Just about to finish TNG Season 2, I only watched the odd episode on television in the 90’s and ST: Enterprise is the only complete series I have binged.

So I saw Measure of a Man which was great, in addition to that one, what episodes should I look forward to?

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    The Inner Light.

    That is the definitive answer.

    Followed by Yesterday’s Enterprise, Darmok and so many more.

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      I relate with the The Inner Light episode so much it hurts. I had a phase where I had dreams where I lived an entire life from childhood, getting married, having kids, to playing with my grandkids and eventually facing my death of old age. And then I’d wake up completely drenched in sweat from exhaustion. Knowing that none of these people I deeply cared about and loved are real; that they’re mere figment of my imagination completely devastated me. Though I didn’t suddenly learn to play a flute, I can’t help but feel that each of these dreams permanently changed me in some way. Even decades after having these dreams, I still feel and it still affects me. I salute to the writer of this episode who probably has had a similar experience as I did.

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      I’d say The Inner Light is almost universally considered the greatest TNG episode, although there are other great ones.

      I in particular enjoyed The Measure of a Man, The Drumhead, The Chase, Who Watches The Watchers, Yesterday’s Enterprise, The Offspring, The Best of Both Worlds, Darmok, Chain of Command, The Pegasus, Lower Decks, and All Good Things.

      Almost certainly the worst episode is Masks (or maybe Shades of Grey)

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    Hard choice but the ones I go back to rewatch are Yesterdays Enterprise, Q Who, First Contact (the episode of course :P), Who Watches The Watchers, Ship In A Bottle, The Offspring and All Good Things. But there’s tons of other great episodes I just don’t rewatch as much.

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    TNG probably has the largest proportion of gold standard episodes of any Trek series, IMO. There’s so many great episodes.

    In no particular order, several that come to mind for me are:

    • The Best of Both Worlds
    • Inner Light
    • Tapestry
    • Measure of a Man
    • Darmok
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      If you subbed Darmok for Yesterday’s Enterprise then this would probably be my top 5.

      Darmok would probably then be in my honourable mentions list, along with Redemption, Unification, Chain of Command, I Borg and All Good Things. The TNG two-parters were almost always gold.

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    Starship mine. Just Picard, his ship, some thieves and the uncaring death machine known as the remmler array.

    Also bonus points for Tim Russ, data having small talk with hutch, and “ Anyone who is an experienced rider naturally has his own saddle”

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    There are so many great episodes to chose from. Since most of the ones I’d pick have already been listed by others, here are my favorites that haven’t been mentioned yet:

    • Time’s Arrow
    • Cause and Effect
    • Relics
    • Data’s Day

    Time’s Arrow is such a great two-parter, I’m surprised no one has mentioned it yet!

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    These are some of my favourites:

    The Inner Light

    Chain of Command

    Sins of the Father

    The Most Toys

    The Offspring

    I mean there are loads of bangers in the whole series and I think it just gets better over time in general but those are some ones that come to mind.

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      Chain of command is my absolute favorite. There’s just so much going on in those two episodes that I could go on about it all day.

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    All these are great TNG episodes but no one has mentioned one of my all time favorites…

    Relics

    Also, the one where O’Brien convinces his former captain to turn himself in because he’s gone rogue and is attacking Cardassian ships during peacetime.

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    All of my usual go-to ones have already been said (The Inner Light, Chains of Command, etc.) so I’ll add one that I think had not:

    Frame of Mind

    The ones directed by Jonathan Frakes in general, but that one in particular is just amazing.

    Also, I think it’s called “Disaster”? The one where Picard is trapped with all the kids and that one girl steps up as “Number One” for the day and then Riker lets her sit in his chair at the end. It’s not a perfect episode, but it is just really heartwarming.

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    Season 3 is where it starts getting good. Who watches the watchers, booby trap, Ensigns of command, yesterday’s enterprise, captains holiday, the most toys, sarek, I mean seriously season three is fantastic. Your gonna love it.

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    Measure of a Man is great. Buckle up for Season 3 - it is the best season of TNG. Yesterday’s Enterprise and Sarek are my personal favorites.

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    Don’t think anyone has mentioned this one yet … "All good things … ". It’ll take you a while to get there as it’s the finale of the whole show in S7.

    It may not be the best episode or even my favourite, but I adore it as a finale for the show and basically think of it as my favourite finale of any show (anyone care to provide a better one?).

    Otherwise I’ll plug “Cause and Effect” (5th season). A great little piece of science fiction in a stand alone episode.

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      It may not be the best episode or even my favourite, but I adore it as a finale for the show and basically think of it as my favourite finale of any show

      I get misty just thinking about the last scene.

      “Five card stud, nothing wild… and the sky’s the limit.”

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    1. The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1.
    2. Darmok
    3. Reunion
    4. Tapestry
    5. Measure of a Man
    6. Inner Light
    7. The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2