Thanks all for the replies.
Both the wife and I have been off on vacation for the past 8 days in Toronto/Niagara Falls and haven't been watching any ST until yesterday after we got back.
I did skip two episodes so far in Season 1:
• "
Home Soil" (Just couldn't be bothered to watch that one again and couldn't remember anything of great importance being in that episode that relates to the rest of the series)
• "
Coming of Age" (Accidentally missed this episode, but then again, perhaps I skipped it on purpose)
• "
Symbiosis" (Blah blah blah.... )
Though my wife said she found "
When the Bough Breaks" interesting as it finally showed the human side of Picard & crew for once.
"
Heart of Glory" was finally the point where Worf got to play a decent role in the show and showed he's a pretty good character to keep an eye on. The reason why my wife decided to jump into TNG next, rather then back into Voyager (Even though she did start into Voyager previously and got through season 1) was because she was already now accustomed to Worf, O'Brien and his family and I mentioned a few things she was interested in watching, like more of Worf's past history, more of the Klingon background, O'Brien's wedding and Worf helping to deliver the O'Brien's first born.
"
The Arsenal of Freedom" to me seemed like the first time TNG showed some worthwhile action as well showed more of the other character's background and abilities (LaForge, Crusher, Picard, Data, etc.)
and we finished off last night by watching "
Skin of Evil" ~ Which for the longest time I never really cared much for, but this time around watching it, I appreciated what they did and how. While Yar did die pretty soon after the episode starts, they spent a good period of time of the episode trying to bring her back to life and they did show how it impacted the crew, in fact a good portion of the episode revolved around her death, more then I originally remembered...... it also was the moment Worf took over as Chief of Security of the Enterprise and his smarts of staying on the Enterprise, rather then going down to the planet, since he knew there wasn't much of a chance his abilities being put to use.
The episode also showed how Data grew attached to Tasha, not just in the ending in the Holodeck, but while on the planet when he suggested Armus should be destroyed.
And of course the ending in the Holodeck where she addressed each crew member, it showed her personal, more human side for once, along with every other character's human side.... it to me was the very first moment in Season 1 where all the crew began to look like a "Family" if you will (Well in the sense everyone else here is referring to them as Family that is.)
I feel right around "
When the Bough Breaks" is when the show starts to take off and get more deeper in the story lines that relate more to what DS9 and Voyager took off from. There's still a couple of crummy episodes in between then and the end of the season, but you can see a difference.
