Game The Most Disliked Sixth Season Episode

[Oddish]

I probably would have saved "Twisted". I thought it was a pretty good episode, aside from (1) Neelix's annoying jealousy about Kes, and (2) Janeway telling Harry how awesome he is when she's going to spend the next 6 years crapping on him. But I really did enjoy the final sequence in Sandrine's.

Uhh... @Sakonna? I think we might have our next contest.

 

[Summer Solstice]

I got curious what a 'worst episode list' would look like, so I made one. That's the worst 10% of each series (including the movie series) according to IMDb voters. Though there's one exception: for Discovery's list I used Trek BBS's votes instead because of s4 getting review bombed. Also Enterprise has 11% because A Night in Sickbay was right on the line and I couldn't bear to leave it out. Don't ask me why Voyager's Twisted isn't on it, I'm not the internet, it's not my fault!

Thanks for compiling the list. It's interesting that some of those seem to regularly do "well" on Sakonna's games. There are quite a few episodes I really love on that list like "Masks" - I think it's one that either you love or you hate.

 

[Oddish]

There are quite a few on that list that I would save, too. Not because they're necessarily good, but because I happened to either like them or appreciate their message.

 

[Sakonna]

On the one hand, I wish DS9 didn't have so many wins. On the other hand, that's what you get for making "Profit And Lace."

We have not played this list before, so no prior winner.

Let's follow this with a long full season one: "The Most Disliked Third Season Episode." That'll go up later today or tomorrow. Thanks for playing all, hope to see you all on the next one!

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"
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"
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"
6TH SEASON: DS9, Season 6: "Profit And Lace"
JEFFREY COMBS APPEARANCE: DS9, Season 7: "The Emperor's New Cloak"
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"
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"
DIRECTOR ALLAN KROEKER: ENT, Season 4: "These Are The Voyages..."
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, "Broken Pieces"
CAST CROSSOVER: PIC, "Et In Arcardia Ego, Part 1"
GUINAN: PIC, "Monsters"
BORG/XB: PIC, "Mercy"
Q: 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 & PIC: 5 wins each
DIS: 6 wins
DS9: 7 wins
TNG & ENT: 8 wins each

 

[Oddish]

Are we playing "first one to 10 loses"?

 

[Sakonna]

We'll play until I run out of ideas or energy. Whenever we get there, last one of this round will be "The Most Disliked Season Finale."

I've thought about worst episode lists before, but it has some pitfalls. Engagement really drops off when the episodes on the list are mostly bad, so that's one problem. Also, so many of the worst episodes are also offensive, so I don't love the idea of assembling a huge collection of those and then asking "what do you think is great about it?"

But I do kick the idea around from time to time, I just haven't yet found a way to frame that theme for a game that I feel great about.