The most disliked episode of TNG - Part One

[BlueStuff]

Okay Trek fans, "least disliked" has concluded, so now it's time for the opposite. The basic idea here is your standard elimination game. I'll provide a list of the episodes for each season and you need to eliminate your 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 play again. Pretty simple. Enjoy!

Season One -

Encounter at Farpoint
The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
The Battle
Hide and Q
Haven
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
11001001
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
Heart of Glory
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris
Conspiracy
The Neutral Zone

 

[BlueStuff]

I'll start off by saving Heart of Glory, my favorite from Season One.

Encounter at Farpoint
The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
The Battle
Hide and Q
Haven
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
11001001
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris
Conspiracy
The Neutral Zone

 

[Harvey]

Encounter at Farpoint
The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
The Battle
Hide and Q
Haven
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris
Conspiracy
The Neutral Zone

I'll save "11001001." It's not a great episode, but in the context of the first season, it's pretty good.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Quite possibly the hardest season for me to say anything positive about.

Encounter at Farpoint
The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
The Battle
Hide and Q
Haven
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris
The Neutral Zone

"Conspiracy" is... funny. In a very morbid sense.

 

[Mr Silver]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
The Battle
Hide and Q
Haven
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris
The Neutral Zone

TNG Season 1 hasn't really aged well. I've saved "Encounter At Farpoint" because it was an excellent start to the series.

 

[MacLeod]

Tough choice given the quality of Season1 but I'll save the season finale, whilst not the best episode. We did Ambassador G'Kar, Sorry Cmdr. Tomalok. So as we had the Rommies back and the start of the Borg mystery

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
The Battle
Hide and Q
Haven
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

 

[bullethead]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Hide and Q
Haven
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

Saving The Battle- it fleshes out Picard at bit and is a fairly decent story, although it suffers a but from being a Ferengi episode.

 

[DevilEyes]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Hide and Q
Haven
Datalore
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

Uh, hard to find many good episodes here.

The Big Goodbye - it's fun, the concept of fictional characters realizing they're fictional is interesting, and it's easier to like because the show hasn't gone overboard with holodeck episodes yet.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Hide and Q
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

"Datalore" for giving Data (and Lore, ohoho) cool development

 

[bullethead]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Hide and Q
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
Symbiosis
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

The Arsenal of Freedom for being fairly interesting and action packed (for the first season).

 

[BlueStuff]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Hide and Q
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

The Arsenal of Freedom - great fun! The Lollipop is indeed a good ship.

Edit: Beaten! In that case...uh. Symbiosis is one I've always found compelling. Except for that Wesley bit. You know the one I mean.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

"Hide and Q" because John de Lancie. That's right -- that's a full sentence.

 

[bullethead]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Coming of Age
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

Home Soil because the "ugly bags of mostly water" line cracks me up.

 

[Cyke101]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Coming of Age
Skin of Evil
We'll Always Have Paris

Where No Man Has Gone Before has always been a personal favorite, thanks to its surprising special effects bonanza and the great shot of Picard nearly stepping into subspace (by the way, if any episode needs a remastering, this would be it).

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Coming of Age
We'll Always Have Paris

"Skin of Evil" for shock value. No, seriously, this is how little I enjoy the first season.

 

[bullethead]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Lonely Among Us
Justice
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Coming of Age

We'll Always Have Paris- I like non-standard temporal schenanigan episodes.

 

[Pseudo]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Lonely Among Us
Haven
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Coming of Age

Justice because Wesley is at least sentenced to death. I don't mind Wesley later on, but he's an awful character in Season One.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Lonely Among Us
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Coming of Age

I don't like "Haven" but I do admire Majel's performance in it.

 

[MacLeod]

Getting tough now to pick an episode to save but I'll save "Coming of Age" yes I know it's a wes story but it's slim pickings now

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Lonely Among Us
Angel One
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks

 

[Mr Silver]

The Naked Now
Code of Honor
The Last Outpost
Lonely Among Us
Angel One
When the Bough Breaks

"Too Short A Season" is being saved because It's the episode I like most out of the few remaining.