Top Ten WTF Moments in Star Trek: Picard Season 1

It should probably be apparent at this point that I did not like Star Trek: Picard. It manifestly disappointed me along just about every axis of Star Trek fandom that I possess. But in addition to being grotesquely violent and poorly written, it was also frequently just baffling. Here are my top ten (with some honorable mentions, because they just kept coming) WTF Moments from season one.


Honorable Mentions:

 Oh no! Acid Blood! Bet she didn't see that one coming!

TNG Top 20: Episodes 1-10

Okay, here we are. The top ten (here are 11-20). The be all, end all, definitive list of the best episodes of The Next Generation. As always, all polls and opinions here at Treknobabble are legally binding throughout both space and time. So, without further ado, the top ten:

10. Tapestry (30 points)

This is both a great Picard episode and a great Q episode. The "road not travelled" story pops up in more places than science fiction (see It's a Wonderful Life), so the way they managed to have a novel twist on both that concept and avoid the pitfalls of a time travel yarn are commendable in and of themselves. Working in the one good scene for a crappy season 2 episode is just icing on the cake.

A funny thing happened to me at the Bonestall Recreation Facility...

TNG Top 20: Episodes 11-20

So, just like our last top episodes post, when we finished TOS, we had a group methodology here. Kevin, Kelly, Beth, and I each came up with our own ranked top 20 list (not an easy task, either!). Then, points were assigned in reverse order - 20 for the top show, 19 for the second best, down to 1 for the bottom. The lists were tabulated together, episodes with better ratings won any tiebreakers, and voila, a group Top 20 is born.

So, without further ado, here is the bottom half of our mutual favorites:

20. Relics (17 points)

It is green.

Relics received an 8 from the two of us. It's one of those shows that has flaws, but is just too cool to be denied (see also: Space Seed). The very fact that it includes a Dyson Sphere is probably reason enough for it to make a list. Some great Scotty scenes are icing on the cake.

Treknobabble's Official TOS Top Ten List

To arrive at our top ten, we polled four of Treknobabble's contributors, and asked each to come up with their own personal Top 15 list for the series. We gave each number 1 pick 15 points, each number 2 pick 14, etc. Then, we added the totals of each list together, and the top ten totals gave us the ten episodes that earned the most accolades from us.

Without further ado, here they are:

10. The Doomsday Machine (22 Points)

In Soviet Russia, super joint smoke YOU!

A great "fallen captain" and a lot of peril make this episode a consistent entertainer. Ship after ship meet their ends in the maw of the planet-eater, and Kirk's level head prevails over Commodore Decker's rashness.