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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999)
Yet another broken holodeck / Vic Fontaine episode
The producers of Season 7 really seemed desperate to make Vic Fontaine happen. This time it's yet another 'the holodeck is broken' storyline which was already used too much on TNG. So the result is yet another episode with zero Cardassians, zero Dominion, zero Bajor and, zero Star Trek!
I watch Star Trek for the science fiction, the vision of the future, the optimism and the adventure. This episode had none of those. Instead it's an incredibly slow episode essentially using the clichéd plot of a bank heist which takes place almost entirely within a single room modelled on a 1960s Las Vegas casino.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: It's Only a Paper Moon (1998)
I skipped through about 10 minutes of lounge music
I watch Star Trek for science fiction escapism, to see the future and the stars. I do not watch it to see the characters hang out in a 1930s American lounge bar with associated singing and music. There is a time and a place for that style and setting but it is not an entire episode of a science fiction television show set in the future. This is not the only episode to exhibit this problem, there were a couple on TNG and earlier episodes of DS9 but for this one literally the entire episode is set in the holosuite in the 1930s. The plot surrounding Nog's story could've been handled without setting 90% of the episode in the holosuite. A good B plot involving the other characters equally could've helped move things along.
Smallville: Booster (2011)
One for the DC fanboys - cringe warning!
By this point you're counting down the remaining episodes in the series so introducing yet another random DC superhero for a single episode is not interesting. No Tess, no Oliver, no Chloe. Its now just Lois and Clark well on their way to recreating... Lois and Clark!
For context I watched Smallville for its original plots and the characters. For me the series was at its best when it was original and new and not seeking to imitate every previous iteration of Superman. I am not a heavy follower of DC comics and the increasing number of cameos from Season 8 onwards are rarely enjoyable. This is one of the worst, it's a full on cringe fest.
Definitely an episode for the DC fanboys rather than the casual viewers.
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Guns, Violence and Explosions
Just one long macho-fest of guns, explosions, violence and gore. Ridiculously unbelievable and predictable plot and generally boring.