The Most Disliked Episode of VOY, Finals - 2025 Edition...

[Frightscape One]

So now it is time for the final part.

*RULES*

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


Season 1 Winner - "PARALLAX"
Runner up - "HEROES AND DEMONS"
Season 2 Winner - "NON SEQUITUR"
Runner up - "RESOLUTIONS"
Season 3 Winner - "FAVORITE SON"
Runner up - "THE SWARM"
Season 4 Winner - "UNFORGETTABLE"
Runner up - "VIS A VIS"
Season 5 Winner - "THE FIGHT"
Runner up - "THE DISEASE"
Season 6 Winner - "SPIRIT FOLK"
Runner up - "FAIR HAVEN"
Season 7 Winner - "FRIENDSHIP ONE"
Runner up - "NATURAL LAW"



"PARALLAX" - 0
"HEROES AND DEMONS" - 0
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Frightscape One]

What a list of duds. But "HEROES AND DEMONS" doesn't belong on this list. So it gets my vote this round.

The Doctor had a good story here. And we get Vikings!

(Side note: I wonder if an 'F' episode will win yet again. If you look at the previous winners, all but one started with the letter 'f'. I guess that means 'failure'?)



"PARALLAX" - 0
"HEROES AND DEMONS" - 1
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Starflight]

I'll back you up on "Heroes and Demons", it's one of the best up there.

There's a few decent ones here IMO - "Parallax", "Resolutions", "The Swarm" and "The Disease" aren't top-tier but I'd be shocked if they're deemed the absolute worst episodes. My money's on "Favorite Son", although I can see it pulling through based on comedy value.

"PARALLAX" - 0
"HEROES AND DEMONS" - 2
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Detached Nacelle]

We've cultivated a lot of meh to pretty bad episodes here. I guess The Swarm is probably slightly stronger than the rest. Picardo getting to multi-role is always a treat. And we get to see B'Elanna engineering instead of just growling at people.

"PARALLAX" - 0
"HEROES AND DEMONS" - 2
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 1
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Severed Heads]

Heores and Demons was a lot of fun in the pretty strong S1.

PARALLAX" - 0
"HEROES AND DEMONS" - 3
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 1
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

As far as I could tell, the only things wrong with H&D were it was a holodeck episode, and it played into the bad joke with the EMH being unable to secure a name. It's off the list.

My next vote is for "The Swarm". Its B-plot was inoffensive, and its A-plot had good work by Picardo in a dual role.

"PARALLAX" - 0
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 1
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Severed Heads]

Parallax is full of texhnobabble, but i enjoyed Torres becoming chief engineer.

PARALLAX" - 1
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 1
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Detached Nacelle]

The Swarm again. Same reasons.

"PARALLAX" - 1
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 2
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Sakonna]

"Parallax" makes a reasonably strong second episode. It's nice that they waited until the third episode to forget their premise entirely.

"PARALLAX" - 2
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 2
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Akillaprise]

I've never had much hate for "The Swarm." Voyager probably should have run across more people unwilling to let them cross their space than they did.

"PARALLAX" - 2
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"THE SWARM" - 3
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Frightscape One]

I'll finish off "THE SWARM".

My reason? It has THE most ridiculous sounding word of technobabble that I'd ever heard in the franchise. So imagine my surprise when I discover over 20 years after seeing it on air for the first time that 'interferometric' is a real term! So for that surprise factor, I will save it.


New round!

My vote for this round is "RESOLUTIONS". Only because I love the Vidiians and it's always good to see them.


"PARALLAX" - 0
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

RESOLUTIONS, all the way. It made me a Janeway/Chakotay shipper, and I remain one to this day.

"PARALLAX" - 0
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 2
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Severed Heads]

Parallax again, same reasons.

PARALLAX" - 1
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 2
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Sakonna]

Oh damn I didn't notice "Resolutions" was here. That episode is great! The one and only time Chakotay was even slightly interesting, probably? I'll give that my point this time. I also love the return of the Doctor's Vidiian love interest.

"PARALLAX" - 1
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"RESOLUTIONS" - 3
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 0
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Resolutions is certainly stronger than the rest of the list for the Vidiian plot but the Janeway/Chakotay ship is pretty poor. Not as bad as the Seven/Chakotay monstrosity but hey. I think Chakotay only felt organic with Tessa.

My next round vote is for Fair Haven. Delete the wife.

"PARALLAX" - 0
"NON SEQUITUR" - 0
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 1
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Frightscape One]

I'm going to vote for a possible surprise... "NON SEQUITUR".

While this is a very meh episode, it does establish his character trait of being prone to survivor guilt, which gave us the excellent "TIMELESS", Kim's best episode of the series.

Being the building block of a far superior episode helps elevate it for me.


"PARALLAX" - 0
"NON SEQUITUR" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 1
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Severed Heads]

Parallax again.

PARALLAX" - 1
"NON SEQUITUR" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 1
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Sakonna]

I will go back to "Parallax." It also introduces Seska!

"PARALLAX" - 2
"NON SEQUITUR" - 1
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 1
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

Three of the six Harry episodes are on this list, and a fourth came within one vote of being included as well. Clearly, aside from Timeless, the writers had no idea what to do with Harry.

Though Fair Haven is tempting, I'll give my vote to Non Sequitur. It had issues, but they tried to do something interesting with Harry. And we saw him and Tom's friendship under different circumstances.

"PARALLAX" - 2
"NON SEQUITUR" - 2
"FAVORITE SON" - 0
"UNFORGETTABLE" - 0
"VIS A VIS" - 0
"THE FIGHT" - 0
"THE DISEASE" - 0
"SPIRIT FOLK" - 0
"FAIR HAVEN"- 1
"FRIENDSHIP ONE" - 0
"NATURAL LAW" - 0