“Allegiance” (3×18)
This episode feels oddly low stakes for a story with apparently life and death stakes in both storylines. The threat in the locked room was...
“Power Play” (5×15)
This episode is centered around a creepy premise that feels more like a “Doctor Who” story than a TNG story. But it gives Marina Sirtis...
“Up The Long Ladder” (2×18)
This is a pretty trashy episode that doesn’t hold together particularly well, but I had a good time with it. I love stories about long...
“Who Watches The Watchers” (3×04)
When a Federation “duck blind” suffers a catastrophic power failure, an egregious violation of the Prime Directive occurs, and the primitive locals begin to worship...
“Attached” (7×08)
While Kirk was out there banging every species of female he came into contact with, Picard has generally lived a more monastic existence: For him,...
“Descent” (6×26 & 7×01)
This two-parter, which closed out Season 6 and kicked off Season 7, is ambitious to a fault. There’s a lot that doesn’t work, but there’s...