| Moment |
Episode |
| McCoy's visit to the Enterprise. |
TNG : Encounter at Farpoint |
Yar seducing Data. You go girl!
Since I'm complaining about the heat in space thing above, I suppose I should be balanced and give kudos to Data for correcting Riker and stating that people are blown out of a ship rather than sucked out of it. |
TNG : The Naked Now |
| I love the way Picard's todying to Lutan about how much he respects his culture contrasts to his later assertion that it is a "pompous, strutting charade". Some claim this as a YATI, but really, did they honestly expect Picard to greet Lutan with "Hello you pompous primitive from a backward culture. Can we have some vaccine now?" |
TNG : Code of Honor |
| I love the character of Kozinsky, he's so wonderfully obnoxious. |
TNG : Where No One Has Gone Before |
| Data's Sherlock Holmes impersonation. |
TNG : Lonely Among Us |
Gotta love those Edo costumes.
Also, there's a subtle bit of character continuity which goes on with Picard. This is one of three occasions where he shows somebody their planet from orbit - Rivan here, Nuria in "Who Watches The Watchers", and Lilly in "First Contact". That's fair enough, but why call attention to it? Because in "Star Trek : Insurrection", Anij asks Picard if he has ever experienced "a perfect moment", when "time seemed to stop", and he says that seeing Earth from space for the first time was such a moment for him. Clearly, then, he likes to give this opportunity to others as well. |
TNG : Justice |
| Gotta be the Stargazer - the first four nacelled ship we've ever seen on Trek. |
TNG : The Battle |
| Picard gently chiding Riker for not realizing that everybody would refuse his gifts. |
TNG : Hide and Q |
| Data dismissing the mystical healing powers of Haven out of hand. |
TNG : Haven |
| I love the way Beverly gets all jealous when she finds out that Picard has been interrogated by the police. |
TNG : The Big Goodbye |
| When Lore is on the transporter pad he fires his phaser. Just at that instant Data activates the transporter, and the phaser beam is actually transported out along with Lore! |
TNG : Datalore |
| Yar and Troi laughing at Riker's outfit. These gals obviously don't care much about their promotion prospects! |
TNG : Angel One |
| The Enterprise arriving in Spacedock. There's just something stirring about seeing that huge ship heading into the barn like that. |
TNG : 11001001 |
| Clayton Rohner does a pretty convincing job as an old man, with lots of help from good makeup. |
TNG : Too Short a Season |
| The description of the microbrain's component parts is actually technically correct, so kudos for that. |
TNG : Home Soil |
| Remmick's interviews with the crew. I love they way they cut the questions and answers together. |
TNG : Coming of Age |
| Worf's death howl over the Korris in engineering. |
TNG : Heart of Glory |
| Picard's gentle insistence that Geordi return the ship to him in one piece. |
TNG : The Arsenal of Freedom |
| I love the ending, with Picards disgusted 'I don't care where we go, just get us away from here' attitude. |
TNG : Symbiosis |
| Tahsa's goodbye scene on the holodeck, especially Data's reaction to it. |
TNG : Skin of Evil |
| The holodeck recreation of Paris. I believe this is actually the first time we've ever seen Earth depicted in The Next Generation! |
TNG : We'll Always Have Paris |
| Remmick's death, amazingly gory for Star Trek! |
TNG : Conspiracy |
| Definitely the huge Romulan warbird sweeping in menacingly towards the Enterprise. |
TNG : The Neutral Zone |
| I love Picard's discussion of death with Data and Troi, and his eventual realization that they are fakes. |
TNG : Where Silence Has Lease |
| The scene in which Data solves his first real crime as Holmes. |
TNG : Elementary, Dear Data |
| I like Okona, he's a welcome change from the usual stuffy Federation types. |
TNG : The Outrageous Okona |
| Riva's communication attempts with Troi at dinner, sans chorus. |
TNG : Loud as a Whisper |
| Data (secretly Graves) mouthing off to Picard on the bridge. |
TNG : The Schizoid Man |
| The destruction of the USS Lantree. So often the destruction of a Starship is treated as an everyday event, I love the way the E-D crew stand to salute the loss of this one. |
TNG : Unnatural Selection |
| Riker beating his subordinate up on the Klingon ship. |
TNG : A Matter of Honor |
| The look on Riker's face when he realizes that he has a good chance of winning the court case - smugness, followed almost instantly by the crashing realization that he may be about to kill a friend. |
TNG : The Measure of a Man |
