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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch

I was in college and grad school during the original run of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), and followed the series very closely. During the last couple of seasons of Deep Space Nine (1998–99), my wife and I had our first child, I started a tenure-track job, and I fell out of the TV-watching habit.

In November 2018, I fell ill over Thanksgiving weekend and started rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) to pass the time. I can’t exactly say I’m bingeing the show. I am enjoying writing up my thoughts as I work through entire Star Trek: The Next Generation journey, from the trippy and almost naive “Encounter at Farpoint,” through stunning “Best of Both Worlds (Part 1)” and “Best of Both Worlds (Part 2)” and the character-driven time-bender “All Good Things…“

My episode reviews follow the structure of each story without unnecessarily retelling the plot. I poke fun at the technobabble, celebrate great character moments, and award facepalms when appropriate. Season One has plenty of weird and weak episodes, while Seasons Three and Four deliver some of the strongest storytelling in the series. The bumps in the road make the journey worth revisiting—and wow, the graphics on those bridge consoles still look futuristic, even though most were just illuminated stencils.

Ensign Crusher, set a course for thought-provoking nostalgia. Engage!

(See also ST:DS9 Rewatch)

Season [ One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven ]

Season One

  1. Encounter at Farpoint
  2. (part 2 of the above)
  3. The Naked Now
  4. Code of Honor
  5. The Last Outpost
  6. Where No One Has Gone Before
  7. Lonely Among Us
  8. Justice
  9. The Battle
  10. Hide and Q
  11. Haven
  12. The Big Goodbye
  13. Datalore
  14. Angel One
  15. 11001001
  16. Too Short a Season
  17. When the Bough Breaks
  18. Home Soil
  19. Coming of Age
  20. Heart of Glory
  21. Arsenal of Freedom
  22. Symbiosis
  23. Skin of Evil
  24. We’ll Always Have Paris
  25. Conspiracy
  26. The Neutral Zone

Season Two

  1. The Child
  2. Where Silence Has Lease
  3. Elementary, Dear Data
  4. The Outrageous Okona
  5. Loud as a Whisper
  6. The Schizoid Man
  7. Unnatural Selection
  8. A Matter of Honor
  9. The Measure of a Man
  10. The Dauphin
  11. Contagion
  12. The Royale
  13. Time Squared
  14. The Icarus Factor
  15. Pen Pals
  16. Q Who?
  17. Samaritan Snare
  18. Up the Long Ladder
  19. Manhunt
  20. The Emissary
  21. Peak Performance
  22. Shades of Gray

Season Three

  1. Evolution
  2. The Ensigns of Command
  3. The Survivors
  4. Who Watches the Watchers?
  5. The Bonding
  6. Booby Trap
  7. The Enemy
  8. The Price
  9. The Vengeance Factor
  10. The Defector
  11. The Hunted
  12. The High Ground
  13. Déjà Q
  14. A Matter of Perspective
  15. Yesterday’s Enterprise
  16. The Offspring
  17. Sins of the Father
  18. Allegiance
  19. Captain’s Holiday
  20. Tin Man
  21. Hollow Pursuits
  22. The Most Toys
  23. Sarek
  24. Ménage à Troi
  25. Transfigurations
  26. The Best of Both Worlds, Part I

Season Four

  1. The Best of Both Worlds, Part II
  2. Family
  3. Brothers
  4. Suddenly Human
  5. Remember Me
  6. Legacy
  7. Reunion
  8. Future Imperfect
  9. Final Mission
  10. The Loss
  11. Data’s Day
  12. The Wounded
  13. Devil’s Due
  14. Clues
  15. First Contact
  16. Galaxy’s Child
  17. Night Terrors
  18. Identity Crisis
  19. The Nth Degree
  20. Qpid
  21. Drumhead
  22. Half a Life
  23. The Host
  24. The Mind’s Eye
  25. In Theory
  26. Redemption, Part I

Season Five

  1. Redemption, Part II
  2. Darmok
  3. Ensign Ro
  4. Silicon Avatar
  5. Disaster
  6. The Game
  7. Unification, Part 1
  8. Unification, Part 2
  9. A Matter of Time
  10. New Ground
  11. Hero Worship
  12. Violations
  13. The Masterpiece Society
  14. Conundrum
  15. Power Play
  16. Ethics
  17. The Outcast
  18. Cause and Effect
  19. The First Duty
  20. Cost of Living
  21. The Perfect Mate
  22. Imaginary Friend
  23. I, Borg
  24. The Next Phase
  25. The Inner Light
  26. Time’s Arrow, Part 1

Season Six

  1. Time’s Arrow Part 2
  2. Realm of Fear
  3. Man of the People
  4. Relics
  5. Schisms
  6. True Q
  7. Rascals
  8. A Fistful of Datas
  9. The Quality of Life
  10. Chain of Command, Part 1
  11. Chain of Command, Part 2
  12. Ship in a Bottle
  13. Aquiel
  14. Face of the Enemy
  15. Tapestry
  16. Birthright, Part 1
  17. Birthright, Part 2
  18. Starship Mine
  19. Lessons
  20. The Chase
  21. Frame of Mind
  22. Suspicions
  23. Rightful Heir
  24. Second Chances
  25. Timescape
  26. Descent, Part 1

Season Seven

  1. Descent, Part 2
  2. Liaisons
  3. Interface
  4. Gambit, Part 1
  5. Gambit, Part 2
  6. Phantasms
  7. Dark Page
  8. Attached
  9. Force of Nature
  10. Inheritance
  11. Parallels
  12. The Pegasus
  13. Homeward
  14. Sub Rosa
  15. Lower Decks
  16. Thine Own Self
  17. Masks
  18. Eye of the Beholder
  19. Genesis
  20. Journey’s End
  21. Firstborn
  22. Bloodlines
  23. Emergence
  24. Preemptive Strike
  25. All Good Things…

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