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The Most Disliked Episode of VOY, 2023 Edition - Finals...

Voting for "RETROSPECT" again, same reasons as before.



"EMANATIONS" - 0
"PARTURITION" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 1
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
Watching Picardo do almost anything is entertaining.
So true!

This round I'll vote for "Parturition," on the grounds that it didn't make me angry and it didn't quite put me to sleep -- for this bunch, that's high praise! And also because it finally put that godawful Neelix-is-jealous-of-Paris subplot to rest.

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"PARTURITION" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 1
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
Retrospect again.

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"PARTURITION" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 2
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
I'll go to "Parturition" again. The baby puppet is cute!

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"PARTURITION" - 2
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 2
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
I'm surprised that Retrospect is still here. I'll vote again. I always liked it.

EMANATIONS" - 0
"PARTURITION" - 3
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 3
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
The end of the Paris/Neelix competition is worth the vote.

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
Voting for "RETROSPECT" again, same reasons as before.

(Yes, I know I'm persistent. Another game of "PERSISTENCE OF VOTING"!!!)

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 1
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
Please can someone take pity on the poor people stuck in the Retrospect voting loop?

Thanks for your attention.

:angel:

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 2
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
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Thirded.

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"RETROSPECT" - 3
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
Ooooo, the guilt trip method. I like it.

I don't remember seeing Retrospect... but I saw most of the others on this list, and they're dog barf. So I'll put it out of our respective misery.

EDIT: Read the summary, to try to jolt my memories. Must have skipped this one to jump to "The Killing Game". But it actually didn't look half bad. So, no regrets. And maybe I'll watch it for real later.

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
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Yay! :D

Now that the one decent episode is gone, I'm struggling to choose which crappy one to go with. Spirit Folk is my big big loser.

I guess Friendship One is an intriguing concept for an episode, even if the ending went against the entire makeup of Star Trek. I also feel queasy about the way they brought Carey back after not seeing him for a while, only to kill him off.

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 1
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
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I must have a soft spot for Chakotay episodes, UNFORGETTABLE gets my vote this time. An interesting concept for an episode and I did like the guest actress love interest for him.

"EMANATIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 1
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 1
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
Now we are truly in the dregs.

I'm torn between "EMANATIONS" and "UNFORGETTABLE".

I'll vote for "EMANATIONS" because at least it was attempting to tackle a rough subject, while the other one is just plain boring.

"EMANATIONS" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 1
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 1
"NATURAL LAW" - 0
 
God do I hate "Retrospect"! That would have made a worthy winner of the whole thing for me. I find that episode soooooooo gross, and it's aged terribly. It's the flip in the middle that so turns me off, the way Seven is DRAAAAAAAAAGED into accusing this guy, but the more evidence that turns up that it didn't happen, the more the blame falls on Seven. That scene at the end where the Doctor is explaining to her why she feels bad, and why she SHOULD feel bad, makes my blood boil. The entire tragedy was the Doctor's fault! He should be telling her she should forgive herself, because he is the guilty party here.

Also, the fact that the ultimate takeaway is "women - they just can't really tell if they've been assaulted or not!" As Trek morals go, we've had some better ones.

Anyway, my point for this round goes to "Favorite Son." Like all of these, it's terrible, but at least there is some cheesy fun to be had with this one.

Not much fun, but a few little bits here and there. Maybe like 45 seconds in total.

"EMANATIONS" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 1
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 1
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 1
"NATURAL LAW" - 1
 
Now we just need someone to vote for "Spirit Folk". :lol:

I mean, it has Harry kissing a cow, right?

That sounds less depressing compared to when that actor, playing a farm vet, had to shove his hand up a cow while filming that very special episode of "All Creatures Great and Small"? Well, one of them, anyway... :shrug:
 
Just re-checked, there's no cow emoticon I can place above the handy one... oh well! :shrug:

:guffaw:
 
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