# Best Episode of Star Trek:TNG ever???? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538 "2003-12-29T06:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LosAdri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@LosAdri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LosAdri)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/41 "2003-12-30T16:29:25Z")
Not my favorite, but certainly a memorable, cheesy moment where I thought the character insights were so silly and fun: Rascals _sets up ice shield to ward off flamers_ Personally, All Good Things is to me an extra TNG movie and just beyond wonderful The episode (I forget the name) where Beverly meets a mystery man at her dead grandmother’s house was just too bizarre and fun, plus I dig Gates, she deserved more screen time. And Q. Because anything with Q is just right and wonderful and sparkly, especially when Picard dies b/c that episode was just fun to watch _sits in ice shield_ ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/42 "2003-12-30T17:35:31Z")
_The Offspring, Inner Light, Lessons_\* and the one where we first meet the half Romulan daughter of the Tasha from the alternate time line, which was also a very good episode. Sorry, I suck on names. ---
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/43 "2003-12-31T04:27:00Z")
Inner Light is a favorite (if only because Patrick Stewart is such a good actor), but my no. 1 is The Survivors. [tv tome’s summary](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-137/epid-19037/) is: > [@](#): > > The Enterprise discovers a planet that has had all life eradicated, except for two mysterious residents and their home, which has been left in perfect condition. Oh, and if you haven’t found tv tome yet, it’s a wonderful resource (like [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) is for movies). ---
**Author:** ![hansolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@hansolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansolo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/44 "2003-12-31T04:48:37Z")
darmok! Conundrum ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/45 "2003-12-31T05:11:04Z")
I know it’s a movie and not one of the episodes, but I thought “First Contact” was just awsome! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/46 "2003-12-31T05:37:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \***The Offspring, > Inner Light, > Lessons** > > and the one where we first meet the half Romulan daughter of the Tasha from the alternate time line, which was also a very good episode. Sorry, I suck on names. \*\* The episodes with Tasha in them caused me pain. It seemed they were always looking for ways to reintroduce her back into the series. Everytime I saw her, I was thinking, “OK, you wanted to leave the show, so what’s the problem?”. I’d have to go with _All Good Things_ as my favorite. It was better than several of the Trek movies. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/47 "2003-12-31T06:17:47Z")
1 Best of Both Worlds part 1 (not part 2) 2 Yesterday’s Enterprise 3 Inner Light 4 All Good Things… 5 Q Who? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/48 "2003-12-31T07:16:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Long Road \* > \*\*The episodes with Tasha in them caused me pain. It seemed they were always looking for ways to reintroduce her back into the series. Everytime I saw her, I was thinking, “OK, you wanted to leave the show, so what’s the problem?”. > > I’d have to go with _All Good Things_ as my favorite. It was better than several of the Trek movies. \*\* Obviously I didn’t preview that and see the open tag. Sorry about that one. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/49 "2003-12-31T07:35:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by autz \* > \*\*I know it’s a movie and not one of the episodes, but I thought “First Contact” was just awsome! \*\* Actually it’s an [episode also](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/TNG/detail/68484.html). ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/50 "2003-12-31T18:00:21Z")
I too cannot remember episode names, but my all time favorite was the episode where Riker takes a few starfleet officers to an old star ship and they have a fake battle with the Enterprise that turns into serious warfare. Data was also beaten in “Stratagama” in that episode. MtM ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/51 "2003-12-31T19:11:38Z")
There’s an early episode where Geordi uses a hologram simulation of the woman who designed the warp engines to solve some problem, and he falls in love with her. That episode was ok, but there’s a later episode where he meets the real woman and she’s quite different from what he expected. Plus she’s married. D’oh! Another good one is where Beverly has a fling with a Trillian ambassador, but it turns out his species is symbiotic and the host body falls ill. Riker volunteers to be a temporary host to complete a negotiation, and Riker/Trillian dude has some intense scenes with Dr. Beverly. ---
**Author:** ![HomerIU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HomerIU](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomerIU)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/52 "2004-01-01T02:44:04Z")
Anyone else think that woman that Geordi falls in love with looks like Kirstie Alley? ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/53 "2004-01-01T03:54:25Z")
My favorite episode (and don’t know how I missed this thread until now!) would have to be _The Inner Light_, but I’m also very partial to the episode where Beverly falls for the Trill because that was the very first episode of TNG that I ever saw. Until then (it was in fact during the political conventions in 1992), I was a TOS “purist” and looked down on TNG, even though I’d never even seen an episode. Well, that Trill and Beverly totally changed my mind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/54 "2004-01-01T19:26:07Z")
I haven’t seen them all (most notably _The Inner Light_, I guess), but so far it’s _Yesterday’s Enterprise_. ---
**Author:** ![yakob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yakob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yakob)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/55 "2011-10-17T17:06:28Z")
This thread needs some new life! I’m a sucker for and of the archaeological eps, so I love ‘the chase’ and ‘gambit’. I also love picard being all moral and hardcore so think my favourite has to be ‘The Drumhead’ ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/56 "2011-10-17T17:37:09Z")
Shades of Grey ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/57 "2011-10-17T17:37:22Z")
I love the character of Q, and **“Deja Q”** may be the best Q episode of all. It is certainly the funniest, and features many of his best lines: -“Oh very clever, Worf. Eat any good books lately?” -“Simple. Change the gravitational constant of the universe.” -“Picard thinks I can’t cut it on his starship. I can do anything his little trained minions can do.” -“It’s difficult to work in a group when you’re omnipotent.” -“I take it back. You do have a sense of humor… a dreadful one, at that.” -“My good fortune is your good fortune!” -(to Riker) “Oh, you’re so stolid! You weren’t like that before the beard.” And that’s leaving out the hilariously deadpan responses he gets from the Enterprise crew. Other great episodes include, of course, the often-mentioned “The Inner Light,” “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” “Best of Both Worlds,” and “All Good Things…” I’m also quite fond of the episode titled **“First Contact”** (no relation to the movie), in which we get a view of the Enterprise crew from the perspective of a more primitive alien race that they’re observing. It’s a clever inversion of the classic “aliens among us” story that also ends up being one of the best executions of the usually-flawed “Prime Directive” plot device. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/58 "2011-10-17T17:53:04Z")
> [@Amicusbovae](#): > > I always think of “The Inner Light” and “The Measure of A Man”. But there’s another episode – the title escapes me – where the Enterprise is drawn to Romulan territory just outside the Neutral Zone for some reason. > > It turns out that the Enterprise was lured there by subtefuge, and it was all to capture Starfleet’s flagship. When the Romulans surround the Enterprise and all is lost, Picard tells some Klingons to de-cloak. He actually made a battle plan and followed through with it. I was impressed. That sounds a lot like ‘The Defector’, which was the one I was going to post. Easily has the best ending of any episode ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/59 "2011-10-17T18:07:12Z")
_The Inner Light_ is probably my favorite, but I also really like one that hasn’t been mentioned yet: _Tin Man_. For those not familiar, the Enterprise must go “secure” an alien ship in orbit around a star about to go supernova. The ship ends up being organic, telepathic and intelligent. Great performances from Brent Spiner and Harry Groener as Tam Elbrun. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episode-of-star-trek-tng-ever/221538/60 "2011-10-17T18:39:03Z")
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