“Up the Long Ladder.”
You’re choosing violence, and I love it.
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jalanhenning@startrek.website 7 months ago
I think I’d suggest a planet-of-the-week episode. From TOS, “This Side of Paradise” or “A Taste of Armageddon.” From TNG, maybe “Who Watches the Watchers” or “Up the Long Ladder.”
“Up the Long Ladder.”
You’re choosing violence, and I love it.
I considered suggesting “The Last Outpost”.
Now I want to suggest this trilogy: a private little war, the last outpost, “mugato, gumato”
essell@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I absolutely love “who watches the watchers”
It’s such a great example of what Picard is about, what makes him a great man, as well as being a great commentary on that inner human struggle we experience on both a personal and social level.
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
I came here with exactly this episode in mind. I think it is representative in a few ways:
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“Who Watches the Watchers” is self-contained but you can also show someone “The Drumhead” after they’ve seen it. Beyond that also being a good episode for newbies as suggested elsewhere in this thread, the callbacks to “Who Watches the Watchers” nicely illustrate how threads from one story can keep affecting and enriching the show’s universe.