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

[RAMA]

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.

The episode that I usually dig through my disks to watch again is The Chase (as opposed to being lazy and dvring them off the tv)...letting the pieces of the puzzle fall into place, watching Picard walk into the dark observation lounge, the Kurlan naiskos, Prof Galen suddenly be attacked...the scene where Geordi tells Picard and Crusher the mathematical pattern is a DNA based algorithm still sends chills down my spine.

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!

I enjoy lists...its neat to see how they can change over the years. Mine has stayed pretty stable for both TOS and STNG though since the end of the series.

 

[Ashlynn Pierce]

20) Timescape
19) The First Duty
18) Preemptive Strike
17) Arsenal of Freedom
16) The Big Goodbye
15) The Inner Light
14) Attached
13) The Perfect Mate
12) Remember Me
11) Q Who

10) The Wounded
9) All Good Things
8) Half a Life
7) Haven
6) Tapestry
5) The Best of Both Worlds I
4) Captain's Holiday
3) Redmption II
2) Yesterday's Enterprise
1) The Next Phase

 

[Mojochi]

No particular order

The Wounded
The Defector
The Offspring
The Pegasus
The Drumhead
The Inner Light
The Best Of Both Worlds
The Most Toys
Brothers
Clues
Sarek
Schisms
Redemption
Unification
Cause & Effect
I Borg
Chain Of Command
Deja Q
Q Who
Lower Decks

I'm a sucker for a good guest actor, which a large number of these were chosen for that reason

 

[WesleyCrusher07]

I can think of 20 episodes that I totally like:

1. Man of the People
2. Justice
3. Journey's End
4. Remember Me
5. The Final Mission
6. Sarek
7. Best of Both Worlds Parts One and Two
8. The Game
9. Hide and Q
10. All Good things Parts one and two
11. Skin of Evil
12. Menage Troi
13. Yesterday's Enterprise
14. Where No One has gone before
15. Family
16. The First Duty
17. Cause and Effect
18. The Most Toys
19. The Dauphin
20. The Bonding

This list is not in any order what so ever, but I like those episodes.

 

[Supernuke]

I'm sure I'm going to forget something but here it goes. These are in no particular order:

1. Best of Both Worlds 1+2
2. Frame of Mind
3. Yesterday's Enterprise
4. Who Watches the Watchers?
5. Clues
6. All Good Things
7. The Defector
8. The First Duty
9. Ensign Ro
10. Conundrum
11. Disaster
12. Future Imperfect
13. First Contact
14. Brothers
15. I, Borg
16. Timescape
17. The Next Phase
18. Q Who
19. The Inner Light
20. Darmok/The Drumhead/ The Wounded (Couldn't Choose)

 

[janedoh]

My top 20 (in no particular order):

1. Conspiracy
2. Best of Both Worlds I and II
4. Gambit I and II
6. A Matter of Honor
7. Disaster (I just love Riker walking around with Data's head!)
8. Frame of Mind
9. Measure of a Man
10.The Pegasus
11.First Contact
12.Schisms (it creeps me out at times)
13.Hollow Pursuits (it makes me laugh)
14.Violations
15.Unification I (didn't like the conclusion, though)
16.Yesterday's Enterprise
17.Chain of Command I and II
19.Q Who (may favorite Q episode)
20.Qpid (a guilty pleasure, since the episode isn't really very good)

Bonus for people who count the two-parters as one episode: The Loss, Starship Mine, Peak Performance

 

[indolover]

The Wounded
Sins of the Father
Booby Trap
The Arsenal of Freedom
The Drumhead
Chain of Command
Parallels
Darmok
Rightful Heir (best Klingon ep in the series IMO)
Captain's Holiday
The High Ground
Birthright
Tapestry
Time's Arrow
The Chase
Best of Both Worlds
The Neutral Zone
Sarek
Family
A Fistful of Datas

 

[Trekker4747]

Trekker's Top 20:


20: The Inner Light
19: Final Mission
18: Remember Me
17: Galaxy's Child
16: Darmok
15: Disaster
14: I, Borg
13: Family
12: Cause and Effect
10: Redemption: Part 1/2 (Tie)
09: The Drumhead
08: Booby Trap
07: The Defector
06: Who Watches the Watchers?
05: All Good Things...
04: Yeterday's Enterprise
03: Measure of a Man
02: Best of Both Worlds: Part 2
01: Best of Both Worlds: Part I

 

[RAMA]

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.

Ok so which several make you feel best?

