That one episode that stands out for you...

"The Offspring." Anyone who knows the episode should be able to guess why.

 

"Darmok", perhaps due my interest in language/communication. It's just such a intelligent story idea, told in a very accessible way.

 

I have to make it two as they would make a good two-parter together...

A Matter of Honor and Sins of the Father

 

"The Measure of a Man"

 

It's hard for me to pick just one, but I'd say Inner Light for how crazy it was to see Picard life an entire lifetime in another world.

Others are The Hotel Royale (one of my favorite episodes ever), Yesterday's Enterprise, Chain of Command, Frame of Mind (another favorite), Identity Crisis (another good one) and Interface (because of how hard it hit me emotionally wise). I could go on really.

 

Probably All Good Things because I loved it as a kid and even remember trying to find the novelization while on vacation back then. I'm not sure if I even knew it was the last episode.

But also maybe Time Squared just because it reignited my interest after I saw it on reruns a couple years ago which eventually led to me getting the TNG blurays, rewatching voyager, going to comic cons.

 

The one episode that stands out, if I had to pick it would be "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I". Not saying it's my favourite but I tend to think rather than one episode standing out it's scenes from various episode that stand out. An episode can be fairly average but it has a stand out scene.

 

I'm going to take a slightly different approach and say that the ones that "stand out" but aren't necessarily my favorites, but are episodes that break the status quo. Future Imperfect and Parallels come to mind.

 

Picard's clever plot and the scene in which it's revealed is legendary for me!

TOMALAK: Somehow I expected more than an idle threat from you Picard.
PICARD: Then you shall have it.

 

To be obvious, BoBW. I associate it with particular life events, and the way the cliffhanger and real life contract negotiations left Stewart's return uncertain.

The Chase is a newer choice for me. It represents Star Trek as an ideal whole. Quintessential.

RAMA

 

So many.

"Yesterday's Enterprise" - This was the first episode I bought on tape.

"The measure of a man"
"Time Squared"
"Clues"
"We'll always have Paris"
"Conundrum"
"Conspiracy"
"Ensigns of command"
"The best of both worlds"
"The Wounded"

I think it would be quicker and easier to list the episodes of TNG I didn't like.

 

I think that one's underrated. Really solid episode.

 

'The Wounded' is nice until... O'Brien and Maxwell start singing!

 

The defector is a very nice epsiode. James Sloyan always a powerful performance and the deactivation of the holodeck is one of the best scenes in Star Trek.

But my standing out episode is "Remember me". It doesn't have the deepest trekkie message possible but I like the idea and it's so nicely done.

"A crew? We never had a crew. What would we need a crew for, Beverly?"

 

That's a great scene! Excellent directing and a nice musical cue at the end.

 

Ohhh nooo, I love that scene. And yes, I too love that little music cue when Maxwell says: "I've lost this one, haven't I chief." I thought it played so well; I actually found myself singing that tune for hours after the episode.

 

I had to endure the dubbed version before the internet/dvds. That made the episode really stand out.