Worst. Episode. Ever. Poll.

[Janeway72]

Q-2
You have also named quite a few that I like. I agree with Threshold, Tattoo, the Fight and Elogium. Quite a few you have mentioned are pretty non-descript for me. Though I don't think they are particularly bad. I use or have considered using quite a few of them at school to make various points in my Religious, Moral and Philosophical Education classes e.g. - Nothing Human, Ex Post Facto and Mortal Coil. I have also used the one about the Prisoners due to be executed (Repentance I think) and the one where 7 has her first date.

 

[Pemmer Harge]

I've just rewatched Threshold and I'm a little unsure why it's held to be the worst episode of Voyager, or even Star Trek. I mean, yes, it sucks, but I'm not sure it sucks any more than The Fight or Cathexis or Spirit Folk. OK, the last fifteen minutes or so are incredibly stupid, but the earlier stages were kind of all right - not great or anything, but I wasn't falling asleep.

 

[Kai Winn]

watched treshold yesterday, and also watched tng's 'first duty' because it's their only episode with mcneill. i liked treshold 10x better.

 

[Emnabtond]

I've just rewatched Threshold and I'm a little unsure why it's held to be the worst episode of Voyager, or even Star Trek. I mean, yes, it sucks, but I'm not sure it sucks any more than The Fight or Cathexis or Spirit Folk. OK, the last fifteen minutes or so are incredibly stupid, but the earlier stages were kind of all right - not great or anything, but I wasn't falling asleep.

I agree, it is entertaining but I think when people say its the worst episode of Star Trek, they don't mean they want to fall asleep, the mean its the worst piece of writing in Star Trek.
Personally, I think "The Fight" was worse but I can certainly see why many people abhor "Threshold".

 

[AntonyF]

The Chute.

 

[kessy joe]

I really hate Threshol, but liked the other poll options a lot.

 

[Jbarney]

If I remember correctly, I HATED the episode "Muse". Really disliked that one.

 

[WeAreTheBorg]

I'd like to nominate all of these..



Parallax - Voyager is trapped in a quantum singularity's event horizon.

The Cloud - The crew enter a nebula to collect samples before realizing it is a living organism.

Ex Post Facto - Tom Paris is framed for murder on an alien world, and Tuvok must work out the truth before Paris's mind is shattered by his punishment: reliving the murder from 'his' victim's perspective every few hours.

Heroes and Demons - The holographic doctor must rescue crew members who were turned to energy in the Holodeck, by entering a holodeck program of Beowulf.

Faces - B'Elanna Torres is split into her human and Klingon halves by the Vidiians.

The 37's - A group of humans from the 1930s is found in stasis on an abandoned planet, including the lost Amelia Earhart.

Elogium - Space-dwelling life-forms cause Kes to enter the Ocampan fertile phase called Elogium, putting pressure on her relationship with Neelix.

Parturition - Neelix and Tom Paris fight over Kes, but are sent on an away mission together.

Tattoo - Chakotay encounters non-humans that have the same tattoo on their foreheads that he has.

Threshold - Tom Paris breaks the transwarp threshold in the Shuttlecraft Cochrane, designed to reach warp 10, but there are some peculiar side effects.

Dreadnought - A highly advanced Cardassian AI missile that had been reprogrammed by B'Elanna Torres is found in the Delta Quadrant

Innocence - Tuvok crash-lands on a moon and finds children who have been abandoned.

The Thaw - The crew find aliens mentally connected to a computer that has created a being that feeds on their fear.

The Chute - Tom Paris and Harry Kim are trapped in a prison.

Warlord - Kes is controlled by an alien warlord named Tieran.

Rise - Voyager helps a planet with asteroid problems. Tuvok and Neelix crash-land on the planet and attempt to fix a maglev space elevator.

Favorite Son - Harry Kim is contacted by a planet full of women.

Real Life - The Doctor creates a family on the holodeck.

Concerning Flight - Aliens steal several key components of
Voyager, which are retrieved with assistance from a holographic Leonardo Da Vinci.

Mortal Coil - Neelix dies in an attempt to sample proto-matter from a nebula. Seven of Nine believes she can revive him using Borg nanoprobes, but Neelix finds it hard to adjust, particularly given that he has no memory of an afterlife of any kind.

Extreme Risk - B'Elanna purposely puts herself into increasingly more dangerous situations. Meanwhile the crew decides to build a new shuttlecraft, the Delta Flyer.

Once Upon a Time - Neelix looks after Naomi Wildman when her mother is injured on an away mission.

Nothing Human - A wounded alien is brought on board from a stranded vessel and attaches itself to B'Elanna Torres.

Bride Of Chaotica - Paris' latest holodeck adventure The Adventures of Captain Proton takes an unexpected turn.

The Fight - Chakotay lies in sickbay as he attempts to communicate with aliens through hallucinations.

11:59 - Janeway reminisces about one of her Earth's ancestors, Shannon O'Donnell from Indiana.

Barge of the Dead - B'Elanna's shuttle is hit by an ion storm and she awakens to find herself among Klingons in the Barge of the Dead, on the way to Klingon Hell.

