The More You Drive, The Less Intelligent You Are
Season five, episode five. Aired Oct. 21, 1991. The Enterprise collides with a quantum filament and now the crew is cut off from each other and the ship is in trouble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Disaster_(episode)
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-disaster-the-game-1798167497
Season five, episode two. Aired Sept. 30, 1991. Shaka, when the walls fell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmok
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Darmok_(episode)
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-redemption-part-two-1798167314
Two-parter. End of season four, start of season five. June 17 and Sept. 23 1991. Klingon civil war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemption_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Redemption_(episode)
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-redemption-part-1-1798167236
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-redemption-part-two-1798167314
Season four, episode 24. Aired May 27, 1991. Geordi has been brainwashed by the Romulans. The Manchurian Candidate remake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind%27s_Eye_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mind%27s_Eye_(episode)
Season four, episode 20. Aired April 22, 1991. Q returns and sends the crew to Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood and his merry men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qpid
Season four, episode 15. Aired Feb. 18, 1991. Bebe Neuwirth. Riker is injured on a mission disguised as an alien.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Contact_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-clues-first-contact-1798166908
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/First_Contact_(episode)
Season four, episode 14. Aired Feb. 11, 1991. Dixon Hill, private investigator returns. A wormhole has resulted in lost time. Looks like we have another mystery on our hands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clues_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-clues-first-contact-1798166908
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Clues_(episode)
Season four, episode 13. Aired February 4, 1991. Duel with the devil. Devil's day on Observation Deck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Due_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Devil%27s_Due_(episode)
Season three, episode 26 and season four, episode one. Resistance is futile. Picard and the Borg. A fan favorite and one of the highest rated episodes on IMDb with a 9.3 and 9.2 respectively.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-best-worlds-saved-star-trek-1299502/
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/revisiting-star-trek-tng-best-of-both-worlds/
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-transfigurations-the-1798166417
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-best-of-both-world-1798166496
Season three, episode 22. Saul Rubinek. Data is kidnapped by an unscrupulous collector. The book Cadillac Jack by Larry McMurtry, he knew a collector that had a room with unique objects, but nobody had ever seen them or knew what they were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Toys
Season three, ep. 14. Aired Feb. 12, 1990. I had no choice but to choose this episode because I just watched a Magnum, P.I. with a Rashomon theme this week. Here Riker is accused of murder and everyone has a different story about what happened.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Perspective
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-deja-q-a-matter-of-p-1798165928
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A_Matter_of_Perspective_(episode)
Season three, episode 13. Aired Feb. 5, 1990. One of the highest IMDb ratings of season three. Top three of that season. John de Lancie, Corbin Bernsen. Q returns stripped of his powers. And his clothes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deja_Q
IMDb Trivia:
After several unsuccessful attempts by director Les Landau to film Q's nude scene without forcing the actor to actually be naked, a frustrated John de Lancie finally asked anyone offended by nudity to leave, stripped down, and filmed the scene in one take.
Season three, episode 11. Jan. 8, 1990. One of my favorites. Jeff McCarthy, James Cromwell. I like Data's reaction to Roga Danar's unusual tactics. Another episode not beloved by the other watchers. Den of Geek has this marked as "skip." This one has something in common with the Kurt Russell movie Soldier. A man conditioned to kill but what do you do with him once the war is over?
Commander William T. Riker: Status report, Mr. Data.
Lt. Commander Data: I am afraid the prisoner has eluded us, sir.
Capt. Picard: [incredulous] Eluded the Enterprise?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunted_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-hunted-the-high-1798165874
Season three, episode six. Oct. 30, 1989. Some of these season three eps. I remember well, and some I don't. This one I don't. Geordi to the rescue according to the Ernie Anderson promo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby_Trap_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Booby_Trap_(episode)
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-bonding-booby-tr-1798165698
Season three, episode two. From Oct. 2, 1989. I move for no man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ensigns_of_Command
Season two, episode 11. Thalmus Rasulala. Poorly reviewed by some of the revisitors but a decent IMDb rating and I liked it. One scene made me laugh out loud when Picard says "Welcome to the bridge, Mr. La Forge." From March 20, 1989.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contagion_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
Keith R.A. DeCandido of Tor.com rated the episode 4 out of 10. Den of Geek gave the episode a negative review and recommend skipping it.
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-dauphin-contagio-1798165535
Season two, episode twelve. I use the IMDb ratings when rewatching TNG to separate the fan favorites from the duds. This one is relatively low rated but a favorite of mine. Stuck in a bad novel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royale
https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-dauphin-contagio-1798165535
Season two, episode three. Sherlock Holmes. Aired December 5, 1988. Nominated for two Emmys.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary,_Dear_Data
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/revisiting-star-trek-tng-elementary-dear-data/
Season one, episode 12. Dixon Hill, Private Investigator. Aired Jan. 11, 1988. IMDb has this episode listed as number eleven and says it aired Jan. 9. Lawrence Tierney, Dick Miller.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708787/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Goodbye
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/revisiting-star-trek-tng-the-big-goodbye/
