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The Most Disliked Episode of VOY, Season 7- 2025 Edition...

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Frightscape One

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Welcome to our bi-yearly 'Most Disliked Episode' games! Now that the 'Least Disliked Episode' games hosted by BlueStuff (who inspired me to create these games, so thank you very much for paving the way) have concluded, we can begin the opposite side of that coin.

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"
2023 - "FRIENDSHIP ONE"
2025 -


Season Seven -

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"IMPERFECTION"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"BODY AND SOUL"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"SHATTERED"
"LINEAGE"
"REPENTANCE"
"PROPHECY"
"THE VOID"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
"ENDGAME"
 
And now comes season 7 of VOYAGER. I have to admit, I find this to be the second weakest season of VOYAGER... only slightly better than season 3. A lot of it just felt like going through the motions... much like TNG's 7th, but in a different way, if that makes sense. It has some gems, don't get me wrong. And I'll start off with the first one of the season.

"IMPERFECTION" could very easily have been a snooze, but Jeri Ryan elevates this concept flawlessly. Icheb was also quite touching throughout the episode, from his tireless efforts to look for a solution for Seven to his removal of the implant and explaining to Seven that one of the fundamental values of the crew is to help each other. That last 10 minutes of the episode shines brilliantly, and thus gets saved from this list.

Along with last season's "CHILD'S PLAY", this helps cement Seven's bond with Icheb, and why she (rightfully) went after Bejayzl in "Stardust City Rag" in PICARD season 1.


"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"BODY AND SOUL"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"SHATTERED"
"LINEAGE"
"REPENTANCE"
"PROPHECY"
"THE VOID"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
"ENDGAME"
 
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Definite step down from the seasons 4 - 6 high, but for me it's a pretty graceful landing as far as Star Trek final seasons go.

I'll save "Body and Soul", Jeri Ryan and Robert Picardo at their best.

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"SHATTERED"
"LINEAGE"
"REPENTANCE"
"PROPHECY"
"THE VOID"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
"ENDGAME"
 
Going to go with LINEAGE. Yes, B'Elanna's "accepting her Klingon side" treadmill went on way too long (probably because most of her potential character growth was wasted on one episode). But the pregnancy angle was fun.

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"SHATTERED"
"REPENTANCE"
"PROPHECY"
"THE VOID"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
"ENDGAME"
 
I shall pluck the low hanging fruit and save the fantastic finale Endgame.

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"SHATTERED"
"REPENTANCE"
"PROPHECY"
"THE VOID"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
"Prophecy" is my favourite Klingon episode in the entire franchise, or at least since "Errand of Mercy". The idea of a Klingon who's just really, really tired and bored and is ready to try and twist a prophecy to convince his people to settle down does more to lend real texture to the species than any of TNG's operatic council dramas managed.

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"SHATTERED"
"REPENTANCE"
"THE VOID"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
My next save is "THE VOID".

This is my favorite episode of season 7. It's also something we should have seen Janeway do much more often... recruit allies.

The reason why I love it so much is it's the best example of STAR TREK at its core from this show we've seen in a long time... everyone coming together, helping each other out, and solving a dilemma together. Everyone brought something that helped the others out... one had super efficient energy tech, another had sophisticated sensors.

Caring for Fantome and making his people feel welcome is also very STAR TREK at its core, when even the outsiders and pariahs are treated fairly, they become not only friends but are essential for the escape plan to work.

This best embodied the spirit of the franchise since DS9 ended over a year and a half prior to this one airing.



"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"SHATTERED"
"REPENTANCE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
Shattered is one of my favorites so it gets a save.

I like the time traveling between Voyager's past, present, and future. Always fun to see what could have been had they not gotten home earlier. Chakotay was also given something to do for a change.

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"REPENTANCE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"AUTHOR, AUTHOR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
Author, Author is another excellent Doctor comedy, with the added Holographic rights plot.

UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"REPENTANCE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"HOMESTEAD"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
Saving "HOMESTEAD".

Contrivance aside of a Talaxian colony this far away from Talax, this was a fantastic ending for Neelix.

Until the current era, he was the ONLY character to even get an ending. The final scene of him walking through the corridor and his expression... loved it. But what makes me shed a single man tear every time... Tuvok's dance. A beautiful ending to a character I really loved.

Yes, I have a very high opinion of Neelix. I know I am likely in the minority there, but I don't care.


"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"DRIVE"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"REPENTANCE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
I'll go for "Drive" - I love Tom and B'Elanna and their relationship, and inserting their personal drama right into the middle of a pulpy action story about a high stakes death-race makes for a fun hour.

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"REPENTANCE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"Q2"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
Frightscape One said:
Yes, I have a very high opinion of Neelix. I know I am likely in the minority there, but I don't care.
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While he's not my favorite no denying he got the best send off.

Q2 is a guilty pleasure for its absurdity even though I know a lot of folks don't like it. The irony of Q teaching his son a lesson by making him human, as was once done to him, and then foisting him on Aunt Kathy like Picard. A small part of me hopes that Q2 did not let Icheb die a miserable death in another multiverse.

"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"REPRESSION"
"CRITICAL CARE"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"REPENTANCE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
Saving "REPENTANCE".

A solid story that is greatly elevated by both Jeri Ryan and Jeff Kober as Iko. An interesting alternate take at a justice system, too.



"UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"REPRESSION"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"FLESH AND BLOOD"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"RENAISSANCE MAN"
 
I quite enjoyed Flesh and Blood.

Bonkers that the Hirogen came back after all the distance, but Holographic rights was the best use of the holodeck for years.

UNIMATRIX ZERO PART II"
"REPRESSION"
"INSIDE MAN"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
"RENAISSANCE MAN
 
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There are a lot of duds this season arent there...

Unimatrix Zero part 2 is...fine, perfectly serviceable though how Fluidic Space has a border in the Beta Quadrant I can't tell you, I feel the writer just threw in a callback without researching.

The only one left on this list that isn't completely bland is Repression which should have been in a much earlier season since this is very late to dredge up the Maquis stuff again. I guess that will be my next save if it survives.

"REPRESSION"
"NIGHTINGALE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
 
No need, because I am saving "REPRESSION" now.

It started off good with the investigation, but it lost itself by becoming a completely different episode. Agreed that the Maquis part should have been much earlier in the series.


"NIGHTINGALE"
"WORKFORCE"
"WORKFORCE, PART II"
"HUMAN ERROR"
"FRIENDSHIP ONE"
"NATURAL LAW"
 
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