The Best Star Trek TNG Episode

[hamidon]

I've just finished a 2 week long binge of TNG. I had only seen part of the final season when it was aired; and a few episodes here and there in syndication.<br /><br />A friend let me borrow all 7 seasons on dvd. <br /><br />I went from episode 1 season 1, all the way to All Good Things...<br /><br />What an AMAZING series that was.<br /><br />All the episodes are fresh in my mind -- If I had to pick "the best", I'd choose <i>Where No One Has Gone Before</i> from the first season.<br /><br />http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68318.html<br /><br />Also <i>Remember Me</i> from season 4.<br /><br />http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68464.html<br /><br />Both were one of the three episodes involving "The Traveler".<br /><br />Sucks though. The series just ended for me an hour ago. I miss it, dammit!<br />

 

[contracommando]

I liked the latter seasons much more so than the first few ones (the ones with that weird lighting and Dr. Polaski…also, the uniforms from the first season were much too spandexy). My favorite episodes are all “to be continued” types. First, when the Borg attacked the federation and abducted Picard. And second, the final two episodes when Picard is traveling through time trying to fix a temporal anomaly that he caused in the first place. <br /><br />I think that maybe they ended that show a little too soon, I definitely would have watched a few more seasons (especially after witnessing the disaster that was ST: Deep Space Nine).

 

[atad]

The best TNG episodes were, in my opinion - <br /><br />1. Inner Light<br />2. Best of Both Worlds<br />3. Yesterday's Enterprise<br />4. The Nth Degree (Barcley gets smart)<br />5. Q-Who (The Borg and Q in one episode, too good!)<br />6. Family (Another touching Picard episode)<br />7. Future Imperfect (Barash fools Riker...twice)<br />8. Tapestry (A classic Q and Picard episode - Second chance for Picard)<br />9. Remember Me (Where's everyone Bev?)<br />10. All Good Things (Can't leave that one out)<br /><br />Some notable episodes that didn't make the Top Ten<br /><br />The Most Toys (Data is "stolen")<br />Darmok<br />Identity Crises (Geordi turns into a chameleon)<br />Sarek (temper, temper)<br />Redemption (classic Worf episode"s")<br />Tin Man<br /><br /><br /><br />Worst Episodes<br /><br />Anything with Troi's Mom, and with Dr. Pulaski<br /><br /><br />

 

[contracommando]

<font color="yellow">Worst Episodes <br /><br />Anything with Troi's Mom, and with Dr. Pulaski</font><br /><br />I’ll second that.

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">8. Tapestry (A classic Q and Picard episode - Second chance for Picard)</font><br /><br />I have to agree with this choice... this episode was fantastic.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[atad]

Yeah, Tapestry was something else; wasn't it? You finally saw the unique friendship develope between Q and Picard. A sort of parallel to the "God to man" relationship we have with the "Man" upstairs.<br /><br />Also, the acting performance Patrick Stewart gave us at the end of Sarek was truly a masterpiece. I think that performance is when all of us TNG fans realized how magical this particular Trek series really was, and how talented this particular cast was.

 

[mooware]

<font color="yellow">I didn't enjoy the first and second seasons that much, with the exception of the one where they introduce the Borg</font><br /><br />I agree, the first and second season didn't really do it for me. Maybe the characters weren't developed enough for me. Wesley Crusher? Hmmm, never liked him much.<br /><br />Fav episodes.<br /><br />Sins Of The Father<br />Fist Full Of Data's<br />Best Of Both Worlds<br />Relics<br />The one they are caught in a temporal loop. Don't remember the name.<br />Yesterdays Enterprise<br />

 

[choosername]

IMO Darmok is not a great episode.<br />Here's my list of favorites<br /><br />favorite tng sequence: season 5<br /><br />favorite tng episodes<br /><br />justice 108<br />the big goodbye 112<br />the neutral zone 126<br /><br />the child 201<br />elementary dear data 202<br />a matter of honor 208<br />the royale 212<br />manhunt 219<br />peak performance 221<br /><br />the price 308<br />deja q 313<br />sins of the father 317<br />captain's holiday 319<br />tin man 320<br />hollow pursuits 321<br />the most toys 322<br />transfigurations 325<br /><br />the loss 410<br />the wounded 412<br />first contact 415<br />the nth degree 419<br />the host 423<br /><br />redemption 426-501<br /><br />hero worship 511<br />ethics 516<br />cause and effect 518<br />the inner light 525<br /><br />realm of fear 602<br />relics 604<br />true q 608<br />chain of command 610-611<br />ship in a bottle 612<br />tapestry 615<br />lessons 619<br />rightful heir 623<br />second chances 624<br /><br />force of nature 709 (the end of warp)<br />pegasus 712 (the end of riker's guilt)<br />journey's end 720 (the end of wesley's childhood)<br />emergence 723 (the end of cpu as automaton)<br />preemptive strike 724 (reliance on personal allegience)<br />all good things 725-726 (worry about continued existance)<br /><br /><br /><br />(see http://killblogstars.blogspot.com/2006/12/star-trek-next-generation-favorites.html for the original list and some commentary).

 

[vagueship]

Q Who<br />Deja Q (Kind of like the Q episodes)<br /><br />Like the Borg stuff too.