NEW TA PATREON CONTENT - TNG Patron Tier List

500th vote! yay me.

It goes in a special tier above S. There are several S-tier episodes in the series, but this and S3E26 are next level.

It's an A for me because SO many future episodes (and a couple of movies) call back to this event.

A-tier for me. It's a decent resolution to S3 finale and I loved the Whoopi-Riker interaction and Riker as Captain. If they had gone a different way with Riker's character arc after this episode, this could have been a jumping off point for that. And I think the resolution to this Borg Cube's attack was a neat way to deal with an overwhelming threat. It would have been stronger if it led to more. I guess what I'm saying is this episode works as part of a 2-parter but because of the serialized TV format, it doesn't feel like enough came later that built on what happened here. Some things did (the next episode for sure) but not as much as it probably would have been if TNG was made today.

This episode is actually very anticlimactic IMO. You'd expect a bit more from the ending considering how intense the episode is. If you look at Best of Both Worlds and Family as a three part story then i'd say this is definitely the weakest episode in that trio. There's also the Riker stuff that is unresolved. I'd still say it's an A tier episode regardless.

with the knowledge of knowing all the different star trek series and episodes, its A-Tier for me.

BTW I love this idea. Wondering if it'll be mentioned as you go or kept until the end for the rating video. Either way it'll give you an idea of the popularity whether it's good bad or split and a great way to determine it.

I can't wait for episode 5. It's the series' first of my favorite type of episode, of which there aren't many

Season 4 is overall my favorite season of TNG.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the Rating of Season 4 Episode 1! This isn't rating the whole of season 4, just part 2 of Best of Both Worlds. For me, it's an A. Still a great episode but there's at least one thing about it that keeps it from being perfect.

S4, to me, is the inverse of S3. With S3 the second half is stacked with the great episodes ("Yesterday's Enterprise", "Sarek", "Sins of the Father", "Hollow Pursuits", "The Offspring", and yes, "Deja Q", with "The Most Toys" barely missing this category) and then a few fine ones here and there (yes, "Captain's Holiday" rates an "It's fine" from me). The first half has much more "It's fine" episodes and some pretty good episodes interspersed with a couple great episodes ("The Defector", "Who Watches the Watchers"). With S4, the first half of the season is stacked with great episodes interspersed with good to decent episodes and the second half is heavy with good to decent episodes with a great one here and there. Then S3 ends with a great episode and S4 begins with one. I totally accept that this is just me, and some may have most or all their favorite episodes in the first half of S3 and/or the second half of S4. That's cool, but I'm firm on my opinion.

This may seem like an S-Tier episode when you first watch it, but looking back, this doesn't reach the same level as the real S-tier episodes. A-tier

S

Are these comments supposed to be spoiler free? Because there's a lot.

i am goving Season 4 a B only because I know what is yet to be. Otherwise, it would be an A.

A-tier for reasons I'm not comfortable sharing. (Yet.)

Honestly, for me, 3x26, 4x01 and 4x02 are a single S-tier story. The whole thing just elevated TNG to an unexpected level and effectively redefined what Star Trek could do going forward. I do think you had to be there at the time to really appreciate what a change this was for sci-fi on TV.

I'll give it B because even though it's a fun and exciting episode, TNG is at its best when a strong well acted guest character appears and interacts with our ensemble cast. The Borg don't rate very well as interesting guest characters IMO. Shelby and Admiral Hanson made part 1 shine, but pretty much blended in for part 2.

Please add tier polls for the previous episodes and TAS and TOS. (Pakled voice: “I like polls”)

[A] I know what has come before and what's to come. It isn't S-tier TNG. But as a culmination of this part of Riker's arc, stepping out from under Picard, 'throwing away the book', and Riker being Riker using misdirection and subterfuge as was hyped and then shown in 'Peak Performance' was none the Trek in top form. A fine conclusion to an impossibly strong first half.

it's close to S but I think it's A

I prefer it in a lot of ways to part 1. S for me.

A-tier because it's soooooooo damn close to some of the other bangers in this season alone. There are so many great A-tiers that it's hard to put some in an S-tier because it's splitting hairs for me.

I went back and forth between A and B tier. There are some great episodes this season that I find far more rewatchable than this second half.

One of my favorite episodes, but I only give it A because the next two...

I had to go A-tier because I don't think any resolution of the S-tier part 1 could be made. But there is an S-tier moment: Picard is asked "What do you remember?" and the utter desolation with which Stewart says "Everything." is beyond S-tier.

Who the heck voted E-tier?!

I voted A as well. Most of the season is fantastic, but like any show, there are a few that are average, but NONE that are bad.

This is A to me, a quintessential 9/10 episode. It's great, but lacks just a little *something* to put it at the top. To date, I would rank the following episodes as S: Conspiracy, Measure of a Man, Q Who, Defector, Yesterday's Enterprise, Sarek, BOBW1

In any normal series this would be S tier, but for me personally there have been even better episodes so far (Measure of a Man for example), so I voted A.

A tier. It's not top notch, not as well paced as part 1 but a strong season opener and a satisfying resolution to part one.

I assume we're able to discuss the contents of the episode?

A-tier for me. *Slightly* lower as its follows on from an epic Part 1, but still solid A-tier.

I’d say A only because S4E2 will comparatively gut punch you guys as an S episode!