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Game The Most Disliked One-Off Director Episode/Movie

The Icarus Factor is a great story for Worf, and I always enjoy rewatching it. Wasn't it also they included O'Brien in a part of the actual story too?

TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
TOS Season 3: "The Lights Of Zetar" (Herb Kenwith)
TOS Season 3: "Requiem For Methuselah" (Murray Golden)
TNG Season 1: "Code Of Honor" (Russ Mayberry)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
ENT Season 1: "Oasis" (Jim Charleston)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
DIS Season 3: "Unification III" (Jon Dudkowski)
DIS Season 3: "Terra Firma, Part 2" (Chloe Domont)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
ST Season 2: "The Trouble With Edward" (Daniel Gray Longino)
 
Saving "Requiem for Methuselah", written by the great Jerome Bixby.

TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
TOS Season 3: "The Lights Of Zetar" (Herb Kenwith)
TNG Season 1: "Code Of Honor" (Russ Mayberry)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
ENT Season 1: "Oasis" (Jim Charleston)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
DIS Season 3: "Unification III" (Jon Dudkowski)
DIS Season 3: "Terra Firma, Part 2" (Chloe Domont)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
ST Season 2: "The Trouble With Edward" (Daniel Gray Longino)
 
"The Trouble With Edward" has hung around surprisingly long. Delightfully warped. I am shocked there is now a story actually explaining the origin of the Klingon/Tribble conflict.

TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
TOS Season 3: "The Lights Of Zetar" (Herb Kenwith)
TNG Season 1: "Code Of Honor" (Russ Mayberry)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
ENT Season 1: "Oasis" (Jim Charleston)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
DIS Season 3: "Unification III" (Jon Dudkowski)
DIS Season 3: "Terra Firma, Part 2" (Chloe Domont)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
 
Unification III is next, with the sequel that was 30 years in the making. It was good for Burnham to see the fruits of Spock's labours.

TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
TOS Season 3: "The Lights Of Zetar" (Herb Kenwith)
TNG Season 1: "Code Of Honor" (Russ Mayberry)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
ENT Season 1: "Oasis" (Jim Charleston)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
DIS Season 3: "Terra Firma, Part 2" (Chloe Domont)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
 
Saving "Oasis" - the interactions between Trip and Liana are cute.


TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
TOS Season 3: "The Lights Of Zetar" (Herb Kenwith)
TNG Season 1: "Code Of Honor" (Russ Mayberry)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
DIS Season 3: "Terra Firma, Part 2" (Chloe Domont)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
 
I will save "The Lights of Zetar" for being a rare Scotty romance. That's about all it's got going for it.

TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
TNG Season 1: "Code Of Honor" (Russ Mayberry)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
DIS Season 3: "Terra Firma, Part 2" (Chloe Domont)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
 
We are now at the dregs.

I'll save "Code of Honor" because of the Data/Geordi shaving scene, and only the casting choices made this episode bad.

TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
DIS Season 3: "Terra Firma, Part 2" (Chloe Domont)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
 
"Terra Firma, Part 2" I truly hate the last 20 minutes or so, but otherwise, spectacular! That reveal of the Guardian is something else.

TOS Season 1: "Mudd's Women" (Harvey Hart)
ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
 
Saving "Mudd's Women." Yeah, I said it.

Yes, it's sexist af, though considering when it aired I hold that against it less than I would if it were of more recent vintage. But -- the women are presented as having their own motivations for choosing to be part of Mudd's "mail-order bride" scheme; they weren't abducted or coerced in any way. That's something. And I like Eve's speech at the end, about how beauty isn't what makes a woman a good partner. I liked it even better as an ordinary-looking teen.

ENT Season 1: "Fusion" (Rob Hedden)
DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
ST Season 2: "Ask Not" (Sanji Senaka)
 
My final save is "FUSION".

Because I can at least remember the episode. I vaguely think I know the DISCO ones, but the stories are so intertwined in the episodes that I can't be sure.


