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The Next Generation consists of 7 seasons and 176 (DVD and original broadcast) or 178 (syndicated) episodes. People have counted this to amass to 7,832 minutes, or 130 and half hour. Well worth it, though some episodes have not aged gracefully,
Episodes marked with star (★) are considered essential watch - I got the list from r/DaystromInstitute.
Episodes marked with checkmark (✓) were seen by me.
I’ve watched the series years before starting this site, so there are no notes.
Sorry, all I can do here is just an informative but boring list.
- Season One
- S01E01 Encounter at Farpoint (counts as two)1 ★ ✓
- S01E03 The Naked Now ✓
- S01E04 Code of Honor ✓
- S01E05 The Last Outpost ✓
- S01E06 Where No One Has Gone Before ★ ✓
- S01E07 Lonely Among Us ✓
- S01E08 Justice ✓
- S01E09 The Battle ★ ✓
- S01E10 Hide and Q ✓
- S01E11 Haven ✓
- S01E12 The Big Goodbye ✓
- S01E13 Datalore ★ ✓
- S01E14 Angel One ✓
- S01E15 11001001 ✓
- S01E16 Too Short a Season ✓
- S01E17 When the Bough ✓
- S01E18 Home Soil ✓
- S01E19 Coming of Age ★ ✓
- S01E20 Heart of Glory ★ ✓
- S01E21 The Arsenal of Freedom ✓
- S01E22 Symbiosis ✓
- S01E23 Skin of Evil ✓
- S01E24 We’ll Always Have Paris ✓
- S01E25 Conspiracy ★ ✓
- S01E26 The Neutral Zone ★ ✓
- Season Two
(shorter due to screenwriters strike of 1988)
- S02E01 The Child ✓
- S02E02 Where Silence Has Lease ✓
- S02E03 Elementary, Dear Data ★ ✓
- S02E04 The Outrageous Okona ✓
- S02E05 Loud as a Whisper ✓
- S02E06 The Schizoid Man ★ ✓
- S02E07 Unnatural ✓
- S02E08 A Matter of Honor ★ ✓
- S02E09 The Measure of a Man ★ ✓
- S02E10 The Dauphin ✓
- S02E11 Contagion ✓
- S02E12 The Royale ✓
- S02E13 Time Squared ★ ✓
- S02E14 The Icarus Factor ✓
- S02E15 Pen Pals ★ ✓
- S02E16 Q Who ★ ✓
- S02E17 Samaritan Snare ✓
- S02E18 Up the Long Ladder ✓
- S02E19 Manhunt ✓
- S02E20 The Emissary ★ ✓
- S02E21 Peak Performance ✓
- S02E22 Shades of Gray ✓
- Season three
- S03E01 Evolution ✓
- S03E02 The Ensigns of Command ★ ✓
- S03E03 The Survivors ✓
- S03E04 Who Watches the Watchers ★ ✓
- S03E05 The Bonding ✓
- S03E06 Booby Trap ★ ✓
- S03E07 The Enemy ★ ✓
- S03E08 The Price ✓
- S03E09 The Vengeance Factor ✓
- S03E10 The Defector ★ ✓
- S03E11 The Hunted ★ ✓
- S03E12 The High Ground ★ ✓
- S03E13 Deja Q ★ ✓
- S03E14 A Matter of Perspective ✓
- S03E15 Yesterday’s Enterprise ★ ✓
- S03E16 The Offspring ★ ✓
- S03E17 Sins of the Father ★ ✓
- S03E18 Allegiance ★ ✓
- S03E19 Captain’s Holiday ✓
- S03E20 Tin Man ✓
- S03E21 Hollow Pursuits ★ ✓
- S03E22 The Most Toys ✓
- S03E23 Sarek ★ ✓
- S03E24 Menage a Troi ✓
- S03E25 Transfigurations ✓
- S03E26 The Best of Both Worlds ★ ✓
- Season Four
