I can't remember a lot of specific episodes from seasons 1 and 2, but I do recall too much Jake and Nog. Both (especially Jake) eventually became much better characters, but I never wanted to see them early on.

I did indeed forget that Birthright existed.

And I still maintain that "Tapestry" is a huge "fuck you" to all the stellar cartographers out there.

Wow, Get a Life. That takes me back. I remember laughing uproariously, but I was also very young. I wonder if it would actually be any good watching it now.

I think Jesus Tralfaz makes a good point. Although maybe the opening two-parter could just be dealt with on its own, with some initial impressions of the series.

Unfortunately none of the TNG movies were really good. "First Contact" comes the closest, obviously, but it still has myriad problems - the well known "movie Picard is not television Picard" issue, the fact that he is so blind in rage against the Borg despite what we saw in "I, Borg," and that a stranger has to talk…

Garak is one of the greatest characters ever.

Well, there wasn't much in the way of beasts of burden to use. It's not like they had oxen or horses or anything, so really, what would be the point in inventing a wheel for travelling/plowing purposes?

Frakes didn't have much to do in these two episodes, I believe. But then again, that would just give him some extra time to "get around."

Also, I just about forgave Captain Jellico for everything when he made Troi wear an actual uniform.

@Charles R: something that strikes me about "Chain of Command" is that it is extremely rare in being the only TNG 2-parter to really rely on the second installment. That is, in BOBW and "Redemption," the second parts are still good, but they don't quite deliver what you want after seeing part one. Chain of Command, on…

It probably would be really interesting to see Data in the role, but I also imagine he would really push the limits of the agency the probe allows its recipient. I would think he'd be more committed to finding a way off the planet than Picard, and possibly eventually to saving the planet from destruction.

I just have to assume that we the audience miss about a year of time between "The Inner Light" and "Time's Arrow, pt. 1" in which Picard goes through counseling trying to get over the emotional impact, not to mention just getting all his "real" memories back up to speed. He probably needed to redo some Starfleet…

I really hesitate to commit to having a single favorite episode of the entire franchise, but "The Inner Light" would definitely be in the running.

Zack is definitely right about it not benefitting from being next to "The Inner Light," and I would say that also ties in to the comments about the showrunners just putting some 2-parters to end/begin seasons because it worked so well in BOBW. "The Inner Light" was OBVIOUSLY the episode that season 5 should have ended…

Hey, I think there's a formatting problem! Zack, did you notice that there's a formatting issue in your article?

Yes, the "live life to the fullest" and the scene at the end where he finds the flute are the ones that strike me most and really get to me. It was a very beautiful episode.

Firefly would be great - it almost seemed TOO obvious to me, if that makes any sense…

ToddG, you're not crazy. Although I'm certainly late to the BSG party and I'm still only in season 2, so I may be a little premature in saying it. Obviously the production values are higher and the directing seems a little tighter, but as far as the characters and overarching plot, I feel like DS9 is more compelling.…

I vote separate as well. The two shows are about as different as two shows both named "Star Trek" can be, and if just for commenting purposes it would be nice to discuss each separately.