In the “Star Trek 4 Dummies” episode of Laser Time, I quickly ran through a “preferred” viewing order for The Next Generation. The goal was to sift through 178 episodes of generally good TV and offer up two episodes per season as a decent starting point for those interested in dabbling without fully committing. I purposely left out some obvious choices because I wanted to offer a solid sampling of “normal” episodes, ones that demonstrate the show at its most typical, week-in week-out formula.

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