What was your favorite episode of Star Trek: TNG?

[RealSNR]

Okay okay okay... quit calling me late to the party. I do this with every popular show out there-- I start watching after it's been off the air for at least a few years. I did it with Frasier, Red Dwarf (although there are new episodes being made) and now I'm doing it with the Star Trek franchise. Back off. I know there are Star Trek fans on this forum, and if you've noticed my posting style (although I have no idea why you would) a lot of my posts are Star Trek-centric. This is why:

My job in the past few months had late hours, so I'd get home and be able to watch one episode per day at 1 in the morning. But man, it was great. I just turned it on one day and started watching and never stopped. Anyway, the series has run its cycle now. I've seen all seven seasons plus the movies (except for Insurrection, which I'll get around to eventually). I've also seen the new one by JJ Abrams. At the moment I'm slowly progressing through DS9 and a handful of the original series.

But until I get through it all, I know TNG is pretty much the only series beloved by ALL Trek fans, not just some.

Here are my personal top 5 episodes in no particular order. I couldn't rank them accurately.

1. "The Most Toys" (S3E22)- There's nothing incredibly powerful or ground-breaking about the plot or the way it was written. But it's very dramatic and quite colorful, which I think is what Star Trek is all about. I kind of have a weakness for Data-centered episodes, and this one is particularly good. It's odd, esoteric, and particularly intense considering he's being held captive as an object in a collection of toys, when really he's the being with the highest code of ethics on the entire rogue ship

2. "The Silicon Avatar" (S5E4)- Perhaps the most tragic of all the TNG episodes. I mean, TNG does this all the time where something bad happens but it ends on a hopeful note- Tasha Yar's death, Worf's vengeance against Duras, etc. Not in this one. It ends on a tragic note, with the doctor now only left to her own madness and questioning of her actions for the rest of her life.

3. "Yesterday's Enterprise" (S3E15)- This episode is on most peoples' lists. I normally hate causality/time travel shit in sci-fi movies/stories. It almost never works out. Here it DOES work out and it's absolutely brilliant. People claim that Picard's decision-making is totally irrational and not at all what a starfleet officer would even consider. Well guess what? He's Picard, and when his back is to the wall he often makes decisions that violate starfleet regulation/the prime directive. And it's not THAT unrealistic. He knows what Guinan is capable of and he also knows that the Federation is going to lose the war. May as well send Tasha Yar back, right?

4. "The Chase" (S6E20)- This is one of those episodes that years from now will be considered genius in a Jules Verne kind of way. This is exactly what science fiction is all about- create a universe and try to explain it. If/when humans discover life elsewhere in the universe we're going to have to answer some real tough biological questions. In the Star Trek universe, this one does a brilliant job of it. I was totally blown away. That takes some real creative-ass minds to think of that kind of shit.

5. "I, Borg" (S5E23)- I chose this borg episode instead of The Best of Both Worlds mainly because it exposes a different side to the story instead of just "We need to find a way to kill the borg nao!" And that different story is: "When we DO find a way to eradicate the borg, are we going to have the balls to do it?" Picard's actions in this episode come up time and time again later in the series/movies (especially First Contact, obviously) and here is one of the most questionable decisions he makes in his entire career as captain of the Enterprise. And yet it's so well-written that viewers of this episode more often than not finding themselves siding with Picard, even though they face a fictional race/character who is more violent, hated, and ire-raising than Nazis.

These are just some episodes I brought up. I'm not bringing up more incase this thread dies quickly. I've already wasted enough time typing this out as it is.

[Donger]

I loved the Vash character, too. Naughty. Minx.

[Aries Walker]

Originally Posted by warispeace

I just watched 48 Hours this past weekend. You know she goes topless in that movie?

If I remember correctly, she was sort-of topless. A flimsy half-shirt, or something, while she's beating Reggie Love with a baseball bat.

She was originally envisioned to be like the tough marine chick from Aliens. She didn't quite live up to that, and Worf became much cooler, and then Denise Crosby started bitching about her role, and before you know it she gets worthlessly offed by a pile of black pudding.

Yeah, I spent a few hours in front of that show as a kid.

[Donger]

Yum. Looks like my wife:

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by listopencil

I can't really pick a favorite episode. There is one that stands out in my mind though. I thought the show was crap that first season. It looked like "These are the surrenders of the Starship Enterprise..." and I was bummed out but tried to watch. Finally at one point Picard and Riker have to go back to Starfleet because the brain worms have infiltrated leadership and they find that the highest level of command has been compromised. There is a scene where they realize that a group of infected officers are running a puppet Star Fleet. They just look at each other, then KILL IT WITH FIRE! I loved that. I started watching with more interest after that episode and the show did get much better.

[loochy]

I like the Ashley Judd episode:


I think it was the episode where everyone got addicted to that game.

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

If I remember correctly, she was sort-of topless. A flimsy half-shirt, or something, while she's beating Reggie Love with a baseball bat.

She was originally envisioned to be like the tough marine chick from Aliens. She didn't quite live up to that, and Worf became much cooler, and then Denise Crosby started bitching about her role, and before you know it she gets worthlessly offed by a pile of black pudding.

Yeah, I spent a few hours in front of that show as a kid.

She's in two scenes. The first one she wears an almost tank top like shirt, the other scene she's topless but mostly seen from the back. I should still have the movie on my media center. I will see if I can grab some screen caps tonight.

Tasha was one of the weakest characters on the show. It was the right decision to kill her off.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by warispeace

She's in two scenes. The first one she wears an almost tank top like shirt, the other scene she's topless but mostly seen from the back. I should still have the movie on my media center. I will see if I can grab some screen caps tonight.

Tasha was one of the weakest characters on the show. It was the right decision to kill her off.

She also did full nudes in an episode of Red Shoes Diary.

Not so hot now:

[Donger]

Originally Posted by loochy

I like the Ashley Judd episode:


I think it was the episode where everyone got addicted to that game.

Gawd yes.

[Donger]

Camel Toe Factor Six, engage!

[007]

Troi looked a lot better when she started wearing the uniform.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by listopencil

Ah, "Dr. Ann Mulhall" in "Return To Tomorrow"/

You realize that she's also Dr. Pulaski in Next Generation, right?

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Frosty

She also did full nudes in an episode of Red Shoes Diary.

Not so hot now:

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[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Donger

Camel Toe Factor Six, engage!

Set warp drive to she-mullet...

[Donger]

Okay, let's counter that with a return to the past:

[BillSelfsTrophycase]

Originally Posted by Frosty

By the way, I couldn't stand the doctor that replaced Dr. Crusher for a couple of seasons.

Pulaski, yeah she was pretty bad [/nerd]