DIS Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" (John S. Scott)
DIS Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within" (David Solomon)
 
I will save "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum." It's true it was ridiculously overrated by the production team (possibly the most ridiculously so in all of Star Trek! the number of quotes they gave in interviews about how particularly transcendent and brilliant and powerful this [thoroughly mediocre] episode was!! insane, just insane)

But a lot of the Tyler stuff in that one is good, so that's something.

"The War Without, The War Within" is just trash, and wins! There's nothing in that one of any worth. It's all just grinding plot mechanics as they desperately try to bring their trainwreck of an arc in for a landing.
 
Brennyren said:
I will save "The Lights of Zetar" for being a rare Scotty romance. That's about all it's got going for it.
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Pretty much. :( As much as I adore how the creator of Lamb Chop and her hubby wrote this episode, and it has a few elements of interest, it's not without having too many flaws - or at least needed another redraft if nothing else. For now, if I could recommend any non-Lamb Chop show that Shari Lewis was involved in, I'd recommend her guest starring in an episode (1995) of "The Nanny" (1993-1999) as that was absolutely hysterical.

I wish they spent more than two minutes to find actors that had on-screen chemistry as, even in the 1960s, most shows would spend more time putting in guest stars that had could convey an iota of "Yes, we characters on screen right now are really trying to be a shippin' thing" to the audience. The bowl of unsliced water chestnuts I ate last night had more zeal and appeal... and Scotty's attitude, while not out of character, seems a little backwards as well. (he wanted to care for her like he did for his engines, but I got the feeling he'd be too creepy - albeit not intentionally so.) Though, while sexist, the episode is also arguably sexist against men in turn when Sulu pointed out that Scotty hadn't noticed her brain. An overdue and rare zinger, which nobody would dare use on Kirk. Not until McCoy in "The Undiscovered country", alluded to by his quip of "What is it with you!" when he starts going at it with Martia (which, apparently, is conquest number 8,675,308...)

It also proves Risa isn't the only planet that has no defenses. :vulcan::wtf: At least Risa wants to spread only free love (and resultant opportunities to advance STD medication development since Trek's non-discussion of those leads to either a mistaken belief that they've all been eradicated for all species, or they're more prude than I could ever be...) The library planet with no defenses and open to all leaves so many questions, and for most it's not in good ways. Great special effects*, which creeped me out as a kid. The Zetarians' "ship" is a bit woolly in concept*, but the ability to take over the brain led to some robust horror moments. But I'm pretty sure the gravity applied in the medical chamber would have severely injured or killed Romaine as well... then again, given how fast Kirk's decompression chamber was re-compressed, he would have needed more than 60 seconds to recovery as well. But it's got Ricardo Montalban in it. Wish "Fantasy Island" would come out on blu-ray as well; the early seasons really have him more as an enigma (almost Q-like) than an outright goody, but still remained true to character. Underrated show but I'm digressing... digressing even more when pointing out how Zetar is also the brand name for a prescription-strength coal-tar ointment: https://www.drugs.com/sfx/zetar-side-effects.html

* and warped, not because there's no way that a gestalt of several brain impulses can live in side a big translucent glob and be able to travel faster than the speed of light without mechanical and/or thermal and/or chemical assistance...

** solarization, if I recall rightly***. The process was fairly new at the time, used more extensively in the 1968 film "Head", and was very expensive - especially if they're doing only a part of the screen and the extra editing work involved rather than the full screen. But, dang, the results were put to suitable use in this episode.

*** Oh goody, I did remember rightly! --> https://www.alternativephotography.com/solarization-and-layered-negatives/



Brennyren said:
Saving "Mudd's Women." Yeah, I said it.

Yes, it's sexist af, though considering when it aired I hold that against it less than I would if it were of more recent vintage. But -- the women are presented as having their own motivations for choosing to be part of Mudd's "mail-order bride" scheme; they weren't abducted or coerced in any way. That's something. And I like Eve's speech at the end, about how beauty isn't what makes a woman a good partner. I liked it even better as an ordinary-looking teen.
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^^this, x1000.

