What is your personal top 20 list of best episodes???

[RAMA]

BECAUSE a top 10 list just isn't enough to narrow down 176 episodes of Trek goodness...

1. Best of Both Worlds I and II
2. Yesterday's Enterprise
3. Darmok
4. The Inner Light
5. The Chase
6. The Survivors
7. The Wounded
8. Q Who
9. Where No One Has Gone Before
10. All Good Things
11. The Defector
12. Parallels
13. Relics
14. Reunion
15. Measure of a Man
16. 11001001
17. Tin Man
18. Masks
19. Pegasus
20. Conspiracy

And still a lot are left out...Redemption I, Birthright I, Conundrum, Deja Q, The Enemy, Who Watches the Watchers, First Contact, Tapestry, Booby Trap, Cause and Effect, Data's Day, The Drumhead, Violations, I, Borg...and many others are close at the top.

RAMA

 

[BillJ]

In no particular order...

11001001
Heart of Glory
Q Who
The Survivors
The Drumhead
Ensign Ro
Where Silence Has Lease
The Royale
Contagion
A Matter of Honor
The Most Toys
Sarek
The Best of Both Worlds I
Violations
Future Imperfect
Up the Long Ladder
Where No One Has Gone Before
The Big Goodbye
Too Short a Season
The Defector

 

[Admiral Shran]

1. The Defector
2. The Most Toys
3. Reunion
4. The Offspring
5. The Best of Both Worlds I
6. The Pegasus
7. All Good Things...
8. Tapestry
9. Clues
10. Masks
11. Brothers
12. Chain of Command I and II
13. Ship in a Bottle
14. Starship Mine
15. Sarek
16. Data's Day
17. Ensign Ro
18. Q Who
19. Gambit I and II
20. Future Imperfect

 

[BillJ]

1. Best of Both Worlds I and II

I always love how people cheat and use two parters as one episode. If both episodes are that great they should be separate entries.

 

[RAMA]

1. Best of Both Worlds I and II

I always love how people cheat and use two parters as one episode. If both episodes are that great they should be separate entries.

I genuinely feel PT I is stronger, but taken as one story its hard for me to separate them. Notice for other two parters, I have a definite preference...Birthright I, Redemption I, Unification I (one I didn't mention) are all superior to me than their concluding parts.

RAMA

 

[HoneyBLilly]

Twenty? You're actually making me think?

That being said, top 20 in exact order:

20) When the Bough Breaks
19) Manhunt
18) We'll Always Have Paris
17) Ensign Ro
16) Starship Mine
15) Gambit I
14) Preemptive Strike
13) The Final Mission
12) Allegiance
11) Hollow Pursuits
10) Family
9) The Drumhead
8) The First Duty
7) Menage a Troi
6) The Cost of Living
5) The Best of Both Worlds I&II(I cheated because I couldn't decide which one)
4) All Good Things
3) Chain of Command II
2) The Inner Light
1) Tapestry

 

[LeadHead]

My top 20

1. The Best of Both Worlds (Parts 1 and 2)
2. The Defector
3. Redemption (Parts 1 and 2)
4. Contagion
5. New Ground
6. Paralells
7. All Good Things
8. Reunion
9. Tin Man
10. Where No One Has Gone Before
11. Conspiracy
12. Booby Trap
13. The Measure of a Man
14. The Enemy
15. Deja Q
16. Q Who?
17. The Pegasus
18. I Borg
19. The Next Phase
20. Sins of the Father

 

[CorporalCaptain]

This list is in original airdate chronological order.

The Emissary
The Survivors
The Defector
The Hunted
The High Ground
Yesterday's Enterprise
The Offspring
Sins of the Father
Tin Man
Sarek
The Best of Both Worlds
The Wounded
Half a Life
Redemption
Darmok
Ensign Ro
Unification II
Relics
Dark Page
Lower Decks
​

I pared down the complete list of episodes. Two-parters count as two separate episodes. What remains is mostly from season three. Season one is not represented. Twenty episodes is too few. Thirty would not be nearly as painful.

