Star Trek: 10 Dumb Decisions (That Characters Survived)

10. Ignoring Worf (And Troi's) Warnings

The Next Generation cast weren't the worst for flawed decisions when it comes to the Star Trek canon (Janeway and sometimes the original series' Kirk made sure of that).

But their encounter with The Pakleds did leave us wondering just how poor Geordi LaForge made it out of the episode alive, with the typically sharp crewman (along with Riker in Captain Picard's absence - while he was getting heart replacement surgery on Starbase 515) making the uncharacteristic decision to ignore the advice of some seasoned crew members.

The Pakleds seem like a pretty harmless, a goofy comic relief alien of the week set to frustrate and annoy Geordi no end, right?

Great, beam him down and ignore the ominous warnings of both Troi and Worf for no clear reason. No way will they turn out to be a real threat to poor LaForge. Right?