"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...

I felt this was too much of a "fantasy" element.

RAMA

 

[BillJ]

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.

Ok so which several make you feel best?

"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...

I felt this was too much of a "fantasy" element?

RAMA

But a machine that can take you apart at the molecular level then reassemble you thousands of miles away with no receiver isn't?

 

[BillJ]

"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...

While it didn't make my personal Top 20... it's definitely Top 30 material.

 

[RAMA]

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.

Ok so which several make you feel best?

"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...

I felt this was too much of a "fantasy" element?

RAMA

But a machine that can take you apart at the molecular level then reassemble you thousands of miles away with no receiver isn't?

Well at the very least quantum teleportation has been accomplished in the lab on a small scale....but physically embodying a relative concept throughout myriads of species??? Would a race of "Titans" even be able to do such a thing?? Just smacks too much of a horror film like Event Horizon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_teleportation

RAMA

 

[Alrik]

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?

Not at all. I'm in the 'never met an episode of TNG I couldn't watch' camp. My Top 20 changes daily.

 

[Shatnertage]

In chronological rather than quality order:

1. The Schizoid Man
2. The Emissary
3. The Survivors
4. The Defector
5. Yesterday's Enterprise
6. Sins of the Father
7. Tin Man
8. The Most Toys
9. Sarek
10. Hollow Pursuits
11. Future Imperfect
12. Clues
13. A Matter of Time
14. Conundrum
15. Cause and Effect
16. The Inner Light
17. Relics
18. Tapestry
19. Parallels
20. Lower Decks

 

[Chris_Johnston]

1. Yesterday's Enterprise
2. Best of Both Worlds
3. The Inner Light
4. Relics
5. Tapestry
6. All Good Things...
7. The Measure of a Man
8. Sins of the Father
9. First Contact
10. The First Duty
11. Chain of Command
12. Sarek
13. Unification
14. Parallels
15. Q Who
16. The Neutral Zone
17. Identity Crisis
18. Cause and Effect
19. The Next Phase
20. The Game

(I count two-part episodes as a single story)

 

[Reeborg]

Re: My personal top 20 list of best (underrated) episodes???

In chronological order:

Hide and Q (best of season 1)
Symbiosis (I really like this one)
The Schizoid Man
Unnatural Selection
The Royale
Booby Trap
The Hunted
Hollow Pursuits
Night Terrors (very good indeed)
Half a Life
In Theory
The Game
Hero Worship (great)
True Q
Ship in a Bottle
Lessons (even better than already recognized for)
Descent, Part I
Phantasms
Masks (YES)
Genesis (cool)

 

[Satyrquaze]

My Top 20 in chronological order...

1. The Neutral Zone
2. The Measure of a Man
3. Contagion
4. Time Squared
5. Q Who
6. The Defector
7. Deja Q
8. Yesterday’s Enterprise
9. Tin Man
10. The Best of Both Worlds I
11. The Best of Both Worlds II
12. Brothers
13. Data’s Day
14. The Wounded
15. Devil’s Due
16. Cause and Effect
17. The Inner Light
18. Relics
19. Face of the Enemy
20. The Pegasus

 

[Mr_Homn]

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.

I wholeheartedly agree

"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...

I wholeheartedly agree. Badass concept art btw. Any more like it?

 

[KirkPicard]

A daunting task, as TNG is on equal ground with TOS as the best Trek series, in my personal opinion but here is my preliminary list.

1 Where No One Has Gone Before
2 The Arsenal of Freedom
3 The Measure of a Man
4 Contagion
5 Q Who?
6 Deja Q
7 Yesterday's Enterprise
8 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1
9 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
10 The Nth Degree
11 Connundrum
12 Cause and Effect
13 Relics
14 Chain of Command
15 Chain of Command, Part II
16 Tapestry
17 Starship Mine
18 The Pegasus
19/20 All Good Things...

 

[RAMA]

A daunting task, as TNG is on equal ground with TOS as the best Trek series, in my personal opinion but here is my preliminary list.

1 Where No One Has Gone Before
2 The Arsenal of Freedom
3 The Measure of a Man
4 Contagion
5 Q Who?
6 Deja Q
7 Yesterday's Enterprise
8 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1
9 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
10 The Nth Degree
11 Conundrum
12 Cause and Effect
13 Relics
14 Chain of Command
15 Chain of Command, Part II
16 Tapestry
17 Starship Mine
18 The Pegasus
19/20 All Good Things...

Some good stuff there.