Which episode is your guilty pleasure?

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WhoMe28332@reddit

I don’t feel the least bit guilty about The Royale. It’s the most TOS episode of TNG. I think it feels like a short story from a classic sci fi magazine. It’s just a genuinely good episode.

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Bushido_Seppuku@reddit

Same episode, same reasons. I love the idea and the concept. I love the casino characters. I love the period piece that's anachronistic.

It's a really great episode of the twilight zone... in color.

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Extension-Pepper-271@reddit

The scene in "The Royale" (not this clip) where Data says, "Baby needs a new pair of shoes" and then throws the dice without looking is comedic gold

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Felosele@reddit

That happens ten seconds before this post’s clip: https://youtu.be/F-oHivrDmVI

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chachir@reddit

Every craps table I’m at, I hear it in my head:
“Hell, my blind grandma can make a 6!”
🌬️🎲🎲

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POTATO_OF_MY_EYE@reddit

Data learned an important lesson that day: when the train comes in, everybody rides

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Alternative-Pace7493@reddit

It’s a skip for me-but then I never got into the original series.

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“Liaisons” was like that for me. Aliens encounter humans for the first time. One takes a bathroom paperback and recreates “Earth” as a badly-written casino hellscape for the survivor. The other aliens take the diary from a crash survivor and send ambassadors to understand love, eating and aggression. All very good TOS themes and sci-fi tropes.

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GainHealMark@reddit

I love that episode, though it scared me as a kid, especially when they find the skeleton in the room.

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YT-Deliveries@reddit

I've always wondered if Richie was able to bang the various casino simulacra.

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dphoenix1@reddit

I have always wondered what year the Royale was supposed to take place. Tex said he had a 91 Cadillac “with only 80,000 miles on it” as though that is supposed to be impressive, so maybe the early to mid 2000s?

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YT-Deliveries@reddit

The episode says that the ship they find was from the mid-21st century, so if they place the novel in the 2010s or so it'd be pretty feasible.

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WhoMe28332@reddit

I think you’re probably right. It’s a really weird mixture of eras. But, after all, it’s a bad novel.

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YT-Deliveries@reddit

Yeah The Royale is legitimately one of the best Star Trek episodes.

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buntopolis@reddit

Baby needs a new pair of shoes.

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LightofJah@reddit

If were talking “trashy”, The Price with Devinoni Ral is my guilty pleasure episode, I love the ambience

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helenen85@reddit

Ah man I love devinoni ral, can’t blame Tori for that one. Or Beverly for her thing for that terrorist.

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majin_melmo@reddit

Any episode with Q, Lt. Barclay, Lore, etc.

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Glad-Depth9571@reddit

You had me until Lor.

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One_Rope_5900@reddit

I hate worf and Alexander but I like a fistful of data's

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Sasquatch1729@reddit

Home alone on a starship (Rascals). Also Die Hard on a starship (Starship Mine).

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captnfraulein@reddit

i love Rascals as well! the cast for the kids is excellent, especially Jean Luc. and i love that Alexander is invited in on the action too 😁

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houndsoflu@reddit

Him constantly rubbing his hair as a kid and then rubbing his head after they get put back as an adult never fails to make me chuckle.

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servonos89@reddit

I loved that young Whoopi is the same actress that played young Whoopi in Sister Act

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captnfraulein@reddit

HA, i can totally see it now! and hear it...

"John, Paul, George, and... Ringo!"

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sgdonovan79@reddit

Really? TIL

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captnfraulein@reddit

same! that is so cool

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Arminius80@reddit

My favorite part of Starship Mine is Data lurking behind a pillar mimicking Hutch's facial expressions while be tries to learn how to "small talk." Cracks me up.

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GainHealMark@reddit

I love Rascals; kid Picard throwing a tantrum to see Riker, and their cheesy smiles and hug and “He’s my #1 dad!” Also Ro getting a chance to be a child and play was really sweet.

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StepEnvironmental791@reddit

"The Arsenal of Freedom." and all Dixon Hill/ almost all holodeck episodes, especially the Dr. Moriarty one!

