Worst Episode of TNG Ever

[Trekker4747]

No, not another thread to discus "Sub Rosa" or "Shade of Gray."

Describe here what the "worst episode of TNG" would be.

For example:

It's Season 1 or Season 2. The Enterprise meets up with a dignitary and have to ferry him to a conference on some waring planet. The guy brings along with him his "special" brother. Humanity, in all of it's awesome, has weeded out such problems long ago, so the crew is charmed by the young man and his take on the ship, life in space, and on the politics his brother is involved in. Data is especialy intrgiued by the young man and decides to switch off certain circuits in his "brain", effectively making Data "special" and we get "hilarious" scenes of Data acting like Ben Stiller in "Simple Jack" x100. (Obviously this is done to showcase Spiner's "range" as an actor.)

The conference isn't going well, the dignitary is getting frustrated and snaps at his brother who gets truly hurt by his brother's mean words. In the end, Data learns a bit more about what it means to be human and how important intleligence is, and the "special" brother, much to everyone's surprise and charm, even manages to come-up with the solution for peace on the planet. A joke on the bridge takes us to end credits.

 

[data_lover]

everyone with any semblance of bridge experience is killed leaving deanna troi in charge. lore convinces her he is data and that they must repopulate the ship. lore impregnates with nanites but then data comes back to life and aborts the evil half human half android nanites babies, but kills himself and lore in the process. deanna remains as captain for the rest of the episode quoting such gems as "did the plasmajabber unhook from that one thinger again?" and "what does this button do?" shortly before blowing up the enterprise and the rest of the crew.

 

[Mojochi]

Wesley returns from the academy, only to end up getting trapped with Alexander & Lwaxana, in her ridiculously metaphoric freak show, holodeck circus program. The only way to communicate with them is the two Trois' telepathy, & the only way to save them is for Data to fuse his neural net with the holodeck, which causes him to become all the characters, thereby allowing him access to override the holodeck subroutines blah blah blah

A lighthearted romp which explores the trials of coming of age, shedding your inhibitions, & the need to continue being a sexually vivacious carefree soul, well past menopause

 

[Admiral Shran]

Harry Kim comes aboard for his Academy field training. Enough said.

 

[Anwar]

No, not another thread to discus "Sub Rosa" or "Shade of Gray."

Describe here what the "worst episode of TNG" would be.

For example:

It's Season 1 or Season 2. The Enterprise meets up with a dignitary and have to ferry him to a conference on some waring planet. The guy brings along with him his "special" brother. Humanity, in all of it's awesome, has weeded out such problems long ago, so the crew is charmed by the young man and his take on the ship, life in space, and on the politics his brother is involved in. Data is especialy intrgiued by the young man and decides to switch off certain circuits in his "brain", effectively making Data "special" and we get "hilarious" scenes of Data acting like Ben Stiller in "Simple Jack" x100. (Obviously this is done to showcase Spiner's "range" as an actor.)

The conference isn't going well, the dignitary is getting frustrated and snaps at his brother who gets truly hurt by his brother's mean words. In the end, Data learns a bit more about what it means to be human and how important intleligence is, and the "special" brother, much to everyone's surprise and charm, even manages to come-up with the solution for peace on the planet. A joke on the bridge takes us to end credits.

You know, this reminds me of a rather well-done story about a mentally challenged character. It was in the 90s "Outer Limits" show, "From Within".

 

[Joeman]

Q is bored and thinks it would be fun to replace Picard with Neelix, the "hedgehog" from Voyager. None of the Enterprise crew resists his command, as Q has made this seem perfectly logical to all of them.

Shortly after Captain Neelix takes command, a Borg cube tracks down Enterprise looking for Locutus. Upon discovering there is a new captain in his place, they decide to transport him to the cube for assimilation.

Within seconds of Neelix's assimilation, the Borg cube explodes. It is soon determined that it was suicide.


Sorry, I'm not as creative as you guys are. I really don't have enough creative geek in me.

 

[AdmiralGarak]

Data and Picard are travelling to Starbase 12 by shuttle when a meteor damages the the ship. After some minutes of tense repairs, Data makes a dramatic announcement! The shuttle has ONLY enough life support... for ONE MAN!

Relieved, they continue on to the Starbase with no further difficulties.

 

[Sykonee]

S6 or S7:

The Enterprise encounters a space-born virus that replicates itself by tampering with a humanoid's DNA, effectively turning the host into a sex opposite that which they normally are. Cross-dressing hilarity ensue until it is revealed the virus is potentially lethal. Data, who technically isn't any sex, isn't affected and works to save the crew before they all become asexual beings. A thinly veiled message about accepting cross-dressers is brought up in the episode's coda.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

"The Golden Voyages"

Something turns everyone, including Data, into old people, except Wesley who is now middle aged (played by guest star John Tesh) and has to figure out how to reverse the effects by using an interactive holodeck program of Sesame Street.

 

[data_lover]

"The Golden Voyages"

Something turns everyone, including Data, into old people, except Wesley who is now middle aged (played by guest star John Tesh) and has to figure out how to reverse the effects by using an interactive holodeck program of Sesame Street.

haha with the cast of golden girls playing various female roles. awesome.