| I love the holodeck scene in the neutrino clouds at Russo VI. I have no idea what this place is supposed to be, but it looks gorgeous. |
TNG : The Dauphin |
| The death of the Yamato is staggeringly well done considering the relatively poor special effects of the time. |
TNG : Contagion |
| I like Riker's little talk with Picard in the ready room - it's rare to see Picard get so down about something. |
TNG : Time Squared |
| The first time Data answers the question "Is there anybody out there?" - a question we'd all love to see answered for real... |
TNG : Pen Pals |
| The first appearance of the Borg cube, a sight which would soon become the most feared in Trek. |
TNG : Q Who |
| I love the Pakled, after all the super-aliens we see out there, it's nice to come across a species which is actually stupid. |
TNG : Samaritan Snare |
| When Riker finds out that Brenna expects him to "wash her feet" by starting at the top and working his way down. |
TNG : Up The Long Ladder |
| Picard's attempts to hide from Lwaxana. |
TNG : Manhunt |
| K'Ehleyr's warp 9 trip in the torpedo casing - what a wonderfully horrifying way to travel! |
TNG : The Emissary |
| Data beating the tar out of Kolrami. |
TNG : Peak Performance |
| It's nice to see Wesley screw up and have to go and ask the adults help for once. |
TNG : Evolution |
| Data's destruction of the aqueduct is a cool moment, somewhat spoiled by the fact that it still seems to be working fine in the next shot. When the episode aired, there was much speculation about what exactly Data did with that shot... best I can figure is that he blasted the water whilst leaving the aqueduct itself alone. Whatever happened, it certainly looks impressive. |
TNG : The Ensigns of Command |
| Uxbridge's confession of the true magnitude of his crime - a wonderfully chilling and sorrowful moment which John Anderson plays to perfection. |
TNG : The Survivors |
| My personal favourite is Picard's condemnation of religious belief as superstition. Yeah, I know, I'm biased. |
TNG : Who Watches The Watchers? |
| Worf's Klingon ceremony when he bonds with Jeremy. This is still very early days for the Klingons in TNG, and it was an interesting look into their culture. |
TNG : The Bonding |
| Geordi's holographic date. The poor guy has put so much work into it that it ends up embarrassingly cringe worthy. |
TNG : Booby Trap |
| I like the way Geordi handles the Romulan, especially the way he goads him into revealing his rank by continually calling him "Commodore". |
TNG : The Enemy |
| The look on the Ferengi's face when the wormhole vanishes on them. |
TNG : The Price |
| Although his actions don't make a lot of sense, I still like the scene where Riker has to kill Yuta. |
TNG : The Vengeance Factor |
| The character of Jarok |
TNG : The Defector |
| I like the way Picard just bows out at the end of this episode, leaving the locals to sort it all out for themselves. |
TNG : The Hunted |
| The creators do a good job of making Flinn an interesting and even sympathetic character, despite being morally reprehensible. |
TNG : The High Ground |
| Data enjoying his present from Q. |
TNG : Deja Q |
| I like the way the holo-recreation of the station explodes, leaving everybody on the holodeck afterwards. |
TNG : A Matter of Perspective |
| I love almost everything about this episode, but the Enterprise going down in flames has to be the best moment. |
TNG : Yesterday's Enterprise |
| Of the many Great Moments, my personal favourite is when Admiral Haftel comes out of Data's lab after they 'operate' on Lal and describes Data's frantic efforts to save her. |
TNG : The Offspring |
| Worf's discommendation. |
TNG : Sins of the Father |
| I love Picard's wooing and dumping of Beverly. The look on her face when he throws her out is hilarious! |
TNG : Allegiance |
| The crew's increasingly daring efforts to get Picard to go off on holiday. |
TNG : Captain's Holiday |
| Tin man's ripple weapon - a reuse of the special effects from the motion picture for V'Ger merging with Decker and heading off to higher dimensions, incidentally. |
TNG : Tin Man |
| I absolutely love the bit where Troi, Riker and Geordi come across the 'Goddess of Empathy', most epsecially Geordi's stunned reaction. |
TNG : Hollow Pursuits |
| Hard to pick. Data's apparent intent to kill Fajo, his subsequent dodging of Riker's question and his confrontation of Fajo in the brig are the highlights of an episode packed with excellent moments. |
TNG : The Most Toys |
| Patrick Stewart does an incredible job of portraying Sarek's emotions in this episode. |
TNG : Sarek |
| Picard professing his love for Lwaxana. |
TNG : Menage a Troi |
| None. |
TNG : Transfigurations |