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lonely_nipple@reddit

Anything with Q. I know he's kind of a love/hate character but he's just fun.

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StepEnvironmental791@reddit

Agree, Q is absolute gold

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indoor-only-cat@reddit

Genesis. I love it. It’s ridiculous.

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StepEnvironmental791@reddit

One of my absolute favourites! Also IMO the best performance by counselor Troi

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angryapplepanda@reddit

I legit love Genesis. It's a very "TNG" TNG episode. Maybe the most "TNG" episode of all time.

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kaiser_mcbear@reddit

Genesis allowed is not! Is planet forbidden!

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45runs@reddit (OP)

I just looked it up to remember which episode it is and never realised it was directed by Gates McFadden

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Sad_Breakfast_Plate@reddit

Did you know she was David Bowie's dance coach/choreographer for the dream sequence in Labyrinth? Fricken love that woman.

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captnfraulein@reddit

😃😃 TIL!

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Sad_Breakfast_Plate@reddit

Me too!

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strangway@reddit

Are we not men?

We are Devo—the episode.

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organic@reddit

The Cost of Living...

Mudbaths with Lwaxana

THE HIGHER, THE FEWER

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sleight42@reddit

JFC NO. Just no.

That's my Move Along Home TNG episode. It's my "why wasn't I blind drunk while watching this episode" episode.

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organic@reddit

how can you see those holodeck costumes and not smile?

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rob-squared@reddit

I liked threshold before I knew how evolution worked. I also liked the episode of mighty max where there's a similar evolution plot.

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Major_Spite7184@reddit

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Data’s Day, 100%

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45runs@reddit (OP)

That has to be one of the best images across 7 seasons

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Spitting_@reddit

Anything holodeck or time travel

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MissVespite@reddit

I don't like The Royale, but for some reason I can watch Data's Day over and over through the years as a comfort thing.

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goettel@reddit

These are things I do understand.

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Marlee0024@reddit

That episode makes us realize how much we love Data for his simple flat innocence.

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LLAPSpork@reddit

Is Data’s Day considered bad? Because that’s one of my favourite episodes ever.

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Triad64@reddit

Reddit voted it as Data’s best episode recently.

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MissVespite@reddit

Awe good

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MissVespite@reddit

I don’t think it is considered bad, but it is considered heavy fluff in comparison to more serious eps. I think it’s a good mix though personally because of the romulan spy.

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LLAPSpork@reddit

Huh. Interesting. To me it’s truly one of the highlights of the whole series (and TNG is my favourite series of all time — or at the very least tied with DS9). It’s fun either way some amazing character moments. Yeah it’s not the type of deep that Inner Light is or the type of serious that Chain of Command is. But I’ll still pick Data’s Day over those most of the time. Admittedly it’s also a comfort thing but I think that it’s a genuinely great episode.

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MissVespite@reddit

Big agree! I think it is a great episode to introduce folks to the vibe of TNG as well, but that was a controversial take in previous threads

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loglady17@reddit

I LOVE Data’s Day

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RepulsiveCare264@reddit

One of my favourite episodes was “Frame of Mind”. The psychological warfare they played on Riker was great. Also “Schisms” was another great one.

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darth_sudo@reddit

Lilith from Cheers propositioning Riker because she has an alien kink never gets old.

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RepulsiveCare264@reddit

That was awesome! 😂

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DoiliesAplenty@reddit

So good.

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Notgoodatfakenames2@reddit

A matter ot time. Matt is just messing with the crew for 40 min.

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Remote-Pie-3152@reddit

Oh it’s definitely “Up the Long Ladder” for me. I can see why Colm Meaney nearly walked off in protest, it’s TNG’s second most racist episode, but as someone part Irish I find it hilarious in a “so bad it’s good” sort of way.

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gaiusjozka@reddit

Even the clunkiest episodes of Tng usually have some small redeeming quality. I love Picard's line: "Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd."

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deenuhtzyousay@reddit

One of his best 👌

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DrJimbot@reddit

I really can’t believe that years later in Voyager they did TWO horrible stage Irish episodes. Really should have known better by then.

