Trek By Trek
The Next Generation
TNG Fives
Season 1
S1E1&2 Encounter at Farpoint ★★
S1E03 The Naked Now
S1E04 Code of Honor
S1E05 The Last Outpost
S1E06 Where No One Has Gone Before
S1E07 Lonely Among Us
S1E08 Justice
S1E09 The Battle
S1E10 Hide and Q
S1E11 Haven
S1E12 The Big Goodbye
S1E13 Datalore
S1E14 Angel One
S1E15 11001001
S1E16 Too Short a Season
S1E17 When the Bough Breaks
S1E18 Home Soil
S1E19 Coming of Age
S1E20 Heart of Glory
S1E21 The Arsenal of Freedom
S1E22 Symbiosis
S1E23 Skin of Evil
S1E We’ll Always Have Paris
S1E25 Conspiracy
S1E26 The Neutral Zone
Season 2
S2E01 The Child
S2E02 Where Silence Has Lease
S2E03 Elementary, Dear Data ★★★
- This episode leans into the whimsical part of Trek and then delivers a classic Star Trek moral at the end. The Daniel Davis performance as Moriarty and Patrick Stewart’s short scene opposite him rescue the episode from mere frivolity.
S2E04 The Outrageous Okona
S2E05 Loud as a Whipser
S2E06 The Schizoid Man
S2E07 Unnatural Selection
S2E08 A Matter of Honor
S2E09 The Measure of a Man
S2E10 The Dauphin
S2E11 Contagion
S2E12 The Royale
S2E13 Time Squared
S2E14 The Icarus Factor
S215 Pen Pals
S2E16 Q Who
S2E17 The Samaritan Snare
S2E18 Up the Long Ladder
S2E19 Manhunt
S2E20 The Emissary
S2E22 Shades of Gray ★
Season 3
If you are new to Star Trek, you could do worse than just skipping S1 and S2 and starting here.
S3E01 Evolution
S3E02 The Ensigns of Command
S3E03 The Survivors
S3E05 The Bonding
S3E07 The Enemy
S3E08 The Price
S3E09 The Vengence Factor
S3E10 The Defector
S3E11 The Hunted
S3E12 The High Ground
S3E13 Déjà Q
S3E14 A Matter of Perspective
S3E15 Yesterday’s Enterprise
S3E16 The Offspring
S3E17 Sins of the Father
S3E18 Allegiance
S3E19 Captain’s Holiday
S3E20 Tin Man
S3E21 Hollow Pursuits
S3E22 The Most Toys
S3E23 Sarek
S3E24 Ménage à Troi
S3E25 Transfigurations
S3E26 The Best of Both Worlds, Part I
Season 4
S4E01 The Best of Both Worlds, Part II
S4E02 Family
S4E03 Brothers
S4E04 Suddenly Human
S4E5 Remember Me
S4E06 Legacy
S4E07 Reunion
S4E8 Future Imperfect
S4E09 Final Mission
S4E10 The Loss
S4E11 Data’s Day
S4E12 The Wounded
S4E13 Devil’s Due
S4E14 Clues
S4E16 Galaxy’s Child
S4E17 Nigh Terrors
S4E18 Identity Crisis
S4E19 The Nth Degree
S4E20 Qpid
S4E21 The Drumhead
S4E22 Half a Life
S4E23 The Host
S4E24 The Mind’s Eye
S4E25 In Theory
S4E26 Redemption, Part I
Season 5
S5E01 Redemption, Part II
S5E02 Darmok ★★★★★
- Incredible. One of the best works of science fiction ever.
S5E03 Ensign Ro
S5E04 Silicon Avatar
S5E05 Disaster
S5E06 The Game
S5E07 Unification, Part I
S5E08 Unification, Part II
S5E09 A Matter of Time
S5E10 New Ground
S5E11 Hero Worship
S5E12 Violations
S5E13 The Masterpiece Society
S5E14 Conundrum
S5E15 Power Play
S5E16 Ethics
S5E17 The Outcast
S5E18 Cause and Effect
S5E19 The First Duty
S5E20 Cost of Living
S5E21 The Perfect Mate
S5E22 Imaginary Friend
S5E23 I, Borg
S5E24 The Next Phase
S5E25 The Inner Light
S5E26 Time’s Arrow, Part I
Season 6
S6E01 Time’s Arrow, Part II
S6E02 Realm of Fear ★★★
- Transporter worms! Coward becomes a hero. I realize I remember every Barclay episode perfectly. Such a specific character.
S6E03 Man of the People
S6E04 Relics ★★★★★
- Five galaxies for Scotty and the Dyson sphere alone. The scene with Data and Scotty in Ten Forward is something I’ve thought about at least once a year since I was 7 years old.
S6E05 Schisms
S6E06 True Q
S6E07 Rascals
S6E08 A Fistful of Datas ★★★
- Alexander is the worst but Brent Spiner may be the greatest actor of his generation. Honestly it’s amazing the cast can sell these holodeck episodes at all.
S6E09 The Quality of Life ★★★
- Classic sci-fi premise that has stayed with me since I was a kid. But there are times the episode comes across like an infomercial for Exocomps.
S6E10 Chain of Command, Part I
S6E11 Chain of Command, Part II
S6E12 Ship in a Bottle ★★★
- Nice follow-up to ‘Elemenary, Dear Data.’ The reality within a reality within a reality struture of this episdoe is really satisfying when you start to figure out what’s going on.
S6E13 Aquiel
S6E14 Face of the Enemy ★★★★
- These Romulans really know how to party. One of the few Troi episodes where she get something to do.
S6E15 Tapestry ★★★★
- Ronald D. Moore was really hitting on all cylinders on this one.
S6E16 Birthright Part I
S6E17 Birthright Part II
S6E18 Starship Mine
S6E19 Lessons
S6E20 The Chase
S6E21 Frame of Mind ★★★★
- The structure of this episode is so great and the kind of thing you only get consistently on Star Trek. Dream within a dream themes were on the writer’s minds this season (see S6E12 Ship in a Bottle). I love when Johnathan Frakes gets a chance to really explore the limits of what Riker can take.
S6E22 Suspicions
S6E23 Rightful Heir ★★★
- No one is more Klingon than Worf. Two galaxies for the matte painting of the Klingon temple and one galaxy for Michael Dorn. Data’s leap of faith speech is worth the price of admission, and Gowron’s eyes are the cherry on top.
S6E24 Second Chances ★★★
- Directed by Levar Burton! It’s good to see Jonathan Frakes play on screen for so many pages. Fun sci-fi premise. I think I would immediately phaser myself in the same situation.
S6E125 Timescape ★★★★
- Romulans! Half of this episode is four crew members talking through a mystery and it is still absolutely scintillating television. Star Trek magic.
S6E126 Descent, Part I
Season 7
S7E01 Descent, Part II
S7E02 Liaisons
S7E03 Interface
S7E04 Gambit, Part I
S7E05 Gambit, Part II
S7E06 Phantasms
S7E07 Dark Page
S7E08 Attached
S7E09 Force of Nature
S7E10 Inheritance
S7E11 Parallels
S7E12 The Pegasus
S7E13 Homeward
S7E14 Sub Rosa
S7E15 Lower Decks
S7E16 Thine Own Self
S7E17 Masks
S7E18 Eye of the Beholder
S7E19 Genesis
S7E20 Journey’s End
S7E21 First Born
S7E22 Bloodlines
S7E23 Emergence
S7E24 Preemptive Strike
S7E24&25 All Good Things ★★★★★
- One of the best episodes of TNG, one of the best Star Trek movies, one of the best final episdoes of a TV show ever.