Game The Most Disliked Episode Written By Ronald D. Moore

[Captain's Coffee]

Looks like I'm handing TNG another "win".

I'm saving DS9 Season 5: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" for the Zimmerman cameo appearance but mostly for Rom and Leeta.

TNG Season 6: "Aquiel" (teleplay with Brannon Braga)
TNG Season 6: "Rightful Heir" (teleplay)
TNG Season 7: "Gambit, Part II" (teleplay)
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End" (teleplay)

 

[Seven of Five]

Rightful Heir is a bit forgettable as far as Klingon episodes go, but Worf going on a spiritual retreat is a cool setup. Kahless's appearance is a bit like Christ reappearing, and it poses some interesting questions.

TNG Season 6: "Aquiel" (teleplay with Brannon Braga)
TNG Season 7: "Gambit, Part II" (teleplay)
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End" (teleplay)

 

[Farscape One]

These last three are pretty lame.

My final vote goes to "Gambit, Part II".

Data got to be awesome as captain, again, and we even got an NBA player to be a Klingon.


TNG Season 6: "Aquiel" (teleplay with Brannon Braga)
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End" (teleplay)

 

[Oddish]

As tiebreaker, I'm going with Aquiel. It had an... interesting resolution anyway. And i never was quite satisfied with the way Wesley's arc ended.

Journey's End loses.

 

[Farscape One]

Ironic, as I think even Moore himself said he wanted to just pretend "Aquiel" was never made.

(Perhaps it was Braga... I'm 99 percent sure it was one of the TNG writers.)

 

[gweeps]

If this is still going, I'll pick DS9's 'Doctor Bashir, I Presume" 'cause it's humourous and has Robert Picardo.

TNG Season 6: "Aquiel" (teleplay with Brannon Braga)
TNG Season 6: "Rightful Heir" (teleplay)
TNG Season 7: "Gambit, Part II" (teleplay)
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End" (teleplay)

 

[Captain's Coffee]

If this is still going, I'll pick DS9's 'Doctor Bashir, I Presume" 'cause it's humourous and has Robert Picardo.

TNG Season 6: "Aquiel" (teleplay with Brannon Braga)
TNG Season 6: "Rightful Heir" (teleplay)
TNG Season 7: "Gambit, Part II" (teleplay)
TNG Season 7: "Journey's End" (teleplay)

It ended. Journey's end lost.

You're missing, like, a whole page of posts, it seems.

 

[gweeps]

It ended. Journey's end lost.

You're missing, like, a whole page of posts, it seems.

I see your post now. I needed to refresh. :\

 

[Seven of Five]

Journey's End is a worthy winner. It turned Wesley into a petulant teen, and the story regarding the Native Americans (the prelude to the Maquis) just didn't have enough gravitas.

Having the Traveler come back for Wesley was the one bright spot.

 

[at Quark's]

I never had any trouble with Wesley becoming a 'petulant teen' after always having followed the path marked out for him by his environment. Thought it was quite believable that in this phase of life, he was starting to think about what he really wanted, rather than conform to expectations, and a good deal more realistic than the perfect Starfleet poster boy of the early years. (Also, I remember my own mood swings from my teen years.)

 

[Sakonna]

Personally I find "Aquiel" waaaay worse, but "Journey's End" is no great shakes either. And "Aquiel" did already win "Most Disliked ROTW."

"Journey's End" was also the 2020 winner of this game!

Next up: "The Most Disliked Q Appearance". Hope to see you all there!

MOST DISLIKED WINNERS, 2022
MAJEL BARRETT APPEARANCE: TOS, Season 3: "And The Children Shall Lead"
'HEY, THIS PLANET IS JUST LIKE EARTH!': TOS, Season 3: "Plato's Stepchildren"
ROMULAN: TAS, Season 2: "The Practical Joker"
DIRECTOR WINRICH KOLBE: TNG, Season 5: "The Masterpiece Society"
ROMANCE-OF-THE-WEEK: TNG, Season 6: "Aquiel"
KLINGON: TNG, Season 6: "Birthright, Part II"
DIRECTOR LES LANDAU: TNG, Season 7: "Dark Page"
WRITER RONALD D. MOORE: TNG, Season 7: "Journey's End"
7TH SEASON: TNG, Season 7: "Firstborn"
HOLIDAY: DS9, Season 3: "Meridian"
CARDASSIAN: DS9, Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
MIRROR UNIVERSE: DS9, Season 6: "Resurrection"
FERENGI: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
COMEDIC/LIGHT-HEARTED: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
JEFFREY COMBS APPEARANCE: DS9, Season 7: "The Emperor's New Cloak"
HOLODECK: VOY, Season 6: "Spirit Folk"
MAQUIS: VOY, Season 7: "Repression"
BARCLAY: VOY, Season 7: "Inside Man"
2-PART/DOUBLE EPISODE: VOY, Season 7: "Flesh And Blood"
RECYCLED TITLE: ENT, Season 1: "Terra Nova"
DIRECTOR DAVID LIVINGSTON: ENT, Season 3: "Harbinger"
SEASON PREMIERE: ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part I"
EVERY 47TH RELEASE: ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part I"
VISIT TO EARTH'S PAST: ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part II"
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 BEST EPS: ENT, Season 4: "Home"
TIME TRAVEL/TRAVELER/LOOP/ANOMALY: DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIRECTOR JONATHAN FRAKES: DIS, Season 3: "There Is A Tide..."
47TH EPISODES: DIS, Season 4: "The Examples"
4TH SEASON: DIS, Season 4: "The Galactic Barrier"
4TH & 7TH EPISODES: ST, Season 2: "Ask Not"
TREK NOIR: PIC, "Broken Pieces"
CAST CROSSOVER: PIC, "Et In Arcardia Ego, Part 1"
GUINAN: PIC, "Monsters"
BORG/XB: PIC, "Mercy"
COUPLE: LD, Carol Freeman/Admiral Husband
REGULAR CHARACTER: PRO, Drednok

TOTAL SHOW WINS
SNW & Movies: 0 wins
TAS, ST, LD & PRO: 1 win each
TOS: 2 wins
VOY, DIS, & PIC: 4 wins each
TNG, DS9 & ENT: 6 wins each