Top 10 WORST STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION Episodes 

I'm in total agreement that "Up the Long Ladder" stinks, but that reaction shot of O'Brien when the Space Irish beam aboard is worth the pain.

You missed the one where Tasha Yar is murdered by a cheap firework thrown by a guy who lives in a puddle and is covered in mud.

I don't think "Rascals" deserved to be listed as one of the worst episodes and here's why-- Although the takeover of the ship was, indeed, rather weak, the Very Strong Performances by the children portraying the officers, totally carried that episode!

2:43 " ODAN is so bland he might as well just be a picture of JAI COURTNEY taped to a stick " .

....I like "Rascals." "I WANT IT NOW. NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW.

Rascal has as a redeeming quality the amazing acting of two of the children: I always forget that 10-years-old Guinan and Ro are played by different actors than their adult version because these child actors play the adult characters so perfectly. That's incredible continuity for acting split between different actors ! On the other hand, the characterization of older admiral Whatsisname in Too Short a Season is truely cringeworthy.

How did "The Child" not make this list? Like... Like how is it PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE that "The Child" didn't make this list?

Good grief, I came to this curious to see where "the Irish one" turned up, and it's the first episode to be named!

I actually liked "Rascals", but totally agree with the other episodes.

"Beverley Crusher fucks a ghost" XD

“We have to B plots about a virus on the Enterprise and Romulus scheming in the Neutral Zone” When the hell are the Romulus not scheming in the Neutral Zone?

I'd like to see a 'top ten average episodes of the next generation' since these are the ones that are almost never spoken about but also comprise the majority of the series.

No... Rascals is a classic TNG episode. It provided much needed levity, character development, plus it was fun.

"Drinking from the furry cup" LOLOLOLOL that had me dying!!

You could just say the first two seasons. But rascals is one of the BEST eps ever! Really funny and who can take a ferenghi seriously

There is one aspect of "Code of Honor" that almost... *almost* redeems it in my eyes. I love the way the crew tries to apply multicultural analysis to the aliens, "We have to respect their culture and in the context of their traditions, we need to... yadda yadda yadda," and as a result, they totally miss what's actually going on; Dude just wants to off his wife so he can inherit her wealth.

But I like Rascal

Beverly f**ks a ghost 😀😀😀😀 I'm dying over here lmao

Hey, in “The Host,” why was everyone so shocked to learn about Trill symbionts? The Trill had been in regular contact with Earth for well over a century, and Curzon Dax was one of the Federation’s top diplomats when the _Enterprise_ was still under Kirk.

Any votes for "Cost of Living?" It's an episode focused on Alexander and Lwaxana Troi (not the best foundation) with little action and mud bath scenes. For my money, it's the toughest rewatch. At least "Shades of Gray" plays the hits. from better episodes.

The worst part about the episode Justice was that Wesley wasn't put to death

I actually liked Rascals. Partly because the kids were such good actors and actresses, and also because we got a proper look at the Enterprise classroom, which was kind of nice. And I class Sub-Rosa as being one of my favourites, because it was absolutely hilarious to describe it to my partner who did not watch it with me.

3:00 I resolved the continuity errors between the Host and DS-9 by deciding that the "Trill" in The Host were really Goa'uld who had hoodwinked the Enterprise crew because O'Neil wasn't there. By the time of DS-9 we finally get to the *REAL* Trill, because O'Neil finally got in there and kicked ass.

“Aquiel” instead of “The Host” and “The Outrageous Okona” instead of “Rascals”.

Rascals was kinda silly fun. The kid actors were good. I’ve seen it a few times in reruns and of all these bad episodes you’ve listed it’s probably my favourite 😂

"Man Of The People" is worth it for the scene with Marina in that white dress. I'm a huge Trek fan and like quality Sci-Fi...but WOW!

Oh, the look on O'Brien's face when the "Oirish settlers" beamed in. That look of contempt was pure Colm Meaney. He bitchfaced for us all.

