boldly going where no one had gone
before these are the episodes that
refused to let history forget the name
enterprise welcome to the enterprise
commander riker welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten Star Trek The Next
Generation episodes welcome aboard
for this list we’ll be looking at
memorable episodes of the television
series and not the later feature films
and yes you can expect some spoilers
ahead we’ve no fear what the true facts
about his will reveal number 10
encounter at Farpoint and if you were
truly civilized captain wouldn’t you be
doing something about the casualties
happening down there on the enterprise
DS maiden voyage
Captain Picard is sent to collect his
senior officers including a baby-faced
Will Riker at a new and mysterious
outpost sounds simple enough until the
captain and humanity at large is put on
trial by the godlike queue you will now
answer to the charge of being a
grievously savage race grievously savage
could mean anything
with strong female roles a blind
navigator and an Android third officer
this feature-length episode proved that
the next generation would truly be a
brave new world
let’s see what’s out there
engage number nine the measure of a man
the Betts will indicate the relative
strength of each hand time to pluck a
pigeon data’s rights and freedoms are
threatened when a cyberneticist visits
the ship and was the sole member of the
committee to oppose my entrance on the
grounds that I was not a sentient being
viewing the Android as Starfleet
property commander Maddox has orders not
only to reassign data but also to
disassemble him when he refuses the
question of data sentience is put on
trial with an unwilling Riker as
prosecutor I see I have no choice but to
agree good and I expect you to do your
duty in that courtroom if I find for one
minute that you are not doing your best
I will end this then in there although
the first officer successfully proves
data is a machine the captain’s
passionate defense proves he’s a living
one Starfleet was founded to seek out
new life well there it says waiting
number eight chain of command you should
prove an interesting challenge possibly
the most interesting to come through
that door in many years caught behind
enemy lines on a failed reconnaissance
mission Picard is detained and tortured
by a sadistic Cardassian interrogator
you would enjoy no privilege of rank the
privileges of person
from now on I will refer to you only as
Shawn the resulting two-parter is a
shear acting tour de force from Patrick
Stewart my god stop it
rather turn this on and leave you in
agony all night haha who called me begod
shackled starved and mostly naked
the captain refuses to give in to his
captor even for the promise of his
survival a supporter of Amnesty
International Stewart prepared for his
scenes by watching film footage provided
by the organisation must be rewarding
tuned to repay others for all those
years of misery
what do you mean torture has never been
a reliable means of extracting
information number 7 Elementary dear
data o most unusual to prove that he too
can solve a homestyle whodunit Geordi
asks the holodeck to create an adversary
capable of defeating data
all right data you solve the cases and
get all the gifts what do I do primarily
as dr. Watson
you will keep a written record of
everything I say and do but the Moriarty
hologram becomes self-aware obtains
flight control of the ship and demands
to be freed from the program I am
understanding more and more and I am
able to use the power at my fingertips
despite the episodes popularity legal
issues with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s
estate ultimately kept this hollow
sleuth at bay until he reappeared and
ship-in-a-bottle four years later it’s
gone beyond that little game mr. data
and you’ll note I no longer call you
Holmes number six all good things
how long has it been nine years no no no
since you last called me captain since
we were all together on the enterprise
in a clever book end to the series cue
resumes the trial he began at Farpoint
Piccard sporadically jumps from his
present to 25 years into his future to
seven years into the past
in an effort to solve a mystery that
threatens humanity I’m moving back and
forth through time by replicating and
revisiting the show’s early days the
episode has a natural sense of nostalgia
that is the exploration that awaits you
mop mapping stars study nebula but
charting the unknown possibilities of
existence and the captain’s trips to the
future assured fans that the characters
would live on after the credits rolled
on this its final episode that’s so why
do you look as if you just signed my
death sentence number five the inner
light increase speed dope captain it’s
alright
and I’ve gotcha after being struck by an
alien probe Picard awakens on an alien
planet and proceeds to live an entire
lifetime
among its long dead civilization finds a
sense of belonging learns the flute and
even raises a family which includes
Patrick Stewart’s own son Daniel thank
you Father
and these memories stay with the
Starfleet captain long after he’s
revived avoiding most of Trek
science-fiction trappings this low-tech
episode is notable for its lasting
changes on Picard’s already multifaceted
persona
number four tapestry the bio regulator
of his artificial heart has been fused
he’s got liver and Spain damaged due to