Tsunkatse - Seven of Nine and Tuvok are kidnapped whilst on shore leave, and Seven is forced to fight in a gladiatorial contest to the death.

Good Shepherd - Three crew members who are under-performing are taken on a mission by Janeway.

Muse - Torres is stranded on a bronze-age planet after a crash in the Delta Flyer, and Kim is missing in an escape pod.

Natural Law - Seven and Chakotay are stranded on a planet with primitive humanoids.


That should do it.'Threshold' is bad, but one's like 'Barge of the Dead', and 'The Fight' are easily more unwatchable.

Wow really? I'm a card carrying member of the "Voyager Sucks" club, but Faces, The Thaw, The Chute, Real Life, and Mortal Coil are among the series finest, and Barge of the Dead, is in my opinion THE series finest.

 

[Starbreaker]

I had forgetten about 11:59. That's probably the worst episode. Not surprised Joe Menosky hasn't worked much since then.

 

[Emnabtond]

If I remember correctly, I HATED the episode "Muse". Really disliked that one.

That episode is pure brilliance in my opinion.

Also Q-2's list has many wonderful episodes, what are you smoking?

 

[Cicero]

I loved Course: Oblivion.

 

[Q-2]

I'd like to nominate all of these..



Parallax - Voyager is trapped in a quantum singularity's event horizon.

The Cloud - The crew enter a nebula to collect samples before realizing it is a living organism.

Ex Post Facto - Tom Paris is framed for murder on an alien world, and Tuvok must work out the truth before Paris's mind is shattered by his punishment: reliving the murder from 'his' victim's perspective every few hours.

Heroes and Demons - The holographic doctor must rescue crew members who were turned to energy in the Holodeck, by entering a holodeck program of Beowulf.

Faces - B'Elanna Torres is split into her human and Klingon halves by the Vidiians.

The 37's - A group of humans from the 1930s is found in stasis on an abandoned planet, including the lost Amelia Earhart.

Elogium - Space-dwelling life-forms cause Kes to enter the Ocampan fertile phase called Elogium, putting pressure on her relationship with Neelix.

Parturition - Neelix and Tom Paris fight over Kes, but are sent on an away mission together.

Tattoo - Chakotay encounters non-humans that have the same tattoo on their foreheads that he has.

Threshold - Tom Paris breaks the transwarp threshold in the Shuttlecraft Cochrane, designed to reach warp 10, but there are some peculiar side effects.

Dreadnought - A highly advanced Cardassian AI missile that had been reprogrammed by B'Elanna Torres is found in the Delta Quadrant

Innocence - Tuvok crash-lands on a moon and finds children who have been abandoned.

The Thaw - The crew find aliens mentally connected to a computer that has created a being that feeds on their fear.

The Chute - Tom Paris and Harry Kim are trapped in a prison.

Warlord - Kes is controlled by an alien warlord named Tieran.

Rise - Voyager helps a planet with asteroid problems. Tuvok and Neelix crash-land on the planet and attempt to fix a maglev space elevator.

Favorite Son - Harry Kim is contacted by a planet full of women.

Real Life - The Doctor creates a family on the holodeck.

Concerning Flight - Aliens steal several key components of
Voyager, which are retrieved with assistance from a holographic Leonardo Da Vinci.

Mortal Coil - Neelix dies in an attempt to sample proto-matter from a nebula. Seven of Nine believes she can revive him using Borg nanoprobes, but Neelix finds it hard to adjust, particularly given that he has no memory of an afterlife of any kind.

Extreme Risk - B'Elanna purposely puts herself into increasingly more dangerous situations. Meanwhile the crew decides to build a new shuttlecraft, the Delta Flyer.

Once Upon a Time - Neelix looks after Naomi Wildman when her mother is injured on an away mission.

Nothing Human - A wounded alien is brought on board from a stranded vessel and attaches itself to B'Elanna Torres.

Bride Of Chaotica - Paris' latest holodeck adventure The Adventures of Captain Proton takes an unexpected turn.

The Fight - Chakotay lies in sickbay as he attempts to communicate with aliens through hallucinations.

11:59 - Janeway reminisces about one of her Earth's ancestors, Shannon O'Donnell from Indiana.

Barge of the Dead - B'Elanna's shuttle is hit by an ion storm and she awakens to find herself among Klingons in the Barge of the Dead, on the way to Klingon Hell.

Tsunkatse - Seven of Nine and Tuvok are kidnapped whilst on shore leave, and Seven is forced to fight in a gladiatorial contest to the death.

Good Shepherd - Three crew members who are under-performing are taken on a mission by Janeway.

Muse - Torres is stranded on a bronze-age planet after a crash in the Delta Flyer, and Kim is missing in an escape pod.

Natural Law - Seven and Chakotay are stranded on a planet with primitive humanoids.


That should do it.'Threshold' is bad, but one's like 'Barge of the Dead', and 'The Fight' are easily more unwatchable.

Wow really? I'm a card carrying member of the "Voyager Sucks" club, but Faces, The Thaw, The Chute, Real Life, and Mortal Coil are among the series finest, and Barge of the Dead, is in my opinion THE series finest.