| The scene where Riker orders Worf to fire on the Borg cube, with Picard still inside it. Perhaps the single greatest cliffhanger in Star Trek history. |
TNG : The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 |
| The graveyard scene at Wolf 359. |
TNG : The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2 |
| Picard's fight with his brother, followed by their getting roaring drunk. |
TNG : Family |
| Finally meeting Data's creator, Noonien Soong. |
TNG : Brothers |
| Wesley getting smacked in the face with a bananna split. |
TNG : Suddenly Human |
| The whole concept of the episode is very intriguing. I especially liked Picard trying to justify a half mile long Starship with a crew of two! |
TNG : Remember Me |
| Beth Toussaint's performance as Ishara Yar. She's an excellent guest star and does really well in the role. |
TNG : Legacy |
| Worf killing Duras. I never thought the writers would let him go through with it! |
TNG : Reunion |
| It's fun spotting all the differences in the future Enterprise. |
TNG : Future Imperfect |
| Being rid of Wesley! |
TNG : Final Mission |
| Guinan needling Troi about applying for her job. |
TNG : The Loss |
| Data's dance lesson. I especially like his enthusiastic tap dancing, and the smile that could be used to frighten small children. |
TNG : Data's Day |
| This is the first sight of the Nebula class starship, which is one of my all time favourites. |
TNG : The Wounded |
| Ardra! I love the character and Marta Dubois plays her perfectly. |
TNG : Devil's Due |
| Data's constant 'I cannot confirm or deny that' attitude is nicely played. |
TNG : Clues |
| The woman who wants to have sex with Riker. |
TNG : First Contact |
| Geordi's face when he finds Brahms in the holodeck watching his holo version of her. |
TNG : Galaxy's Child |
| Crusher trying to convince herself that she's imagining things when all the bodies in the autopsy room sit up. |
TNG : Night Terrors |
| Geordi's analysis of the shadow on the holodeck is a creepy and highly effective scene, which even makes sense from a technical point of view. |
TNG : Identity Crisis |
| It was nice that the Cytherians turned out to have good intentions after all, though I'm a bit dubious about the morality of their methods - essentially they do pretty much what Voyager's Caretaker did. |
TNG : The N'th Degree |
| Worf smashing Geordi's musical instrument. |
TNG : Qpid |
| Picard's winding up of Satie during his hearing. |
TNG : The Drumhead |
| Picard nervously peeking out of the turbolift to make Lwaxana isn't around. Just a funny lighthearted moment. |
TNG : Half a Life |
| Frakes does an excellent job as Odan in Riker's body, but my favourite moment in this episode is Troi telling Crusher about her father. |
TNG : The Host |
| Geordi's last scene with Troi. |
TNG : The Mind's Eye |
| Data trying to pick a fight with his girlfriend. |
TNG : In Theory |
| Worf's walk to the turbolift. A superb sendoff. |
TNG : Redemption, Part 1 |
| Data facing down the Romulan fleet and making them turn tail. |
TNG : Redemption, Part 2 |
| Picard finally being able to talk to the aliens. |
TNG : Darmok |
| The entity wiping out the colony planet. |
TNG : Silicon Avatar |
| Worf having to deliver Keiko's baby. |
TNG : Disaster |
| Data arriving and de-programming everybody on the bridge. |
TNG : The Game |
| Spock appearing at the end of the episode. |
TNG : Unification, Part 1 |
| The mind meld between Spock and Picard, to allow Spock to touch the part of Sarek's mind left from the previous meld between him and Picard. |
TNG : Unification, Part 2 |
| The Enterprise pulling all the stuff out the atmosphere and spraying it into space. Cool bit of FX... |
TNG : A Matter of Time |
| Picard's hair in Beverly's flashback. |
TNG : Violations |
| Geordi realising that the solution to the settlement's problems stems from his VISOR - something they would never invent because they engineer out disabilities like blindness. |
TNG : The Masterpiece Society |
| Lots of great moments in this one - the Enterprise blasting through the Lysian defences, Riker and Ro getting together and Troi and Ro making fun of him about it later... but my favourite is how Worf automatically assumes that he is in charge after the crew lose their memories. |
TNG : Conundrum |
| I like Troi, and it's nice to see her with a tougher edge here. |
TNG : Power Play |
| Worf coming alive again. |
TNG : Ethics |
| An unhappy ending, makes a nice change from normal. |
TNG : The Outcast |
| The destruction of the Enterprise. |
TNG : Cause and Effect |
| Picard's verbal beating of Wesley in the ready room. |
TNG : The First Duty |
