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 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 TNG to pass the time. I can’t exactly say I’m bingeing the show, but I am enjoying writing up my thoughts as I work through the whole series. (See also ST:DS9 Rewatch)

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179 thoughts on “Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch

  1. Pingback: The Mind’s Eye (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 24) LaForge Abducted by Romulans | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  2. Pingback: The Host (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 23) Beverly Crushes on a Symbiont | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  3. Pingback: Half a Life (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 22) Lwaxana Meets Cogsworth | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  4. Pingback: Conspiracy (#StarTrek#TNG Rewatch, Season One, Episode 25) Parasitic Bug Doppelgängers on Earth | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  5. Pingback: Drumhead (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 21) Federation Loyalist Tramples Justice | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  6. Pingback: Coming of Age (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 18) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  7. Pingback: Qpid (#ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 20) Q and Vash and Robin Hood, Somehow | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  8. Pingback: The Nth Degree (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 19) Barclay Evolves | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  9. Pingback: Identity Crisis (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4 Episode 18) The Case of LaForge’s Disappearing Shipmates | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  10. Pingback: Night Terrors (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 17) Trapped crew grows paranoid | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  11. Pingback: Galaxy’s Child (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 16) LaForge meets the engineer of his dreams | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  12. Pingback: First Contact (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 15) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  13. Pingback: Clues (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 14) Picard suspects Data in blackout mystery | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  14. Pingback: The Devil’s Due (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 13) Picard vs. sexy devil Ardra | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  15. Pingback: The Wounded (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 12) O’Brien’s Former Captain Goes Rogue | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  16. Pingback: Data’s Day (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 11) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  17. Pingback: The Loss (#ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 10) Troi’s Empathic Sense Flatlines | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  18. Pingback: Final Mission (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 9) Picard and Wesley on a Desert Planet | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  19. Pingback: Future Imperfect (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 8) Riker Van Winkle | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  20. Pingback: As a student journo, naturally I covered the visit from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in 1989 | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  21. Pingback: Reunion (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 7) Picard Arbitrates Klingon Leadership Struggle | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  22. Pingback: Legacy (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 6) Visiting Yar’s Lawless Colony | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  23. Pingback: Remember Me (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 5) Dr. Crusher vs The Universe | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  24. Pingback: Suddenly Human (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 4) Picard Bonds with Human Teen Raised by Aliens | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  25. Pingback: Brothers (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 3) Awkward Android Family Reunion | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  26. Pingback: Family ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 2) Picard Retreats to Family Vineyard | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  27. Pingback: The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2 ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 1) Your resistance is hopeless, Number One. | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  28. Pingback: The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 26) We Have Engaged the Borg | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  29. Pingback: Justice (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 7) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  30. Pingback: To Boldly Joe: The Next Generation Reviews The Next Generation – Subatomic Articles

