What a bad episode to jump to after just finishing the end of TOS. (I had already watched all of the episodes in TNG season 1.) I literally grew up watching TNG so I really like the show and the cast, but this episode was slow and not too interesting. At the moment it is rated the 5 lowest episode in the series so I guess that makes sense. And I have a lot of better ones to look forward to.

Data wants to learn humor at maximum speed! Actually a decent episode considering the impression I have of season 2 overall. And Data's yearning to learn humor, an element I enjoy, goes through the series and into the movies when he finally gets the emotion chip left behind by his maker.

"Women aren't people... they're women." Dr Graves, Data's "grandfather" is cool, but I can't wait to see Dr Soong again, Data's "father". One of more episodes than you would suspect, where Brent Spiner gets to show more range than you would expect of an android character.

A very Pulaski episode.

Riker among the Klingons is a total baddass.

Classic episode about whether data is a person or property.

On a Very Special Star Trek TNG, Wesley learns that you should be nice to a girl even if she is a shape-shifting monster.

Revolving door in the middle of nothingness was a pretty funny image.

Picard killed himself!

Worf vs pain sticks, Riker vs father in Tron suits.

Wesley's command and Data pushing to break the prime directive for emotional reasons. A very "season 2" episode.

Great episode. Q and the Borg: very fun character and villains spanning even beyond this whole series and into the others.

"Sandwiches with Picard" and "Idiots almost defeat Enterprise"

Dixon Hill, PI.

Worf has a girlfriend, almost.

Picard and Data vs Riker, Worf, and Geordi makes for a fun matchup.

Riker Recap

Bob Kelso!

Watched this at 4am when I couldn't go back to sleep.

The Picard!

Cheesy Troi romance, but a lot of little amusing things about this episode.

Riker can't catch a break.

That was a pretty solid episode. It's good to have Klingon allies.

James Cromwell! That has to be the coolest chase I've seen in Star Trek. Especially breaking the beam mid-transport.

Enterprise vs terrorists with super-awesome teleporters. Everyone gave their best "oh shit" faces when Picard got taken. The villain was pretty good.

Q! <3

Very cool... time travel, Tasha, Guinan craziness.

Development for Data, but I'm glad Lal didn't stick around.

Worf & Picard: Team Badass

Here's to the finest crew in Star Fleet!

They found a Leviathan from the Farscape universe!

Barclay!

Data lied at the end!

Damn emotional Vulcans. I watched this and others on my phone, while driving to San Diego...

Fantastic episode. I love the extra depth of Wolf-359 in the Star Trek: Borg game.

A bit boring, but decent background info on some characters.

I love Soong and Lore!

Very cool horror element to it as people start disappearing.

Evoking Tasha via a sister...

Bummer, K'Ehleyr was pretty cool (definitely had to look up that spelling). I had forgotten about Alexander completely. At the end they kind of quickly brushed over the fact that they decided the future of the Klingon empire. Also got to see Worf do some bat'leth fighting.

Ah, not only time travel, but double fake reality... Always fun to see Riker get mad.

Decent Wesley/Picard episode. I honestly can't remember... is he actually gone after this? Or gone for a season or something? I guess I'll find out.

Amusing perspective on Data.

The warden from Shawshank vs the Cardassians.

A fun it-never-happened episode.

Pretty good little story about xenophobia and fear in society.

Amusing to see Dr. Brahms again... the real one this time.

Always good to have an android to take over if the crew goes nuts.

I like Geordi's CSI style holodeck analysis.

Barclay, supergenius.

Hilarious seeing the crew as the cast of Robin Hood. Especially Worf: "I am NOT a merry man!"

Good episode... reminds me of the early BSG episode where Adama ordered and eventually shut down the independent tribunal.

Trill!

Cool episode... Puppet-assassin La Forge.

Very entertaining Data episode as he tries a relationship... also it makes no sense that Picard piloted that shuttle.

Good times with the Klingon Empire... and Worf finally restoring his family honor. Always fun to see Picard shout in Klingon.

I totally love this episode. First year of college it was even shown in an anthropology class when the professor wasn't able to make it. Also, this is amazing: http://i.imgur.com/oMvXG.jpg

Picard and Riker getting unwanted tactical advice from the barber... Salarians are a race in Star Trek as well as Mass Effect... Introducing the Bajoran/Cardassian conflict. Always fun seeing Captain Picard go against Star Fleet Admirals.

Frere Jacques! I remember that part of the episode from a zillion years ago... I enjoyed seeing all of the various situations this put the crew in. Different context to see how the characters act.

They seemed to wrap up pretty quickly at the end... Didn't really thank Wesley for saving the entire ship or chastise Riker for almost causing its destruction.

The moment Spock shows up on screen at the end is excellent.

Fun times...

Patrick Stewart had great dramatic line delivery in this episode.

I liked how that played out... really a time traveler, but still a deception.

