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What TNG Episodes are recommended if you are a new fan of Star Trek

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Measure of A Man
Datalore
Conspiracy

Some early good episodes.
 
Re: What TNG Episodes are recommended if you are a new fan of Star Tre

Measure of A Man
Datalore
Conspiracy

Some early good episodes.

Yep. Good choices, to which I would add

Q Who (or any Q episode really, can't go wrong with Q)
Yesterday's Enterprise
Unification 2 parter
Relics
Remember Me
Brothers
Ensign Ro
Parrallels

Ah hell, watch the whole damn show. But save Inner Light for last. You want to be a fan, I assume.
 
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The Measure of a Man, Offspring and Chain of Command, to menation a few.
 
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If I were to pick one episode that could get someone into Star Trek, I might actually pick "Thine Own Self", its an episode anyone can get into. It has an intriguing sci-fi premise and was well executed.
 
Re: What TNG Episodes are recommended if you are a new fan of Star Tre

Measure of A Man
Datalore
Conspiracy

Some early good episodes.

Yep. Good choices, to which I would add

Q Who (or any Q episode really, can't go wrong with Q)
Yesterday's Enterprise
Unification 2 parter
Relics
Remember Me
Brothers
Ensign Ro
Parrallels

Ah hell, watch the whole damn show. But save Inner Light for last. You want to be a fan, I assume.
Unification and Relics are good picks for someone who is a TOS fan new to TNG, but very bad picks for someone who is new to Star Trek.
 
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Plus Unification Part II is just a really bad episode. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, poor Nimoy. At least Patrick Stewart has the decency to look a bit embarrassed for him.
 
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I recommend Episodes

The Big Goodbye
Datalore
11001001
Time Squared
Parallels
Yesterday's Enterprise
Future Imperfect
Galaxy's Child
 
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One that I've recommended in the past that has hooked a bunch of people I know is 'Inner Light'.
 
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Tapestry, where Picard gets the It's A Wondeful Life treatment from Q; mainly because it hasn't been mentioned yet.

Also Deja Q, where Q becomes human. Great fun, great dialogue. ("It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent.")
 
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110001001
Conspiracy
The Measure of a Man
Q Who?
The Neutral Zone
The Survivors
The Enemy
The Defector
Booby Trap
The Best of Both Worlds
Remember Me
Future Imperfect
Clues
First Contact
Night Terrors
The Host
The Mind's Eye
Ensign Ro
Disaster
Conundrum
Power Play
Cause and Effect
The Next Phase
The Inner Light
Times Arrow
Rascals
Frame of Mind
Timescape
Parallels
 
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I have watched all of TOS should I move to TNG now
 
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I have watched all of TOS should I move to TNG now

If you watched all of the original episodes, and you really want to get the "full" TNG experience, I would recommend watching all of TNG from the beginning. You may find Season 1 a little hard to get through, but as you watch the series and characters evolve, I think you will get the full "flavor" of the show.

I started re-watching Trek over the summer beginning with ENT, then TOS, then the TOS movies, and am in the early part of TNG Season 6 right now. While some episodes were a chore to sit and watch again, I'm really enjoying the experience, and will soon integrate DS9 then VOY, as well as the TNG movies.

If you don't have the time/ability to watch all of TNG, then startrekwatcher has a fantastic list.
 
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110001001
Conspiracy
The Measure of a Man
Q Who?
The Neutral Zone
The Survivors
The Enemy
The Defector
Booby Trap
The Best of Both Worlds
Remember Me
Future Imperfect
Clues
First Contact
Night Terrors
The Host
The Mind's Eye
Ensign Ro
Disaster
Conundrum
Power Play
Cause and Effect
The Next Phase
The Inner Light
Times Arrow
Rascals
Frame of Mind
Timescape
Parallels
Half of those episodes are atrocious.
 
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The Drumhead
The Wounded
 
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Yesterday's Enterprise
 
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Yesterday's Enterpise can't be that good to begin with, considering it's a "what could have happened instead"-episode.
 
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My choices would be:

Encounter at Farpoint (since this was the one which started it all),
Q Who? (since this is the first one to have the Borg in it),
Yesterday's Enterprise,
The Best of Both Worlds (it has the Borg in it, need I say more?),
Family (good introspective episode),
Future Imperfect (no particular reason, except that I quite like this episode, and it's absolutely priceless to hear Riker yell "Shut up!" at Picard!),
I, Borg,
The Inner Light,
Chain of Command,
Tapestry,
Descent,
All Good Things
 
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