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Nitpicking: The Next Generation

Where we take a beloved part of the Star Trek franchise, look at it with jaded eyes, and then tell you everything that's wrong with it.

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Episode 54: Booby Trap

Episode 54: Booby Trap

The first of a pair of episodes that establish that Geordi LaForge truly is a creeper. Includes guest commentator Cynthi... Read more

1 Jan 2017

1hr 29mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 140: Chain of Command, Part II

Episode 140: Chain of Command, Part II

Picard decides that there are four lights, but we're far more interested in following the trials and tribulations Captai... Read more

5 Aug 2018

Ranked #3

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Episode 99: The Mind's Eye

Episode 99: The Mind's Eye

A small bit of continuity does little to save an episode in which the Romulans try to stupidly reimplement The Manchuria... Read more

5 Nov 2017

1hr 5mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 66: Allegiance

Episode 66: Allegiance

An unexpected "worst of" TNG when the awful peanut-butter of The Lonely Among Us meets the horrible chocolate of Where S... Read more

26 Mar 2017

1hr 10mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 72: Menage a Troi

Episode 72: Menage a Troi

A tedious and offensive episode that's even less clever than its (not-very-clever) name. Includes guest commentator Jill... Read more

7 May 2017

1hr 41mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 91: Galaxy's Child

Episode 91: Galaxy's Child

The long-anticipated end to the Leah Brahms duology tells you all you need to know about Geordi La Forge.

10 Sep 2017

1hr 26mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 168: The Pegasus

Episode 168: The Pegasus

In this long-awaited bookend to 'The Icarus Factor,' we finally learn everything we need to know about William Riker.

10 Feb 2019

Ranked #8

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Episode 167: Parallels

Episode 167: Parallels

In an episode of much detail but little plot, we learn that while things generally work out on the Enterprise, events do... Read more

3 Feb 2019

Ranked #9

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Episode 92: Night Terrors

Episode 92: Night Terrors

In an episode that Dan somehow managed to miss first-run, the Enterprise crew combat a deadly attack of sleep apnea.

17 Sep 2017

1hr

Ranked #10

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Episode 169: Homeward

Episode 169: Homeward

This mockery of 'Who Watches the Watchers' contains what may be our most hated TNG side-character.

17 Feb 2019

Ranked #11

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Episode 39: Time Squared

Episode 39: Time Squared

The show's first official time-travel episode manages to avoid most of the worst pitfalls by also being a character stud... Read more

18 Sep 2016

1hr 4mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 73: Transfigurations

Episode 73: Transfigurations

Even the series' FIFTH omnipotent being can't save this dumb-all-the-way-down episode.

14 May 2017

1hr 16mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 62: A Matter of Perspective

Episode 62: A Matter of Perspective

Not for the first time nor the last, Riker gets the Enterprise into trouble because of his boner.

26 Feb 2017

1hr 21mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 29: Elementary, Dear Data

Episode 29: Elementary, Dear Data

In yet another "Dear god, never go on the holodeck" episode, the Enterprise computer is revealed to be a magical wish en... Read more

10 Jul 2016

56mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 97: Half a Life

Episode 97: Half a Life

One of the best episodes of TNG, full stop, and a wonderful example of what Star Trek is all about.

22 Oct 2017

1hr 6mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 170: Sub Rosa

Episode 170: Sub Rosa

Join us on Beverly Crusher's -306th birthday as we explore possible THE weirdest relationship in Star Trek history. Reco... Read more

24 Feb 2019

Ranked #17

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Episode 32: The Schizoid Man

Episode 32: The Schizoid Man

As the Enterprise crew once again fails to recognize someone impersonating Data, we learn that, in the Federation, some ... Read more

31 Jul 2016

1hr 4mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 125: I, Borg

Episode 125: I, Borg

A standard Star Trek episode in which, while dealing with an ethical dilemma involving an abandonded Borg, the Enterpris... Read more

29 Apr 2018

55mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 175: Genesis

Episode 175: Genesis

Guest commentator Cynthia Taylor joins us for the first episode of TNG she ever saw, in which Crusher resorts to using C... Read more

31 Mar 2019

Ranked #20

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Episode 18: Coming of Age

Episode 18: Coming of Age

We are made to witness the mind-games that are the Starfleet entrance exam while yet another admiral acts shifty.

1 May 2016

42mins

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