complications with his artificial heart
Captain Picard is killed on an away
mission welcome to the afterlife
jean-luc you’re dead
in an afterlife run by Q Johnny has
granted the chance to tame his
surprisingly wild younger self and avoid
the bar fight that cost him his real
heart
finding himself alive but with nothing
much to live for
picard learns it was his willingness to
take risks that made him who he was what
did you say I said you are a coward so I
thought you said number three
yesterday’s enterprise civil right it’s
changed when the enterprise-c
emerges from a temporal rift history
changes around it the enterprise-d with
an alive Tasha Yar at tactical is now
locked in a losing war with the Klingons
you may not like the future it’s been a
long war the Federation is lost more
than half a star slayed to the Klingons
based on guidance intuitions about the
timeline a conflicted Picard chooses to
send the misplaced ship back but he
grants yarra transfer which allows her a
more meaningful death and sets the stage
for Denise Crosby’s return as the half
Romulan body commander Sela Tasha
no captain my name is commander Sela
the woman you knew as Tasha Yar was my
mother
number two q who the Romulans the
Klingons they’re nothing compared to
what’s waiting usually content with some
mischief and the occasional trial hue
change Trek as we knew it his third time
on the show with a trademark snap of his
fingers we’ll just have to see how ready
you are joke warning Picard that
humanity wasn’t ready for the dangers of
the universe our favorite demigod brings
the enterprise face to face with the
Borg why why to give you a taste of your
future genuinely menacing unemotional
and unstoppable the collective proves to
be the deadly foe the Ferengi were not
the type of laser beam is slicing into
the saucer section carving us up like a
roast before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
– Romulan warships unclogging
number one the best of both worlds we
have engaged the bold engaging with a
lone Borg cube on course to earth
Captain Picard is abducted and
assimilated into Locutus
forced into command Riker rises to the
occasion by fighting an unbeatable enemy
armed with intimate Starfleet knowledge
I am Locutus of Borg resistance is
futile although much of the action
occurs off screen the damage rippled
throughout the series and set the
foundation and tone for Star Trek first
contact as well as the pilot episode of
Deep Space nine how do you feel almost
human do you agree with our list what’s
your favorite episode of the next
generation
for more engaging top 10s published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com 9i sir page
before these are the episodes that
refused to let history forget the name
enterprise welcome to the enterprise
commander riker welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten Star Trek The Next
Generation episodes welcome aboard
for this list we’ll be looking at
memorable episodes of the television
series and not the later feature films
and yes you can expect some spoilers
ahead we’ve no fear what the true facts
about his will reveal number 10
encounter at Farpoint and if you were
truly civilized captain wouldn’t you be
doing something about the casualties
happening down there on the enterprise
DS maiden voyage
Captain Picard is sent to collect his
senior officers including a baby-faced
Will Riker at a new and mysterious
outpost sounds simple enough until the
captain and humanity at large is put on
trial by the godlike queue you will now
answer to the charge of being a
grievously savage race grievously savage
could mean anything
with strong female roles a blind
navigator and an Android third officer
this feature-length episode proved that
the next generation would truly be a
brave new world
let’s see what’s out there
engage number nine the measure of a man
the Betts will indicate the relative
strength of each hand time to pluck a
pigeon data’s rights and freedoms are
threatened when a cyberneticist visits
the ship and was the sole member of the
committee to oppose my entrance on the
grounds that I was not a sentient being
viewing the Android as Starfleet
property commander Maddox has orders not
only to reassign data but also to
disassemble him when he refuses the
question of data sentience is put on
trial with an unwilling Riker as
prosecutor I see I have no choice but to
agree good and I expect you to do your
duty in that courtroom if I find for one
minute that you are not doing your best
I will end this then in there although
the first officer successfully proves
data is a machine the captain’s
passionate defense proves he’s a living
one Starfleet was founded to seek out
new life well there it says waiting
number eight chain of command you should
prove an interesting challenge possibly
the most interesting to come through
that door in many years caught behind
enemy lines on a failed reconnaissance
mission Picard is detained and tortured
by a sadistic Cardassian interrogator
you would enjoy no privilege of rank the
privileges of person
from now on I will refer to you only as
Shawn the resulting two-parter is a
shear acting tour de force from Patrick
Stewart my god stop it
rather turn this on and leave you in
agony all night haha who called me begod
shackled starved and mostly naked
the captain refuses to give in to his
captor even for the promise of his