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Doctor_Titties@reddit

They did better in the Fair Haven episodes because Kate Mulgrew has Irish ancestry and didnt let them make everyone a drunken rube. Micheal is an actual good and well fleshed out character and while there is a town drunk Thats more of a small village stereotype than an Irish one.

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DrJimbot@reddit

Well, they didn’t do much better

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Raterus_@reddit

And Riker is more than happy to provide his "seed" to the right woman.

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loglady17@reddit

Oh it’s so bad and offensive, but I laugh the whole time. I watched it with my very proud to be Irish dad and he was horrified.

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strangway@reddit

The line at the end “Send in the clones!” is a play on the song “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music by Sondheim. At least that’s how I interpreted it as I busted out laughing once I actually knew of the musical.

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moktira@reddit

"Clones?"

"Clones."

It's a shame about the awful Hollywood-Irish accents and terrible stereotypes, cause the last half of the episode is great.

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DrSuperWho@reddit

One of my favorites!

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Conscious_Low7358@reddit

Q-Pid. One of the best Q episodes with great humor.

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regeya@reddit

I love Fistful of Datas and I don't understand why so many people hate it.

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Retinoid634@reddit

When Q becomes human. The end when he celebrates with the mariachi band and the cigars magical appearance in Picard’s and Riker’s mouths. And when they yell at him , Q tells Riker he was more fun before the beard.

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JayEdgarHooverCar@reddit

The Dauphin.

It is not a good episode. Average writing at best. Acting is sub-par. It has all the hallmarks of a cringy season two episode.

But I absolutely adore Wesley’s cute little love story with the princess. Not to mention Worf’s rivalry with her bodyguard. I have even come to love the really low quality creature effects in that episode.

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Retinoid634@reddit

I love the grudging respect at the end with the bodyguard

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Head_Photograph9572@reddit

Do you know what the odds are on a five card charlie?!

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Lyra_Endless@reddit

I unfortunately cannot remember the name but definitely the one where cowboy Worf, Alexander and Troi go up against cowboy holodeck Datas. It's so dumb and every Worf line makes me laugh like crazy

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BabaMouse@reddit

Rascals. Gives me the warm fuzzies every time.

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the_one_watches@reddit

Fistful of data's

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Zorpfield@reddit

I still have this image saved on my phone 😅

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Zorpfield@reddit

Loved that episode. I still have this image saved on my phone 😅

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michaelmoby@reddit

https://i.redd.it/1d9vqct4gmkf1.gif

I mean, come on, THIS is why A Fistful of Datas is a GUILTY pleasure.

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GainHealMark@reddit

That was such a fun episode! “Counsellor-“ “Durango! Call me Durango!” “Counsellor Durango-“

I still have all my action figures from that episode.

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lonely_nipple@reddit

This is the one I was looking for, partly cause I wasn't sure I remembered the name of it right. 😆 I love how many roles he plays.

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neon_meate@reddit

My only comment was going to be: You're as handy with a shootin'-iron as you are with a lady's heart!

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Easy-Anxiety-258@reddit

Me to! I love westerns and I love Star Trek. You like Spectre of the Gun from TOS?

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Phoenix_of_Anarchy@reddit

Masks. The episode itself is good, not spectacular, but Brent Spiner in it is amazing. And it helps that the premise feels original and fun.

I also really like DS9’s similar episode Dramatis Personae.

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SarcasmCupcakes@reddit

I love that episode, it’s so ridiculous.

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RW-Firerider@reddit

Same, love the episode

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kathakana@reddit

Brent describes his acting as preposterous in that episode. Apparently he had to pull characters out of his behind with no sleep because he was the only regular cast member in the episode before and they got no break between filming episodes. He talks about it at a convention, I think its one on his own where he auctions of a bear at the end (the convention not the episode).

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Haunt_Fox@reddit

Yes, it's one of the few times it feels like they're really exploring the unknown here.

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Honest_Wishbone_8666@reddit

yesssss

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Such-Mind-4080@reddit

The Data screening of Goyums killing themselves.

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sirdkuyp@reddit

Genesis. Caveman Riker wrecking the fish tank? Come on now.

