Gray cat, craving cheeseburger.
All your bases, belonging to us.
Opal, being greeted by Dopers.
Hampsters, dancing
I concede defeat.
There ain’t none better.
I keep checking back to this thread to see if this silly Darmok banter has ended and hoping for some intelligent discussion…
:dubious::dubious::dubious:
Fried Dough Ho, frowning, hands on hips.
Well, we’ve already established that “Shades of Gray” and “Sub Rosa” were the worst episodes ever, so there’s nothing more to discuss and we’ve moved on. 
Heretic. Worst ever is “The Outrageous Okona”.
No, no, no! For that you must die. It’s “Code of Honor,” obviously.
I defy you to tell me that a Star Trek episode with Joe Piscopo in it is not the worst ever.
No no no no. We have already established that Bill Campbell is a good guy and also gorgeous. Any episode with that kind of interest can’t be that bad. Hey, our own Anamorphic even made a movie with him, so there!
So it’s not a bad episode, just dumb. “Shades of Gray” was a clip show and “Sub Rosa” was some kind of cheesy romance novel pasted into Star Trek. Those were the worst because they weren’t even trying.
The mere presence of Joe Piscopo isn’t enough. It’s Joe Piscopo being portrayed as actually amusing that really sinks things. I mean, if he was in an episode where he was an evil alien who was gruesomely torn limb from limb by a pack of wild beasts at the end, that arguably could be one of the very best episodes. It would likely win a host of awards, in fact.
Death Rays, 1920s Style.
Shades of Gray was a writer’s strike problem. I don’t know what their excuse could be for Sub Rosa.
Fried Dough Ho, Stamping Her Foot.
C’mon… Orgasmatron PS3’s outstunk orgasmatron Scottish plasma ghosts any day.
Apparently, Jeri Taylor (the episode’s writer) really likes Gothic Romances. She even tried to go back to them with Janeway’s holonovel in Voyager.
For some reason I was instantly reminded of Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Lando Calrissian, and how he claimed he was appointed to the Bespin Mining Facility, because of affirmitive action. 
Which is funny, because the canon explanation, IIRC, is that he won it in a card game.