10 Worst Star Trek: Next Generation Episodes
3. The Child (Season 2 Episode 1)
After gathering samples for analysis from a plague-ridden planet, Deanna Troi finds herself pregnant. This pregnancy, however, advances at an incredible pace and she gives birth after 48 hours and names the child Ian Andrew (you don't get many baby Ian's these days) who also ages at an accelerated rate.
Why It Sucks: This episode hasn't aged well at all and is extremely poorly written from Troi's point of view. Not only is she completely fine with mysteriously getting pregnant, but the way some of the medical staff discuss terminating the baby in front of her with no consideration for her feelings or point of view was extremely insensitive. It's a bit of an odd start to season 2 and takes some of the shine off of the incredible new production value the show inherited.
What Doesn't Suck: The B storyline is quite fun, although it is vastly overshadowed by the whole alien baby thing. Here, Crusher comes to terms with his new role on board The Enterprise and we are also introduced to Guinan played by none other than Whoopi Goldberg.