Your Top WORST Episodes!

[Farscape One]

This isn’t in order of how bad they are, but just in chronological order.

1. Code of Honor. Yeesh.
2. Justice. I was rooting for the Edo to kill “the boy”. I generally like season one more than I should, but the characters are all so obnoxious here.
3. A Matter of Perspective. I just found this one incredibly boring. Having to watch the same crappy scene over and over again with only minor variations in detail. By the end I kind of wish they’d just locked everyone up.
4. The Perfect Mate. Great to see Famke Jansen in an early role but a pointless remake of “Elaan of Troyius”.
5. Imaginary Friend. Naff and boring, this has shades of THE worst TOS episode, “And the Children Shall Lead”. Trek and kids rarely mix well.
6. Aquiel. I like Levar Burton but Geordi episodes tend to suck and this is one of the most boring, flat, tepid episodes of Trek ever misconceived.
7. Birthright Part 2. I simply cannot get over Worf’s behaviour in this episode. I know he was depicted as having racist tendencies as far back as season three, but it his was a real character assassination and the message felt very un-Trekkian.
8. Descent part 2. Dreadful start to the dreadful final season. The Borg are totally ruined here, Lore is a hokey pantomime villain and the cult angle is embarrassingly poorly handled. I also couldn’t stand the annoying Ensign Tait and the smug Lt Barnaby.
9. Interface. Another incredibly boring Geordi episode. This one is like watching paint dry. It had zero emotional impact on me despite the subject matter and I can only put that down to mediocre performances and execution.
10. Force of Nature. A misconceived, ham-fisted environmental allegory that’s incredibly dull, ineffective and poorly written (featuring a pointless subplot about Data training his cat that takes up way too much airtime).
11. Homeward. That scene on the bridge where Picard makes a grand speech about how it’s a shame all those people have to die—but, hey, at least we’re following our philosophical principles, am I right? Nikolai was painted to be the asshole but he’s the only human character in the whole episode.
12. Sub Rosa. What were the writers smoking? Up there with Spock’s Brain for most ridiculous premise imaginable. Beverly getting horny over reading “particularly EROTIC” entries in her grandmother’s diary has to be seen to be believed. Have some boundaries, Bev. And “dinnae touch thaaa’ caaaandle!”
13. “Masks”. I like the creepy atmosphere but this makes not a whit of sense and Brent Spiner chews the scenery so badly it’s a wonder he didn’t choke.
14. “Bloodlines”. Poor season seven, I wish they’d called it a day in the sixth. This one is just on the list for being utterly boring and uninteresting. Even the great Patrick Stewart seems to be phoning it in.

In retrospect, I should have added “Angel One”, “Samaritan Snare” and “Up the Long Ladder”.

I pretty much agree with you on all of these, except for "Birthright, Part II", "Homeward", and "Masks".

I just don't see the problem with Worf in "Birthright, Part II". He's teaching Klingon culture and heritage to his own people. How is that a bad thing?

For "Homeward", I understand why many see Picard and the Enterprise as heartless, but I think a lot of people forget that countless civilizations have lived and died over the millennia. Sometimes a people simply die out. And besides, Nikolai got one of them pregnant... a massive violation of the Prime Directive there. And they just let him stay with them? And with so few of them left, is it really doing them any favors down the road? There will be almost no genetic diversity when they start having kids, so various problems will crop up. Condemning a people to die out slowly and not well from unnatural interference versus a quick death from a natural phenomenon? Not good. I don't like this one either, but for different reasons than most.

And I have defended "Masks" more than any other episode in the franchise except maybe "MOVE ALONG HOME" (and possibly "THRESHOLD" at this point). Great concept, great story, briliant acting by Brent Spiner, mythology being highly used here, a rare use of Picard's archaeological knowledge, and more... so many reasons why I truly love this episode.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I just watched Hide and Q for the first and last time. It wasn't a good episode

 

[Oddish]

I just watched Hide and Q for the first and last time. It wasn't a good episode

No, it wasn't. If I ever get around to a TNG rewatch, that's one I'll skip. My television does not react well to having random objects thrown at it.

 

[Oddish]

I just don't see the problem with Worf in "Birthright, Part II". He's teaching Klingon culture and heritage to his own people. How is that a bad thing?

I dunno, a Klingon raised by humans playing cultural guru? It just didn't do it for me, either. Especially when compared to the much better Data story in Part 1.

For "Homeward", I understand why many see Picard and the Enterprise as heartless, but I think a lot of people forget that countless civilizations have lived and died over the millennia.

That doesn't make it any less appalling to sit and do nothing while an entire planet suffocates.

And I have defended "Masks" more than any other episode in the franchise except maybe "MOVE ALONG HOME" (and possibly "THRESHOLD" at this point). Great concept, great story, briliant acting by Brent Spiner, mythology being highly used here, a rare use of Picard's archaeological knowledge, and more... so many reasons why I truly love this episode.

While Masks isn't in my top 10, I find it a perfectly acceptable offering. And rather enjoyed Brent Spiner getting the opportunity to stretch.

