The Most Disliked Episode of VGR, Season 6: 2021 Edition...

[Brobdingnag]

Saving THE VOYAGER CONSPIRACY. Interesting twists and turns all the way to a nice moment of Seven realizing she's finally an individual, but is part of the family. It's really a nice turning point for the character.
....

I think at this point she already realized it about half a dozen times already and she's not yet done realizing it. So there are as many turning points as in a mountain road.

 

[Farscape One]

Saving "ONE SMALL STEP". It was a great tribute to the space program and astronauts, who are truly heroic.


EQUINOX, PART II
ALICE
FAIR HAVEN
VIRTUOSO
TSUNKATSE
COLLECTIVE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
CHILD'S PLAY
FURY
THE HAUNTING OF DECK TWELVE
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Sakonna]

"Child's Play" -- a great Icheb episode. It's weird how that actor is terrible, yet they manage to get multiple great Icheb episodes out of him anyway. Probably because Icheb episodes are usually also Seven episodes, and Jeri Ryan is good enough to do all the acting for both of them.

EQUINOX, PART II
ALICE
FAIR HAVEN
VIRTUOSO
TSUNKATSE
COLLECTIVE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
FURY
THE HAUNTING OF DECK TWELVE
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Seven of Five]

One Small Step is a great Star Trek episode, paying homage to old space exploration. Seven seems to slightly hijack the Chakotay episode, but the emotional beats still play out really well, as she reads out the score at the end.

EQUINOX, PART II
ALICE
FAIR HAVEN
VIRTUOSO
TSUNKATSE
COLLECTIVE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
FURY
THE HAUNTING OF DECK TWELVE
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Brobdingnag]

I'll save "VIRTUOSO". The story is meh but is saved from mediocrity by the wonderful Picardo.

Btw: Some mathematician, who doesn't even know that "one plus one" is not an equation!

EQUINOX, PART II
ALICE
FAIR HAVEN
TSUNKATSE
COLLECTIVE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
FURY
THE HAUNTING OF DECK TWELVE
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Oddish]

Haunting of Deck 12 gets a pass from me, because of its opening sequence, and creepy "haunted ship" vibe.

EQUINOX, PART II
ALICE
ONE SMALL STEP
FAIR HAVEN
VIRTUOSO
TSUNKATSE
COLLECTIVE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
CHILD'S PLAY
FURY
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Saving Child's Play. I really think it's one of the best episodes in the series. Themes of desperate maneuvers to fight the Borg should have come up more often. Using your own child as a Trojan horse.

EQUINOX, PART II
ALICE
ONE SMALL STEP
FAIR HAVEN
VIRTUOSO
TSUNKATSE
COLLECTIVE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
FURY
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Sakonna]

"Collective" Overall, I though the Borg children were a great add to Voyager, and this was a fun backdoor way to do a Borg episode without further defanging the Borg as a whole.

Removing a few that were accidentally re-added.

EQUINOX, PART II
ALICE
FAIR HAVEN
TSUNKATSE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
FURY
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Since Child's Play was removed and re-added, my vote effectively wasn't real and I can vote again.

Equinox is another one of my favorite episodes. I just wish they didn't drop the storyline of the survivors integrating into the crew and seeking redemption.

ALICE
FAIR HAVEN
TSUNKATSE
SPIRIT FOLK
ASHES TO ASHES
FURY
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Vale]

Out of the remaining options I find "Ashes to Ashes" the least offensive, though Jhet'leya/Lyndsay Ballard is quite the Mary Sue. It would have been better if they'd gone with Ahni Jetal from "Latent Image" instead.

But really, at this point I'm limited for choice – I hate Tom Paris so "Alice" is out, I hate "Fury" because it's "Fury", "Tsunkatse" isn't done any favours by having Jeffrey Combs, and "Unimatrix Zero" continues the show's degradation of the Borg from all-consuming existential treat to "alien of the week"... and being Irish there's no way I can possibly rescue "Fair Haven" or "Spirit Folk" in good conscience... so "Ashes to Ashes" it is!

ALICE
FAIR HAVEN
TSUNKATSE
SPIRIT FOLK
FURY
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Brennyren]

Can't say I was overly fond of the plot for "Alice," but unlike @Vale I do have a soft spot for Tom Paris, and Robbie McNeill is always in there with a try.

FAIR HAVEN
TSUNKATSE
SPIRIT FOLK
FURY
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[Seven of Five]

I'll save Tsunkatse. It's a pretty bad crossover, but Seven and the Hirogen had some nice scenes together.

Seeing Jeffrey Combs and J.G. Hertzler in the show was fun as well.

FAIR HAVEN
SPIRIT FOLK
FURY
UNIMATRIX ZERO

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I guess Unamatrix Zero is my process of elimination vote. Its only major problem is the 'Weakening of the Borg' problem all the major Borg episodes are guilty of. The idea of the episode is neat. And the other options are the two Fair Haven episodes where the crew problematically fetishizes an idealized old Irish village to the point of risking their safety to keep it running, and Fury, possibly the worst ending for a character in Trek history.

FAIR HAVEN
SPIRIT FOLK
FURY

 

[BoTWoT]

Saving SPIRIT FOLK. It's the better of the two Fairhaven jaunt's in my opinion. It's legitimately funny, and the doctor as the priest is a spinoff I'd watch for another 7 seasons on it's own.

FAIR HAVEN
FURY

 

[BoTWoT]

I think at this point she already realized it about half a dozen times already and she's not yet done realizing it. So there are as many turning points as in a mountain road.

I think she hit milestones along the way, but this was literally the time that made the most difference during the run of Voyager. Clearly some things happened after the run that really f'ed her up, even before Echeb...

 

[Sakonna]

I will save "Fair Haven" (words you never see yourself typing), because at least it doesn't take a character that improbably received a beautiful exit episode and bring them back just to trash it. I agree that "Fury" is probably the worst character send-off in franchise history. An absolute disgrace.

And the idiocy of that "oh yeah, I totally forgot how Kes was going to try to kill us..." plotting at the end. Horrible, horrible, horrible!

"FURY" wins!

 

[Oddish]

Sheesh. 7 episodes left when I go to church, and when the service is over, so is the game.

But, Fury is a deserving loser. All that changed is I probably would have saved FH sooner. Just for "Delete the wife."

 

[Brobdingnag]

Fury is really the worst of the worst.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I would have saved Fury over the Fair Haven duology. As ill conceived as the episode was I thought the parts about going back into Voyager's past to sabotage them had some redeeming value.

 

[at Quark's]

For a brief moment I was tempted to save Fury, just to shake up the game. I suppose that would have been a form of tactical voting though.... But after a second or so, my better judgement kicked in

But I agree, it is a worthy winner (loser)? There are very few Trek episodes that actively offend me, but Fury is one of them. Demolishing a loved character so vilely, blech.