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Few-Improvement-5655@reddit

I see so many people say that this episode is their guilty pleasure that we should just admit that it's not actually bad.

I remember watching it, thought it was entertaining enough with some fun moments and I've been continually surprised that people keep talking about it like it's total dogshit.

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toochaos@reddit

It's just not one of the great episodes. It's not stunning or philosophical It's not racist nor does it have any character growth. It's likely in the bottom 50 percent of episodes for most shows that would make it trash. for tng it's a fun episode that people enjoy.

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Shawnk_69@reddit

Well said.

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Patchy_Face_Man@reddit

The Royale creeped me out when I was a kid. Perfect combination of season one/two budget, recycled TOS scripts and ideas and Sam Anderson just always was unnerving to me.

I skip a lot of Season 1 at this point. I will always watch Conspiracy. I’ve also come to enjoy Gambit. It’s so silly and even Picard is like “this is getting ridiculous.”

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toochaos@reddit

I agree it feels creepy but not sinister, alien and absurd.

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GainHealMark@reddit

I was watching the new Matlock and Sam Anderson was in it and I was like “what do I know this guy from??” And yeah, it was from his guest appearance in almost 40 year old episode of TNG.

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Patchy_Face_Man@reddit

He was good in a season of Justified. And I totally forgot about Perfect Strangers.

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gowahoo@reddit

Now that you says rhat, it creeped me out too. As a little child I had a deep seated fear of anything death related and even though I was a tween when I watched this episode, the remains of the astronaut really got to me.

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MissVespite@reddit

Love Gambit!

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darth_sudo@reddit

Fistful of Datas. Watch it every time it’s on P+

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OhioVsEverything@reddit

There's a bunch of episodes in season 2 that I love probably more than most episodes.

I honestly don't get to hate for season 2.

You got the episode where they're doing the war games, you got the episode where la forge gets kidnapped by those space dummies, you got riker going to the Klingon ship. To me those are just as much classics as measure of a man.

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45runs@reddit (OP)

Yeah agreed, love season 2

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Professor-Arty-Farty@reddit

The Royale has one of my favorite lines.

Commander William T. Riker: Looks like the poor devil died in his sleep.

Lieutenant Worf: What a terrible way to die.

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45runs@reddit (OP)

Yeah, love that Worf line. Similar to when he’s staring at the crazy Mick Fleetwood creatures in Manhunt and says: “What a handsome race.”

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No_Supermarket_3462@reddit

i love hide and Q, iQ! Riker is an awesome concept i wish they had done more with

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Plenty_Shine9530@reddit

No guilt, only pleasure

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Worldly-Display8436@reddit

Any episode TNG only featuring Q is my favourite!!

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Bargeylicious@reddit

Starship Mine

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West_Plan1157@reddit

Mine is actually one of the movies. Star Trek: Nemesis is so terrible that I actually kind of love it.

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atowncalledfinger@reddit

The Nth Degree, love me some Broccoli

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Moriaedemori@reddit

Nth Degree

I love Barkley going from nervous wreck to an absolute stud and a genius. And the ending is sweet, suggesting he retained a little of that genius after the fact

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majin_melmo@reddit

I love any Barclay-centric episode tbh 😂

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Worldly-Ad-9303@reddit

Agreed, Barclay was one of my favourite characters, a bit under used imo

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TakeMeBackToCA831@reddit

I love Barclay, he's a wreck and I love it lol. Hollow Pursuits is also ridiculous but love it too.

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secondtaunting@reddit

This episode made me think long and hard about what the best book to be reading while kidnapped by aliens who then build you a world from it. The only thing I decided was no Stephen King.😂

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CMDR_ACE209@reddit

Recently, the Culture series by Ian M. Banks has superseded Star Trek as my favorite Utopia.

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Worldly-Ad-9303@reddit

I love the culture series, they are defo my favourite sci-fi books, such a shame he passed away. And I agree, it would be amazing to live in that universe, although if you did I guess it would just seem normal

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secondtaunting@reddit

I’ll check it out.