 

[Farscape One]

I dunno, a Klingon raised by humans playing cultural guru? It just didn't do it for me, either. Especially when compared to the much better Data story in Part 1.



That doesn't make it any less appalling to sit and do nothing while an entire planet suffocates.



While Masks isn't in my top 10, I find it a perfectly acceptable offering. And rather enjoyed Brent Spiner getting the opportunity to stretch.

I agree that "Birthright, Part I" was better than the second part. But I find it very believable Worf would be a good teacher of his heritage. Ironically, since he was raised by humans, I think he has a better view of what those stories mean. He looks at the stories and the meaning behind them without the baggage of other Klingons who don't really try to walk the talk.

 

[ThankQ]

It looks like there should be fruit or something balanced in there...

It looks like her head should be inserted into something and then turned 90° to lock into place.

 

[Oddish]

The look is absurd, but her actions were so purely deplorable, I wasn't laughing. "Daddy, come kill yourself, because I want your ing corpse to rot in a certain place."

If their chance of saving their world died with Timcin, it would be horrible... but there would be an element of poetic justice, too.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

It looks like there should be fruit or something balanced in there...

I don't know what to say here. It looks like a telephone on her head

 

[ananta]

I just don't see the problem with Worf in "Birthright, Part II". He's teaching Klingon culture and heritage to his own people. How is that a bad thing?

it’s been a while since I’ve watched it because, on top of everything else, I find it an extremely dull, boring episode. But Worf was coming from a place of racial hatred. He broke up a colony in which the inhabitants had found peace and unity based on their shared “humanity” (for lack of a better term) rather than on superficial cultural and racial differences. It was a vision of peace and very Trekkian. Then Worf went in there and destroyed it with his notions of racial purity (ironic given he himself was raised by humans). It just left an exceptionally bad taste in my mouth. I felt it damaged his character.

For "Homeward", I understand why many see Picard and the Enterprise as heartless, but I think a lot of people forget that countless civilizations have lived and died over the millennia. Sometimes a people simply die out. And besides, Nikolai got one of them pregnant... a massive violation of the Prime Directive there. And they just let him stay with them? And with so few of them left, is it really doing them any favors down the road? There will be almost no genetic diversity when they start having kids, so various problems will crop up. Condemning a people to die out slowly and not well from unnatural interference versus a quick death from a natural phenomenon? Not good. I don't like this one either, but for different reasons than most.

I found Nikolai the only character with an actual heart in that episode. I love TNG but the characters could be smug and sanctimonious. That scene on the bridge was painful to watch in every way. It may be, for me, the worst scene in the entire show’s run. If this had been TOS they’d have found a way to save the colonists and to hell with the prime directive. I just feel it was an anti-heroic stance. If you have the ability to save somebody and you don’t out of some dry philosophical principle, it’s going to cast your heroes in a very poor light. I had more sympathy for Nikolai and his anti-establishment stance.

And I have defended "Masks" more than any other episode in the franchise except maybe "MOVE ALONG HOME" (and possibly "THRESHOLD" at this point). Great concept, great story, briliant acting by Brent Spiner, mythology being highly used here, a rare use of Picard's archaeological knowledge, and more... so many reasons why I truly love this episode.

Im glad you enjoyed it. There were things I liked, such as the eerie atmosphere and set changes. But for me, the plot was virtually nonexistent and it didn’t make much sense. I think this episode will, for many, live or die based on Spiner’s performance. I’m glad some loved it, but I never much liked his acting style outside of Data. He could be exceptionally hammy and there were times I just wanted him the shut the frell up…all those painfully long monologues that went nowhere.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Cost Of Living wasn't a very good one. Nude Lwaxanna and Alexander wouldn't fly if that was made today. As a story it really wasn't interesting either

 

[Oddish]

I found Nikolai the only character with an actual heart in that episode. I love TNG but the characters could be smug and sanctimonious. That scene on the bridge was painful to watch in every way. It may be, for me, the worst scene in the entire show’s run.

The part I hated was in the ready room beforehand. Nikola I reminds everyone of the Prime Directive's original intent, and Deanna declares that no, it was intended for "non-interference". Geez, lady, did putting in that uniform turn you into Queen Ice B****?

If this had been TOS they’d have found a way to save the colonists and to hell with the prime directive.

If Nikolai hadn't, someone else on the Enterprise would have. That's how you create conflict between the people who follow heartless rules and the ones who do the Right Thing, which was painfully obvious in this case. The Picard I know would have flooded the majority of the ship with sleepy gas, beamed up as many Boraalans as he could, jetted the Enterprise to a suitable class M planet, and dropped them. And completely ignored the Heartless Admiral who told him not to interfere over subspace/by the book crew member who was threatening to report him to Starfleet command/snotty observer who didn't think this was Starfleet's problem.

I had more sympathy for Nikolai and his anti-establishment stance.

As mentioned, we were supposed to. Even Picard came around at the end.

Cost Of Living wasn't a very good one. Nude Lwaxanna and Alexander wouldn't fly if that was made today.

I think it was more controversial in the 1990's, actually. Nudity on television was a lot bigger deal then. Music videos like Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" or Sir Mixalot's "Baby Got Back" (which probably aren't a big deal by today's standards) were initially censored, and then only allowed to play late at night.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I didn't know about the music videos being controversial..

