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Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)

Episode:106
Where No One Has Gone Before

Jack's Rating:
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Warp efficiency tests send the Enterprise traveling far beyond known space, where the crew's imagination takes on real form.

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Stardate: 41263.1
Air Date: 10/26/87
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
One of the episodes I remembered most from the first time it aired. I enjoyed the Traveler character and although I didn't care for Wesley back then, I really enjoy the introduction to his character now. The odd thing is, Wil Wheaton and I are exactly one week apart in age....so I am not sure why I initially disliked Wesley. I guess with age comes wisdom - now I watch and each episode is like a time capsule.

Episode:109
The Battle

Jack's Rating:
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A Ferengi captain returns the abandoned Stargazer to its former captain, Jean-Luc Picard. Picard, who experiences severe headaches, begins to relive the "Battle of Maxia" in which he lost the ship.

Features: The Ferengi
Stardate: 41723.9
Air Date: 11/16/87
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
Admittedly they didn't have the Ferengi worked out when this episode aired, but we can see a glimpse of where they would eventually end up as a Star Trek species. I do enjoy this one a great deal. It's a well told story and very well acted.

Episode:113
Datalore

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The Enterprise crew finds a disassembled android identical to Data at the site of the Omicron Theta colony,?where Data was found,?which was destroyed by a life form dubbed "the Crystalline Entity." The reassembled android, Lore, brings the Crystalline Entity to the Enterprise.

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Stardate: 41242.4
Air Date: 01/18/88
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
An absolute classic. Introducing a second Data - and an evil one at that - makes for a lot of fun throughout the series. I just wish he had used Lore a bit more.

Episode:116
Too Short a Season

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The Enterprise transports a legendary geriatric admiral who must once again negotiate a hostage situation involving a man from decades earlier in his career. The admiral is mysteriously growing younger; by the time the Enterprise arrives he is a young man.

Features:
Stardate: 41309.5
Air Date: 02/08/88
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
While an interesting premise, the episode feels a tad forced. The makeup on the old Jameson was pretty obvious but overall, this one does stand as a classic Trek episode - one we could have seen in the original series for sure.

Episode:120
Heart of Glory

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Fugitive Klingons seeking battle attempt to hijack the Enterprise, and ask Worf to join them.

Features: The Klingons
Stardate: 41503.7
Air Date: 03/21/88
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
Here we have our first look at Klingon culture. TNG really did some amazing things with the Klingons across all seven seasons and you can tell by this episode that the writers really had this species nailed down well.

Episode:201
The Child

Jack's Rating:
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Dr. Pulaski joins the Enterprise while La Forge prepares the Enterprise to transport dangerous plague specimens; Deanna spontaneously becomes pregnant and gives birth to a mysterious child.

Features:
Stardate: 42073.1
Air Date: 11/21/88
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
This has long been one of the episodes I skip during a binge-watch. It's actually a good classic Trek episode, but the kid....man, there is something that makes me cringe with the kid. Oh well, still worth a watch.

Episode:203
Elementary, Dear Data

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After Data easily solves an ordinary Sherlock Holmes holodeck mystery, Geordi asks the computer to make a Holmes villain capable of defeating Data. The resultant Professor Moriarty soon becomes far more powerful than expected.

Features: The Holodeck
Stardate: 42286.3
Air Date: 12/05/88
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
Such a fun episode! Spiner's play as Data doing Holmes is a blast and the overall premise of the episode - a simple misspoken command to the computer - works great.

Episode:208
A Matter of Honor

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Will Riker is assigned to a Klingon vessel via an officer exchange program.

Features: The Klingons
Stardate: 42506.5
Air Date: 02/06/89
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
Man, I love this one. Riker cemented himself as my favorite TNG character with this episode. You can't help but enjoy his banter with the Klingons. Trivia tidbit: the Klingon Captain is played by Christopher Collins who plays the Pakled captain, Grebnedlog in "Samaritan Snare", and who also voiced Cobra Commander and Starscream in the 80s GI Joe and Transformers cartoons.

Episode:210
The Dauphin

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The Enterprise hosts a young world leader and her mysterious chaperone. Wesley soon falls in love with the young leader.

Features:
Stardate: 42568.8
Air Date: 02/20/89
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
I love this one. Sure, the effects might feel rough by today's standards, but the young love story with Wesley really shows off what Wil Wheaton could do.

Episode:216
Q Who?

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Q flings the ship 7,000 light years from Federation space and introduces the crew of the Enterprise to the deadly Borg.

Features: The Borg The Q Entity
Stardate: 42761.3
Air Date: 05/08/89
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
An absolute must watch episode for any new Trek fan. Q, Guinan, The Borg....easily not one to miss.

Episode:219
Manhunt

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Deanna's mother seeks a new husband, and she has her eyes on Picard.

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Stardate: 42859.2
Air Date: 06/19/89
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
Majel Barrett played Lwaxana Troi so well that I almost shudder to see her just like Picard. Honestly, her character shows tremendous growth over the seasons and I really enjoy most of her stories. This one is just silly fun.

Episode:222
Shades of Gray

Jack's Rating:
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Riker is poisoned by an alien plant and, as he lies comatose, he relives various memories of his life serving the Enterprise.

Features:
Stardate: 42976.1
Air Date: 07/17/89
Director: Rob Bowman

Jack's Review
Clip show! Clip show! In all honesty, I skipped this one so much that when I watched it randomly in 2022 it felt like a new episode of TNG. It's a clip show....but still....it's a Star Trek clip show!

Episode:403
Brothers

Jack's Rating:
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Data is summoned by his creator Noonien Soong who is still alive, and they are joined by Lore.

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Stardate: 44085.7
Air Date: 10/08/90
Director: Rob Bowman

 
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