Category Archives: Star Trek

The Essential Star Trek: The Next Generation

If you’re looking for good TV, here’s the essential Star Trek:TNG.

Note: If there’s interest, I can do short recommendations for some of the best episodes.

  • 1×06 – Where No One Has Gone Before
  • 2×03 – Elementary, Dear Data
  • 2×09 – Measure of a Man
  • 2×16 – Q Who
  • 3×03 – The Survivors
  • 3×04 – Who Watches the Watchers
  • 3×14 – A Matter of Perspective
  • 3×15 – Yesterday’s Enterprise
  • 3×26-4×02 – Best of Both Worlds + Family
  • 4×04 – Suddenly Human
  • 4×08 – Reunion
  • 4×13 – Devil’s Due
  • 4×15 – First Contact (just because aliens get hot for Riker)
  • 4×21 – The Drumhead
  • 4×25 – In Theory
  • 5×02 – Darmok
  • 5×05 – Disaster
  • 5×14 – Conundrum
  • 5×19 – The First Duty
  • 5×23 – I, Borg
  • 5×25 – The Inner Light
  • 6×05 – Schisms
  • 6×06 – True Q
  • 6×09 – The Quality of Life
  • 6×10/6×11 – Chain of Command
  • 6×15 – Tapestry
  • 6×19 – Lessons
  • 6×24 – Second Chances
  • 7×10 – Inheritance
  • 7×12 – The Pegasus
  • 7×15 – Lower Decks
  • 7×16 – Thine Own Self
  • 7×25/7×26 – All Good Things

And episodes that aren’t as good but should be watched anyway:

  • 1×09 – The Battle
  • 1×13 – Datalore
  • 1×20 – Heart of Glory
  • 2×14 – The Icarus Factor
  • 2×20 – The Emissary
  • 3×07 – The Enemy
  • 3×25 – Transfigurations
  • 4×11 – Data’s Day
  • 4×16 – Galaxy’s Child
  • 4×19 – The Nth Degree
  • 5×03 – Ensign Ro
  • 5×07/5×08 – Unification
  • 5×24 – The Next Phase
  • 6×04 – Relics
  • 7×08 – Attached
  • 7×09 – Force of Nature
  • 6×08 – A Fistful of Datas
  • 7×17 – Masks
  • 7×20 – Journey’s End
  • 7×23 – Emergence