Star Trek: 10 WORST Holodeck Episodes

This may raise a few eyebrows. Generally, EMH-centric episodes tend to be quite good. Author, Author, on its own merit, isn't a bad episode. There's an engaging story, the regulars get to act in new ways, and there's even a trial to evoke The Measure Of A Man to boot.

Therein lies the issue. There's no hiding the fact that Author, Author is an attempt to redo Data's trial to asses his sentience, and this version of the story fails to live up to the original. Added to this, there is no clear ruling by the episode's close. That's to say nothing of the reveal that the EMH Mark 1 program is now used as slave labour in the Federation.

The episode starts as a fun romp through the holodeck, before becoming something a little darker, and even nastier, by the end. This was unfortunately one of a string of episodes in Voyager's final season that felt like padding for time, only with this one, it casually stated that holograms still aren't considered sentient beings, despite dozens of examples to the contrary.