Listmania! - Part V

Subject: my favourite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation

There are presented in chronological order, with brief descriptions alongside to help those who don’t recognize the episode by title alone.

“Conspiracy” - The strange behavior of high-ranking officers leads Picard to uncover a conspiracy within Starfleet
“The Neutral Zone” - A derelict satellite is found with cryogenically frozen humans aboard as the Enterprise is sent to investigate the destruction of outposts near Romulan space
“The Measure of a Man” - Data is put on trial to determine if he is a private citizen or Federation property
“Contagion” - A dangerous Iconian computer virus runs rampant through the Enterprise after causing the destruction of the Yamato, her sister ship
“The Emissary” - Worf's former flame K’Ehleyr comes to the Enterprise to help deal with a Klingon sleeper ship
“Peak Performance” – The crew participates in a simulated combat exercise with another Federation starship, but the battle becomes all too real when the Ferengi intervene
“Booby Trap” - The Enterprise falls victim to an ancient booby trap set to snare starships
“The Enemy” - Geordi is trapped on Galorndon Core with a hostile Romulan, and the two must work together to survive
“The Defector” - Determined to avert a war, a Romulan admiral defects to warn Starfleet of his Empire's invasion plans
“Yesterday’s Enterprise” - An encounter with the Enterprise-C causes a shift in reality - and the return of the deceased Tasha Yar
“Sins of the Father” - Worf goes on trial to prove his father's innocence of treason against the Klingon Empire
“Tin Man” - A gifted but troubled telepath comes aboard to establish first contact with an unknown vessel in proximity of an unstable star before the Romulans do
“Sarek” - The Enterprise hosts Vulcan ambassador Sarek, but his deteriorating mental health causes unforeseen problems
“The Best of Both Worlds” – The two-parter involving the Borg invasion of Earth, Picard’s capture and forced assimilation by the enemy, and the crew’s efforts to rescue their captain and save the Federation from destruction
“Family” - Picard goes home to France to visit his family and Worf’s human foster parents come aboard the Enterprise
“Reunion” – Ambassador K’Ehleyr returns, and along with Picard, the two mediate a Klingon power dispute and Worf discovers more family
“Data’s Day” – Data gets dancing lessons in preparation of Chief O'Brien’s wedding as the Enterprise brings a Vulcan ambassador to the Romulans for negotiations
“The Wounded” - A rogue Starfleet captain jeopardizes the Cardassian peace treaty
“The Drumhead” - A witchhunt ensues for suspected Romulan spies aboard the Enterprise
“The Mind’s Eye” - The Romulans kidnap and brainwash Geordi to carry out a covert mission
“Redemption” – The two-parter involving the outbreak of the Klingon civil war, Worf’s temporary resignation in order to join the conflict, and Picard’s efforts to expose Romulan interference
“Darmok” - Picard struggles to communicate with a Tamarian captain who speaks in metaphors, before an invisible beast tries to kill them both
“Unification” – The two-parter involving Picard and Data’s clandestine trip to Romulus to discover the purpose of Ambassador Spock’s sudden appearance there
“The Next Phase” – An accident aboard a Romulan science ship traps Geordi and Ensign Ro out of phase, while everyone believes they died
“Relics” - The Enterprise rescues Captain Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, who has been trapped in a transporter buffer on a crashed ship for 75 years
“Chain of Command” – The two-parter involving the transfer of command of Enterprise to an authoritarian new captain, Picard’s abortive secret mission to Cardassian space, and his capture & torture at the hands of a sadistic interrogator
“Face of the Enemy” – An abducted Deanna becomes involved in a plot to smuggle Romulan dissidents to safety
“The Chase” - Picard tries to solve an ancient genetic mystery uncovered by his archaeological mentor, and being ruthlessly pursued by others
“Timescape” – Picard, Geordi, Data and Troi must work to free the Enterprise and a Romulan warbird that are caught in temporal stasis
“The Pegasus” – Admiral Pressman, Riker’s former CO, comes aboard and leads a secret mission to find their old ship in order to surreptitiously retrieve a forbidden cloaking device
“Lower Decks” - Junior officers buck for promotion as one of them is assigned the dangerous task of helping a Cardassian spy
“Preemptive Strike” - Ensign Ro returns with advanced tactical training and is sent by Picard to spy on the Maquis rebellion
“All Good Things…” – The series finale; Picard, with the help of Q, travels back and forth in time in order to save the ship and humanity itself from destruction