# Worst TNG episode ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414 "2010-10-17T05:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/241 "2010-10-21T18:24:38Z")
O’Brien and Bashir, in the holosuite ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/242 "2010-10-21T18:39:44Z")
Crusher and Troi, their legs stretched wide. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/243 "2010-10-21T18:46:31Z")
Homer and the crab juice, thirsting mightily. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/244 "2010-10-21T19:03:59Z")
Kirk with his shirt ripped, undefeatable. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/245 "2010-10-21T19:20:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Kirk with his shirt ripped, undefeatable. Unless he’s fighting Spock on Vulcan. “Tri-ox compound,” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/246 "2010-10-21T19:36:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Unless he’s fighting Spock on Vulcan. “Tri-ox compound,” indeed. He NEVER had a chance fighting Spock. I don’t know what the hell he was thinking. He’d already tussled with Spock at least once and possibly twice (I don’t recall whether “Amok Time” comes before “This Side of Paradise,” but “The Naked Time” certaily does) and been effortlessly outclassed both times. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/247 "2010-10-21T19:51:09Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > He NEVER had a chance fighting Spock. I don’t know what the hell he was thinking. He’d already tussled with Spock at least once and possibly twice (I don’t recall whether “Amok Time” comes before “This Side of Paradise,” but “The Naked Time” certaily does) and been effortlessly outclassed both times. He and McCoy thought Spock was debilitated from Pon Farr. Throwing soup around tires a guy out. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/248 "2010-10-21T19:54:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Kirk with his shirt ripped, undefeatable. Kirk’s clenched double fists, he punches guts, ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/249 "2010-10-21T20:01:51Z")
Kirk, crushing Khan’s kidney, with a control rod. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/250 "2010-10-21T20:42:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And also remember that Geordi was merely an ensign that manned the conn originally, rather than the actual Chief Engineer. Heck, dude got promoted the fastest of anyone in all of Star Trek–the only person to jump two levels by the end. [LaForge](http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge) started out as an LT (jr grade), but he did get promoted an awful lot. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/251 "2010-10-21T20:55:19Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Kirk’s clenched double fists, he punches guts, …and doesn’t afraid of anything. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/252 "2010-10-22T02:03:50Z")
Kirk and Kang at Engineering laugh after slaughter ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/253 "2010-10-22T02:21:20Z")
Admirals with goats, LaForge has photos. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/254 "2010-10-22T02:23:04Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Kirk and Kang at Engineering laugh after slaughter On second thought - this should really just be - “Kirk and Kang In Engineering” - if we’re trying to follow the gist of the show - that the allegory itself was enough to convey the whole story to someone familiar with them - too many words and you’re giving away too much. “Kirk and Spock at PonFarr” - Bart, his shorts eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/255 "2010-10-22T02:59:21Z")
A meme, beaten like a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/256 "2010-10-22T03:01:00Z")
Spock and McCoy, _fal tor pan._ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/257 "2010-10-22T03:49:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Spock and McCoy, _fal tor pan._ Spock and McCoy, Fat Al Porn. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/258 "2010-10-22T05:23:05Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > A meme, beaten like a dead horse. Fonzie, on water skis. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/259 "2010-10-22T16:19:26Z")
Hitler in his bunker, raging humorously. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/260 "2010-10-22T17:39:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hitler in his bunker, raging humorously. XBox Live and Hitler, parting ways. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414.md?page=14)