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Boldly going where no one had gone before,
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these are the episodes that refuse to let history
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forget the name 'Enterprise'.
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(Picard) Welcome to the Enterprise, Commander Riker.
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Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we are counting down
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our picks for the top 10 'Star Trek - The Next Generation' episodes.
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(Picard) Welcome aboard.
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For this list, we will be looking at memorable episodes
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of the television series, and not the later feature films.
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And yes, you can expect some spoilers ahead.
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Number 10 - Encounter at Farpoint.
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(Q) And if you are truly civilised, Captain,
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won't you be doing something about the casualties happening down there?
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On the Enterprise D's maiden voyage,
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Captain Picard is sent to collect his senior officers,
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including a baby-faced Will Riker,
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at a new and mysterious outpost.
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Sounds simple enough...
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until the Captain, and humanity at large,
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is put on trial by the god-like Q.
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(Q) You'd now answer to the charge of being a grievously savage race!
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(Picard) Grievously savage could mean anything...
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With strong female roles,
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a blind navigator,
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and an android Third Officer,
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The feature-length episode proved that
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The Next Generation would truly be
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a brave new world.
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(Picard) Let's see what's out there.....
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Engage!
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Number 9,
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The Measure of a Man
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(Data) The bets will indicate the relative strength of each hand.
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Time to pluck a pigeon.
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Data's rights and freedom are threatened
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when a cybernetists visits the ship,
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(Data) I was the sole member of the committee to oppose my entrance
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on the grounds that I was not a sentient being.
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Viewing the andriod as Starfleet property,
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Commander xxx has orders not only to reassign Data
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but also to disassemble him.
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When he refuses, the question of Data's sentience is put on trial,
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with an unwilling Riker as prosecutor.
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(Riker) I see. I have no choice but to agree.
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(Commander) Good! And I expect you to do your duty in that courtroom!
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(Commander) If I find for one minute that you are not doing your best,
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(Commander) I'll end this then and there!
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Although the First Officer successfully proves Data is a machine,
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the Captain's passionate defence proves he's a living one.
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(Picard) Starfleet was founded to seek out new life.
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(Picard) Well, there it sits!
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(Picard) Waiting.
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Number 8,
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Chain of Command
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You should prove an interesting challenge.
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Possibly the most interesting to come through that door in many years.
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Popped behind enemy lines on a failed reconnaise mission.
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Picard is detained and tortured by a sadistic Cardassian interrogator.
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You will enjoy no privilege of rank.
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No privileges as a person.
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From now on, I will refer to you only as
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human
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The resulting two-parter is a sheer acting tour-de-force from Patrick Stewart.
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(Cardassian) PIcard, stop it!
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Or I will turn this off and leave you in agony all night!
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(Picard) Hah! You called me Picard.
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Shackled, starved and mostly naked, the Captain refuses to give in to his captor,
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even for the promise of his survival.
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A supporter of Amnesty International, Stewart prepared for his scenes
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by watching film footage provided by the organisation.