“Drinking from the furry cup”. Lmao

Rascals wasn't a bad ep actually. Shades of Gray was a turd with maybe 7 minutes original footage. It was only made due to a Writer's Guild (?) strike which meant they were short of material. But regardless, if I was to make my own Top 10 worst TNG, probably 8 of them would come from the first 2 years.

The Outrageous Okona should have been on this list. From the Gary Stu Okona character to Joe PIscopo to "You're a droid and I'm a noid." Horrible.

"Drinking from the furry cup." LMFAO!!!!!!!! I'm totally going to start using that one!!!!!!

I wanted to see Ryker show up at Troi's door with Troi dressed all sexy going "Are you the Beam Master?" "There is no Deanna, only Troi".

I agree with most of these, but I always really liked "Too Short a Season." It explored what could happen to captains who ignored the prime directive. Not the best, but I don't think it's anywhere near the rest of the episodes here. And "Rascals" is likably bad. It's worth including for Odo bringing it up to ridicule the Enterprise's security procedures in "Crossfire" (DS9).

It’s amazing how TNG got past the second season considering how bad episodes were up to that point (really took off in season 3)

Rascals was a great episode and Marina Sirtis was amazing in “man of the people”

“The Host” doesn’t belong on this list.

It'd replace "Rascals" and "Too Short A Season" with "A Fistful of Datas" and the cringe worthy ep with L'waxana and Alexander in the mud bath.

“A picture of jai courtney taped to a stick” funniest quote on this list

"Beverley Crusher fucks a ghost". All that ever needs to be said about Sub Rosa.

No annoying intro video, no obnoxious lead-in summary on the subject you're about to cover. Just straight in to the meat and no screwing around. Cheers to you.

There was the episode where Barkley devolved into a spider of some kind, and then there was the episode where they all lost their memory and a new character named Commander Macduff appeared out of nowhere. Which meant that we all knew what was going on from the get-go.

I think my favorite is "The Pegasus".....was super cool seeing the Enterprise de-cloak.

As someone who was a kid when TNG aired, I still have found feelings for "Rascals." Granted, even then I thought the fact that they transporter doing this (and then reverting later) was absurd, it pulled me in. Yes, I get it, the Ferengi never should have been able to take over the Enterprise (a group of 8? overpowering a crew of over 1,000?!), but one could say that about a lot of plots holes through out the series(es?). Then of course as I grew up, I kept wondering, "When are they going to use the transporter to reverse aging? Old Picard dying of a disease in the last episode? Just beam him younger like what happened previously!!!" Okay, yeah, I'm not a fan of "All Good Things."

"It's the 24th century. You telling me you can't be gay? C'mon, Dr. Crusher."

Up the long ladder also had an amazing, strong, beautiful irish women, who I seem to recall as well.

"Beverly Crusher Fucks A Ghost.......Oh you want more? What else I'm suppose to say?!?!?!?"💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Where is masks on the list

Later seasons the one where Riker brings back some game to the enterprise was just stupid.

Not surprisingly, most were from the first two seasons when TNG was trying to find itself as opposed to being a TOS ripoff. As to "The Host," what sank that episode was that nobody else in the Federation knew that the Trill are symbiotic beings despite having been Federation members for two centuries. Surely everybody in Starfleet, and especially Starfleet doctors, would be aware of it, and yet Dr. Crusher wasn't? Doesn't say much for her professional competence.

I love the line "Ghost alien candle bastards" XD

You forgot the “Warp 5 speed limit” episode...

"The Outrageous Okona" Just plain stinks out loud! A very unfunny episode featuring the unfunniest comedian Joe Piscopo

Jeez, i thought you were gonna skip Sub Rosa. Certainly kept the tension growing there.

You left out the worst episode of all. It's the one with Worf's Russian brother where Picard's fealty to the prime directive is taken to the ludicrous extreme of allowing a planet full of people to die to avoid contaminating them! My God, the directive is intended to protect alien cultures, not exterminate them. No problem violating the directive to save Wesley though. Where's Kirk when you need him?

