The Most Disliked Episode of LDS, Season 3 - 2025 Edition...

[Frostscape 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?)
2023 - "Terminal Provocations"
2025 -


Season 3

"Grounded"
"The Least Dangerous Game"
"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"Reflections"
"Hear All, Trust Nothing"
"A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
"Trusted Sources"
"The Stars at Night"

 

[Frostscape One]

This show just keeps getting better and better... a hard task, as LOWER DECKS has been consistently fantastic. I'm going to make my first save a very, very easy one though... at least, an easy choice for those who know my posting history and what I consider to be the best series in the franchise.

"Hear All, Trust Nothing" was just... I can't describe to you all the utter glee and joy I felt at watching this one. I actually shed a few single man tears of happiness at seeing Deep Space Nine again on screen. (My wife can confirm this.)

Hearing new dialogue from Kira and Quark, two of the best characters from DS9 (which is already a hard statement to make considering how many great characters DS9 had and how well everyone was fleshed out)... I cannot express in enough words how happy this episode made me. And Morn was here, too!!!

I was smiling from beginning to end, and what more can anyone ask from what they are watching?

On a scale of 1 to 10, I gave this an easy 11.


"Grounded"
"The Least Dangerous Game"
"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"Reflections"
"A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
"Trusted Sources"
"The Stars at Night"

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Just keep circling...

I'm going to save Grounded for the adventures on Earth, seeing Bozeman and hearing the music from FC and how it all subverted the tropes by having their exploits be for nothing because at the end of the day the system worked.

And Tuvok and Bateson is a team I want to see.

"The Least Dangerous Game"
"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"Reflections"
"A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
"Trusted Sources"
"The Stars at Night"

 

[Sakonna]

"Reflections" is an extremely satisfying pay-off of the season 2 reveal about Rutherford's implant (which got SUCH a reaction from me the first time I saw it!)

This is a favorite of mine, and it feels like it doesn't get much love! It's one of my top "Trek journeys into a liminal mind-space" (of which there are so many).

Mariner and Boimler at the job fair is a great story as well.

"The Least Dangerous Game"
"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
"Trusted Sources"
"The Stars at Night"

 

[Frostscape One]

Saving "The Least Dangerous Game".

This was a super fun episode, and 'Bold Boimler' is just hilarious.

But my big reason for saving this is we get my favorite Klingon appearing... Martok!


"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
"Trusted Sources"
"The Stars at Night"

 

[Cyfa]

"The Stars at Night" is another fantastic season finale. In fact, I might be my favourite of all. My favourite scene is, as I've mentioned before a few times, when all the Cali-class ships - and Mariner - come to save the Cerritos from the bonkers Aledo. The whole episode is just a thrill ride!

"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
"Trusted Sources"

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Going for A Mathematically Perfect Redemption. A fun adventure with Peanut Hamper and her maniacal laughing with Agimus at the end was wonderful.

"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
"Trusted Sources"

 

[Frostscape One]

Saving "Trusted Sources".

Cool seeing the Breen again. (Before DISCO did them a huge disservice.) And great to see Brekka get what they deserved.


"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Room for Growth"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"

 

[Smear-Gel]

Saving "Room for Growth"

Actually making use of the fact that the show is animated by showing us parts of a starship that normally would be too much work to do is great.


"Mining the Mind's Mines"
"Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I suppose I will make Crisis Point 2 the final save for its delightful sendups of the movies and for telling us what we already knew: Captain Sulu is better than Captain Kirk.

 

[Frostscape One]

And "Mining the Mind's Mines" wins season 3.

Thank you all for playing! I will start season 4 shortly. Hope to see you all there!