The Most Disliked Episode of ENT, Final Round: 2021 Edition...

[Hopeful Romantic]

TATV would have been fine, with some modifications, as long as it wasn't the @*$#!-ing series finale!

Nah, not for me. It would be a train wreck anywhere. SUCH lame writing. And the Beebs wouldn't fix Trip's suicide death or the T/T breakup. They seemed far too invested in destroying him.

I've always been of the mindset that every episode has something to redeem it. Or defend its existence.

I'm like you, I find something to like in every episode. TATV is...a struggle, though.

I made a TATV avatar back when we were doing the av contests here... favorite moments.

 

[Farscape One]

As there have been no new votes in 48 hours, "CANAMAR" is saved, as it was the first one to reach 2 votes.

My vote this round goes to "CHOSEN REALM", same reasons as before.


"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"HARBINGER" - 0
"CHOSEN REALM" - 1
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Mathieu]

"Harbinger", also for the same reasons as before (Tripol shipper).

"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"HARBINGER" - 1
"CHOSEN REALM" - 1
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Vale]

The random number generator said 5, so I'm going to ignore it and choose "Harbinger" too.

"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"HARBINGER" - 2
"CHOSEN REALM" - 1
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Seven of Five]

I guess that Harbinger had a somewhat interesting conflict between Hayes and Reed.

"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"HARBINGER" - 3
"CHOSEN REALM" - 1
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Farscape One]

Nah, not for me. It would be a train wreck anywhere. SUCH lame writing. And the Beebs wouldn't fix Trip's suicide death or the T/T breakup. They seemed far too invested in destroying him.


I'm like you, I find something to like in every episode. TATV is...a struggle, though.

I made a TATV avatar back when we were doing the av contests here... favorite moments.

The ONLY thing about "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." that was defendable was the final voiceover of Archer, Kirk, and Picard and showing their ships.

Take that out, and it's one of those very few on my list.

 

[Mathieu]

The ONLY thing about "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." that was defendable was the final voiceover of Archer, Kirk, and Picard and showing their ships.

Take that out, and it's one of those very few on my list.

Yes, that and... call me corny if you want, but I loved the scene just a few minutes before that, with T'Pol saying to Archer he is a hero, Archer hugging T'Pol and then the very beginnings of the Federation. Unfortunately, the episode ended altogether with that bloody holodeck simulation. Dreadful episode.

 

[Farscape One]

I agree that scene was nice, but it felt hollow because of the entire episode being a holodeck simulation.

 

[Oddish]

I agree that scene was nice, but it felt hollow because of the entire episode being a holodeck simulation.

But it allows me to say in head canon that the episode's stupidest elements were based on errant historical data.

 

[Cyfa]

This time, I'm going with "Harbinger" as well, which takes it to 4 votes. While there is an episode left that I enjoy more and have watched more, I actually quite like "Harbinger" too - mainly for the Trip & T'Pol interactions, but Hayes & Reed's stupid conflict is amusingly ridiculous which I find entertaining (I think they should get together, too!).

"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"CHOSEN REALM" - 0
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Farscape One]

Well, I'm going to keep on voting for "CHOSEN REALM" until it gets saved.


"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"CHOSEN REALM" - 1
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Oddish]

Hayes & Reed's stupid conflict is amusingly ridiculous which I find entertaining (I think they should get together, too!).

Trek's first long term same-sex romance, just out of the blue from two guys who were just fighting. THAT would gobsmack your audience!

 

[Vale]

Random number generator says "3". So "Chosen Realm" it is!

"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"CHOSEN REALM" - 2
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Farscape One]

So, it was... wait for it...



Chosen... by the number generator.

 

[Mathieu]

"Chosen Realm" for me as well, by far (I hate all the other remaining ones). I liked how it dealt with bigotry and how these religious extremists gave a whole new meaning to the spheres, even if they were wrong.

"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"CHOSEN REALM" - 3
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 0

 

[Sakonna]

I will vote for "Chosen Realm" again, so that's saved.

I'll give my next round point to "Storm Front", because it reminds me of how I like some of the other Trek episodes about alien Nazi's. This episode however is irredeemably terrible with not one good moment in it. But so are the other three, so that's the closest thing I have to a positive comment.

"TERRA NOVA" - 0
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 1

 

[Farscape One]

I'm torn between 2 episodes, so I'll vote for the one that doesn't deal with the Temporal Cold War.

"TERRA NOVA" gets my next vote.


"TERRA NOVA" - 1
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 1

 

[Mathieu]

I reluctantly give my vote to "Terra Nova". An awful episode but at least, the initial idea of a forsaken Human colony living underground was interesting. They just made a snoozefest out of it.

"TERRA NOVA" - 2
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 0
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 1

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

Reading the comments about saving these episodes is just a scream.

I'll give a point to "Precious Cargo." Yes, it's an awful simulation of a wacky 40s screwball comedy. But there's that scene where T'Pol is doing an impression of the Vulcan Inquisition, all swathed in her robes, and Archer is bowing and scraping to her, all to scare the bejeebus out of that weaselly alien. That scene had me on the floor.

"TERRA NOVA" - 2
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 1
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 1

 

[Seven of Five]

I feel violated doing it but I'll vote for Terra Nova. It's such an annoying episode to me, yet not quite as bad as the other turds.

"TERRA NOVA" - 3
"PRECIOUS CARGO" - 1
"THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." - 0
"STORM FRONT" - 1