I guess it's just personal preference.There was enough slow-burning character development episodes in early DS9.Just wanted to see more episodes similar to later DS9.. ie, epic battles, grandiose story lines.But I realise you have to have character development episodes too, or basically no one cares about the characters.I definitely stand by 'The Thaw' though.Come on, a guy in a bear/clown suit surrounded by other pantomime villians for an hour?I thought Trek left that kinda stuff behind with TOS.

I also hate B'Elanna, can't stand her episodes.

 

[Q-2]

If I remember correctly, I HATED the episode "Muse". Really disliked that one.

That episode is pure brilliance in my opinion.

Also Q-2's list has many wonderful episodes, what are you smoking?

Cardassian Crack.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Maraji_crystal

 

[WorfSucksDax]

Maybe I’m just retarded, but… I enjoyed watching Threshold. I knew it was ridiculous, but then, this is Voyager! It did have a very good pace, I wasn’t bored very often.

I think the worst Voyager was ‘The 37s’. Voy finds 50’s truck floating in space, follow to planet with frozen people from 1937, including Amelia Airheart, then more humans who were not frozen, and have built an amazing society here. They say anyone from Voy who wants to stay with them is welcome, and Janeway agrees, but noone goes. The show ends with Jane and Chak going to a cargo bay to see who has chosen to leave Voyager, they walk in, and nobodies there.

The problem is, you don’t really know what the show is about until this scene happens. The entire show was made for this scene to happen, and it almost feels like it should have been at the start of the episode, after which you would discover the preceding events. Just like how Generations used the whole plot as an excuse to get Picard and Kirk onscreen.

The first time you watch this you think, oh, its about alien abductions, no its about finding Amelia Airheart, nah, its about these humans that have built a life here, no its about whether the crew would leave.

But all those things are just ‘there’, it doesn’t matter at all that these people were from 1937 or that one is Amelia Air heart (she has barely any lines!), we don’t even see the human civilisation, and you don’t see the crew really consider staying. Its all set up, and not interesting set-up, just nonsense. ‘Lets just show how awesome Janeway is!’

Also, it involves one of my main hatreds of Voyager: 70 lightyears from Earth, same damn stuff. Is this the most interesting temptation they could think of, sort of like Earth but not as good? How about a very advanced species, offering the crew something it wouldn’t find anywhere else?

 

[Nevyn]

Threshold was the worst Voyager episode ever. It almost felt as if they didn't even try to come up with a decent story. Not to mention the many technological-biological mistakes made in the episode. I know it's television, but still.

Endgame is my second worst Voyager episode; progressing the Borg's decay as villains, and not to mention Janeway's questionable ethics demonstrated in the episode. What about all those people who died before Endgame, Janeway, don't they get a second chance? I guess your pet Borg and Vulcan friend were just more important. I bet the families of the dead will love it when you tell them.

 

[Kibbin]

Okay I’ve got to say that I’m surprised that we’ve only had about two mentions for what I consider the worst episode in all Trek.

11:59 didn’t have bad science it had no science, it didn’t have fake impostor crew members it had no crew, it didn’t mess with the established universe and rules of the Trek reality it had no bearing on it whatsoever, it didn’t seem to have an actual story to it and what I can guess is the moral of the episode is just stupid.
First off this woman is Janeways inspiration for joining Starfleet yet she doesn’t seem to have ever picked up a simply history book on this woman and it falls to Paris to point out that there was no Janeways’ on the Mars missions.
So we spend over half the episode in the year 2000 as we see Kate Mulgrew, of course looking the same as future Kathryn Janeway ‘cept with a different hair style crash her car fall in love with some random guy then convince him to leave his bookshop so they can build ‘The Millennium Gate’. What this ‘Gate’ is we’re never told but if it’s anything like the Millennium dome then we should have just stook with the bookshop. Hell it was probably just a big statue or some shopping mall so we should have stuck with the bookshop anyway.
The whole episode felt like I’d missed Voyager and tuned into some daytime movie they show on channel 5 over here.

 

[kes7]

I had forgotten all about that utterly forgettable episode. I'll change my vote. 11:59 was worse than Nightingale from a watchability standpoint. Actually, I'm not sure I ever made it all the way through; I got too bored.

 

[Smiley]

"Once Upon a Time" is my vote for worst.

 

[DevilEyes]

I voted Neelix, but since he became less annoying in the later seasons, I think it should have been Chakotay, who was just useless at this point and didn't evoke any feelings but complete indifference on my part.

OTOH, Neelix became less annoying when he was not around Kes, so... maybe he would have still been as irritating if she had still been around? Or, maybe not, since she had dumped him, perhaps he would've been tolerable if he remained dumped.

 

[StardustSteph]

I'd have to say Threshold and Spirit Folk are both pretty bad, but I ended up voting for Spirit Folk. I thought this episode was just a waste of time. This episode along with the entire Ireland holodeck stuff was completely irrelevant and added nothing to the series. I didn't find it entertaining or funny.

Threshold on the other hand was bad too, but it was one of those it's so bad you have to watch it type of scenarios. When I first saw it my first reaction was what the heck? However, now it's a memorable episode I enjoy laughing and poking fun at.