Star Trek: 10 WORST Holodeck Episodes

10. Star Trek: Insurrection

Yes, this is a movie. This entry is here because it stands out in how Starfleet operates. If we compare it to another story that sees a mass transport of people, The Next Generation's Homeward, that case saw a people taken into the Holodeck to save their lives. This was done under duress, as Nikolai Rozhenko managed to transport people without the Enterprise detecting it.

In Insurrection, Starfleet is utilising cloaking technology - the first big issue here - and engaging in a forced resettlement. The resettlement story feels like a retread of Journey's End, while the cloaking technology feels like the writers simply forgot about the Treaty of Algeron.

Then there is the Holodeck within the Holoship itself. It's unlike previous Holodecks the audience has seen, which isn't a crime. What is a crime is the inconsistent rules. Does it work properly, or not? Are those Son'a guards holograms, or not?

It's not that we're against the idea of Holoships, and quite frankly they could be fun, but the biggest issue with this story is that it simply raises too many questions - all for, seemingly, the chance to do a 'cool'.