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There was an article a couple of years ago that did a top x TNG episodes, that I can't find now (argh!). Anyway, part of the way through, when it was obvious that the top two were going to be "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" and "Inner Light", one of the compilers complained that they weren't "Star Trek" episodes. Which was obvious nonsense, because "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations" is right there in the intro.
And TNG does that, probably better than the others, it actually thinks of ways other civilisations might be different, as in Darmok, when they communicate in a different way.
Those are my favourite episodes, where the crew have to handle the different, and the way they sometimes don't, or it takes them a long time to do it.
Several of my favourites are the ones everyone else hates or doesn't rate, where there's a odd alien culture and weirdness happens, like 'Masks' or the one where the Enterprise's computer produces an offspring.
But yes, my favourite is "Inner Light". There's this civilisation and they know they're going to be wiped out, and there's no way of getting out so they send their culture instead, because that they can save.
( The other days under the cut )
And TNG does that, probably better than the others, it actually thinks of ways other civilisations might be different, as in Darmok, when they communicate in a different way.
Those are my favourite episodes, where the crew have to handle the different, and the way they sometimes don't, or it takes them a long time to do it.
Several of my favourites are the ones everyone else hates or doesn't rate, where there's a odd alien culture and weirdness happens, like 'Masks' or the one where the Enterprise's computer produces an offspring.
But yes, my favourite is "Inner Light". There's this civilisation and they know they're going to be wiped out, and there's no way of getting out so they send their culture instead, because that they can save.
( The other days under the cut )
