The most disliked episode of the franchise - Final Showdown

[BlueStuff]

Okay Trek fans, anyone who's been following this game on all the other boards knows what it's all about. For anyone who doesn't, a series of elimination/voting games to determine the most disliked episodes resulted in what we have here as the losers and runners up of each series:

The Original Series

Loser: And the Children Shall Lead
Wild Card: Catspaw
Wild Card: The Alternative Factor

The Next Generation

Loser: Shades of Gray
Wild Card: Code of Honor
Wild Card: Up the Long Ladder

Deep Space Nine

Loser: Profit and Lace
Wild Card: Ferengi Love Songs
Wild Card: The Passenger

Voyager

Loser: The Fight
Wild Card: Spirit Folk
Wild Card: Elogium

Enterprise

Loser: Terra Nova
Wild Card: Extinction
Wild Card: Rogue Planet


So here we are, at the Final Showdown, featuring all of these episodes!


*RULES*

Give what you consider to be the best/your favorite episode ONE point, and briefly explain WHY. Be sure to copy and paste the list with your point added. When an episode reaches 4 points, it is saved. Then a NEW round begins (in this thread) with the numbers restored to 0. Vote ONCE per round. And enjoy!

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 0
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 0

 

[DevilEyes]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 0
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 1

Most of these episodes are awful. Rogue Planet isn't. It's just average. There are far worse ENT episodes that aren't on the list.

 

[Admiral Shran]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 0
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 2

I agree that most of these episodes are indeed awful. There are a couple of average ones, however. Rogue Planet is probably the best of the average ones, so it gets my vote as well.

 

[Geck]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 2

I have no idea how Terra Nova was deemed the worst of Enterprise. It's an average episode too, and better than the other ENT eps on the list.

 

[TrekAlliance92]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 1
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 2

Out of these, Code of Honor is probably the one I revisit most often. It has an old school TOS action-adventure feel, down to the awesome Fred Steiner score, and is a good Tasha episode too.

 

[erastus25]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 1
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 1
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 2

Because it's better than the other TOS options...

 

[Gaith]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 1
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 1
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 3


Haven't seen "Rogue Planet" since it aired, but I kinda liked it then. It helps to know that in the poem cited, the woman ran away from the narrator, so the creature was just doing what Archer expected her to, not intentionally being stupid. And argh, "Terra Nova" was just awful.

 

[Dion]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 1
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 1
Code of Honor - 1
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 3

I actually like Clip shows and even though Shades of Gray was terrible, the fact that it was a clip show makes it much easier to watch than the other episodes on this list.

 

[Orac]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 1
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 1
Code of Honor - 1
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 1
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 3

Elogium was funny.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 1
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 1
Code of Honor - 1
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 1
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 1
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0
Rogue Planet - 3

Profit and Lace. It's average, but it has its moments that I like.

 

[KNH]

You get off easy this time, Rogue Planet. ...this time.

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 0
Extinction - 0

 

[KNH]

You get off easy this time, Rogue Planet. ...this time.

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Terra Nova - 0
Extinction - 0

 

[Tiberius]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 1
Terra Nova - 0
Extinction - 0

I'm helping Elogium because it has neat sfx and is about sex.

 

[BlueStuff]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 2
Terra Nova - 0
Extinction - 0

I haven't seen it but I'm voting for Elogium, as I hear it's about sex. Somehow I doubt it's as raunchy as I'm being led to believe, but oh well.

 

[DevilEyes]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 2
Terra Nova - 1
Extinction - 0

But it's about sex with Neelix.

Voting for Terra Nova, because it's a forgettable episode of ENT season 1 but not exactly horrible. If only TATV were on the list...

 

[BlueStuff]

But Tiberius made it sound like a good thing!

 

[Admiral Shran]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 2
Terra Nova - 2
Extinction - 0

Terra Nova - it's a slightly below average ENT episode, not horrible.

 

[SFRabid]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 2
Terra Nova - 3
Extinction - 0

Terra Nova - I like this one much better than the others.

 

[You_Will_Fail]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 1
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 2
Terra Nova - 3
Extinction - 0

I liked "Profit and Lace" and remember laughing quite a lot O.O

 

[Seven of Five]

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 0
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 1
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 2
Terra Nova - 4
Extinction - 0

I'll save Terra Nova, as I think it's a better episode than Extinction!

And the Children Shall Lead - 0
Catspaw - 1
The Alternative Factor - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Code of Honor - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Profit and Lace - 0
Ferengi Love Songs - 0
The Passenger - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Elogium - 0
Extinction - 0

My next vote for the new round goes to save Catspaw, which isn't the worst TOS episode by far. It's not even the worst that season. This is a pretty horrible list of episodes on the whole though. I wouldn't want to be watching these in one day.