survival a supporter of Amnesty
International Stewart prepared for his
scenes by watching film footage provided
by the organisation must be rewarding
tuned to repay others for all those
years of misery
what do you mean torture has never been
a reliable means of extracting
information number 7 Elementary dear
data o most unusual to prove that he too
can solve a homestyle whodunit Geordi
asks the holodeck to create an adversary
capable of defeating data
all right data you solve the cases and
get all the gifts what do I do primarily
as dr. Watson
you will keep a written record of
everything I say and do but the Moriarty
hologram becomes self-aware obtains
flight control of the ship and demands
to be freed from the program I am
understanding more and more and I am
able to use the power at my fingertips
despite the episodes popularity legal
issues with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s
estate ultimately kept this hollow
sleuth at bay until he reappeared and
ship-in-a-bottle four years later it’s
gone beyond that little game mr. data
and you’ll note I no longer call you
Holmes number six all good things
how long has it been nine years no no no
since you last called me captain since
we were all together on the enterprise
in a clever book end to the series cue
resumes the trial he began at Farpoint
Piccard sporadically jumps from his
present to 25 years into his future to
seven years into the past
in an effort to solve a mystery that
threatens humanity I’m moving back and
forth through time by replicating and
revisiting the show’s early days the
episode has a natural sense of nostalgia
that is the exploration that awaits you
mop mapping stars study nebula but
charting the unknown possibilities of
existence and the captain’s trips to the
future assured fans that the characters
would live on after the credits rolled
on this its final episode that’s so why
do you look as if you just signed my
death sentence number five the inner
light increase speed dope captain it’s
alright
and I’ve gotcha after being struck by an
alien probe Picard awakens on an alien
planet and proceeds to live an entire
lifetime
among its long dead civilization finds a
sense of belonging learns the flute and
even raises a family which includes
Patrick Stewart’s own son Daniel thank
you Father
and these memories stay with the
Starfleet captain long after he’s
revived avoiding most of Trek
science-fiction trappings this low-tech
episode is notable for its lasting
changes on Picard’s already multifaceted
persona
number four tapestry the bio regulator
of his artificial heart has been fused
he’s got liver and Spain damaged due to
complications with his artificial heart
Captain Picard is killed on an away
mission welcome to the afterlife
jean-luc you’re dead
in an afterlife run by Q Johnny has
granted the chance to tame his
surprisingly wild younger self and avoid
the bar fight that cost him his real
heart
finding himself alive but with nothing
much to live for
picard learns it was his willingness to
take risks that made him who he was what
did you say I said you are a coward so I
thought you said number three
yesterday’s enterprise civil right it’s
changed when the enterprise-c
emerges from a temporal rift history
changes around it the enterprise-d with
an alive Tasha Yar at tactical is now
locked in a losing war with the Klingons
you may not like the future it’s been a
long war the Federation is lost more
than half a star slayed to the Klingons
based on guidance intuitions about the
timeline a conflicted Picard chooses to
send the misplaced ship back but he
grants yarra transfer which allows her a
more meaningful death and sets the stage
for Denise Crosby’s return as the half
Romulan body commander Sela Tasha
no captain my name is commander Sela
the woman you knew as Tasha Yar was my
mother
number two q who the Romulans the
Klingons they’re nothing compared to
what’s waiting usually content with some
mischief and the occasional trial hue
change Trek as we knew it his third time
on the show with a trademark snap of his
fingers we’ll just have to see how ready
you are joke warning Picard that
humanity wasn’t ready for the dangers of
the universe our favorite demigod brings
the enterprise face to face with the
Borg why why to give you a taste of your
future genuinely menacing unemotional
and unstoppable the collective proves to
be the deadly foe the Ferengi were not
the type of laser beam is slicing into
the saucer section carving us up like a
roast before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
– Romulan warships unclogging
number one the best of both worlds we
have engaged the bold engaging with a
lone Borg cube on course to earth
Captain Picard is abducted and
assimilated into Locutus
forced into command Riker rises to the
occasion by fighting an unbeatable enemy
armed with intimate Starfleet knowledge
I am Locutus of Borg resistance is
futile although much of the action
occurs off screen the damage rippled
throughout the series and set the
foundation and tone for Star Trek first
contact as well as the pilot episode of
Deep Space nine how do you feel almost
human do you agree with our list what’s
your favorite episode of the next
generation
for more engaging top 10s published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com 9i sir page
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