6. Pre-emptive Strike
Season: 7
Aired: 16 May 1994
Stardate: 47941.7
Ro Laren returns to the Enterprise and is assigned a particularly testing mission. We loved this episode for its difficult choices and excellent world building, as well as Stewart’s incredible ability to convey emotion without saying a word of dialogue.
5. The Measure Of A Man
Season: 2
Aired: 13 February 1989
Stardate: 42523.7
Patrick Stewart’s classical training comes through particularly strongly at the end of this episode, but it’s one of our favourites for the thought provoking questions it asks throughout, in the finest traditions of Star Trek as a whole.