# ST: TNG Best Of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903 "2006-04-16T19:58:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/21 "2006-04-17T16:47:50Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > “Deja Q” - really funny Q episode without turning entirely to cheese - Q gets turned mortal. > > “A matter of perspective” - I really liked this murder mystery episode, with the holograph used to great effect as an investigational tool, to recreate the events of the various witnesses. > > “Yesterday’s enterprise” - Great alt-timeline ep. For anyone who’s not at work, and who has basic cable, these three episodes are all playing on SpikeTV today and tomorrow. “Deja Q” and “A Matter of Perspective” are on at 3pm and 4pm respectively today (4/17) and “Yesterday’s Enterprise” is on at 2pm tomorrow (4/18). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/22 "2006-04-17T16:50:00Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > [Lower Decks](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68640.html). Sito Jaxa, a Bajoran who was also involved in the Nova Squadron accident, does a tour on the Enterprise. Excellent episode; one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/23 "2006-04-17T18:28:41Z")
[A Matter of Honor](http://stng.36el.com/st-tng/episodes/134.html) Riker participates in an officer exchange program, and transfers to a Klingon ship. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/24 "2006-04-17T22:06:43Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > [Face Of The Enemy](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68586.html). Holy shit, Troi takes command of a freaking _Romulan Warbird!_ That’s another of my favorites. For one thing, I thought Troi looked hotter as a Romulan than she ever did as a Betazoid. Of course, I thought she looked better in the cerulean standard-issue uniform than in those custom jobs she used to wear 😉 My favorite aspect of this episode, though, was the Romulan Commander Toreth. Her character really struck me as someone who, despite her high military rank in an “evil” government, was basically a decent, moral person who loved her people. She seemed to recognize the problems with her government, but did her job to the best of her ability in order to protect her people rather than to fight for the glory of the Romulan Empire. Kind of like the Romulan captain in The Chase. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/25 "2006-04-17T22:39:46Z")
I liked the one where the holodeck malfunctioned, thereby placing some of the crwemembers in deadly peril. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/26 "2006-04-17T23:10:54Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > I liked the one where the holodeck malfunctioned, thereby placing some of the crwemembers in deadly peril. I’m more fond of the ones where the transporter is the cause of and solution to a major problem. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/27 "2006-04-17T23:54:47Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > I’m more fond of the ones where the transporter is the cause of and solution to a major problem. So, the transporter is like alcohol? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/28 "2006-04-17T23:55:51Z")
> [@Steve MB](#): > > So, the transporter is like alcohol? Yes, beer is the answer. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/29 "2006-04-18T04:21:45Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > I’m more fond of the ones where the transporter is the cause of and solution to a major problem. I prefer the one where Geordi modifies the deflector dish to perform a task it’s not designed for. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/30 "2006-04-18T04:32:47Z")
I like the episode where the first shot that the enemy ship fires basically breaks the Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/31 "2006-04-18T05:09:09Z")
Nah, the best episode was the one where it turned out to be extremely fortunate that the Enterprise had an android among the crew, because nobody else could have possibly solved the problem quickly enough to avert disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/32 "2006-04-18T06:39:56Z")
Not the I mind the bumps…but come on people. If you want to grumble about Star Trek plotholes, it’s not all that hard to start a new thread. (Or find an old one to read through.) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/33 "2006-04-18T13:42:52Z")
> [@Sage Rat](#): > > Not the I mind the bumps…but come on people. If you want to grumble about Star Trek plotholes, it’s not all that hard to start a new thread. (Or find an old one to read through.) They’re not griping about plotholes but making fun of the plots of several episodes. I mean, several episodes could be summarized as “holodeck goes haywire and holograms become real” or “transporter problems” or “Data wants to become a real boy” or so on. It’s like saying “I enjoy the time-travel episodes” for _Voyager_, except I don’t know anyone who liked the time-travel episodes in _Voyager_. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/34 "2006-04-19T13:39:47Z")
It’s too bad that amongst all the griping, people forget that many of those episodes were actually original when they aired. TNG was very fresh when it came out. Unfortunately all the extra trek that has come since has turned much of it into cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903/35 "2006-04-19T14:43:14Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > [Lower Decks](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68640.html). Sito Jaxa, a Bajoran who was also involved in the Nova Squadron accident, does a tour on the Enterprise. Picard doesn’t like her, although I wonder why he let her on his ship in the first place. Maybe Riker was banging some alien chick when he did the crew assignments and forgot to mention the name to Picard. I just saw this one a week or two ago. Actually, as Picard explains, he did like her and specifically requested her for _Enterprise_. The stern dressing-down he gave her in the episode is just a test, so see if she is willing to stand up and defend herself and to evaluate her for the dangerous mission he wants to send her on. Don’t blame Riker for this one! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-best-of/352903.md?page=1)