TR Contest: Stupidest Sci-Fi TV Episode
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Those brilliant Star Trek: The Next Generation edited episodes reminded me of my one attempt to watch TNG. I had enjoyed the original Trek, mostly because it was goofy as hell, and had enough sci-fi nerd friends that talked about how awesome Picard and crew was. So I turned it on, and got some terrible pile of shit where everyone on the ship started mutating into bugs or something. Worse, everyone said they were “evolving” into giant bugs, which triggered my admittedly high stupidity reflex. Needless to say, I never watched again.
But it gave me the idea for today’s contest, in that I want to hear the stupidest episode of whatever sci-fi show you suffered through. All the Treks and Stargates and Battlestars and such are fair game, as well as anything that made it longer than a couple of episodes — so no TV movies. Post-apocalypses are okay as long as they still have a sci-fi element. Don’t forget to explain why the ep was so bad, because I’m sure as hell not going to be watching it.
As always, the contest rules are here, and the contest ends at 3am Monday, EST. Make it mean, make it funny, and make it so, Topless Roboteers. See you on Monday.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.