"Parallels"...

[TedShatner10]

When TNG was showing signs of creatively running out of steam in Season Seven after TNG's stunningly successful creative and commercial peak from S3 to S6, that did not mean that is was completely lacking great episodes.

"Parallels" is one such episode, where Worf finds himself leaping from his own reality into many others. It's not TNG's best episode but it's still a very inventive and ambitious episode, with one genuine amazing scene where you see thousands (then potentially millions) of alternate Enterprise-Ds filling up space.

Though RedLetterMedia, in his overblown way, thinks this episode was the worst thing that has ever happened to the franchise (conveniently forgetting the Mirror Universe and the growing scientific plausibility of alternate realities).

 

[indolover]

Parallels was a great episode, but I always liked Firstborn, Attached, Pre-emptive strike, Gambit, Phantasms and Thine Own Self. Season seven to me is like season 2. Good and bad in parts.

 

[Destructor]

I think S7 has quite a few classics, but I think Parallels will always be one of my faves.

 

[You_Will_Fail]

Season 7 benefits from the peak of chemistry between the actors.

 

[bensmalls]

This is the episode that made me a Trekkie.

 

[Shatnertage]

It's a great episode. Good scifi concept, good story, puzzles for the viewer to try to figure out, and good chemistry moments between the cast--lots of little things, like Alternate Riker's "It's been a long time" to Picard. You really feel his loss.

 

[Gojira]

Time travel and alternate reality episodes are my favorites and Parallels is one of the better ones.

 

[TedShatner10]

Season seven to me is like season 2. Good and bad in parts.

On hindsight it's a similar story to DS9's first season and Voyager's sixth season, also TNG had gone on for years by then and that's likely why many of the burned out veteran writers for TNG who went on to VOY (Taylor, Pillar, and Braga) churned out more bland rubbish, nearly killing TNG's successor in its first couple of years.

 

[Willieck]

Another fan here.

(Thinks: where are all the naysayers ?)

 

[RandyS]

Another fan here.

(Thinks: where are all the naysayers ?)

Shhh!! Quiet!

 

[Jack Bauer]

I love this episode. A great sci-fi story. I love time travel and parallel universe stuff.

 

[Mr_Homn]

One of season seven's best.

Seeing worf peak around the corner with that confused look at troi was worth the price of admission alone.

the alternate bridge and wesley as the tactical officer was a great touch too!

Data with blue eyes is cool, too.

 

[Agenda]

I love this episode. It turned me into a Worf/Troi shipper, too.

 

[Gaith]

Haven't seen since I was a kid, but I loved it then, and have seen it on several series best-of lists.

 

[Alrik]

Not quite in my Top 10, but another really good TNG episode.

 

[Rett Mikhal]

I didn't understand why Red Letter Media hated this episode either, considering the fundamentals of it are now what scientists theorize use to explain quirks in physics. At sub-atomic levels, things start to make less sense, and interaction with other dimensions or dimensional shifts are explanations theorized.

 

[TedShatner10]

Because RedLetterMedia is a pretentious nerd and little better than Confused Matthew except with better production values? He kinda missed the point of Qui Gon Jin and Queen Amidala from The Phantom Menace as well.

 

[Destructor]

Because RedLetterMedia is a pretentious nerd and little better than Confused Matthew except with better production values? He kinda missed the point of Qui Gon Jin and Queen Amidala from The Phantom Menace as well.

Are you not in on the joke or something?

 

[CommanderRaytas]

I've never been a Worf/Deanna shipper, but I love this episode. I'm a sucker for alternate reality episodes...especially when it's not the Mirror Universe (although that has its moments, too. Mostly though they're too over the top).

 

[milo bloom]

Another fan.

When Abrams/Orci, et al, we're saying that the writing of Trek XI had shades of Yesterday's Enterprise and Parallels going on, I was definitely excited to hear that. It's odd though to see so many people have issues with the movie's use of an alternate timeline, but these other examples were around for ages before.