It's horribly sexist (in the last few TOS rewatches over the last 20 years, a lot of casual sexism I didn't even fathom as a kid really stand out now and those scenes are hard to watch as it's embarrassing what the show did at the time*) -- but in the context of 1966 and what was allowed, Eve's speech is all but timeless and a couple word changes would make it that so. I wonder if they wanted to go all out at the time, but had to rewrite to keep the censors happy**. The idea of people working together as equals is huge. I was never better than "ordinary" (long story), and the story - in its own way - re-affirms there's more to everything than how hot one looks and I definitely gravitated to that. It's also a precursor to the 80s' war on drugs, with the identical message on how drugs provide an empty high and false sense of escapism. Though whether "Symbiosis" did a better job at it...

* In fairness, by 1987, perceptions and realizations had occured and TNG started with women checking out men and men wearing the "skants" as well, since reusing the word "kilt" was either not thought of or ditched. At least nobody slapped anyone else. In my latest season 1 rando-rewatch, I'm looking out for the episode where one bloke checks out Wesley. By season 3, nobody was looking at anyone, though Riker was still going around like a V6 out of alignment and using the wrong grade of gasoline and banging everywhere... ugh. (It's no wonder that "The Game" (season 5) almost turns the trope into the butt of a joke as Riker's antics almost compromise the flagship. Oh well, at least it makes it somewhat easier to fathom how easy Starfleet could have been infiltrated by neon-80s crustaceans that led to "Conspiracy"... now there's a prequel: How those crawling creepy crawdads could merge with other lifeforms in classic bodysnatcher way to control them. Or not; we know how that story ended...

** which leads to a neat tangent; I often come across videos on video sites where people respond how they wish they lived as adults in their prime in the 60s. I'd probably try some history books rather than TV shows to read up on before making such a decision. TV will make anything look perfect. Heck, for the sexual revolution and everything, VD was not often mentioned - and, per basic biology ranking up there with other antibiotics for other conditions, treatments for VD are less effective because surviving bacilli and viral organisms adapted. "Superbugs" is the term I've read in many articles. But (some quantity of) people haven't changed. What next, we romanticize the Roman empire circa year -40BC or so when Emperor Tiberius*** banned kissing due to a herpes outbreak amongst the citizenry. (and there was no GHSV1 until 1976 (if memory serves...))

*** interesting and/or coincidental name choice for James T. Kirk
 
This is probably one of the Discovery episodes that I don't remember or couldn't get to because the show wasn't really doing it for me.
 
Next up: "The Most Disliked Of ChatGPT's Favorite Star Trek Episodes"

I've listened to so many podcasts doing that "ChatGPT has written the intro for todays podcast!" bit, and then I thought "I can get in on this stupidity!"

There's some bizarre inclusions, and it thinks there's a Prodigy episode entitled "Burning In Water, Drowning In Flame" (YIKES!).... I like what it came up with.

I'll post it later today or tomorrow.

