Star Trek: TNG

[mllelaurel]

As mentioned earlier, I have on hand the library's copy of the first half of TNG's first season. Now, as I'm a very casual Trek fan, I'm hardly going to marathon the whole thing. Instead, I pick episodes based on these criteria:

1. The episode contains Q
2. The episode focuses on the Holodec
3. The summary makes it sound shiny/it's written by someone I like
4. Exclude episodes I've already seen, unless I remember them to be staggeringly brilliant.

These were my selections for episodes 1-16:

"Where No One Has Gone Before" (Written by Diane Duane; promising concept) [Note: Despite this story praising Wesley left and right, I actually found him non-annoying here. Am I a freak?]
"Hide and Q" (Q. Duh.)
"The Big Goodbye" (Holodec)
"Too Short a Season" (Haven't seen it yet, but the idea sounds good)

Episodes seen previously:

"Encounter at Farpoint", "The Naked Now" and "Datalore".

Now comes the real question. Am I missing out on any episodes I really should see?

Comments

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

Niiiice! All of those sound like excellent suggestions. Thanks!

[ryenna.livejournal.com]

No problem! I loved TNG and watched most of it (the vast majority) in its original run. Then I obsessed a little.

I can also tell you to stay far far away from Shades of Gray, which is one of those recap-type episodes that acts as filler for a season.

[boblovesmusic.livejournal.com]

Agreed on Shades of Gray!

What an unfortunate episode!

[ryenna.livejournal.com]

Easily the worst of the series, and there were some stinkers early on. Man do I hate recap filler.

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

So it's not even one of those 'So Bad It's Wonderful' eps, then? Cause those can be fun.

[ryenna.livejournal.com]

Nooooooo. It's just plain bad.

My favorite episode EVER is The Inner Light, but that's way later. It makes me cry every time I watch it, not because it's super sad, but just bittersweet.

If you want bad and amusing, The Game is pretty funny, as is Angel One.

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

*notes that*

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

I second 'The Measure of a Man.' As a Data fan, that's one of my all-time favorite episodes.

[boblovesmusic.livejournal.com]

The Measure of a Man is an amazing episode. One of the best of the early seasons!

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

You showed that at Treka too, didn't you?