# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/301 "2013-05-21T18:31:05Z")
Morbius and Adams, with the Krell machine ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/302 "2013-05-21T18:39:45Z")
But does the beast have to be so dangerous. And invisible? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/303 "2013-05-21T19:07:37Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > But does the beast have to be so dangerous. And invisible? It wouldn’t really get the point across if it was a teddy bear, now would it? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/304 "2013-05-21T19:17:02Z")
[Oh, I don’t know…](http://i.imgur.com/65q2x.png) ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/305 "2013-05-21T19:35:36Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > It wouldn’t really get the point across if it was a teddy bear, now would it? Like one of these teddy bears? [![](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121210010119/memoryalpha/en/images/7/78/Anya,_Raging_Monster.jpg) ](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121210010119/memoryalpha/en/images/7/78/Anya,_Raging_Monster.jpg) (from the dauphin) ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/306 "2013-05-21T19:51:21Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > But does the beast have to be so dangerous. And invisible? I assume that’s what Morphius’ ID thought was frightening. It’s possible everyone’s monster would be kinda unique to them. (Giant spiders, The Blob, your mother-in-law’s moustache…) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/307 "2013-05-21T19:53:33Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > But does the beast have to be so dangerous. And invisible? The version of _Forbidden Planet_ with the invisible beast was censored in Australia. I believe that is why it glowed in the laser fire. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/308 "2013-05-21T20:16:44Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Like one of these teddy bears? > > [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/\_\_cb20121210010119/memoryalpha/en/images/7/78/Anya,\_Raging\_Monster.jpg](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121210010119/memoryalpha/en/images/7/78/Anya,_Raging_Monster.jpg) > > (from the dauphin) Is that something that beat up Worf? 😃 ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/309 "2013-05-21T20:21:43Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Is that something that beat up Worf? 😃 I think it’s the Klingon Prom. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/310 "2013-05-21T21:16:43Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > **Scylla** and the Blimp, at Midnight. You said that in post #[182](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13044995&postcount=182)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/311 "2013-05-21T22:03:42Z")
The worst episode? First, eliminate any that aren’t about Wesley. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/312 "2013-05-23T12:13:50Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > You said that in post #[182](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13044995&postcount=182)! 😃 D’oh… :smack:😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/313 "2013-05-23T13:41:01Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Is that something that beat up Worf? 😃 That subset of Creation would include little children, furniture and Tribbles. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/314 "2013-05-23T13:47:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That subset of Creation would include little children, furniture and Tribbles. And any alien trying to take over the _Enterprise_. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/315 "2013-05-23T16:28:25Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > How about The Naked Now? I think Wikipedia is generous in calling it a sequel of The Naked Time and not a complete remake. That’s an awful episode. Seeing the thread resurrected made me realize that I never answered the actual question. I don’t know about then, but, in reading this thread, this was the one I thought of. Not only for the ripoff, but also because [ol] [li]It was only the second episode and they had one with people acting out of character[/li][li]The ridiculous excuse to get Data infected, too, which made him seem too human[/li][li]The false setup of the TOS solution not working[/li][li]The deus ex machina ending where, out of nowhere, they suddenly can fix it. People claim Voyager does this all the time with their technobabble, but they really don’t.[/li][/ol] The only redeeming feature is how Data’s full functionality was used to prove he was sapient (and emotional, though he’d never admit it) in Measure of a Man. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/316 "2013-05-24T00:57:28Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > …The only redeeming feature is how Data’s full functionality was used to prove he was sapient (and emotional, though he’d never admit it) in Measure of a Man. He and Tasha could certainly have provided an interesting courtroom demonstration for the defense. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/317 "2013-05-24T03:16:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > He and Tasha could certainly have provided an interesting courtroom demonstration for the defense. She had been whacked by the Tar Baby by then. Well, Gene Roddenberry didn’t like her taking her clothes off for a magazine. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/318 "2013-05-25T21:31:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Trek thread, resurrected. Nancarrow, his tubs of toffee ice cream emptied. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/319 "2013-05-25T22:23:26Z")
Carnivorousplant, at the wreck of a beer truck. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/320 "2013-05-26T01:44:04Z")
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