The kid looks like Dan. At least it got mom to watch the episode. Pretty funny at some points to see the kid do the android head movements.

Troi, Riker, and Crusher got mind raped!

Overly moralistic tone in reaction to genetic engineering.

I like the premise of identities wiped but technical knowledge remains.

Always fun to see data play another role... and Troi and O'Brien as bad guys as well.

Picard always seems to be the only human who really understands Klingons.

As soon as they said androgynous, I thought, "Oh god, Riker will try to sleep with one, won't he?"

Love this episode... TNG's own Groundhog's Day plot. Although actually Groundhog's Day came out a year after this...

I always remembered this as the origin of Tom Paris... But apparently they are different characters played by the same actor.

Famke Janssen was the perfect choice for that role.

The conversation between Hugh and Locutus was great.

Ro is cute. I definitely remember this episode.

Very memorable. Probably in part because it is probably my dad's favorite episode.

Guinan and Data are pretty amusing. Samuel Clemens too.

Bit of trivia for later: Data's head is 500 years older than his body.

I don't think they ever showed a first person view of using the transporter before this...

Crazy Troi!

When I saw this as a young kid I didn't remember as much of the whole "old age sucks" angle. Also, since I hadn't really seen original trek, this bigger older Scotty was how I had originally seen him. Any episode before this that mentioned some kind of transporter problem or accident made me think, "Is this the one with Scotty?"

Any opportunity to make Riker look insane is one that must be seized.

For some reason I thought I watched this in first season... Maybe I was thinking of the Q episode with Riker? Maybe I just also watched this around the same time I watched season one.

Already knowing the series finale, I really like that when Picard brought up the trial of humanity, Q mentioned that the "jury is still out" on that.

Amusing to seem them as kids. And the actors did a pretty good job of portraying their respective characters. The ease with which the Ferengi took over the ship was sillier than adults turning into kids.

Any opportunity for Brent Spiner to play multiple roles makes for a good episode.

THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!

Holodeck within a holodeck... I had forgotten that Moriarty was going to come back.

Troi as a strong character for once.

Always love Q episodes, and it was cool to see young Picard and the story where he was stabbed.

DS9 crossover!

Data confirms that androids to not actually dream of electric sheep. Worf teaches the younglings to yearn for battle.

One of the most badass Picard episodes as he singlehandedly saves his ship MacGyver style. And against "Not Tuvok"!

Picard's girlfriend seems like she might have been a template used to create Captain Janeway.

One of my favorite TNG episodes.

A Dr Crusher episode? A Ferengi scientist? Who would have expected either?

Once again Worf shapes the future of the Klingon empire.

What's better than a Riker episode? A Riker x 2 episode!

Timeplay! I enjoyed all of the frozen misunderstandings of Romulans that looked hostile but weren't.

The sons of Soong and their Borg army.

Alien culture looking to experience and understand pleasure, antagonism, and love... made for a pretty funny episode.

Excuse for LeVar Burton to not have to wear the visor for an episode.

Fun episode for plenty of opportunity for humor as Picard and Riker both play different roles.

Data's dreams are insane. And the world is better because of it.

Young Kirsten Dunst and an emotional Troi family...

Seems like they should have given some kind of rational for why those implants linked their thoughts...

Kind of a weird episode. Clearly meant as an environmental parallel, but almost no time devoted to the episode's conclusion that warp travel damages the fabric of space. Supposedly there are future references to this and the warp 5 limit imposed by Starfleet. But supposedly it is "solved" off camera by just saying newer engines in the Voyager era fixed the problem.

Easily one of my favorite episodes. Phrases like this and you know I'm sold: "The barriers between quantum realities are breaking down. Other realities are emerging into our own."

For once Michael Dorn doesn't have to wear his makeup. Also Rotti of Repoman is Worf's brother! Also I really liked the idea of a "journey" in the holodeck while they were transplanted between planets.

Not a great episode but 1. I love Scottish accents and 2. Gates played the crazy-woman role well.

Novel idea for an episode, and actually worked better than I thought it would. Especially kind of cool to have the recurring background character nurse Alyssa get a more prominent role. And also for Sito Jaxa, one of the other cadettes involved in Wesley's academy screw up, to show up again. It's actually too bad that the waiter character Ben wasn't in more episodes.

Data, the radioactive man.

Brent Spiner is amazing when he gets the opportunity to play other personalities.

Every scifi show needs a de-evolution episode. Also why does the ship smell like Diana Troi?

Silly indian episode.

Future Alexander!

The little Picard who wasn't.

Self aware Enterprise? Rename her Moya, jump through a wormhole, and let's take this series to the weirdest frontier.

Ro is a cool character and that was a pretty decent episode after a few so-so ones. Also, showcases the Maquis...

I love this episode. Q, timejumping, causal paradox... it's scifi joy. I'm pretty sure we watched this live when it aired, and then this was one of a handful of episodes we owned on VHS.