From: jclark@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (J. Michael Clark)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: STTNG Best Episode Survey
Date: 26 Jan 93 01:28:41 GMT
Organization: Ohio University CS Dept,. Athens

OK folks.... After collecting all the surveys in three different
venues (Internet, Bitnet and Compuserve) I have the complied list
of the best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was
pretty much a three episode race for the top spot. The scoring
went 5 points for a first place vote, 4 points for a second, etc.
down to 1 point for a fifth place vote. I have a full breakdown
of votes (1st place, 2nd place, etc.) for every episode that
received over 10 points. (29 episodes) The rest I have listed at
the end with their point total. An asterisk (*) indicates that
the episode received a first place vote. In all 71 episodes
received points. One further thing: There were a couple of
variations in voting. Two of people indicated ties in which case
I gave half a vote to each (one tie in 3rd place and one tie in
5th) therefore four episodes ended up with half point totals.
Also a few people only voted for a three or four episodes thus
the skewed totals (i.e. more 1st place votes than 5th). Anyway
here are the results:


Title                             1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  Total
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 1. The Best of Both Worlds        21   19    9    7    0    222
 2. Yesterday's Enterprise         18   16    9    7    3    198
 3. The Inner Light                20    8    6    3    6    162
 4. Darmok                          4    6    7    4    4     77
 5. The Measure of a Man            3    0    5    4    4     42
 6. Chain of Command                2    3    4    3    1     41
 7. Remember Me                     1    3    3    3    1     33
 8. Deja Q                          1    2    1    5    3     29
 9. Q Who                           0    1    3    5    6     29
10. Redemption                      1    3    0    4    1     26
11. Cause and Effect                0    1    3    3    5     24
12. Family                          1    1    3    2    2     24
13. I, Borg                         0    2    4    0    3     23
14. The Offspring                   1    1    2    2    1     20
15. Elementary, Dear Data           1    2  1.5    1    0   19.5
16. The Defector                    1    2    0    1    0     15
17. Unification                     0    1    0    4    2     14
18. A Matter of Honor               1    0    2    1    0     13
    Rascals                         2    0    1    0    0     13
    Relics                          0    1    1    2    2     13
21. Qpid                            1    1    0    0    3     12
    The Most Toys                   0    2    0    1    2     12
    Time's Arrow                    0    0    3    1    1     12
24. The First Duty                  0    1    0    2    3     11
25. The Perfect Mate                0    1  1.5    1    0   10.5
26. Data's Day                      0    1    2    0    0     10
    Power Play                      1    1    0    0    1     10
    The Arsenal of Freedom          0    0    2    1    2     10
    Where No One Has Gone Before    2    0    0    0    0     10

Others receiving votes are: Disaster 9, Future Imperfect 9,
Menage a Troi (*) 9, The Big Goodbye 9, Violations 9, Who Watches
the Watchers 9, 11001001 8.5, A Fistful of Datas 8, Sins of the
Father (*) 8, The Drumhead 8, First Contact 7, The Naked Now 7,
The Nth Degree (*) 7, The Outcast (*) 7, Conspiracy 6, Hollow
Pursuits 6, Sarek 6, Haven (*) 5, Heart of Glory (*) 5, Reunion
5, The Host (*) 5, The Outrageous Okona (*) 5, The Survivors 5,
Half a Life 4, Loud as a Whisper 4, The Game 4, Tin Man 4, A
Matter of Time 3, Brothers 3, The Emissary 3, The Ensigns of
Command 3, Manhunt 2, The Battle 2, The High Ground 2, True Q 2, 
Booby Trap 1, Coming of Age 1, Contagion 1, DataLore 1, The Loss
1, The Royale 1, Up the Long Ladder 0.5


Here is another little observation of mine. The following is a
point distribution by season:

1st   64.5
2nd  120             **NOTE: Cliff hangers count in the season
3rd  573                that part I was in.
4th  130
5th  375.5
6th   77


I'd like to conclude by listing all the people who made this
survey possible, the voters. Please do not flame these people
(you don't know what they voted for anyway) I will not reveal who
voted for which episodes I simply want to recognize the voters
(in no particular order):

kevanw@sfu.ca                      lstanley@uga
pmichael@csn.org                   cs000sd1@selway.umt.edu
ugu00246@um.uoguelph.ca            marcsh@microsoft.com
carol.boardman@dartmouth.edu       scherrer@mtxinv.com
sandsjo2@juncol.juniata.edu        modular!bacon@cs.arizona.edu
dstuben@mtuss.ets.mtu.edu          jgs@ksuvm.bitnet
cdoms@vax1.umkc.edu                eriks@gs37.sp.cs.cmu.edu      
barnette.tic@commlan.sufb.of.mil   jclark@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
kbaldwin@pica.army.mil             hobbdk@morekypr.bitnet
peters@netlink.ets.com             smig@msc.cornell.edu
kcone@utman1.bitnet                chen91@snypotva.bitnet
founta31@snypotva.bitnet           v129j6ed@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu
andrewc@seas.uela.edu              P.Scott@bnr.co.uk
schenker@surtan.ec.usf.edu         synth@math.umn.edu
sccs6074%lruccvax.bitnet@hearm.nic.surfnet.nl
bgh@psulias.psu.edu                imc@vax2.utulsa.edu
908999@tiul.ti.com                 x91anderso33@gw.wmich.edu
wherndon@smiley.mitre.org          geoff@coos.dartmouth.edu
noel@umbc2.umbc.edu                paul.manson@cunren.com
nf00@lehigh.edu                    thoward@miami.acs.muohio.edu
z_balusekjb@ccsvax.sfasu.edu       mullen@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
silva@marywood1.marywood.edu       gburke@business.carleton.ca
kpapai@rahul.net                   godel@leland.stanford.edu
scheetz@bms.com                    wjw@panix.com
steven.k.manfred@uwrf.edu          holliday@cse.unl.edu     
cs921018@gonzalo.ariel.yorku.ca    cec35848@uxa.cso.vivc.edu
barnesd@vax1.elon.edu and his roommate  jwbennetts@ucduvis.edu
trekkie@netlink.cts.com            novanet@ac.cal.ca
jkosatka@uh.edu                    kjotto@tsrul.ts.wm.edu
novanet@ac.dal.ca                  willcr@ivy.lsc.com
kaufman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu            limd@moravian.edu
marchini@ds10.scri.fsu.edu         ellers4407@iscsvax.umi.edu
6500sws@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu           aw1sg@andrew.cmu.edu
jackson@ess43.berkeley.edu

71163,3631     73710,1551     71740,2203     72000,3172
72571.3002     76550,1541     75570,2732

David Hayman   Cyndi Dwyer    Aaron Zirkle   Jill Kirk
Karen Nemeth   Sean Henry     Kelly Schmader

If I missed anyone I'm sorry... Also please forgive me if I
mistyped any addresses (Sometimes I can't read my own writing)

Anyway... There they are......I hope you enjoy them.....



Respectfully submitted,

J. Michael Clark
Ohio University

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