I began this list several weeks in advance of the debut of Star Trek: Picard. Needless to say, as each episode premiered I was equally delighted and dismayed to add to this list. If you’ve not watched Star Trek: The Next Generation or the subsequent films recently (or at all), I highly recommend working your way through this three-part prelude series of posts before diving into the new show!
In a bit of a change of the format for the blog, the following episodes are relevant (at some level) to the events depicted in Picard. Many of these episodes are marked with an asterisk (*) to designated them as essential viewing, while other episodes are listed to provide deeper background on events, characters, and themes relevant to the new series. Those marked with a tilde (~) are added for continuity purposes to explain the arrivals and departures of major characters and major subplots over several seasons.
| Episode | Stardate | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Encounter at Farpoint* | 41153.7 | 1 |
| Where No One Has Gone Before* | 41263.1 | 1 |
| Datalore* | 41242.4 | 1 |
| The Battle | 41723.9 | 1 |
| Hide and Q* | 41590.5 | 1 |
| Heart of Glory~ | 41503.7 | 1 |
| Skin of Evil | 41601.3 | 1 |
| The Neutral Zone* | 41986.0 | 1 |
| The Child~ | 42073.1 | 2 |
| Elementary, Dear Data | 42286.3 | 2 |
| The Outrageous Okona | 42404.7 | 2 |
| The Schiziod Man | 42437.5 | 2 |
| A Matter of Honor~ | 42506.5 | 2 |
| The Measure of a Man* | 42523.7 | 2 |
| Q Who | 42761.3 | 2 |
| The Emissary~ | 42901.3 | 2 |
| Evolution | 43125.8 | 3 |
| The Enemy | 43349.2 | 3 |
| Déjà Q | 43539.1 | 3 |
| Yesterday’s Enterprise~ | 43625.2 | 3 |
| The Offspring* | 43657.0 | 3 |
| Sins of the Father~ | 43685.2 | 3 |
| Sarek | 43917.4 | 3 |
| The Best of Both Worlds* | 43989.1 | 3 |
| The Best of Both Worlds | Part II* | 44001.4 | 4 |
| Family* | 44012.3 | 4 |
| Brothers* | 44085.7 | 4 |
| Reunion~ | 44246.5 | 4 |
| Data’s Day | 44390.1 | 4 |
| Qpid | 44704.2 | 4 |
| Redemption | 44995.3 | 4 |
| Redemption II | 45020.4 | 5 |
| Ensign Ro | 45076.3 | 5 |
| Unification I* | 45233.1 | 5 |
| Unification II* | 45245.8 | 5 |
| I, Borg* | 45854.2 | 5 |
| The Inner Light | 45944.1 | 5 |
| Time’s Arrow | 45959.1 | 5 |
| Time’s Arrow | Part Two | 46001.3 | 6 |
| True Q | 46192.3 | 6 |
| Chain of Command | Part One | 46357.4 | 6 |
| Chain of Command | Part Two | 46360.8 | 6 |
| Ship in a Bottle | 46424.1 | 6 |
| Face of the Enemy | 46519.0 | 6 |
| Tapestry* | Unknown | 6 |
| Descent* | 46982.1 | 6 |
| Descent | Part Two* | 47025.4 | 7 |
| Phantasms | 47225.7 | 7 |
| Dark Page | 47254.1 | 7 |
| Inheritance* | 47410.2 | 7 |
| Journey’s End* | 47751.2 | 7 |
| All Good Things…* | 47988.0 | 7 |
| Star Trek: Generations | 48632.4 | VII |
| Star Trek: First Contact* | 50893.5 | VIII |
Once you’ve worked your way through this first batch of episodes and movies, continue on to Part Two!
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