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Haunt_Fox@reddit

Omg, imagine having a Bobiverse books on you, and they turn you into a Von Neumann probe. 😹

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secondtaunting@reddit

Ohh. Yeah but if they did it wrong you’d go insane. And I definitely don’t have the engineering chops to be a Bob. I just read Children of Time and I also wouldn’t want to hang out with super intelligent giant spiders. It’s really hard to pin down a good book to live in. Most of them are driven by some kind of crisis, so you’d not want to live through that. I’d do Lord of the rings, but I wouldn’t want to battle orcs or Nazgûl. I know! I’ll pick Murderbot. I can live on preservation station with some space hippies.

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mcgrst@reddit

Grab a star trek book and keep it with you at all times!

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secondtaunting@reddit

Ah, that would be a nice circle there lol. If I could pick any tv show to live in, it would definitely be Star Trek. I had that conversation once with a bunch of people at a party. They picked the tv show friends. I couldn’t believe it. Why?! When this perfectly lovely post scarcity utopia is right there?

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Amber_Flowers_133@reddit

Royale

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thejuanwelove@reddit

Elementary, Dear Data

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Effective_Bar_6098@reddit

Qpid. It shouldn’t have worked, but Q and Worf carried that episode.

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partridgebazaar@reddit

I am NOT a Merry Man!

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bela_okmyx@reddit

Roddenberry reused the "android manipulates the dice to win at craps" scene from The Questor Tapes for this episode.

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SammySweets@reddit

I don't feel guilt. Do you think I'm some sort of catholic?

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Ok_Holiday_3015@reddit

The second episode when everyone gets drunk, im laughing my ass off to that one

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TexasTokyo@reddit

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john-treasure-jones@reddit

My comfort episode is 11001001, maybe not bad enough to be a guilty please but it was season one!

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servonos89@reddit

I always remember that episode for being the one that showed a Galaxy Class being able to fit inside a Spacedock type star base because they didn’t use the concept for it docking via umbilical on the outer rim in favour of reusing footage from the movies and superimposing it in. Blew up the size of Spacedock to a huge degree that’s essentially stuck since.
Yes fuck you I am good at parties.

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john-treasure-jones@reddit

The music during the docking and undocking sequences was also Peak TNG!

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45runs@reddit (OP)

Love that one too! Def my favourite S1 episode.

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Jon_Luck_Pickerd@reddit

"What's a knockout like you doing in a computer-generated gin joint like this?"

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hyst0rica1_29@reddit

“Up the Long Ladder” Hilarity, Irish eyes a’ smilin’ (“O’Brien, eh? Should’ve known a good Irishman would be at the helm of this ship!”), and, of course, the plot!

💘🔥“The Plot”:

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Affectionate_Test104@reddit

The one where they all got freaky lol

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Flufnstuf@reddit

Thine own self is one of my favorites. Rascals is a fun one. There a quiet a few actually

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rottdog@reddit

For me it's "Masks" I love how much Brent was able to branch out and show how good he is at voices

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Kinae66@reddit

S5, E18 Cause and Effect S6, E24 Second Chances

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SignificantPop4188@reddit

Sub Rosa. I love that episode.

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Pm7I3@reddit

The royale is great. The cheesiness, the sheer beautiful humanity of the astronaut, Data dataing about, Picard coping with the trash novel, it's all so good to me.

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angryapplepanda@reddit

"It was a dark and stormy night... 🙄"

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AdDisastrous1186@reddit

“Not a promising beginning” LMAO 😂 Picard can be funny asf

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angryapplepanda@reddit

"Emergence."

The Enterprise lays an egg.

Also, Riker's face when he's told that like 15 holodeck programs are playing at once is priceless. Riker has the best reaction faces in the entire franchise.

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SpurnedSprocket@reddit

Handful of Datas. I know that it’s yet another case of the Holodeck malfunctioning, but it’s still just a great Worf episode.

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Sumthin-Sumthin44692@reddit

Masks. 100%. What a goofy episode, but I love how much Brent Spiner got to play with it.

