TNG Episode Tier List Season 1

TNG Episode Tier List

Season 1

1/2 Encounter at Farpoint  
The pilot.  I personally don't think it's that bad.  Probably biased because I'm a TNG fan.  A Tier

3 The Naked Now 

This one always got a bad rep because it was so close to the TOS episode.  I thought it was a good thing.  Really ties the two series together.  A Tier

4 Code of Honor

Uggh.  Bad.  Just bad.  Racist, sexist episode, even without all of that it would have been mediocre at best.  As it is: total crap.  F tier

5 Haven 

The one where we meet Troi's mother and Troi is supposedly getting married to her betrothed. C Forgettable.  There's a reason I never watch this one

6 Where No One Has Gone Before  

Definitely A tier.  Very underrated episode.  I'd almost say one of the best of the season.

7 The Last Outpost 

The first Ferengi episode.  Not a bad episode, but there are definitely much better.  Nothing that really stands out.  Ehh... B tier.

8 Lonely Among Us  

Picard gets taken over by an energy being from a nebula the Enterprise passes by.  Forgettable.  C
 
9 Justice 

Uggh. Heavy handed message, plus the aliens costumes were skimpy TOS William Ware Theiss creations that really don't work in TNG.  A boring episode.  Forgettable.  C
 
10 The Battle  

A slightly better Ferengi episode.  Also good world building with Picard's past and the Stargazer.  B
 
11 Hide and Q

B Mediocre at best.  Probably the least of the Q episodes.
 
12 Too Short a Season

Mehh…bland story line, acting is...ok.  The Admirals makeup as an old man kinda sucks.  D
 
13 Angel One

The planet run by women.  Basically a commentary on present day sexism/male superiority.  Ok concept, boring episode.  D
 
14 Datalore

Liked this one.  Brent Spiner was great, great world building, the Crystalline Entity was cool, Wesley was even good in this one.  Also the origin of the "shut up Wesley!" meme.  A
 
15 Angel One

The planet run by women.  Basically a commentary on present day sexism/male superiority.  Ok concept, boring episode.  D
 
16 11001001

This one I actually kinda liked.  Minuet was a high point of the episode.  Underrated.  A
 
17 Home Soil

The Microbrain. "Ugly bags of mostly water".  This one is interesting, and it has its good points, but also its not so good points.  Mediocre. B
 
18 When the Bough Breaks  

Dull, Forgettable.  Storyline is crap - aliens kidnapping the children on the ship.  Yawn.  F
 
19 Coming of Age  

Wesley's first attempt to get into the academy.  Forgettable.  C
 
20 Heart of Glory

Klingons.  It was nice to see Worf and some other Klingons, but overall mediocre. B
 
21 The Arsenal of Freedom

It’s cool that we get saucer separation, and Geordi in command, but other than that the episode doesn't off a lot.  Also the chief engineer who butts heads with Geordi is a dick (easy to see why he didn't last long on the Enterprise).  Forgettable.  C
 
22 Skin of Evil

I'm tempted to give this one a C as it’s definitely not memorable, except for the fact the it's the episode where Tasha dies.  All things considered (the way Tasha died, also Armus "costume" is laughable) I'll give it a B.
 
23 Symbiosis 

Uggh... the drug addiction allegory episode.  Mediocre at best, honestly pretty forgettable.  C
 
24 We'll Always Have Paris

Is ok.  Michelle Phillips is the big guest star, we get more world building on Picard's background.  The time travel thing is kinda cool.  B
 
25 Conspiracy

The effects were actually really good for 1988.  Great story line (very dark).  Would have loved to have seen this one followed up on later.  Great acting.  Dare I say A.
 
26 The Neutral Zone

The Romulans were good (first time we've seen them all season), the B story with the 20th century people from the capsule was ok, mostly used for comic relief.  An Ok episode.  B