Speckle ,
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These are some of my favourites:

The Inner Light

Chain of Command

Sins of the Father

The Most Toys

The Offspring

I mean there are loads of bangers in the whole series and I think it just gets better over time in general but those are some ones that come to mind.

tdriley ,
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@briongloid @Speckle Great list. Chain of Command is my favorite two-parter also. Patrick Stewart’s performance as Picard deteriorating under torture, but refusing to give in, and still mentally deconstructing his captor is immense. Also we learn a lot about the Cardassians’ militaristic regime, and how much they’ve “dehumanized” their enemies.

Speckle ,
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Yeah there is a lot of story in there and the whole episode feels gritty. Patrick Stewarts acting is solid from season 2 onwards IMO, but I am quite biased

Naja_Kaouthia ,
@Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world avatar

Chain of command is my absolute favorite. There’s just so much going on in those two episodes that I could go on about it all day.

IamSparticles ,

I had to scroll way too far before someone mentioned Chain of Command. Lol.

Hyacathusarullistad ,
@Hyacathusarullistad@kbin.social avatar

TNG probably has the largest proportion of gold standard episodes of any Trek series, IMO. There's so many great episodes.

In no particular order, several that come to mind for me are:

  • The Best of Both Worlds
  • Inner Light
  • Tapestry
  • Measure of a Man
  • Darmok
theinspectorst ,
@theinspectorst@kbin.social avatar

If you subbed Darmok for Yesterday's Enterprise then this would probably be my top 5.

Darmok would probably then be in my honourable mentions list, along with Redemption, Unification, Chain of Command, I Borg and All Good Things. The TNG two-parters were almost always gold.

AGodDamnGhost ,

Darmok is probably my favorite but this list is perfect

Jfillian ,
@Jfillian@twit.social avatar

@briongloid First and foremost Darmok then The Inner Light.

FallGuy217 ,

There are so many great episodes spread throughout the series! Season 6 is my personal favorite with episodes like the Chain of Command two parter, Relics, Frame of Mind, and Tapestry. Along with some some of my favorite sillier episodes like Rascals and Fistful of Datas.

Xariphon ,

Rascals is actually really problematic. A friend of mine wrote a solid analysis of why a while back; I can try n find it if anyone wants it.

InverseParallax ,

2 has A Matter of Honor and The Emissary, which give a sneak peak behind the curtain of the Klingons Also Contagion, which is kind of a different episode, most episodes in these series are basically re-spins of TOS gen2 scripts and the plots could fit in TOS without too much work, contagion is different, it’s a combination mystery/adventure/thriller where Picard’s archaeology is the main star.

Q Who is fun, and brings in the Borg, a new type of enemy that isn’t simplistically evil like many of the TOS revamps.

Peak Performance is great because the individual characters get to conflict, which is something Roddenbury hated but is fun to see.

3 is better, 4 breaks the pattern a bit, then it levels off.

briongloid OP ,
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I was watching Peak Performance as you commented.

InverseParallax ,

It’s not amazing, but it’s so much fun to see the cast actually play against each other, it gives them chemistry, like they’re still human. Beginning of the TNG thaw.

original_reader ,

The Inner Light.

That is the definitive answer.

Followed by Yesterday’s Enterprise, Darmok and so many more.

scarecrw ,

One of the things I really like about TNG is that the longer seasons allowed the writers to take more risks outside of the standard “planet of the week” episodes. Some of my favorite episodes are those that dive deep into some of the lesser seen characters and really flesh them out in a way we don’t usually get to see in more modern television. It depends if you’re more into this vs the more traditional plots, but if so I hope you’ll really like the late season episode “Sub Rosa”.

FallGuy217 ,

Yes! Sub Rosa is so ridiculous and so amazing at the same time. I love it.

howdy ,
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Season 3 is where it starts getting good. Who watches the watchers, booby trap, Ensigns of command, yesterday’s enterprise, captains holiday, the most toys, sarek, I mean seriously season three is fantastic. Your gonna love it.

InverseParallax ,

Booby trap and Yesterday’s enterprise are truly where 3 graduates, plus BoBW obviously.

But I actually liked Sins of the Father, it completely rewrote the concept of Klingons, this is the episode that took them from “evil alien stand-in antagonists” to “race with actual character traits and motivations beyond ‘KILL!’”.

Tin Man too, and the Defector, they both added the Romulans in with more flavor, S3 was actually Romulan heavy even if they weren’t onscreen for most of their action (The Enemy had one on screen but not… doing anything).

drewx0r ,

Season 3 is your reward for having to sit through Shades of Gray.

howdy , (edited )
@howdy@thesimplecorner.org avatar

Yeah, we don’t talk about that episode… Lol

Basilisk ,

I’d watch Shades of Grey a dozen times over on repeat before wanting to watch Code of Honor.

howdy ,
@howdy@thesimplecorner.org avatar

I’ll be honest, it’s not tng but ds:9… I love “move along home” and I know it’s one of “those episodes”.

Basilisk ,

“Move Along Home” is objectively pretty not great, but I have to admit I really like it too. I appreciate what they were trying to do with it and they just never really got there. It’s a plot that I’ve cribbed for running D&D games in the past when player are unable to make a session. The party gets trapped in the game and the missing player/s is/are the one who’s on the outside trying to get them free.

howdy ,
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Your one of the only others that have agreed with me. You nailed the plot. I’m a dm, and I never thought of that!!! I don’t know why I like it so much. It’s like you said, not a good episode. Lol. I would like to see more of the wadi though.

JayDurst ,

So many good ones! If you like measure of a man, you’ll probably like Drum Head a lot

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