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'''It's not a character or plot arc, but a single episode. Yes, one episode is so bad, it has its own folder within a show subpage.'''
* ''Voyager,'' infamous for the quality of its writing or lack thereof, managed to have one episode so bad that the powers that be noticed: "[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Star_Trek/Voyager/Threshold.aspx Threshold]". In it, the characters, while attempting to figure out a way to [[Failure Is the Only Option|get back to the Alpha Quadrant]], break a law of series physics and "[[Evolutionary Levels|evolve]]" into newts as a result. Then they make out and have baby newts, which is why Agony Booth winced. Both fans and [[Canon
* The real problem with this episode was that it occurred before Voyager found a way to communicate with the Federation. All Janeway had to do was put one volunteer on the transwarp shuttle with the Doctor's newt-mutation-curing hypospray and send them back to Starfleet HQ to tell them what was going on. Instead, the whole [[Forgotten Phlebotinum|transwarp shuttle was ditched and never spoken of again]].
** Or better yet, scale the transwarp drive up, and send ''the whole damn ship'' back to Earth with the Doctor in command (so he can administer the hypospray antidote upon arrival, or at least instruct others to do so). Problem solved!
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** It could have been simple. The Vidiians are warp-capable; the Prime Directive doesn't apply to them. Voyager's medical database probably contains complete information about all Alpha Quadrant sentients, including Klingons. Send the Vidiians the relevant information, and they can work out a cure for themselves. In return, ''Voyager'' gains a ''desperately needed'' ally with real power in the Delta Quadrant!
* Voyager is a small ship, far from home, slightly overcrowded depending on how many [[Red Shirt|redshirts]] have been killed off, and often low on resources. For much of the series, there is exactly one child on board, a child whose mother was pregnant before they got stranded. Yet, when two named characters get married and decide they want to have a baby, there is NO discussion of how this will affect the rest of the ship or why, if breeding is allowed, NOBODY else on board has done it in seven or eight years.
** This is mentioned previously in "Elogium," assuming that episode [[Canon
* The pilot and first two-parter, "Caretaker":
** An enemy ship disappears in what is one of the most dangerous regions in space. They couldn't have been destroyed, because there was no power signature left. What does Voyager do? They fly through the same super-dangerous plasma-storm (even though they know the Maquis aren't in the plasma storm anymore). WHY? You have faster than light engines - you can fly around it! (Then again, their flying through is required by the [[Anthropic Principle]].)
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