10 Star Trek Episodes That PISSED People Off
8. Shades Of Gray
This episode angered people for the pure pointlessness of it. This episode was a casualty of the writers strike in 1988, resulting in Star Trek The Next Generation's second season running short on episodes. The idea to create a clip show was conceived, which would work around a flimsy plot.
While other series have managed to successfully include clip shows in their runs (Stargate SG-1 would be a good example of this), Shades of Gray absolutely missed the mark.
Reviews of the episode ranged from 'they did the best they could do with the strike' to 'there's no excuse for how terrible this is.'
An unfortunate side-effect of this episode was that Diana Muldaur's final appearance in Star Trek was in one of its worst ever entries!
As Maurice Hurley, the outgoing producer said about this episode: 'Piece of sh*t...Terrible, just terrible'