Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987 - 1994)

31 best episodes + 45 for added fun + 1 good movie + 1 for added fun

Best episodes based on:
Jammer's reviews http://www.jammersreviews.com/st-tng/
Max Temkin's recommendations https://medium.com/maxistentialism-blog/star-trek-the-next-generation-in-40-hours-c4a6762cbd3
IMDB user ranking http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/epvote?ref_=ttep_ql_5
Tuomo Sipola's personal preference (so many fun episodes still left out)

Episodes in parentheses () are additions that help with the different story arcs.
Especially S02E20 The Emissary and S04E07 Reunion are relevant to Redemption.
The tags show the different arcs and episode moods, and may contain spoilers.

 S01
(S01E01 Encounter at Farpoint)			Classic Scifi, Q, Picard
(S01E01 Encounter at Farpoint (cont'd))		Classic Scifi, Q, Picard
(S01E03 The Naked Now)				Classic Scifi, Romance, Data
(S01E10 Hide and Q)				Q, Riker
(S01E12 The Big Goodbye)			Picard, Data, Holodeck
(S01E13 Datalore)				Data, Lore
(S01E15 11001001)				Holodeck, Riker
(S01E19 Coming of Age)				Wesley, Starfleet
(S01E20 Heart of Glory)				Worf, Klingon
(S01E24 We'll Always Have Paris)		Picard, Romance, Time Paradox
(S01E25 Conspiracy)				Starfleet, Riker
(S01E26 The Neutral Zone)			Classic Scifi, Romulan

 S02
(S02E03 Elementary, Dear Data)			Holodeck, Data, Moriarty
 S02E08 A Matter of Honor			Klingon, Riker
 S02E09 The Measure of a Man			Data
 S02E16 Q Who					Q, Borg, Guinan
(S02E20 The Emissary)				Klingon, Worf, Romance, K'Ehleyr

 S03
(S03E03 The Survivors)				Classic Scifi
(S03E02 The Ensigns of Command)			Data, Classic Scifi
(S03E04 Who Watches the Watchers)		Riker, Troi, Starfleet
(S03E07 The Enemy)				Romulan, LaForge
 S03E10 The Defector				Romulan
 S03E13 Déjà Q					Q, Guinan
 S03E15 Yesterday's Enterprise			Alternate Reality, Time Paradox, Guinan
 S03E16 The Offspring				Data
 S03E17 Sins of the Father			Klingon, Worf, Picard
(S03E19 Captain's Holiday)			Picard, Romance, Vash, Ferengi, Time Paradox
(S03E21 Hollow Pursuits)			Barclay, Holodeck, Troi
(S03E22 The Most Toys)				Classic Scifi, Data
(S03E23 Sarek)					Picard, Vulcan
(S03E24 Ménage à Troi)				Ferengi, Farce, Troi
 S03E26 The Best of Both Worlds, Part I		Borg, Picard, Guinan

 S04
 S04E01 The Best of Both Worlds, Part II	Borg, Picard, Guinan
(S04E02 Family)					Picard, Borg, Worf
(S04E03 Brothers)				Data, Lore
(S04E07 Reunion)				Klingon, Worf, Romance, K'Ehleyr
(S04E08 Future Imperfect)			Riker, Holodeck
(S04E11 Data's Day)				Data, Romulan, O'Brien
(S04E12 The Wounded)				Cardassian, O'Brien
(S04E15 First Contact)				Riker
(S04E19 The Nth Degree)				Barclay, Troi
(S04E20 Qpid)					Robin Hood, Q, Picard, Vash
 S04E21 The Drumhead				Picard, Starfleet, Romulan
(S04E24 The Mind's Eye)				Romulan, Klingon, Worf, LaForge
(S04E25 In Theory)				Data, Romance
 S04E26 Redemption, Part I			Klingon, Romulan, Worf, Picard, Guinan

 S05
 S05E01 Redemption, Part II			Klingon, Romulan, Worf, Picard, Guinan
 S05E02 Darmok					Picard
(S05E03 Ensign Ro)				Cardassian, Bajoran, Picard, Ro
(S05E07 Unification, Part I)			Romulan, Vulcan, Klingon, Picard, Data
(S05E08 Unification, Part II)			Romulan, Vulcan, Picard, Data
(S05E11 Hero Worship)				Data
 S05E18 Cause and Effect			Time Paradox, Ro
 S05E19 The First Duty				Picard, Starfleet, Sito
(S05E21 The Perfect Mate)			Picard, Romance, Ferengi
 S05E23 I, Borg					Borg, Guinan
 S05E24 The Next Phase				Romulan, Ro, LaForge
 S05E25 The Inner Light				Picard
 S05E26 Time's Arrow, Part I			Time Paradox, Data, Guinan

 S06
 S06E01 Time's Arrow, Part II			Time Paradox, Data, Guinan
(S06E02 Realm of Fear)				Barclay, Troi
(S06E04 Relics)					TOS
(S06E06 True Q)					Q
(S06E08 A Fistful of Datas)			Holodeck, Western, Worf, Data, Troi
 S06E10 Chain of Command, Part I		Cardassian, Picard, Ferengi
 S06E11 Chain of Command, Part II		Cardassian, Picard
 S06E12 Ship in a Bottle			Holodeck, Moriarty, Data, Picard, Barclay
(S06E14 Face of the Enemy)			Romulan, Troi
 S06E15 Tapestry				Q, Picard, Time Paradox
 S06E21 Frame of Mind				Riker
(S06E24 Second Chances)				Riker
 S06E25 Timescape				Time Paradox, Picard, Data, LaForge, Troi
(S06E26 Descent, Part I)			Borg, Data, Lore

 S07
(S07E01 Descent, Part II)			Borg, Data, Lore
 S07E11 Parallels				Alternate Reality, Worf, Troi, Romance
 S07E12 The Pegasus				Romulan, Starfleet, Riker
 S07E15 Lower Decks				Starfleet, Cardassian, Bajoran, Sito
(S07E16 Thine Own Self)				Data, Troi
(S07E24 Preemptive Strike)			Cardassian, Bajoran, Picard, Ro
 S07E25 All Good Things...			Q, Picard, Time Paradox, Romulan
 S07E26 All Good Things... (cont'd)		Q, Picard, Time Paradox, Romulan

(MOVIE1 Star Trek Generations)			Picard, Kirk, Guinan, Klingon, Time Paradox
 MOVIE2 Star Trek: First Contact		Borg, Picard, Time Paradox, Vulcan

2017-09-06