From: hbj@physics.ucf.edu (Harold B. Johnson )
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Personal Favs thru Season 4
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:23:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Oct15.182337.23810
Organization: University of Central Florida - Physics
Originator: hbj@phys


There have been a few posts about good episodes from the first few seasons
to watch, so I thought I'd provide my list of favorites:

Season 1:
         Heart of Glory: Worf struggles to find the meaning of being Klingon
                         when fugitive Klingons are brought aboard
         Conspiracy: The high-ups in StarFleet are acting odd, and those who
                     question their actions are all dying in "accidents"
                     The E gets sent home to figure out why.

Season 2:
         A Matter of Honor: Riker goes to Klingon vessel as part of an
                            exchange program and learns a lot more than he
                            expected
         The Measure of a Man: A scientist studying Dr. Soong's work in  
                               artificial life wishes to take Data apart,
                               setting off a trial meant to determine whether
                               Data is a walking computer or a sentient being.
         Q Who: Q gives Picard a kick in his complacency by throwing the E
                deep into space occupied by a hideously powerful and cruel
                race known as the Borg

Season 3:
         The Ensigns of Command: Picard does some fast-talking while Data
                                 races to evacuate reluctant colonists from a
                                 planet set to be exterminated by another
                                 life form
         Who Watches the Watchers: a mishap at a planet-based station meant
                                   to study an evolving race threatens to
                                   plunge the race back into the dark ages of
                                   superstition and place Picard as their new
                                   God.  Great Prime-Directive episode
         The Enemy: Geordi and a Romulan fight to stay alive and cast old
                    hatreds aside on an unforgiving planet near the Neutral
                    Zone.
         The Defector: A Romulan defector boards the E with urgent news of a
                       massive pre-strike buildup.  Is he sincere or is it all
                       a hoax to draw the Federation into a new conflict?
         Yesterday's Enterprise: Stunning episode about what the Universe
                                 would be like if one event had changed.  The
                                 Enterprise-C gets thrown into the future while
                                 battling to save a Klingon outpost, and in
                                 this new timeline the Klingons and Federation
                                 are in all-out war.
         Sins of the Father: A masterpiece.  Worf must return to the Klingon
                             Homeworld to stand trial as the son of a traitor,
                             while racing against time to prove his father's
                             innocence.  A moving, flawless work.
         The Best if Both Worlds (I and II): The Borg have returned, and they
                                             don't plan on stopping until they
                                             have annihilated and assimilated
                                             the entire human race.  Part I is
                                             definitely the more gripping, but
                                             overall both blend into a great
                                             2 hours of T.V.


Well, I've got quite a few favs from 4th season too, but in the interests of
TRYING not to be any more long-winded, I'll end this here.   There are dozens
more from the first seasons that are excellent, but these were the ones I
considered the absolute tops.