# Worst TNG episode ever?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414>\
**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:** 5\
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**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/321 "2013-05-26T01:45:54Z")

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BOTTLES EMPTY! His PANTS UNFURLED!

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/322 "2013-05-26T02:34:14Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Gene Roddenberry didn’t like her taking her clothes off for a magazine.

This, I find hard to believe. Paramount executives, yep; Roddenberry, no. No way!

I’ve been watching TNG on Space lately; all of the episodes are from the last couple of seasons. Prior to this, I had seen every episode up to number 100 but very few of the later ones. I’m surprised to see that the quality of the series actually went _down_ after 100; for the last week or so, it seems like they were just marking time.

Nothing can match the sheer awfulness of the first couple of years, though. The episode I remember (and hate) most was the one with the blow-dried “Amazon” women in their Jeannie outfits seducing Riker while the “men” on the planet doused themselves with perfume.

_Real_ Amazon women are six feet tall with braided hair and high-top sandals and steel brassieres … you know, like on the _old_ _ **Star Trek** _!

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/323 "2013-05-26T04:04:11Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> Nothing can match the sheer awfulness of the first couple of years, though. The episode I remember (and hate) most was the one with the blow-dried “Amazon” women in their Jeannie outfits seducing Riker while the “men” on the planet doused themselves with perfume.
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> _Real_ Amazon women are six feet tall with braided hair and high-top sandals and steel brassieres … you know, like on the _old_ _ **Star Trek** _!

That would be _Angel One_, mentioned near the beginning of the thread. Horrible anvilicious episode…

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/324 "2013-05-26T04:13:23Z")

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> [@Raguleader](#):
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> D’oh… :smack:😃

Raguleader, his face palmed.

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**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 26, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tng-episode-ever/557414/325 "2013-05-26T04:27:04Z")

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**Elendil’s Heir** , reminded of bad Trek from days of yore.

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