Was at a 30th Anniversary TNG Thing and Levar Burton was speaking/hosting. He admitted he has NEVER watched the entire series! He says every so often he watches an episode but mostly dislikes watching himself on film. Crazy

"Ghost Alien Candle Bastards" sounds like an awesome band name.

Almost any episode with Troi's mom got a very loud moan from me whenever it started.

In all fairness Wesley is less a jerk than Wil Wheaton.

Recently had the misfortune to sit through Season 7's "Masks". Watched the full episode and still haven't a clue what it was about. Totally awful episode.

Yoooo....your comment about Beverly f***ing a ghost. I about died laughing!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man, your commentary is brilliant and hilarious. I agree with every one except Rascals, I love this episode 😜.

Up the Long Ladder and Rascals are actually two of my favorite episodes. I always enjoy stories that contrast people living a traditional, non technological, lifestyle, with high tech cultures. I always find them interesting. And, an important point, the two colonies were *not* on the same planet. The problem involving the impending solar flare was resolved once the Bringloidie were evacuated from their planet. The other, high tech colony, had a very different problem involving limited genetic diversity, to which the Bringloidie provided the solution. Personally, I find the Bringloidie characters, and culture, to be very interesting and entertaining. I wouldn't at all have minded having them back again. The only thing I don't like about Rascals is having Picard relinquish command just because he looks like a twelve year old. The whole poiojt of the Federation is that people have become comfortable with other people who look and act differently. There is no reason the crew would have been unable to continue respecting Picard's authority just because he looked young. In every grown man beats the heart of a ten year old boy who longs to command the USS Enterprise in a desperate battle. That is how this episode should have ended, with the rejuvenated Picard commanding in a fire fight. The rest of the ones you mention, yeah, they're pretty bad. The trouble is, it's so easy to pick out others just as bad. How in the world did you winnow it down to these? How about the Naked Now? How about the where everybody reverts into evolutionary ancestors, with Barkley somehow turning into a spider? How about the painfully bad one where Riker violates the prime directive so he can have sex with a person from a unisexual species who somehow thinks it's female? Encounter at Farpoint, Tinman, the one where Q put everybody into a Robin Hood fantasy. The list, unfortunately, goes on. When TNG was good, it was very good, though never as good as TOS at its best, but when TNG was bad, it was very bad indeed.

Before watching this, I immediately thought of the episode where Beverly fell in love with “Ronin,” the ghost (10 on this list). So out of place, added nothing to lore, character development, and no compelling action or even real drama. I always thought that one was the worst.

Regarding to "Code ofhonor" being racist, I can certainly see how many would see that. But not only that but that Captain Picard going along with Lutan's nonsense when he could easily send an away team to rescue her decimate the cities.

I find it interesting how many of these are 1st season, especially with everyone complaining about the first season of Discovery.

Okay, Up the Long Latter was nothing special but hardly awful. I find Rascals quite wrong for this list. All the points you mentioned with an action ending makes that episode rather entertaining. There are so many worst episodes you could have picked.

Your response to “Sub Rosa” was highly entertaining. 😂

I think that the absolute worst episode was where the crew were de-evolved into animals

Forgot about 707 Dark Page and 717 Masks. Worst. Episodes. Ever.

"Liaisons", season 7 episode 2. That episode was so bad, I literally forgot about it. "Allegiance," season 3. Same deal. In fact, there are several season 7 episodes I'd give a miss to entirely, including a rare thing - a forgettable Klingon episode, "Firstborn."

“Drinking from the furry cup”????😩😂😂

SF Command: Picard, we want the Enterprise to transport someone. Picard: What's wrong with him/her/it? What areas of their past have you left unresearched?

I’ll take Rascals over The Outrageous Okona, personally.

Something I’ve always wondered, Crusher couldn’t be with Odon (spelling?) because she was freaked out that Odon’s new host is a woman, yet she can be with a candle ghost?

"Where no one has gone before" - an alien helps a fake scientist actually modify the engines of the Enterprise, just so we can all learn how special Wesley Crusher is.

