Episode:209
The Measure of a Man

Jack's Rating:

When Data refuses orders to be dismantled for research purposes, a hearing is convened to determine if he is a legal citizen or property of the Federation.

Features:
Stardate: 42523.7
Air Date: 02/13/89
Director: Robert Scheerer

Jack's Review
Worthy of my list of Top 5 episodes of TNG, easily. An amazing courtroom drama with loads of emotion, sentiment, and some downright incredible acting from Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Amanda McBroom, and Brian Brophy. This episode was used as the premise for the first season of "Picard", but that season really went off the rails. Thankfully, even after that train wreck, this episode still stands as one of the best Trek episodes of all time.

Episode:221
Peak Performance

Jack's Rating:

The Enterprise and USS Hathaway face off in simulated combat maneuvers. Data fails to beat a humanoid at a game of Strategema.

Features: The Ferengi
Stardate: 42923.4
Air Date: 07/10/89
Director: Robert Scheerer

Jack's Review
This one is right up at the top of the episodes of TNG that I absolutely love. It contains perhaps the single best Picard quote in the entire series, as well as one of the best endings. The upbeat end on a freeze-frame is just perfect classic TV.

Episode:308
The Price

Jack's Rating:

Troi falls in love with a charismatic negotiator who vies for rights to a wormhole. But several different groups are after the wormhole as it may be the only known stable wormhole in existence.

Features: The Ferengi
Stardate: 43385.6
Air Date: 11/13/89
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:310
The Defector

Jack's Rating:

Determined to avert a war, a Romulan officer defects to warn Picard of his Empire's invasion plans.

Features: The Romulans
Stardate: 43462.5
Air Date: 01/01/90
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:320
Tin Man

Jack's Rating:

A gifted telepath whom Deanna Troi once treated as a patient comes aboard to establish first contact with an unknown vessel near an unstable star before the Romulans do.

Features: The Romulans
Stardate: 43779.3
Air Date: 04/23/90
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:406
Legacy

Jack's Rating:

Tasha Yar's sister Ishara seeks to restore order on their conflict-ridden colony world.

Features:
Stardate: 44215.2
Air Date: 10/29/90
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:510
New Ground

Jack's Rating:

Worf tries to be a father to his son, Alexander, while the Enterprise helps to test a new propulsion technology.

Features:
Stardate: 45376.3
Air Date: 01/06/92
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:517
The Outcast

Jack's Rating:

Riker falls in love with an androgynous person after rescuing some others trapped in "null space."

Features:
Stardate: 45614.6
Air Date: 03/16/92
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:606
True Q

Jack's Rating:

Q reveals a secret about a young woman from Kansas who is visiting the Enterprise.

Features: The Q Entity
Stardate: 46192.3
Air Date: 10/26/92
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:610
Chain of Command (Part I)

Jack's Rating:

Captain Jellico is assigned command of the Enterprise, while Picard is sent on a covert mission into Cardassian territory.

Features:
Stardate: 46357.4
Air Date: 12/14/92
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:710
Inheritance

Jack's Rating:

Data encounters a woman claiming to be his "mother".

Features:
Stardate: 47410.2
Air Date: 11/22/93
Director: Robert Scheerer