 

[Armus]

20 is a good amount.

A lot of these episodes are just the ones I rewatched recently and enjoyed.

1. When The Bough Breaks
2. Conspiracy
3. The Best of Both Worlds Part I
4. The Best of Both Worlds Part II
5. A Matter of Perspective
6. The Royale
7. Coming of Age
8. Symbiosis
9. Lower Decks
10. Pegasus
11. The Enemy
12. Sarek
13. Q Who
14. Conundrum
15. Heart of Glory
16. The Schizoid Man
17. The Nth Degree
18. Too Short A Season
19. Gambit Part I
20. A Matter of Honor

 

[Distorted Humor]

As a note, there are a number of episodes that are thought of as QUITE good that I have not seen. (First Contact, Parallels and Lower decks come to mind.)

Note: I normally count Best of both worlds as one episode, though 1 is better then 2 if you insist on splitting.
Not in any order

Best of Both Worlds I & II
Inner Light
yesterdays Enterprise
measure of a Man
The Defector
Tapestry
Chain of Command I and II
Darmok
All Good Things
The Wounded
Data's Day
The Drumhead
Cause and Effect
Disaster
Family
Redemption Part I
The Schizoid Man
The Dauphin

 

[Vasquez Rocks]

1. Family
2. All Good Things
3. The Best of Both Worlds
4. The Offspring
5. The Defector
6. The Inner Light
7. The Measure of a Man
8. Q Who
9. Sarek
10. The Drumhead
11. The Chase
12. Sins of the Father
13. Lower Decks
14. Attached
15. Ship in a Bottle
16. Yesterday's Enterprise
17. Chain of Command
18. Darmok
19. Where Silence Has Lease
20. I,Borg

 

[lurok]

I've just finished watching all seven seasons for first time and these are most memorable I can recall:

Darmok
Best Of Both Worlds
Q Who
Skin Of Evil (I quite liked the bad tarbaby alien)
Cause & Effect
Timescape
The Next Phase (is that the Ro Laren one?)
the last one: AGT

As a general rule, could bear anything with Ro Laren, Lxwanna Troi and Dr Pulaski in as enjoyed those actors appearances, but found the Data/Spiner-look-I-can-play-all-these-parts and Worf & son ones start to get tedious and predictable...

 

[{ Emilia }]

Am I the only one who's completely unable to make such a list because it's completely depending on what mood I'm in?

TNG to me is just a "feel good"-series. I just love watching even the most boring episodes when I'm in a relaxed, slack mood. Ok, there are a couple I really can't stand but for the most part it really depends on the day.

 

[Armus]

"Skin of Evil" almost made my list. I still find Armus fascinating.

A race of aliens finds a way to extract and bring to the surface all that is evil and corrupt within, in time it formed a second skin, "dank and vile" and the producers decided to express this as black slime. I always wanted to see the aliens who discarded and abandoned Armus...

 

[carlmarx]

1 Darmok
2 Yesterday's Enterprise
3 The Best Of Both Worlds, Part I
4 The Inner Light
5 The Measure Of A Man
6 Chain of Command, Part II
7 All Good Things...
8 Lower Decks
9 Tapestry
10 Sins Of The Father
11 I, Borg
12 First Contact
13 Parallels
14 Frame Of Mond
15 The First Duty
16 Q Who?
17 The Wounded
18 Redemption, Part I
19 The Arsenal Of Freedom
20 The Host

 

[Holdfast]

I think the very first topic (certainly within the first half-dozen) I replied to on this board under this username, over a decade ago, was a Top Ten of TNG. I guess with inflation, a Top Twenty is now about right!

Mine is a pretty controversial/eclectic list, with some notable omissions and inclusions, but hey, it's the eps I like the most. If it was a top 25, I'd add in Symbiosis, Silicon Avatar, Conundrum, Sarek and Disaster, as they either have one scene I really, really love (Symbiosis, Silicon Avatar & Sarek) or a concept I think is great (Conundrum, Disaster) but I can't justify their inclusion in a top 20 on the basis of a single great scene or just the concept. So...

