# Your Favorite Star Trek: the Next Generation. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931 "2011-12-21T06:53:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/1 "2011-12-21T06:53:12Z")
Like my parents, I am an avid trekkie. And like many people, I think _Star Trek: the Next Generation_ is the best one of the genre. In fact I liked it so much, it really is hard to choose just one favorite episode (which I know is an odd thing to say in a thread entitled, Pick your favorite). I like the hope it offers for the future. So for this reason, I like episodes where their techology and its benefits are the feature (esp. in relations to someone who doesn’t have it). Examples of this are _The Neutral Zone_ (where they bring back 3 cryonically preserved humans) and _Who Watches the Watchers?_ where they are forced to reveal themselves to some proto-vulcan humanoids, on a primitive planet. Tied with this, would have to be episodes where there is a mystery. _Future Imperfect_, _Clues_, _Conundrum_, _Cause and Effect_ and _Schisms_ would all be examples of this. (You got to figure the fans liked ones with mysteries. They made so many of them.) I like rewatching these episodes all the time (which is ironic, because I already know the answer to the mystery). In second place for me would have to be ones were there is a guest star from the original series. Dr. McCoy’s guest starring in _Encounter at Farpoint_ was kind of lame. So I don’t usually include that one. But there is _Relics_ (with James Doohan as “Scotty”) and _Sarek_ (played by Mark Lenard) and _Unification I & II_ with Leonard Nimoy as Spock. Well, those are my favorites. What are yours:)? (BTW, as long as I’m at it, I actually have another question, making this thread a two-parter. Does anybody know what satellite/cable station/s carries TNG regularly? So far I can only find it on BBC-America on the weekend.) ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/2 "2011-12-21T07:02:04Z")
Here you go: > **[Best Episode of Star Trek:TNG ever????](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231914)** > > For the record, my favorite has always been “Yesterday’s Enterprise”. I’m also a big fan of “Remember Me” and “Face of The Enemy”…But…but…“Best of Both Worlds”…“Redemption”…“Unification”…aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… ::Head Explodes:: What do... Or I’ll summarize and save you the reading time: 1. Inner Light, 2. All Good Things, 3.-4.Best of Both Worlds, 5. Darmok, 6. Everything that’s not Farpoint or Shades of Grey. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/3 "2011-12-21T08:17:04Z")
Nearly all the 3rd and 4th season episodes are really good. Two of my favorites are _The Wounded_ its really the first time we see O’Brien as a major part of the story. His scenes with his former Captain are really good. _Redemption_ with Picard choosing the new Klingon ruler. ---
**Author:** ![\_mostly\_Harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/9d8465/32.png) [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/4 "2011-12-21T23:10:31Z")
1. All Good Things 2. Tapestry 3. Genesis Also I have to agree with **aceplace57** that _The Wounded_ was really good. I actually downloaded the song O’Brien sings (it’s called Minstrel Boy) and I love it. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/5 "2011-12-21T23:20:41Z")
Chain of Command ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/6 "2011-12-22T00:01:30Z")
\*The Measure of a Man Deja Q Family \* ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/7 "2011-12-22T00:18:03Z")
I’m kind of fond of _Family_, the episode where Picard, wounded in body and spirit, returns to his family’s vineyards to recuperate after being Borgified. Quiet, low-key, and sweet without cloying. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/8 "2011-12-22T00:26:38Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > Tied with this, would have to be episodes where there is a mystery. _Future Imperfect_, _Clues_, _Conundrum_, _Cause and Effect_ and _Schisms_ would all be examples of this. (You got to figure the fans liked ones with mysteries. They made so many of them.) I like rewatching these episodes all the time (which is ironic, because I already know the answer to the mystery). It makes perfect sense to me. The solution to the mystery is usually pretty stupid. The good part is the mystery itself, which usually establishes a nicely creepy atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![Untoward\_Parable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Untoward\_Parable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Untoward_Parable)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/9 "2011-12-22T00:29:54Z")
Darmok I think offhand, but I’d have to review them all to really know my own mind about it. I like the episode where Barkley becomes a god as well, again hard to say without a thorough review. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/10 "2011-12-22T00:34:28Z")
The Klingon and Romulan episodes are all good. One that I like to watch it Starship Mine. It’s fun to bring up that one when people gripe about Picard being an action hero in the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/11 "2011-12-22T01:01:13Z")
_Cause and Effect_ hands down! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/12 "2011-12-22T01:27:23Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > The Klingon and Romulan episodes are all good. One that I like to watch it Starship Mine. It’s fun to bring up that one when people gripe about Picard being an action hero in the movies. Featuring Tim Russ as one of the would-be hijackers, who also plays Tuvok on _Voyager_ and a Klingon thug on _DS9_ (_Invasive Procedures_). ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/13 "2011-12-22T04:15:42Z")
I’ve always been fond of _Yesterday’s Enterprise_, even though I’m not fond of time-travel episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/14 "2011-12-22T04:36:33Z")
A bunch of great ones have been mentioned (Clues, Schisms, Darmok…) but I like the whole Klingon Civil war thing, starting with Worf’s dishonor and Key’lehr’s first appearance. I don’t remember the title, but the one where Data creates Lol, his daughter. Speaking of Data, I really liked Masks. I know most folks don’t, but I think Brent Spiner did a good job with multiple characters. So many more to choose from. BOBW I & II are excellent. The one where Geordi and Ro became out of phase. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/15 "2011-12-22T04:51:27Z")
Home Soil **"Ugly Bags of Mostly Water"** It’s the only quote I use regularly, other than the obvious. Usually no one gets it and I’m just the weird one in the room, explaining myself. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/16 "2011-12-22T10:19:50Z")
I like Frame of Mind, probably the darkest episode of the series. ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/17 "2011-12-22T15:15:43Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > The one where Geordi and Ro became out of phase. I liked that episode, but I have a hard time getting past the fact that the out of phase characters stand around, and even run, in the Enterprise. Apparently they are only out of phase with walls, but not floors. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/18 "2011-12-22T15:46:15Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > I’ve always been fond of _Yesterday’s Enterprise_, even though I’m not fond of time-travel episodes. Picard’s final line of that episode is one of the finest Crowning Moments of Awesome in Star Trek: With warp core breach imminent, the bridge in flames, and most of the crew dead or dying, the Klingon commander demands that Enterprise surrender and prepare to be boarded. Picard’s response? “That will be the day.” And with that, he leaps to the tactical station and dies fighting his ship. > [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > I’m kind of fond of _Family_, the episode where Picard, wounded in body and spirit, returns to his family’s vineyards to recuperate after being Borgified. Quiet, low-key, and sweet without cloying. Agreed. Any time a writer says “Okay, now we’re going to have Patrick Stewart bust out some nuanced, character-driven acting,” you’ve just come up with a win. See: The Inner Light. I also quite liked “The Perfect Mate”, for the same reason: it _could_ have been a very silly episode, but Stewart manages to sell Picard as a guy who’s genuinely wrestling with it. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/19 "2011-12-22T15:50:11Z")
The Inner Light had me in tears. I don’t know how anyone could survive such a mind-fuck. If I suddenly woke up now and discovered my wife, my children, my life were a dream, I’d be ready for a padded cell. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931/20 "2011-12-22T16:36:04Z")
Conspiracy, Q Who, Best of Both Worlds, Qpid, Inner Light, Time’s Arrow, Fistfull of Datas, Genesis because Riker gives the finger when he slides down the wall, All Good Things. Far more than I would have thought! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-the-next-generation/606931.md?page=2)