Posted on 05/23/2017 9:10:47 AM PDT by EveningStar
At some point in life, you learn to take the good with the bad. Its not that you necessarily become better at dealing with the bad things in life, but rather that you learn to appreciate that the bad is simply a companion to the good. If you grew up a Star Trek fan, you likely got a head start on this valuable life lesson. Regardless of which Star Trek series you became hopelessly addicted to, you eventually learned that you had a roughly equal chance of seeing something truly great or something truly awful on a weekly basis. Eventually, you come to accept that the bad episodes add a little flavor to the great ones.
Just because bad Star Trek episodes are a vital thread in the franchises rich tapestry, that doesnt mean that they arent still some of the worst episodes to ever be broadcast on television. Were not talking about episodes which stomp on the series continuity or ruin certain plot developments. These are the entries which Trek fans and non-Trek fans alike watch with their jaws agape. How? they say while struggling to reach some semblance of understanding. How did this episode ever make it on-air?
These are the 15 Worst Star Trek Episodes Of All Time.
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trouble with tribbles.
“I think I can cure a rainy day!” ep?
Got it!
Yup!
Trouble with Tribbles.
Nearest I can tell, theyre born pregnant.
Episode?
“Of course! It’s so simple a child could do it.”
Episode?
“After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting.” ep?
spocks brain — see review above
Rubber Lizard Suit Dude episode.
PS: I am doing this without using Google or any other site or engine.
Star Trek nerd I am.
Rubber Compost Pile Suit Dude
“There is an old Vulcan saying. ‘Only Nixon could go to China.’”
Episode?
The other thing that makes The Omega Glory significant is just how awful it is. Lets skip past how boring the episode is and get right to the point where the episode takes a huge moral nosedive by subtly suggesting that the Yangs (America) are superior. Its not clear if Gene Roddenberry was intentionally trying to push this message or if he was so over his head in boiling this complicated issue down to a 40-minute episode that he churned out a confused mess of a plot which accidentally sends the wrong message. Wed believe either.
The WRONG message would be that America is superior to the USSR? Really?
Yes, that overpopulation one was pretty bad.
Now for some of the favorites...
Gotta love Landru!
The Undiscovered Country
The Gorn
The one where the old travelling Shakespeare troop guy with his daughter is really a mass murderer. Absolutely unwatchable.
PS: we prefer the term “Trekker”
“Trekkies” are the group addressed by Shatner in the legendary “get a life!” SNL skit.
Hey, I saw the very first “teaser” episode in its original broadcast. I was in 7th grade. I was hooked from day one.
it was a sneak peek. I was so excited to see the show that I tuned in a week early on purpose and there it was - the now ubiquitus beginning of Star Trek. It’s hard to describe the feelings in a mid sixties kid in Jr. High seeing this BEFORE we had put a man on the moon.
Precious Cargo should be removed from the list of worst episodes for one simple reason...Padma Lakshmi.
Shaka, when the walls fell.
I was probably not the only person in the US to whom that line came on 9/11, but I've never heard anyone else mention it.
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