They get annoyed with a chatty Scotty but Data never shuts up. That poetry scene in schisms poor crew. How many poems was it?

 

[Farscape One]

it’s been a while since I’ve watched it because, on top of everything else, I find it an extremely dull, boring episode. But Worf was coming from a place of racial hatred. He broke up a colony in which the inhabitants had found peace and unity based on their shared “humanity” (for lack of a better term) rather than on superficial cultural and racial differences. It was a vision of peace and very Trekkian. Then Worf went in there and destroyed it with his notions of racial purity (ironic given he himself was raised by humans). It just left an exceptionally bad taste in my mouth. I felt it damaged his character.



I found Nikolai the only character with an actual heart in that episode. I love TNG but the characters could be smug and sanctimonious. That scene on the bridge was painful to watch in every way. It may be, for me, the worst scene in the entire show’s run. If this had been TOS they’d have found a way to save the colonists and to hell with the prime directive. I just feel it was an anti-heroic stance. If you have the ability to save somebody and you don’t out of some dry philosophical principle, it’s going to cast your heroes in a very poor light. I had more sympathy for Nikolai and his anti-establishment stance.



Im glad you enjoyed it. There were things I liked, such as the eerie atmosphere and set changes. But for me, the plot was virtually nonexistent and it didn’t make much sense. I think this episode will, for many, live or die based on Spiner’s performance. I’m glad some loved it, but I never much liked his acting style outside of Data. He could be exceptionally hammy and there were times I just wanted him the shut the frell up…all those painfully long monologues that went nowhere.

Regarding "Birthright, Part II"...

Remember that this was a prison. And those young Klingons weren't even taught their own heritage. Worf wasn't teaching racial hatred or bigotry... he was just telling the stories of Klingon culture.

And these young Klingons, after leaving, would be out in the galaxy knowing that Romulans are not all bad. Basically, they can be ambassadors, for lack of a better word, of understanding between the two races because they grew up with them. Those kids weren't harboring hatred against the Romulans, and those experiences would stay with them and they can sort of spread the message that Klingons and Romulans can coexist peacefully.

That's a very STAR TREK message to me.

 

[Oddish]

They get annoyed with a chatty Scotty but Data never shuts up. That poetry scene in schisms poor crew. How many poems was it?

Oh, come on! "Ode to Spot" was a masterpiece!

 

[ananta]

Regarding "Birthright, Part II"...

Remember that this was a prison. And those young Klingons weren't even taught their own heritage. Worf wasn't teaching racial hatred or bigotry... he was just telling the stories of Klingon culture.

And these young Klingons, after leaving, would be out in the galaxy knowing that Romulans are not all bad. Basically, they can be ambassadors, for lack of a better word, of understanding between the two races because they grew up with them. Those kids weren't harboring hatred against the Romulans, and those experiences would stay with them and they can sort of spread the message that Klingons and Romulans can coexist peacefully.

That's a very STAR TREK message to me.

It’s amazing how two people can get such a diametrically opposed message from the same episode. Which is a good thing. Maybe if I watched the episode again I might change my opinion slightly, but I have no intention of doing that because it remains in my bottom 50 episodes of Trek and it bored the socks off me. Life is too short.

I still can’t shake the feeling Worf was a repellent, racist asshole, who basically destroyed a community by deliberating fomenting conflict. We’ve had other Trek characters with racist views, due to their histories, such as Kira and O’Brien, but we saw them learn from and move past their bigotry. From what I recall, he doesn’t learn a single thing by the end of the episode. I just found the whole thing unpleasant.

 

[Farscape One]

It’s amazing how two people can get such a diametrically opposed message from the same episode. Which is a good thing. Maybe if I watched the episode again I might change my opinion slightly, but I have no intention of doing that because it remains in my bottom 50 episodes of Trek and it bored the socks off me. Life is too short.

I still can’t shake the feeling Worf was a repellent, racist asshole, who basically destroyed a community by deliberating fomenting conflict. We’ve had other Trek characters with racist views, due to their histories, such as Kira and O’Brien, but we saw them learn from and move past their bigotry. From what I recall, he doesn’t learn a single thing by the end of the episode. I just found the whole thing unpleasant.

It is amazing. Everyone's life experiences and perceptions will certainly inform them about what they see, and that's a good thing. IDIC and all that.

 

[tomalak301]

My least favorite episode in all of TNG is probably New Ground. Worf portrayed as a Bad Father, Alexander was an annoying son (More annoying than Wesley) and the episode itself was just boring. Season 5 was the year of the children, and New Ground was the worst of the bunch.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

My least favorite episode in all of TNG is probably New Ground. Worf portrayed as a Bad Father, Alexander was an annoying son (More annoying than Wesley) and the episode itself was just boring. Season 5 was the year of the children, and New Ground was the worst of the bunch.

I watched it but not all in one sitting.

Right now in my rewatch I am up to Preemptive Strike

 

[Bynar0110]

I really dislike Justice and Drumhead.

 

[tharpdevenport]

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