCO and PICARD could have learned from this.) A damn shame this was the last season. It's really hard to pick a first save because so many episodes this season were great.

My first save is "IN A MIRROR, DARKLY".

It was fun to see the Mirror Universe here with absolutely NO intercutting to our universe. We have a Constitution class ship back on screen. We have a Tholian web making a return. And we got to see Forrest one last time... and he is an honorable man in any universe. He sacrificed himself to give his crew a fighting chance to live. Plus, you can tell everyone was enjoying themselves a LOT here.

But my favorite thing? They got rid of that damned theme song and replaced it! I LOVED it!

(So many reasons to save this one, and the theme replacement ALONE would have done it for me.)


Season Four -

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"HOME"
"BORDERLAND"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"OBSERVER EFFECT"
"BABEL ONE"
"UNITED"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II"
"DEMONS"
"TERRA PRIME"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Oddish]

Terra Prime is my first save, for being a far better series finale than the one we actually got.

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"HOME"
"BORDERLAND"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"OBSERVER EFFECT"
"BABEL ONE"
"UNITED"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Sakonna]

"Borderland", for being one of the two episodes I caught in reruns that convinced me this show was worth finishing after all ("Carpenter Street" being the other)

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"HOME"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"OBSERVER EFFECT"
"BABEL ONE"
"UNITED"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II".

Prettt much for the same reasons as I saved the first part. Especially the changing of the theme.



"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"HOME"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"OBSERVER EFFECT"
"BABEL ONE"
"UNITED"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Oddish]

Especially the changing of the theme.

Oh, yeah. That "easy listening" song was easily the worst Star Trek intro. Mirror ENT's rocked.

 

[Cyfa]

I really enjoy "OBSERVER EFFECT" for all the body-swapping - I think all the actors did a fantastic job - so that's the one I'm saving first. (Plus, it's a standalone ep that doesn't have me wondering if the good bits that I'm remembering were in a different episode from the duology/trilogy )

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"HOME"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"UNITED"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[CitadelZombies]

Save "Home". It's a good episode covering the aftermath of the previous season. reminiscent of TNG's "Family"

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"UNITED"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "UNITED".

One of the best of the series, this really put to the forefront the Enterprise's role in bringing everyone together.

And that pullback shot of the conference room with Archer, Shran, etc. showing the Enterprise in formation with everyone? One of the best shots of the series. I can save this episode on that shot alone, never mind all the other great things about it.


"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"COLD STATION 12"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Sakonna]

I'll keep on rescuing the same three-parter. Saving "Cold Station 12."

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"THE FORGE"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Seven of Five]

The Forge is the awesome first part of the Vulcan trilogy, so it's an easy save for me. Forrest sacrificing himself to save Soval during the bombing was a great moment.

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"THE AUGMENTS"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "THE AUGMENTS". (Sorry, Sakonna... I know you probably would have saved this one next, but I just had to save it myself.)

Brent Spiner was a delight as Arik Soong. And his pleas with Malik to think of the others who survived, and his distraught over their deaths... you really felt his pain. It was like a father losing his children.



"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"BOUND"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Sakonna]

"Bound" It's cheesy, and it's Orion revamp is quite awkwardly done, but Lower Decks has gone on to do such fantastic things with said revamp that it retroactively elevates this episodes stock.

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"AWAKENING"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Seven of Five]

I'll save Awakening, the second part of the Vulcan trilogy. Overall the writers did a pretty good job making the Vulcans make sense again.

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"AFFLICTION"
"DIVERGENCE"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES...

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "AFFLICTION".

I actually liked how ENT was tackling explaining the difference in Klingons' appearance from TOS and later. Bonus points for it being a combination of Bashir and O'Brien's theories.

Also, it was good to give Reed some more stuff.


"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"KIR'SHARA"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"DIVERGENCE"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Cyfa]

Then I'll save the remaining ep from the Vulcan trilogy, "KIR'SHARA", because I really like what ENT did with the Vulcan race. And Tucker was pretty awesome while in command of Enterprise

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"DIVERGENCE"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Sakonna]

I'll save "Divergence." I like this two-parter, it's a strong follow-up to the Augments three-parter. I find it fun that they tried to reconcile this makeup thing.

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"DEMONS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Oddish]

I guess I'll save the other half of my two-parter, then. "Demons" isn't quite as strong as its part 2, but it's worth saving nonetheless.

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THE AENAR"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "THE AENAR".

Good episode. Shran is always a delight. And we can thank this episode for giving us Hemmer on SNW!

STOP! Hemmer Time!


"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"DAEDALUS"
"BABEL ONE"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."

 

[Sakonna]

I mean, look at these remaining. Even a huge fan of guilty pleasure trash Trek like myself could never make an argument for "Storm Front", "Daedalus", or "TATV" over "Babel One."

"STORM FRONT"
"STORM FRONT, PART II"
"DAEDALUS"
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..."