  31. Pingback: Transfigurations (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 25) Injured Humanoid Charms Beverly, Glows | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  32. Pingback: Ménage à Troi (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 24) Lwaxana, Ferengi, Chess, and Poetry | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  33. Pingback: Sarek (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 22) Aging with Dignity and Vulcan Mind-melds | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  34. Pingback: The Most Toys (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 22) Data Abducted by Eccentric Collector | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  35. Pingback: Hollow Pursuits (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 21) Misfit Crewmember Faces Holodeck Addiction | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  36. Pingback: Tin Man (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 20) Sad telepath bonds with starship-sized creature | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  37. Pingback: Captain’s Holiday (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 19) Picard’s Archeological Romance | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  38. Pingback: Allegiance (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 18) Picard Plays ‘Escape the Room’ as his doppelgänger flirts and sings | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  39. Pingback: Sins of the Father (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 17) Klever Klingon Kapers] | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  40. Pingback: Sins of the Father (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 17) Klingon | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  41. Pingback: The Offspring (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 16) Data Experiences Fatherhood | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  42. Pingback: Yesterday’s Enterprise (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 14) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  43. Pingback: A Matter of Perspective (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 13) Multiple-POV Courtroom Drama | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  44. Pingback: Encounter at Farpoint (Season 1, Episode 1: ST:TNG Rewatch) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  45. Pingback: Déjà Q (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 13) Amusing, insightful study of human nature | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  46. Pingback: The High Ground (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 12) Sensitive, Artistic Terrorist Is Also a Terrorist | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  47. Pingback: The Hunted (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch; Season Three, Episode 11) Honorable soldier exiled by the peaceful society he defended | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  48. Pingback: The Defector (ST:TNG Rewatch; Season Three, Episode 10) Cold War Brinksmanship, via Shakespeare | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  49. Pingback: The Vengeance Factor (#startrek #tng #rewatch Season Three, Episode 8) Sovereign’s Chef Beguiles Riker | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  50. Pingback: The Price (#startrek #tng #rewatch Season Three, Episode 7) Master Negotiator Beguiles Troi | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  51. Pingback: The Enemy (#startrek #tng #rewatch, Season Three, Episode 7) LaForge and a Romulan Cooperate to Survive | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  52. Pingback: Lonely Among Us (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  53. Pingback: Booby Trap (#startrek #tng #rewatch, Season Three Episode 6) LaForge falls for a simulated nerd on the holodeck | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  54. Pingback: The Bonding ( #startrek #tng #rewatch, Season Three Episode 5) — Character-driven analysis of grief | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  55. Pingback: Who Watches the Watchers (ST:TNG Season Three Episode 4) Rationalist, talky mythbusting | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  56. Pingback: The Survivors ( #startrek #tng rewatch, Season Three Episode 3) Charming geriatric love and a pacifist morality play | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  57. Pingback: The Ensigns of Command (#startrek #tng #rewatch, Season Three, Episode 2) Data plays MacGyver to save stubborn human colonists | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  58. Pingback: Evolution (#startrek #tng #rewatch Season Three, Episode 1) Wesley’s nanobots irk tweedy astrophysicist | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  59. Pingback: Shades of Gray (#startrek #tng #rewatch Season Two Episode 22) Forgettable low-budget clipshow | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  60. Pingback: Peak Performance (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Two, Episode 21) Riker and his misfit pals challenge Picard to the whackiest wargames ever! | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  61. Pingback: The Emissary (#startrek #tng #rewatch: Season Two, Episode 20) — Enjoyable Worf-centered Romance | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  62. Pingback: Manhunt (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Two, episode 19) — Silly Lwaxana Troi comedy of manners | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  63. Pingback: The Last Outpost (ST:TNG Rewatch. Season 1, Episode 4) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  64. Pingback: Up the Long Ladder (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Two, Episode 18) — The Enterprise Visits the Planet of Irish Stereotypes | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  65. Pingback: Samaritan Snare (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 17) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  66. Pingback: Q Who? (ST: TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 16) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  67. Pingback: Pen Pals (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 15) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  68. Pingback: The Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  69. Pingback: Time Squared (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 13) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  70. Pingback: The Royale (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 12) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  71. Pingback: Contagion (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  72. Pingback: Where No One Has Gone Before (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 5) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  73. Pingback: The Naked Now (Season 1, Episode 2: ST:TNG Rewatch) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  74. Pingback: The Dauphin (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 10) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  75. Pingback: The Measure of a Man (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 9) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  76. Pingback: The Big Goodbye (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 11) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  77. Pingback: The Battle (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 8) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  78. Pingback: A Matter of Honor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 8) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  79. Pingback: Unnatural Selection (ST:TNG Rewatch Season 2, Episode 3) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  80. Pingback: The Schiziod Man (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 6) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  81. Pingback: Angel One (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 13) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  82. Pingback: Loud as a Whisper (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 5) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  83. Pingback: The Outrageous Okona (TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 4) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  84. Pingback: Elementary, Dear Data (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 3) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  85. Pingback: 11001001 (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 14) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  86. Pingback: When the Bough Breaks (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 16) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  87. Pingback: Haven (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 10) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  88. Pingback: Too Short a Season (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 15) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  89. Pingback: Code of Honor (ST:TNG Rewatch — Season 1, Episode 3) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  90. Pingback: Where Silence Has Lease (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 2) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  91. Pingback: Hide and Q (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 9) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  92. Pingback: The Child (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 1) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  93. Pingback: The Neutral Zone (TGN Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 25) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  94. Pingback: We’ll Always Have Paris (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 24) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  95. Pingback: Skin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 23) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  96. Pingback: Symbiosis (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 22) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

  97. Pingback: Arsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 21) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog

  98. Pingback: Heart of Glory (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 20) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog

  99. Pingback: Home Soil (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 17) | Jerz's Literacy Weblog

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