Nitpicking: The Next Generation

The Enterprise crew prove themselves so bland that the only way they can become interesting is feeling other people's emotions.

Season Three's theme of kidnapping continues when Data is taken hostage by a show-offy art-collecting queen.

The holographic misadventures of a new crew member tell us more about the prejudices of the regular cast than they do about Lieutenant Barclay.

With the help of her gay BFF from college, Troi faces a first contact situation with a ship from Babylon 5.

In our inaugural extrasode, we cover Neil's favorite episode in the entire franchise, and have an appearance by our favorite queer Cardassian, Garak.

A cranky Picard is forced to reenact "Romancing the Stone" with Ferengii, time travellers, and Vash. Includes guest commentator Cynthia Taylor.

An unexpected "worst of" TNG when the awful peanut-butter of The Lonely Among Us meets the horrible chocolate of Where Silence Has Lease.

We continue our run of good episodes with a lively romp through Klingon politics, proving that Qo'noS *isn't* a Planet of Hats.

Star Trek pulls off a real science fiction story suffused with a sense of charming poignancy when Data decides to create a child. So good!

When the Enterprise-C arrives through a temporal rift, it transports us to a universe we'd much rather watch with characters we'd much rather follow. Includes guest commentator Ryan Veeder.