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   Melissa Hollingsworth to All   
   Re: Worst Star Trek Episode EVER?   
   14 Jul 25 07:30:00   
   
   b8deb276   
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   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <55256506.774145636.855378.anim8rfsk-   
   cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
   message:   
   >   
   > Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   > > "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I   
   > > haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it   
   > > is.   
   >   
   > The writer intended it as a comedy and little Freddie Fryberger, the new   
   > producer who was trying to destroy the show declared arbitrarily that Star   
   > Trek didn?t do comedies (because he wouldn?t verse himself in the episode   
   > they already done) and had them shoot a comedy script as a drama.   
      
   I'm trying to imagine as a comedy. Hunh.   
      
   > But at least it?s laughable. The Empath is simply stupid and cringe worthy.   
   > And I can think of a dozen worse episodes of TNG. Maybe not any of DS nine.   
   > Almost all of Voyager. Much of Enterprise. And all of new trek.   
      
   Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's   
   Brain"?   
      
   I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.   
   That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though.   
      
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