# Star Trek: TNG: The Phantom Edit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-phantom-edit/797587>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-phantom-edit/797587 "2017-09-29T11:11:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-phantom-edit/797587/21 "2017-09-29T21:24:20Z")

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> [@xizor](#):
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> Skip the episode where Wesley is sentenced to death on some planet for disobeying a “keep off the grass” sign equivalent.

But those events are referenced a few episodes later, in “Coming of Age”. Or do you think that one can be skipped too?

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**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-phantom-edit/797587/22 "2017-09-30T13:51:27Z")

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I’d skip the one that has all Barclay’s Deanna holodeck fantasies except that it is the one that introduces him.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-phantom-edit/797587/23 "2017-09-30T14:33:50Z")

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> [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#):
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> I’d skip the one that has all Barclay’s Deanna holodeck fantasies except that it is the one that introduces him.

But that has such great send ups of the characters. A short Riker, a doofus Picard, and best of all, “I am the Goddess of Empathy.”

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-phantom-edit/797587/24 "2017-09-30T18:46:40Z")

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> [@psychonaut](#):
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> But those events are referenced a few episodes later, in “Coming of Age”. Or do you think that one can be skipped too?

I think the reference may be sufficient.

Though, honestly, this would be easier if it really was an edit, where we could just keep the important parts of bad episodes.

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