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GainHealMark@reddit

And yet he thinks he didn’t do a good job because he was just coming off of “Thine Own Self” and felt he didn’t have the energy to put in a good performance for “Masks”. I mean, if “Masks” is Brent Spiner on an off day, where is this man’s Emmy?? Just the scene where Ihat is found by Masaka is chilling.

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MisterTomServo@reddit

Q-Pid and Fistful of Datas, and Royale.

Frankly, I don't consider them "guilty pleasures" - I just think of them as fun, entertaining episodes. Not everything has to be about 4 lights.

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GainHealMark@reddit

I was surprised when I saw Q-Pid on a list of worst Trek episode, it’s so funny.

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B3ximus@reddit

I am not a Merry Man!

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FirmResearcher4617@reddit

Cause and Effect, and Tapestry.

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GainHealMark@reddit

I think I’ve watched Cause and Effect more times than any other episode, which is funny since it’s essentially the same few scenes repeated slightly differently for an hour. But I love those spooky, bottle episodes that feel like Twilight Zone stories.

Tapestry is a wonderful episode. But my favourite part is Q the delivery boy: “Flowers! Is there a John Luck Pyecard here?”

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Foulmouthedleon@reddit

"The Game"

What's not to love? Ashley Judd. The entire ship against Wesley...

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GainHealMark@reddit

It’s funny because I remember people being incredulous that anyone would play that game long enough to get brainwashed, and yet now we’ll play similar repetitive and pointless games on our phones for hours.

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LLAPSpork@reddit

The Naked Now. My god I laugh my ass off every time I watch it and I love every second of it.

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GainHealMark@reddit

The Naked Now is hilarious, it’s just a weird choice for a second episode in a new series. Not knowing much about how the characters usually act, seeing them suddenly being drunk and horny is funny on the first watch, but hilarious as a rerun. I especially love Data leaning on nothing and falling over.

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majin_melmo@reddit

Definitely one of my all-time faves, poor Riker trying to hold it all together by the end. My Mom and I still quote it all the time: “I don’t understand their humor either” and “Not now doctor!” among other gems 😂

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Blueknightsoul47@reddit

I like royale as well. Laughed my ass off at data’s mannerisms. I’d say my guilty pleasure episode would be the ensign episode. It was nice seeing the point of view of the crew who weren’t bridge crew.

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TheRealLimitlessHate@reddit

I like how that’s heavily lampshaded in Lower Decks; “Don’t ask the bridge crew about their missions.”

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Unhappy_Run8154@reddit

Worf is all of us when your friend says let's go to the Casino for the buffet. "Hold on before we eat"

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ABSINTHE888@reddit

The Royale is also one of favorites.

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Ragnarok345@reddit

None. I never feel guilty about the things I choose to enjoy, and never will.

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im-ba@reddit

Sub Rosa

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half_in_boxes@reddit

You just know Gates McFadden took one look at that script and said "fuck it, I'm making a six course meal out of the scenery."

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Blueknightsoul47@reddit

I would have loved to see her reaction to the script. You’re going to hook up with your grandmother sex ghost.

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kathakana@reddit

Thats pure comedy gold.

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Few-Improvement-5655@reddit

Sub Rosa is just fun because of how bonkers it is.

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TomBirkenstock@reddit

Genesis--Sure, the writer had no clue how evolution works (which is surprisingly true of a good number of Trek episodes), but it's a great horror episodes, which we don't get much of.

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nailinpalin69@reddit

"daddy needs new shoes"

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TiredCeresian@reddit

Not even guilty.

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chachir@reddit

Every craps table I’m at, I hear it in my head:
“Hell, my blind grandma can make a 6!”

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Prudent_Astronaut_47@reddit

Anytime Q messes with stuff

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Radiant_Plantain_127@reddit

Darmok

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query_squidier@reddit

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Abe_Bettik@reddit

Q Who?

IMHO the funniest episode of the series.

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dnkroz3d@reddit

Are you sure you don't mean "Deja Q"?

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Abe_Bettik@reddit

I do mean Deja Q

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majin_melmo@reddit

Is that the one where Data cracks up at the very end? Oh I adore that one 😂

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FarFromHome@reddit

I watched this episode yesterday. My wife asked me if it was a holodeck episode. I started to explain, “Well they find this planet with a…” She cut me off, and said, “so it’s a holodeck episode on a planet?” I sheepishly said, “yeah.”

