25 WORST Episodes Of Star Trek EVER
20. The Naked Now - TNG
Hats off to the Next Generation for making it to their second season. Episodes like this first season offering looked certain to kill the series before any network got a chance to do it themselves.
With a plot lifted wholesale from the Original Series, down to the title of episode, this entry is just...bad. The acting, the writing, the threat and the resolution all stinks of unoriginality and a lack of any interest on the part of the production team. Yes, drunk Data is a funny idea. No, it is not handled well when we've only seen Data in one previous episode. That's right, this was the first episode after Encounter at Farpoint and it is a miracle the series got to a third episode.
The episode is most famous for establishing that Data is 'full functional' in the bedroom and gives Tasha Yar's most memorable scene. However, the rest of the episode is clunky and silly. Producer Maurice Hurley felt this was an example of lacking originality, copying the Original Series. George Takei echoed these sentiments, as he felt The Naked Time had been one of the strongest episodes in his series.
Will Wheaton, whose character saves the day here, was also not a huge fan of the episode, citing the placement in production order as one of the let downs. However badly the episode was received, it does truly have some hilarious moment - a personal favourite being Data's homage to Only Fools and Horses while on the bridge.