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Worst Star Trek episode of all time....seriously! (Spock's Brain)

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In almost every TV series which airs in any country at any given time - at least as far as I have seen, anyway - even the best of shows seem to have their off-par episodes and, sadly, even off-par seasons. Take, for instance, the recently-canceled  24.   It started out strong in the fall season of 2001 and was - for the most part - a pretty good series until its fifth season.  Then, when it introduced James Cronwell as Jack Bauer's shady father and had him teaming up with villainous Chinese agents against his own son, the show ‘jumped the shark" and caused its most loyal fans to start wondering whether it had run out of creative steam. And even during its great seasons,  24  had its fair share of eye-rolling moments.  Who can forget Teri Bauer's bout with amnesia in the first season, or the nearly-deadly close encounter between Kim Bauer and a mountain lion in the second? (Not to mention all the moles who managed to infiltrate the happily ficti...