The most disliked episode of Voyager - Final Part

[BlueStuff]

Something a little different for the final round. To proceed as normal, it would be over very quickly indeed, so here we have the losers and runners up of each season:

Season One: Ex Post Facto
Wild Card: Heroes and Demons
Season Two: Elogium
Wild Card: Parturition
Season Three: Darkling
Wild Card: Alter Ego
Season Four: Random Thoughts
Wild Card: One
Season Five: The Fight
Wild Card: Gravity
Season Six: Spirit Folk
Wild Card: Alice
Season Seven: Friendship One
Wild Card: Q2


*RULES*

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

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 0
One - 0
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

 

[Admiral Shran]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 1
One - 0
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Random Thoughts - I love a good Torres episode and this one simply doesn't belong on this list.

 

[Seven of Five]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 1
One -1
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

To start off, I'm voting to save One. It's a solid little episode with Seven going nuts by herself. It's a shame it dropped into the bottom two in its round.

 

[TrekAlliance92]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 1
One -1
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 1
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Alice is not an amazing episode, but it's not terrible either. I also like John Fleck's trader alien character.

 

[bullethead]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 1
One -2
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 1
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

One is a solid Seven of Nine character development that establishes her fear of being isolated, which is used later on.

 

[You_Will_Fail]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 1
One -3
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 1
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

"One", "Random Thoughts" and "Gravity" do not belong there IMO. But I'm going to give "One" a point - I like it a lot.

 

[KNH]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 0
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Well, that is One episode that got off the hook here...

 

[Admiral Shran]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 1
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Random Thoughts - again, it's a good episode that doesn't belong with these others.

 

[DevilEyes]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 2
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

I quite like Random Thoughts too.

 

[creek_chub]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 3
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

I'm going with Random Thoughts, too. I love B'Elanna and I think the episode had an interesting larger message.

 

[TrekAlliance92]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
Random Thoughts - 3
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 1
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Another vote for Alice...

 

[Geck]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Random Thoughts saved then...

 

[You_Will_Fail]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 1
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Its really not that bad, come on!

 

[Mr Silver]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 2
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

"Gravity", because we get some advancement in Tuvok's character and it's really the best of the episodes in this list. Seriously, we really saved the worst for the final round!

 

[Admiral Shran]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Gravity - 3
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

I'll go with Gravity as well. While not a great episode, it was nice that they gave Tim Russ something to sink his teeth into.

 

[Claudia]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Gravity is saved...

 

[Geck]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 1
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Heroes and Demons is fairly amusing. Picardo tends to make episodes better than they should have been.

 

[Seven of Five]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 2
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

Hmm, think I'll vote for Heroes and Demons too. It's the strongest of the episodes left, and is one that I thought was alright anyway.

 

[Eddie Roth]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Heroes and Demons - 3
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

I have to concur with what previous posters said. Heroes and Demons is fluff of the highest order and among my least favorite S1 episodes, but among this bunch? Let's just save it now so that we can fight over what's truly worse out of the remaining alternatives.

 

[KNH]

Ex Post Facto - 0
Elogium - 0
Parturition - 0
Darkling- 0
Alter Ego - 0
The Fight - 0
Spirit Folk - 0
Alice - 0
Friendship One - 0
Q2 - 0

I concur. Here's to Robert Picardo and his uncanny skill to rescue episodes from the scrappy heap.