I actually kinda liked Up A Long Ladder. "What if one of those contraptions (fire suppression force field vacuum) went off with me under it" Worf "Then you would be standing in the fire"

I actually tended to enjoy Rascals much more than some of the other TNG episodes. It's memorable, and the acting of the kids *almost* sells it at times. I find The Last Outpost, When the Bough Breaks, Skin of Evil, The Royale, Time Squared, and the Outrageous Okana to all be much less enjoyable to watch than Rascals. With regards to the continuity issues with the Trill, that's because Terry Farrell suffers from a skin condition where the makeup would have been bad for her. I'm glad someone else is calling out Star Trek on it's Scottish accents. Scotty's I can kind of forgive as I grew up with it. Though realistically I can't think of a time I've heard anyone sound like they're from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, or anywhere else over here.

The bad episodes you missed were every single one that features Lwaxana Troy

One reason that Shades Of Grey is so bad was the writers strike.

I agree with all, except Rascals. It's a good old light hearted fun episode where it doesn't take itself serious

I’d like to suggest a list of “Trek episodes” that are still relevant today. I’ll put a word in for “The Drumhead”.

You missed the "drugs are bad m'kay" episode

"Drinking from the furry cup"!!!!! OMG dude that made me cry from laughing.

Inheritance; Everyone lying to Dr. Juliana Tainer about her being an android, was horrible and obnoxious, since they left her vulnerable to the trauma of discovering that she's an android and unaware of the advantages of being an android. Remember when Picard told Wesley that "The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based." Yet in this episode, they completely go against all of this, because they can't be bothered to help her cope with and adapt to being an android for both her own wellbeing and for others, not to mention putting other people into a hard position. Ironically in the Star Trek Voyager episode "Once upon a time" (Another bad episode that centers on a character lying about something important) Neelix's lie (while bad) is less of a bad call than what Data, the TNG crew and Soong did to Dr. Juliana Tainer. Awful episode!

When TNG started in 1987 Patrick Stewart was 47 years old. Next June, Wil Wheaton will celebrate his 47th birthday.

What, no mention of the one where everyone turned into animals ("Genesis" I think?), or any of the first season episodes where they just rehash a TOS plot and look up what Kirk did?

Every bad episode somehow closely involves the Crusher family one way or another.

“Beverly Crusher fucks a ghost” I spat coffee out laughing! 😂

You got most of them but there is one big misfire: What the hell Rowan, "Man of the people" is a 4 out of 5 episode: Its a comment on sexual harassment combined with a classical "does the greater good justify a crime against a minority" theme. Sirtis' performance is okay, Charles Lucia does a great ambassador, there is some clever plot development with the ambassador's companions and how they all handle the situation apparently civilized and finally, a great confrontational scene with Picard and a classical Steward-monologe. "Skin of Evil" would be a better choice.

I'm glad Masks wasn't on this list. Everyone likes to shit on it, but (imo) it's a pretty entertaining episode, and it actually kinda goes somewhere.

Excellent list. I'm not sure which one I would replace, but my list would certainly include the one where Deanna gets pregnant, goes thru the pregnancy and delivers a baby in a week, and the next thing you know she's treating her "child" like any normal kid - sending it off to school. Ridiculous!

i like how succinct and to the point your analysis is. the video is the right length for something like this. good job!

Ha! Both of my gf's parents' episodes that they wrote in S1 made the list!

In b4 Sub Rosa is the worst! Oh look, I was right! Such a terrible episode!

Fun fact: Gates McFadden was hosting her own little life form during the making of The Host. She was very pregnant at the time of filming, and her scenes had to be shot chest-up or behind a desk.

The one thing I liked about man of the people is that the ambassador gives Picard his bullshit attempt at moral ambiguity that pops up a lot in other episodes but Picard just says " ... Yeah you're under arrest "

Sub Rosa is so bad it’s good

Just about any episode in the first two seasons. (Most of your picks were from the first season after all).

I liked Jameson's speech to his wife "I see only the gold". I actually thought that part was touching.

Been watching some of your older videos...and sir, you were spot on with this one!