Game The Most Disliked Sixth Season Episode, 2025 Edition

[Victoria]

"Virtuoso" gets saved for the Doctor's singing.

VOY: "Fair Haven"
VOY: "Collective"
VOY: "Ashes To Ashes"

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

I'm going to save Voyager's "Collective".

I didn't have any major problems with the episode. It's a better horror story about creepy children than And the Children Shall Lead or Imaginary Friend or... basically anything else in Trek, and it has some nice moments in it. Like the scene where the Doctor hands Janeway the cute Borg baby right before telling her that the horrible anti-Borg pathogen she asked for is ready and she just ignores his attempt at emotional manipulation.

VOY: "Fair Haven"
VOY: "Ashes To Ashes"

 

[Seven of Five]

Fair Haven is the winner then.

It's such a boring program, with no risks taken and then Janeway having a relationship with one is strange.

Spirit Folk was worse with the crew being idiotic and not talking the program off when they were having trouble.

 

[Farscape One]

"Virtuoso" gets saved for the Doctor's singing.

VOY: "Fair Haven"
VOY: "Collective"
VOY: "Ashes To Ashes"

This is actually the fifth episode I wanted to see as the winner. I despise "VIRTUOSO" because it ramps up The Doctor's selfishness way, way too high. Terrible character assassination here.

And frankly, it makes Janeway look stupid because she was going to let her ONLY actual doctor leave the ship permanently. (Just like she looked like an idiot for not simply turning off the holodeck program in "SPIRIT FOLK" when members of her crew were in actual danger.)

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

To be fair she doesn't rule out B'Elanna's plan to pull the plug. She tells her that the holograms weren't programmed to be violent so she doesn't think they'll need to, but she should get ready to cut power in case things do get out of hand.

 

[Farscape One]

To be fair she doesn't rule out B'Elanna's plan to pull the plug. She tells her that the holograms weren't programmed to be violent so she doesn't think they'll need to, but she should get ready to cut power in case things do get out of hand.

True. But "SPIRIT FOLK" is a terrible episode for a multitude of other reasons in addition to that one.

 

[Sakonna]

Slightly surprised "Profit & Lace" didn't take it. P&L won more games than any other episode the last cycle, among them this one, it was our 2022 winner for "6th Season."

But I certainly cannot argue with "Fair Haven" as a winner either!

Actually, now that I think about it, I myself would probably choose to rewatch "Profit & Lace" over "Fair Haven."

I'll give some love to "Suspicions", which yeah it's a pretty bog standard murder mystery, but hey, Bev gets to do stuff that isn't falling in love with a guest star, you get to see Ferengi and Klingon scientists, and look at that outfit!

You know, I am also always giving extra points to "Suspicions" based off that fabulous Guinan outfit! It might be her single best one in the series, actually? In most ways, "Suspicions" makes an extremely bizarre final appearance for Guinan on TNG, but she went out on top wardrobe-wise at least.

MOST DISLIKED WINNERS, 2025
MAJEL BARRETT APPEARANCE: TAS, Season 1: "The Ambergris Element"
THR'S 100 BEST TREK EPS: TNG, Season 4: "Brothers"
6TH SEASON: VOY, Season 6: "Fair Haven"
7TH SEASON: VOY, Season 7: "Natural Law"
COUPLE: VOY: Seven/Chakotay
KLINGON: ENT, Season 2: "Marauders"
SECTION 31: DIS, Season 2: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIRECTOR JONATHAN FRAKES: DIS, Season 3: "There Is A Tide..."
SEASON PREMIERE: ST, Season 1: "Runaway"
GUINAN APPEARANCE: PIC, Season 2: "Monsters"
REGULAR CHARACTER: PRO: Drednok

Thanks for playing all! Next up: "The Most Disliked Jeffrey Combs Appearance"

 

[altersalk]

You know, I am also always giving extra points to "Suspicions" based off that fabulous Guinan outfit! It might be her single best one in the series, actually? In most ways, "Suspicions" makes an extremely bizarre final appearance for Guinan on TNG, but she went out on top wardrobe-wise at least.

Lol I meant Bev's outfit, Guinan's outfits always look great but Bev rarely gets a good casual look and she's killing it here. But I'll take the thumbs up either way

 

[Artoo Atari]

... Bev rarely gets a good casual look and she's killing it here. But I'll take the thumbs up either way

Yes, it's definitely not one of the better ones, but Beverly seldom gets much attention. She also looked absolutely beautiful in "Sub Rosa," another Beverley episode with horrendous writing.

... Actually, now that I think about it, I myself would probably choose to rewatch "Profit & Lace" over "Fair Haven."

I probably would as well. Except for ""Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" (which as I've stated before, I consider to be the very worst episode in the entire run of Deep Space Nine), I'd probably watch a bad DS9 episode before I'd watch a mediocre/average VOY episode.

... Thanks for playing all! Next up: "The Most Disliked Jeffrey Combs Appearance"

Looking forward to seeing the results of this. He is my very favorite "guest" actor in Star Trek.

 

[Farscape One]

I have two or three episodes that I believe will be the Most Disliked Combs episode.

I'll reserve saying which ones so it doesn't affect the outcome of the game.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Actually, now that I think about it, I myself would probably choose to rewatch "Profit & Lace" over "Fair Haven."

Is this like the meme that gets passed around in different forms: Some Ferengi Nonsense on TNG (thumbs down) vs Some Ferengi Nonsense on DS9 (thumbs up)?