Must-see Star Trek TNG episodes
Out of all 7 seasons of the original Star Trek series, this is my list of episodes that you must see, either because they are outstanding, exceptionally fun or because they are key episodes in the series. You can use this as a short list if you don't feel like watching the entire seven seasons.
In this list is a taste of all the basic ingredients that made TNG great. Some excellent Scifi, some Q, some Data, a few of the "just a lotta fun to watch" episodes, a little philosophy, the holodeck, some Romulans, Klingons and Vulcans and even some of the Borg. That about sums TNG up!
In this list is a taste of all the basic ingredients that made TNG great. Some excellent Scifi, some Q, some Data, a few of the "just a lotta fun to watch" episodes, a little philosophy, the holodeck, some Romulans, Klingons and Vulcans and even some of the Borg. That about sums TNG up!
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- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.That's what this list is about obviously. I just added this so hopefully my list will show up if people are watching the IMDb page for Star Trek: TNG.
- 1987–19941h 32mTV-PG6.9 (7.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorCorey AllenStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonOn the maiden mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), an omnipotent being known as Q challenges the crew to discover the secret of a mysterious base in an advanced and civilized fashion.Q! There's no TNG without some Q. And it's the first episode of the series...
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew of the Enterprise is infected with a virus that causes them to behave as though they were intoxicated.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise encounters Q again, and he tempts Riker by endowing him with the powers of the Q.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise visits the planet where Data was created and discovers another android like him, but when he's assembled, he's not exactly like him.An excellent "Data" episode.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG8.1 (4.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAn attempt to provide Data with a challenging Sherlock Holmes holodeck program backfires when its Professor Moriarty character accidentally becomes self-aware.An excellent episode featuring the Holodeck at it's best.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG6.2 (3.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert BeckerStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise rescues the captain of a broken-down freighter, only to become involved in a dispute between feuding worlds--each demanding custody of their guest. Data seeks help from Guinan in understanding humor.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.5 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorLarry ShawStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.9 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA dying anti-social scientist unintentionally comes upon the perfect vessel in which to preserve his intellect and arrogant personality - Data.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG8.0 (4K)TV EpisodeDirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonUnder an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG9.1 (6.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by an inadequately skilled scientist, a formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or is a sentient being.Scifi and philosophy... Star Trek at it's best.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.2 (3.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert IscoveStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonRiker's delight at being offered a command of the USS Ares turns to frustration when the man sent to prepare him for his mission is his estranged father; Worf's behavior leads Wesley to delve into Klingon tradition.Klingons!
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonQ tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG7.7 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew of the Enterprise participates in war games.A little war simulation. Reminiscent of Star Trek: TOS.
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWesley's latest science project escapes the lab, threatening the Enterprise and an eminent scientist's life-long project.Wesley's nanobots.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG7.4 (3.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter 111 years of silence, an extremely litigious alien race asserts its agreed upon right to wipe out a Federation colony in its territory.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG8.0 (4.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert WiemerStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA proto-Vulcan culture worships Captain Picard and prepares to offer Counselor Troi as a sacrifice.A little more about Vulcans.
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonLa Forge gets left behind on a storm-plagued planet when the rest of his team encounters a Romulan warrior.An excellent episode featuring the Romulans.
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhile the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.5 (3.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorTimothy BondStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise pursues a race of "gatherers" who continue to raid Federation outposts, unaware of the dangers lurking among them.Let's see some action...
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonInvestigating a planet applying for membership into the Federation, the crew of the Enterprise finds a group of inhabitants who used to be soldiers, but now fight for their very existence.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonMuch to Picard's displeasure, Q reappears on the Enterprise, claiming to have been ejected from the Q Continuum, and therefore, lost his powers.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG9.2 (6.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise C enters the Enterprise D's time and space continuum, where they find Picard and crew in a constant state of war with the Klingons, and only Guinan knows it.Tasha Yar... it's too bad there was so little of her in TNG.
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet.Data creates a daughter.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG8.2 (3.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA Klingon commander comes aboard the Enterprise in an officer exchange program initiated by Starfleet, much to the chagrin of the crew.An excellent episode featuring Worf.