The most disliked episode of TNG - Final Part

[BlueStuff]

Something a little different for the final round. To proceed as normal, it would be over very quickly indeed, so here we have the losers and runners up of each season:

Season One: Code of Honor
Wild Card: Lonely Among Us
Season Two: Shades of Gray
Wild Card: Up the Long Ladder
Season Three: Transfigurations
Wild Card: The Bonding
Season Four: The Loss
Wild Card: Suddenly Human
Season Five: Violations
Wild Card: Imaginary Friend
Season Six: Birthright (II)
Wild Card: Realm of Fear
Season Seven: Force of Nature
Wild Card: Liaisons

*RULES*

Give what you consider to be the best/your preferred 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 eliminated (or saved in this case!) Then a NEW round begins (in this thread) with the numbers restored to 0. Vote ONCE per round. And enjoy!

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 0
Realm of Fear - 0
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

 

[BlueStuff]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 0
Realm of Fear - 1
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

I vote for Realm of Fear. For me it's clearly the best episode on the list, it along with most Barclay episodes is highly enjoyable and the issue of transporter psychosis is interesting and thought-provoking. The "perfect" future experienced some nasty bumps in the process of its creation.

ALSO a reminder to regular players that the limit is now 4. I'd like to see how it works.

 

[DevilEyes]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 1
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

Birthright II. I don't think that one belongs on any list of worst episodes. The story about Klingons who have been living together with the Romulans and their offspring was very interesting, and one of the better stories for both Klingons and Romulans. The conclusion is annoying and unrealistic - almost all of the young Klingons want to leave?! - but less so than Homeward, for instance.

 

[TrekAlliance92]

Code of Honor - 1
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 1
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

One positive vote for "Code of Honor," both for the awesome Fred Steiner score and the action/adventure style of the episode. Not a great one, but I enjoy it.

 

[TroiFan4ever]

Code of Honor - 1
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 1
Force of Nature - 1
Liaisons - 0
"Force of Nature" is getting a vote outta me. For me, it's one of those episodes that once they start, you wanna watch it more and more until the end

 

[Gary7]

Code of Honor - 1
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 2 (+)
Force of Nature - 1
Liaisons - 0

I have to agree with BlueStuff. Realm of Fear was a decent episode and I enjoyed seeing Barclay's paranoia explored further and then justified.

 

[Ghost Bones]

Code of Honor - 2
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 2
Force of Nature - 1
Liaisons - 0

 

[Seven of Five]

Code of Honor - 2
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 3
Force of Nature - 1
Liaisons - 0

I'll vote Realm of Fear too. It was one of a few episodes available for rent on VHS at the local library so I watched it a lot when I was first getting into TNG, and I've come to enjoy it.

I'm not sure how it got here- wait yes I am, I've been following these threads for a while now.

 

[Pseudo]

Code of Honor - 3
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 3
Force of Nature - 1
Liaisons - 0

I'm voting for Code of Honor. It's just too horrible for words.

 

[BlueStuff]

Pseudo, you realize we're voting for the best episode remaining, right?

 

[Geck]

Code of Honor - 3
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 1
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Realm of Fear - 3
Force of Nature - 1
Liaisons - 0

Horrible costumes and telegraphing the villain too early notwithstanding, Violations is a pretty good episode. Doesn't belong on this list.

 

[tighr]

Round II

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 0
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

Well, that was a close one. But I'll save "Realm of Fear". The image of those eels floating in trasnporter buffer was totally cool!

And I can't believe Code of Honor almost got to 4.

I assume I'm following the rules correctly by resetting the remaining episodes to 0?

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

"Birthright, Part II" is a perfectly average episode. That is to say, it doesn't belong here. Sappy romance (in a Klingon story!) aside, it's not that bad.

I'm having trouble accepting that "Code of Honor" almost made it first too!

 

[Geck]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 1
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 1
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

Violations again, as above.

 

[Mr Silver]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 1
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 2
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

"Birthright (II)" because it's the most watchable episode on this list.

 

[Fang66]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 1
Imaginary Friend - 0
Birthright (II) - 3
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

"Birthright (II)" Agree with Jeff and Admiral M.

 

[tighr]

Round III

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 0
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations -
Imaginary Friend - 0
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

I'll give a point to Birthright, since its a good Worf episode and shows him caring a great deal about his culture.

I guess that starts Round III!

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 1
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

Next on my list is "Transfigurations" -- certainly not great but again, doesn't feel like it belongs here. More boring than bad.

 

[DevilEyes]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 2
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 0
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

Yeah, Transfigurations was average, but not awful.

 

[Fang66]

Code of Honor - 0
Lonely Among Us - 0
Shades of Gray - 0
Up the Long Ladder - 0
Transfigurations - 2
The Bonding - 0
The Loss - 0
Suddenly Human - 1
Violations - 0
Imaginary Friend - 0
Force of Nature - 0
Liaisons - 0

Suddenly Human: Very tough choice they are all pretty bad but in Suddenly Human the kid was only mildly annoying and the dad was Roy in the Junior Mint episode of Seinfeld (he also had parts in both Voy and DS9) so that swung it.