MOST DISLIKED WINNERS, '22 - '23
WRITER GENE RODDENBERRY: TOS, Season 1: "Mudd's Women"
MAJEL BARRETT APPEARANCE: TOS, Season 3: "And The Children Shall Lead"
3RD SEASON: TOS, Season 3: "And The Children Shall Lead"
'HEY, THIS PLANET IS JUST LIKE EARTH!': TOS, Season 3: "Plato's Stepchildren"
ANIMATED: TAS, Season 1: "The Eye Of The Beholder"
ROMULAN: TAS, Season 2: "The Practical Joker"
WRITER D.C. FONTANA: TNG, Season 1: "Lonely Among Us"
WEDDING: TNG, Season 2: "The Outrageous Okona"
WRITER JERI TAYLOR: TNG, Season 4: "Suddenly Human"
DIRECTOR WINRICH KOLBE: TNG, Season 5: "The Masterpiece Society"
WRITER MICHAEL PILLER: TNG, Season 5: "The Masterpiece Society"
5TH SEASON: TNG, Season 5: "The Perfect Mate"
ROMANCE-OF-THE-WEEK: TNG, Season 6: "Aquiel"
KLINGON: TNG, Season 6: "Birthright, Part II"
DIRECTOR CLIFF BOLE: TNG, Season 7: "Liaisons"
DIRECTOR LES LANDAU: TNG, Season 7: "Dark Page"
DIRECTOR ALEXANDER SINGER: TNG, Season 7: "Homeward"
WRITER RONALD D. MOORE: TNG, Season 7: "Journey's End"
7TH SEASON: TNG, Season 7: "Firstborn"
JAMES SLOYAN APPEARANCE: DS9, Season 2: "The Alternate"
HOLIDAY: DS9, Season 3: "Meridian"
CARDASSIAN: DS9, Season 6: "Sons & Daughters"
MIRROR UNIVERSE: DS9, Season 6: "Resurrection"
BAJORAN: DS9, Season 6: "The Reckoning"
FERENGI: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
COMEDIC/LIGHT-HEARTED: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
6TH SEASON: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
JEFFREY COMBS APPEARANCE: DS9, Season 7: "The Emperor's New Cloak"
DIRECTOR JAMES L. CONWAY: VOY, Season 2: "The 37's"
PRIME DIRECTIVE: VOY, Season 3: "False Profits"
WRITER JOE MENOSKY: VOY, Season 5: "The Fight"
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"
VAUGHN ARMSTRONG APPEARANCE: ENT, Season 2: "Shockwave, Part II"
2ND SEASON: ENT, Season 2: "Shockwave, Part II"
DIRECTOR LEVAR BURTON: ENT, Season 3: "Extinction"
DIRECTOR MIKE VEJAR: ENT, Season 3: "Rajiin"
NAMED FOR CHARACTER: ENT, Season 3: "Rajiin"
FIRST EPISODE OF THE YEAR: ENT, Season 3: "Chosen Realm"
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"
"I'M AGING WRONG!": 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"
J.G. HERTZLER APPEARANCE: ENT, Season 4: "Borderland"
DIRECTOR ALLAN KROEKER: ENT, Season 4: "These Are The Voyages..."
1ST SEASON: DIS, Season 1: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum"
EXIT OF A REGULAR: DIS, Season 1: "What's Past Is Prologue"
ONE-OFF DIRECTOR: DIS, Season 1: "The War Without, The War Within"
TIME TRAVEL/TRAVELER/LOOP/ANOMALY: DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
FEMALE DIRECTOR: DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
SEASON FINALE ANTAGONIST: DIS, Season 2: Control
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, Season 1: "Broken Pieces"
CAST CROSSOVER: PIC, Season 1: "Et In Arcardia Ego, Part 1"
GUINAN: PIC, Season 2: "Monsters"
BORG/XB: PIC, Season 2: "Mercy"
Q: PIC, Season 2: "Mercy"
COUPLE: LD, Carol Freeman/Alonzo Freeman
REGULAR CHARACTER: PRO, Drednok

TRIPLE WINNERS
DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
ENT, Season 4: "Storm Front, Part I"

DOUBLE WINNERS
TOS, Season 3: "And The Children Shall Lead"
TNG, Season 5: "The Masterpiece Society"
ENT, Season 2: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT, Season 3: "Rajiin"
DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
PIC, Season 2: "Mercy"

TOTAL SHOW WINS
SNW & Movies: 0 wins
ST, LD & PRO: 1 win each
TAS: 2 wins
TOS: 4 wins
PIC: 5 wins
VOY: 7 wins
DS9 & DIS: 9 wins each
TNG: 13 wins
ENT: 15 wins
 
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