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