20. Tapestry
19. BOBW Pt I
18. Darmok
17. Samaritan Snare
16. Contagion
15. The Nth Degree
14. Captain's Holiday
13. Night Terrors
12. Schisms
11. Future Imperfect

10. Lessons
9. Where Silence Has Lease
8. Home Soil
7. Ethics
6. Yesterday's Enterprise
5. Remember Me
4. Q Who
3. Peak Performance
2. The Chase

1. Arsenal of Freedom

 

[carlmarx]

1. Arsenal of Freedom

I wouldnt list it first, but its nice to finally see some love for this one. I cant understand why "Arsenal" gets lost in the shuffle of "pretty good" S1 episodes, it's such an obvious stand-out to me. I'd consider it easily the best S1 episode, and it's one of my personal favorites. It's a rare straight-up adventure outing for TNG that actually has ALOT of suspense, while keeping the audience thinking and guessing the whole time. Extremely fun all around. And the ending, with Picard figuring out the trick to stop the program while Geordi and the junior officers do their thing is, to me, one of Trek's most satisfying, edge-of-your-seat climaxes.
LOVE this episode.

 

[RAMA]

I think the very first topic (certainly within the first half-dozen) I replied to on this board under this username, over a decade ago, was a Top Ten of TNG. I guess with inflation, a Top Twenty is now about right!

Mine is a pretty controversial/eclectic list, with some notable omissions and inclusions, but hey, it's the eps I like the most. If it was a top 25, I'd add in Symbiosis, Silicon Avatar, Conundrum, Sarek and Disaster, as they either have one scene I really, really love (Symbiosis, Silicon Avatar & Sarek) or a concept I think is great (Conundrum, Disaster) but I can't justify their inclusion in a top 20 on the basis of a single great scene or just the concept. So...

20. Tapestry
19. BOBW Pt I
18. Darmok
17. Samaritan Snare
16. Contagion
15. The Nth Degree
14. Captain's Holiday
13. Night Terrors
12. Schisms
11. Future Imperfect

10. Lessons
9. Where Silence Has Lease
8. Home Soil
7. Ethics
6. Yesterday's Enterprise
5. Remember Me
4. Q Who
3. Peak Performance
2. The Chase

1. Arsenal of Freedom

I don't find anything on here too controversial. Samaritan Snare is the biggest surprise. I loved Night Terrors way more than the creative team of STNG does. Contagion is another one of those great 5-star episodes that I just couldn't find a home for, prob even in my top 30. Home Soil is a great episode, I enjoy rewatching it. At one time Arsenal of Freedom was in my top 20, until about the 4th or 5th season.

 

[TrekAlliance92]

In chronological order...

Where No One Has Gone Before
The Battle
11001001
The Arsenal of Freedom
Conspiracy
Where Silence Has Lease
Contagion
Time Squared
Q Who?
The Emissary
Peak Performance
The Survivors
Booby Trap
The Defector
Yesterday's Enterprise
Tin Man
The Best of Both Worlds, Part I
The Best of Both Worlds, Part II
Devil's Due
Timescape

 

[Holdfast]

1. Arsenal of Freedom

I wouldnt list it first, but its nice to finally see some love for this one.

For a long time, The Chase was my favourite, with Arsenal of Freedom somewhere in the top 5. But over the years, I've found Arsenal to be the more rewatchable, and enjoyable episode... just!

... is a great episode, I enjoy rewatching it.

With TNG's original airing so long in the past, that's now my main criteria for choosing favourites. Some of the more established TNG classics that I didn't include, or rated low in the top twenty, were splendid viewing the first time, perhaps even more enjoyable on original airing than some others on my list. But for me, now, it takes that kind of enjoyable rewatchability to still count an episode as a personal favourite.