• Re: Worst Star Trek Episode EVER?

    From Daniel@me@sc1f1dan.com to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Tue Aug 12 12:06:31 2025
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    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Tue Aug 12 17:18:18 2025
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    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one >> has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the
    illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D


    5.2? ThatrCOs not even a bad score. I wouldnrCOt give it more than a 2.5, and only that high to make room for several that are worse.
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  • From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Wed Aug 13 04:30:45 2025
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    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no >>> one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In
    this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, >>> the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, >>> cringe-worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you
    wonder how they ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready >>> to blast off into the world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a
    tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    5.2? That's not even a bad score. I wouldn't give it more than a 2.5,
    and only that high to make room for several that are worse.

    I noticed a lot of the lowest scores are around 5 and 6. I was expecting
    most to be around 2 or 3.


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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Wed Aug 13 07:04:26 2025
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    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no >>>> one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In >>>> this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, >>>> the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, >>>> cringe-worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you
    wonder how they ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready >>>> to blast off into the world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a
    tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    5.2? That's not even a bad score. I wouldn't give it more than a 2.5,
    and only that high to make room for several that are worse.

    I noticed a lot of the lowest scores are around 5 and 6. I was expecting
    most to be around 2 or 3.

    Yep. If your worst episode scores in the top 50% you must be doing
    something right.
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  • From Daniel@me@sc1f1dan.com to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Sat Aug 16 19:11:34 2025
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    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> writes:

    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one >> has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the
    illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D

    Shore Leave

    I loved this episode as a child. A local broadcast station has star trek
    every night, and it was playing one night some months ago. It started
    okay, but then the it turned dumb really fast. The acting wasn't too
    bad, tho. They did what they could for a budget saving episode.

    It is also obvious that many of the writers of that era served during
    the big war. Many stories are influenced by it.

    D
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  • From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Sun Aug 17 03:24:17 2025
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    In article <87o6ser92h.fsf@rpi3>, me@sc1f1dan.com wrote:

    Shore Leave

    I loved this episode as a child. A local broadcast station has star trek >every night, and it was playing one night some months ago. It started
    okay, but then the it turned dumb really fast. The acting wasn't too
    bad, tho. They did what they could for a budget saving episode.

    It is also obvious that many of the writers of that era served during
    the big war. Many stories are influenced by it.

    I don't think the "War on Drugs" was a thing yet.
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    Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
    love this country.

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  • From Wouter Valentijn@liamreverse@valentijn.nu to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Sun Aug 17 10:21:42 2025
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    Op 17-8-2025 om 04:11 schreef Daniel:
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> writes:

    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one >>> has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the
    illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >>> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >>> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D

    Shore Leave

    I loved this episode as a child. A local broadcast station has star trek every night, and it was playing one night some months ago. It started
    okay, but then the it turned dumb really fast. The acting wasn't too
    bad, tho. They did what they could for a budget saving episode.

    It is also obvious that many of the writers of that era served during
    the big war. Many stories are influenced by it.





    I always thought 'the big war' referred to the First World War.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Sun Aug 17 07:03:02 2025
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    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> writes:

    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one
    has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this >>> video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the >>> illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >>> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >>> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D

    Shore Leave

    I loved this episode as a child. A local broadcast station has star trek every night, and it was playing one night some months ago. It started
    okay, but then the it turned dumb really fast. The acting wasn't too
    bad, tho. They did what they could for a budget saving episode.


    There is no way this was a budget saving episode. Going on location cost
    more than shooting aboard ship or at the studio. They had multiple
    locations, guest stars, stunts, costumes, animals. They even had an
    elephant on standby and they ran out of time to do anything with him.


    It is also obvious that many of the writers of that era served during
    the big war. Many stories are influenced by it.

    D

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