 

[RegFan]

An intelligent, hostile and sentient virus makes everyone, including Data, swear uncontrollably. An obviously bad scientific explanation is given about how it exactly happens. It soon turns out that the virus is lethal. Crusher cures everyone in time except for a large number of redshirts who have already died. The characters are very happy now that only one half of the crew is dead. Data, however, likes swearing and it becomes his defining quality for the rest of the series.

 

[Trollheart]

The Enterprise is checking out a spatial anomaly (yeah, another one!) in the Beta Sigma insert Greek letter here system, when quite without warning, nothing happens.

The ship ends its survey and continues on.

Later, a fully-armed Romulan warbird fleet passes by the ship. Nothing happens.

Later again, it transpires that upon beaming up from a routine mission to a nearby planet, nothing happens with the transporter and everyone is brought back on board without incident.

Worried by the lack of happenings and the attendant drop in ratings, Data takes it upon himself to seek out the reason for all this non-action. He finds that an airborne space-virus has infiltrated the ship, mutated and got past the sets and is infecting the writing staff,makign them bored and listless, unable to come up with any story ideas.

Putting them all in a handcart, he transports them to the next studio where a large sign on the door announces TAPING IN PROGRESS --- STAR TREK VOYAGER!

Satsified that the problem has been dealt with, Data brings in some new writers and it's not long before the Enterprise is investigating a spatial anomaly and --- oh, wait...

 

[milo bloom]

S6 or S7:

The Enterprise encounters a space-born virus that replicates itself by tampering with a humanoid's DNA, effectively turning the host into a sex opposite that which they normally are. Cross-dressing hilarity ensue until it is revealed the virus is potentially lethal. Data, who technically isn't any sex, isn't affected and works to save the crew before they all become asexual beings. A thinly veiled message about accepting cross-dressers is brought up in the episode's coda.

There's an ancient TOS novella/short story that deals with a machine that does just that to the Enterprise and a Klingon ship. Except that it also takes the most extreme example of each gender on each ship, and magnifies them. I think it's called something like "The Procrustean Petard".

The Enterprise is checking out a spatial anomaly (yeah, another one!) in the Beta Sigma insert Greek letter here system, when quite without warning, nothing happens.

The ship ends its survey and continues on...

I know it would be suicide for the producers, but I know I'm not alone in wanting to see what a boring, non-descript day on a starship is like.

 

[Sykonee]

I know it would be suicide for the producers, but I know I'm not alone in wanting to see what a boring, non-descript day on a starship is like.

Check it out! The second half, that is.

 

[Trollheart]

I know it would be suicide for the producers, but I know I'm not alone in wanting to see what a boring, non-descript day on a starship is like.

If I recall, Babylon 5 has such a story, set admittedly against an unfolding crisis, but seen from the viewpoint of two mechanics or dockers, ordinary workers. A lot of people didn't like it. I thought it was a brave, bold step and really showed how the "lower decks" could function within the structure of so huge a storyline.

 

[MikeS]

Some fantastic stories here, but this one had me howling!!

Data and Picard are travelling to Starbase 12 by shuttle when a meteor damages the the ship. After some minutes of tense repairs, Data makes a dramatic announcement! The shuttle has ONLY enough life support... for ONE MAN!

Relieved, they continue on to the Starbase with no further difficulties.

 

[Gagarin]

I know it would be suicide for the producers, but I know I'm not alone in wanting to see what a boring, non-descript day on a starship is like.

If I recall, Babylon 5 has such a story, set admittedly against an unfolding crisis, but seen from the viewpoint of two mechanics or dockers, ordinary workers. A lot of people didn't like it. I thought it was a brave, bold step and really showed how the "lower decks" could function within the structure of so huge a storyline.

"SportsNight" and "The West Wing" (by the same people, go figure...) had a similar episode. SportsNight depicted a tenis match that was supposed to be over (it was supposed to be a mismatch, a certain quick win) but kept dragging on. They couldn't begin their telecast until it was over. They were waiting. "The West Wing" had an episode where everyone was waiting out a filabuster of a very minor, routine bill. It turns out the filabuster was a protest of sorts. But the focus of the episode was everyone waiting until normal work could continue.

We get many, many episodes in TNG with people waiting (usually a crashed shuttle, or a shuttle on route, or someone else stranded) for help, creating space for conversations... but the action always cuts back to, well, the action on the bridge in trying to get the people out or fix the transporter.

But waiting to arrive to the next port of call--- not nessarily bad, as long as no one gets stuck in the holodeck, no energy creature impregnates a woman, and Data doesn't malfunction on the way.

 

[Anji]

S6 or S7:I know it would be suicide for the producers, but I know I'm not alone in wanting to see what a boring, non-descript day on a starship is like.

It's called "Data's Day"...and by the way, it was written by a fan.

 

[Pemmer Harge]

I know it would be suicide for the producers, but I know I'm not alone in wanting to see what a boring, non-descript day on a starship is like.

If I recall, Babylon 5 has such a story, set admittedly against an unfolding crisis, but seen from the viewpoint of two mechanics or dockers, ordinary workers. A lot of people didn't like it. I thought it was a brave, bold step and really showed how the "lower decks" could function within the structure of so huge a storyline.

A View from the Gallery. I like that episode, it's rather amusing and it's like seeing one of the show's event episodes turned inside out. It hardly has the impact of TNG Lower Decks, but it's an entertaining bit of TV nonetheless.

 

[LitmusDragon]

The worst episode might look something like this:

PS- I think this topic would make a great photoshop contest.