- S04E01 The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ★ ✓
- S04E02 Family ★ ✓
- S04E03 Brothers ★ ✓
- S04E04 Suddenly Human ✓
- S04E05 Remember Me ✓
- S04E06 Legacy ✓
- S04E07 Reunion ★ ✓
- S04E08 Future Imperfect ★ ✓
- S04E09 Final Mission ★ ✓
- S04E10 The Loss ✓
- S04E11 Data’s Day ★ ✓
- S04E12 The Wounded ★ ✓
- S04E13 Devil’s Due ✓
- S04E14 Clues ✓
- S04E15 First Contact ★ ✓
- S04E16 Galaxy’s Child ★ ✓
- S04E17 Night Terrors ✓
- S04E18 Identity Crisis ✓
- S04E19 The Nth Degree ✓
- S04E20 Qpid ✓
- S04E21 The Drumhead ★ ✓
- S04E22 Half A Life ✓
- S04E23 The Host ✓
- S04E24 The Mind’s Eye ★ ✓
- S04E25 In Theory ✓
- S04E26 Redemption, Part I ★ ✓
- Season five
- S05E01 Redemption, Part II ★ ✓
- S05E02 Darmok ★ ✓
- S05E03 Ensign Ro ★ ✓
- S05E04 Silicon Avatar ✓
- S05E05 Disaster ✓
- S05E06 The Game ✓
- S05E07 Unification I ★ ✓
- S05E08 Unification II ★ ✓
- S05E09 A Matter of Time ✓
- S05E10 New Ground ★ ✓
- S05E11 Hero Worship ✓
- S05E12 Violations ✓
- S05E13 The Masterpiece Society ★ ✓
- S05E14 Conundrum ✓
- S05E15 Power Play ✓
- S05E16 Ethics ★ ✓
- S05E17 The Outcast ✓
- S05E18 Cause and Effect ✓
- S05E19 The First Duty ★ ✓
- S05E20 Cost of Living ✓
- S05E21 The Perfect Mate ✓
- S05E22 Imaginary Friend ✓
- S05E23 I Borg ★ ✓
- S05E24 The Next Phase ✓
- S05E25 The Inner Light ★ ✓
- S05E26 Time’s Arrow, Part I ✓
- Season six
- S06E01 Time’s Arrow, Part II ✓
- S06E02 Realm of Fear ✓
- S06E03 Man of the People ✓
- S06E04 Relics ★ ✓
- S06E05 Schisms ✓
- S06E06 True Q ✓
- S06E07 Rascals ✓
- S06E08 A Fistful of Datas ✓
- S06E09 The Quality of Life ✓
- S06E10 Chain of Command, Part I ★ ✓
- S06E11 Chain of Command, Part II ★ ✓
- S06E12 Ship in a Bottle ★ ✓
- S06E13 Aquiel ✓
- S06E14 Face of the Enemy ★ ✓
- S06E15 Tapestry ★ ✓
- S06E16 Birthright, Part I ✓
- S06E17 Birthright, Part II ★ ✓
- S06E18 Starship Mine ★ ✓
- S06E19 Lessons ✓
- S06E20 The Chase ★ ✓
- S06E21 Frame of Mind ✓
- S06E22 Suspicions ✓
- S06E23 Rightful Heir ✓
- S06E24 Second Chances ★ ✓
- S06E25 Timescape ✓
- S06E26 Descent, Part I ★ ✓
- Season seven
- S07E01 Descent, Part II ★ ✓
- S07E02 Liaisons ✓
- S07E03 Interface ✓
- S07E04 Gambit, Part I ✓
- S07E05 Gambit, Part II ✓
- S07E06 Phantasms ✓
- S07E07 Dark Page ✓
- S07E08 Attached ✓
- S07E09 Force of Nature ★ ✓
- S07E10 Inheritance ★ ✓
- S07E11 Parallels ★ ✓
- S07E12 The Pegasus ★ ✓
- S07E13 Homeward ★ ✓
- S07E14 Sub Rosa ✓
- S07E15 Lower Decks ★ ✓
- S07E16 Thine Own Self ✓
- S07E17 Masks ✓
- S07E18 Eye of the Beholder ✓
- S07E19 Genesis ✓
- S07E20 Journey’s End ✓
- S07E21 Firstborn ✓
- S07E22 Bloodlines ✓
- S07E23 Emergence ✓
- S07E24 Preemptive Strike ✓
- S07E25 All Good Things… (counts as two)1 ★ ✓