Cost of Living, TNG 5
Unlike some, I do not automatically dismiss a Lwaxana Troi-based episode. Nor do I instantly poo-poo an Alexander Rozhenko episode. When these two (the old bat and the little kid) get together, I do heave a heavy sigh. When their life lessons are interrupted ten minutes before the end of the episode by an unknown element playing havoc with the warp core, only to be stopped by La Forge & co. five minutes before the end, it doesn’t take much arm-twisting to write this whole mess off.