| The scene where Lwaxana talks to the holodeck computer; since Majel Barrett provides the TNG computer voice, she is basically talking to herself! |
TNG : Cost of Living |
| Riker deciding to go to the holodeck after talking to Kamala. Hmmm, what could he be off to do there...? |
TNG : The Perfect Mate |
| Picard pushing Hugh into rebelling against the Borg. It's a wonderful scene, and the moment when Hugh recognises Locutus and Picard goes along with it is chilling. |
TNG : I, Borg |
| Ro, first coming to believe that she is dead. |
TNG : The Next Phase |
| Patrick Stewart puts in one of his greatest acting performances in all of the next generation for this episode. It's truly wonderful. |
TNG : The Inner Light |
| Data beating the pants of everybody in the poker game. |
TNG : Time's Arrow, Part 1 |
| Sam Clemens walking the halls of the Enterprise-D and finding out about life in the 24th century. |
TNG : Time's Arrow, Part 2 |
| Seeing a transporter working from the inside! |
TNG : Realm of Fear |
| Scotty in the holodeck Enterprise, toasting his long dead comrades. |
TNG : Relics |
| The holodeck scene where everybody tries to piece together what happened to them. |
TNG : Schisms |
| Q turning Beverly into a dog and Amanda turning her back, all without the good doctor noticing. |
TNG : True-Q |
| The Enterprise riding off into the sunset at the end of the episode. |
TNG : A Fistful of Datas |
| I love the exocomps - they're so cute! |
TNG : The Quality of Life |
| Although he's too unwilling to listen to others to be a great Captain, it's great fun to watch Jellico shake things up on the Enterprise. |
TNG : Chain of Command, Part 1 |
| Patrick Stewart's performance in this episode is simply amazing. |
TNG : Chain of Command, Part 2 |
| Picard and Data's solution to the problem is very clever and well executed. |
TNG : Ship in a Bottle |
| There's little that is exceptional about this one, but it's nice to see a subspace relay at last. |
TNG : Aquiel |
| Troi finally getting something a little meaty to do! |
TNG : Face of the Enemy |
| Picard laughing to himself when he gets stabbed through the heart. |
TNG : Tapestry |
| None. |
TNG : Birthright, Part 1 |
| I always love it when Klingons sing, and the look on the Romulan's faces when they realise that their prisoners are rediscovering their roots is excellent. |
TNG : Birthright, Part 2 |
| Picard has such a wonderful time in this episode, it's hard to pick out any specific moment. My favourite is the way he cold-bloodedly lures his first victim into the baryon sweep to kill him - and to think there are those who claim Picard is too wimpy to use force. |
TNG : Starship Mine |
| Daren and Stewart really work well together in this episode, and their romance is very believable. |
TNG : Lessons |
| Alright the science is pretty bogus, but it's such an enjoyable romp that I just love this episode! |
TNG : The Chase |
| Frakes does an exceptional job of showing a half-nutty Riker in this episode. |
TNG : Frame of Mind |
| Like Troi in "Face of the Enemy", it's nice to see an episode that gives Crusher a little room to grow. |
TNG : Suspicions |
| Data talking about his 'leap of faith'. |
TNG : Rightful Heir |
| The special effects shots showing the two Rikers together are superb - especially the scene in which one Riker puts a trombone down and then the other picks it up in the same shot. |
TNG : Second Chances |
| Everybody does a superb job of standing very still in this episode - try it, it's not easy! |
TNG : Timescape |
| Data trying to reproduce his angry moment by killing holoborg over and over. |
TNG : Descent, Part 1 |
| Beverly outwitting the Borg using the metaphasic shielding from a previous episode. |
TNG : Descent, Part 2 |
| Finally, someone who can out chocolate Deanna! |
TNG : Liaisons |
| The interplay beteween Picard and Crusher is extremely good, even if they do kill off the idea of them getting together. |
TNG : Attached |
| The revelation of the truth about Data's mother. |
TNG : Inheritance |
| The scene where thousands of Enterprise-D's start appearing. |
TNG : Parallels |
| Picard's disapointment with Riker at the end of the episode. |
TNG : The Pegasus |
| Worf teaching Sito to stand up for her self. |
TNG : Lower Decks |
| If I may be a total techno-obsessive here for a moment, we finally get to see inside a nacelle! Yay! |
TNG : Eye of the Beholder |
| Barclay popping up in Engineering - made me jump a mile! |
TNG : Genesis |
| Finally, rid of Wesley forever! |
TNG : Journey's End |
| Where to start, a fitting end to the series. To choose one part I would have to go with Picard finally siting down at the poker game. |
TNG : All Good Things |
