The Most Disliked Episode of VGR, Season 3: 2021 Edition...

[Farscape One]

This is a twist on a game that is played here, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

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?)
2011 - "THE FIGHT"
2018 - "FAVORITE SON"
2019 - "SPIRIT FOLK"
2021 - "FURY"


Season Three -

BASICS, PART II
FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
WARLORD
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
BLOOD FEVER
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
BEFORE AND AFTER
REAL LIFE
DISTANT ORIGIN
DISPLACED
WORST CASE SCENARIO
SCORPION

 

[Farscape One]

I'm going to be perfectly honest... season 3 of VOYAGER is a lot of mediocre in the middle. The best is the first 5 produced ones and the last 6, in my opinion. Which is basically where I'm going to get most of my saves.

So it should be no surprise that my first save this season is the last episode, "SCORPION".

This was VOYAGER's best season finale by far. The teaser left your jaw dropped when a couple shots completely destroys TWO Borg cubes. There was tension throughout the whole episode. It was fast paced. And we had John Rhys-Davies!

But possibly the best scene of the episode was actually centered on one of the show's most underused characters... Chakotay. While I do agree there were times in later seasons when it seems like he was phoning it in, I disagree that it was because he was a bad actor. The scene where he actually disagrees with Janeway and tells her the scorpion story proves it. It's sad that almost all of his character development stops at this point because he had some good stuff in the early years. Except for "EQUINOX, PART II", he completely became a 'Yes man', which not only stripped him of any bite as a former Maquis, but also as a believable first officer who was a former Maquis and captain.

That summer was double hell waiting for the new season, because DS9's "CALL TO ARMS" aired at this time, too. STAR TREK was fully on point for season finales that year.

BASICS, PART II
FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
WARLORD
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
BLOOD FEVER
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
BEFORE AND AFTER
REAL LIFE
DISTANT ORIGIN
DISPLACED
WORST CASE SCENARIO

 

[Qonundrum]

^^ Scorpion's the best!

An easy one is WORST CASE SCENARIO. It's almost trolling us in showing a condensed version of what the show could have done over its first three years. While the ending has a few too many conveniences, especially with that old standby trope of "Holodeck go boom boom - again", it still doesn't really pull the viewer out of any suspension of disbelief. Which says a lot, given how much she'd have to learn and implement to make this elaborate scenario (*snicker*) work.

But, dang, the setup is an eminently clever way to tell what could have happened in a way that doesn't reboot or end run or get around the strides the show had made so far.

Also, not to be missed is the scene with the EMH. You know the one I mean. Or if you don't, here's a clue: "Man, can ya dig it, that scene is a real acid trip. Freedom rock, man!" *snort*


What's left:
BASICS, PART II
FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
WARLORD
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
BLOOD FEVER
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
BEFORE AND AFTER
REAL LIFE
DISTANT ORIGIN
DISPLACED

 

[Seven of Five]

I'll save Before and After first. It's one of the better episodes from season 3, as I love the idea of Kes and the crew aging backwards. The Doctor never settling on a name was a fun gag.

The mention of the Year of Hell was ominous at the time as well.

BASICS, PART
FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
WARLORD
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
BLOOD FEVER
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
REAL LIFE
DISTANT ORIGIN
DISPLACED

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "DISTANT ORIGIN" next. Wonderful story, excellent performances all around. Again, this is also proof that Beltran delivers when given good material.

Having this told mostly from the Voth perspective was brilliant and why it works so well.


BASICS, PART
FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
WARLORD
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
BLOOD FEVER
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
REAL LIFE
DISPLACED

 

[Brobdingnag]

Saving "BASICS, PART II", the resolution is a bit miraculous and we get the reset button at the end but all in all, it's better than the ones left which I must say for most of them are not very good.


FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
WARLORD
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
BLOOD FEVER
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
REAL LIFE
DISPLACED

 

[BoTWoT]

I'm saving Warlord. Might be the best Kes episode. Pretty mediocre...but so is pretty much this entire season.

FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
BLOOD FEVER
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
REAL LIFE
DISPLACED

 

[cosmic mouse]

Blood Fever- good ep for Tom and B'Elanna, plus Chak looked great in that jumpsuit and the alien species on the planet was cool (though we didn't see enough of them, alas).

FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
REAL LIFE
DISPLACED

 

[Seven of Five]

The Doctor's take on a suburban family was hilariously scary. His reaction to B'Elanna's changes is equally fun.

FLASHBACK
THE CHUTE
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
DISPLACED

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "THE CHUTE". Great Tom and Harry episode.


FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END
FUTURE'S END, PART II
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
DISPLACED

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Removing Future’s End, one of the few high points of the season.

FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
FUTURE'S END, PART II
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
DISPLACED

 

[Sakonna]

Wow, lot of hate for season 3! It never bothered me that much somehow, or I just never realized this was such a weak link year.

I'll save "Future's End, Part II", I have so much fun rewatching this. The locations work alone makes me love it.

FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
REMEMBER
SACRED GROUND
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
DISPLACED

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "REMEMBER". Roxann Dawson always nailed it, and this was one of the highlight performances of her early years.


FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
SACRED GROUND
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON
DISPLACED

 

[at Quark's]

Saving DISPLACED. Taking the ship over by swapping the crew with their own one by one is an original concept, and I also liked the multihabitat ship structure. All in all, I simply liked the episode.

(Though it begs the question: if the Nyrians can build habitat ships like that with advanced holo-imagery, and everything a species needs, and build a transporter capable of such long-distance transports,, wouldn't it be far safer for them to simply build their own ships rather than attempt to steal them from other species?)



FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
SACRED GROUND
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON

 

[Sakonna]

Oh, I forgot I'd just recently discovered "Displaced"! That episode is very satisfying, but I somehow missed its charms until recently.

"Sacred Ground" is another I recently rediscovered and found it quite a bit more satisfying than ever before. I love the end, with the Doctor chattering on with his technobabble that Explains Everything while Janeway quietly contemplates her experience...

FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
UNITY
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON

 

[Seven of Five]

Unity is an intriguing reintroduction to the Borg, by having Chakotay come across a group of ex-drones. The co-operative is a great idea for living with the side-effects of assimilation.

FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
FALSE PROFITS
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON

 

[at Quark's]

I'll save FALSE PROFITS.

Not a stellar episode perhaps, but its saving grace is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. Of course Voyager just had to drag another AQ species into their show, but at least these Ferengi antagonists are entertaining.


FLASHBACK
THE SWARM
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON

 

[Brobdingnag]

"FLASHBACK", is funny, Tuvok has a memory but he doesn't remember it... (Tuvok says that he was a boy, how could he know that especially since the memory wasn't linked to any other proximate memory?) what? Then it goes crazy when Janeway remembers herself as Tuvok, Valtane, and some cave boy. First of all how can she even see what her face looks like? (When you remember your past you don't know what your face looked like back then unless you happened to be looking at a mirror) Well, whatever... it was still an entertaining episode, even if it didn't make much sense, but that's business as usual for Voyager...

THE SWARM
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
FAIR TRADE
ALTER EGO
CODA
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON

 

[Seven of Five]

Fair Trade is a good vehicle for Neelix. Him worried about feeling like he will have no role to play on the ship is a well played out crisis of confidence.

THE SWARM
THE Q AND THE GREY
MACROCOSM
ALTER EGO
CODA
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Mostly bad episodes and forgettable ones left. I’ll save Macrocosm, it’s silly but it’s at least a fun genre outing.

THE SWARM
THE Q AND THE GREY
ALTER EGO
CODA
DARKLING
RISE
FAVORITE SON[/QUOTE]