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45runs@reddit (OP)

Haha

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dnkroz3d@reddit

Baby needs a new pair of shoes

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KaijuDirectorOO7@reddit

Rascals. Kid Picard having fun is simply too fun.

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dnkroz3d@reddit

Ro and Guinan jumping on the bed is the best part of that ep

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sgdonovan79@reddit

Him having the tantrum to get to see Riker males me laugh to this day.

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half_in_boxes@reddit

Data's Day, just for the tap dance scene.

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AlphaTitan420@reddit

Rascals

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eulynn34@reddit

This gif is insanely disappointing as it cuts out Riker's fist pump

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the_Chocolate_lover@reddit

“The Neutral Zone” from season 1 is my guilty pleasure: the 2 of the 3 cryogenically frozen people are ridiculous characters, the other one is a crybaby… I love it!

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Ok_Truth_6007@reddit

Fistful of Datas

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bvrdiee@reddit

The Royale is my favorite episode. It’s so much fun to watch and feels like it slots some comedy and whimsy into TNG. It feels like an homage to TOS in a lot of ways.

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TexasTokyo@reddit

It feels like a leftover TOS script, tbh. The original story was supposed to be closer to "The Prisoner" than the sort of campy show that was finally produced. I would have really liked to see that version, tbh.

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robotatomica@reddit

“The Prisoner” as in the British tv show from the 60s? I’d never heard of it before but it’s come up twice in the past couple months, and it sounds like I really need to give it a watch!

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dphoenix1@reddit

It is insane and yes you must check it out.

Be seeing you!

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HowardRabb@reddit

I can watch this episode anytime.

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Marleston@reddit

It’s bonkers too

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cisco_frost@reddit

Fist Full of Data. I know it's a very dumb episode but it's my favourite. I'm a sucker for a western and I love Brent actually being able to show emotions. It's so much fun!

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need_a_poopoo@reddit

When TNG was on first run in the UK, the first episode I saw on BBC2 was The Royale and I decided "Nope, not for me". I didn't come back to try TNG again from the start until after I'd been hooked by DS9 (at season 3) and then subsequently Voyager.

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GainHealMark@reddit

Genesis. I don’t care if “de-evolution isn’t a thing” and “Barclay couldn’t have become a spider” and “the cause of the whole thing is ludicrous”. I love that episode. It’s as close to a Halloween episode of TNG as we’d ever get, and I still remember watching it as a kid and having my eyes covered half the time. Just wish it had been a two-parter.

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g_rex_@reddit

The Chase is my go-to episode whenever I need a pickup

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carrobucks@reddit

does anyone actually hate the royale? there seems to be a new post about how great and underrated it is every other day

personally i dont feel guilty about anything i like but Haven is so fucking funny to me. its so weird and Will is such a baby it makes me laugh every time

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Shawnk_69@reddit

My 2 biggest are The Royale and Fistful of Datas. Both are low stakes fun episodes I'll smoke a bowl and watch either one.

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RPGGamer042@reddit

Not really an episode, but there are a few scenes from a few different episodes i loved, Picard out Sheliak’s the Sheliak. The end of episode celebration from from DS9 take me out to the holosuite.

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Awwtie@reddit

I didn’t know this episode is considered trashy 😭

Also, you chose the perfect GIF of Data being a straight up badass!

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Mathematicus_Rex@reddit

Let’s begin with the report that the surface temperature of the planet is -291 degrees Celsius.

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AzraelleWormser@reddit

I love The Royale. If I ever get around to it, I'd love to mod a vault into some Fallout game that follows the same premise

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captnfraulein@reddit

such a great idea!!!

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gowahoo@reddit

In addition to The Royale, A Fistful of Datas makes me happy, as well as Qpid.

Putting the well established characters into ridiculous "fictitious" situations is fun, I guess.

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kamdan2011@reddit

You should have used the revolving door scene. The way it’s filmed makes it look like they don’t know how such a door works. That part makes me laugh the hardest.