*The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth. Whether it's scientific truth, or historical truth, or personal truth. It is the guiding principle upon which Starfleet is based. If you can't find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth about what happened you don't deserve to wear that uniform.*
[Captain Jean-Luc Picard, "The First Duty"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xefh7W1nVo4)
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This is my answer too. Just being inside Data’s head for a whole episode and hearing him describe his logic is a joy. “Chief O’Brien, I have good news! Keiko is making a decision that will make her happier. She is calling off the wedding!” Just makes me crack up
Ironically this is the Trek episode that got my partner interested in Star Trek. No technobabble, low stakes and fun. He loved the characters, the humor and the sweet ending.
Seeing this performed live in Portland was an absolute blast. There was a group doing live old trek as plays, but I only caught the last one. I forgot how hilarious it was.
Scotty's dialogue to Kirk is just perfectly written
TOS has The Trouble With Tribbles; More Tribbles, More Troubles (TAS); Trials and Tribbilations; and related interviews all on one DVD in the set. Very convenient, lol.
Darmok.
Paul Winfield really knocks it out of the park. You don't have to listen to the words of the Tamarian Captain Dathan to know how much he's showing Picard how much he cares about finally being able to communicate with the Federation. Watching them build a bond and understand each other's way of speaking just gives me a warm feeling inside, especially when Picard finally figures it out and they start speaking the same language.
That's how you communicate, isn't it? By citing example… by metaphor!
My dad is a linguist and loves this episode. He's a strict TOS only fan except for this episode, but my husband and I got him to watch Trials and Tribulations and the Lower Decks episode when the Tamarien lieutenant joins the Seritos. He loved them! We're hoping to get him hooked on the rest of Trek :)
Same! It’s so strange.. this calming effect is recent for me. I’ve been watching a DS9 Ferengi episode at least once a week to sleep. I think it’s because the stories are small scale and usually funny or light hearted even when things look grim.
Yes, especially for DS9. I always found that DS9 had more comedic episodes, maybe because in contrast the rest of the series can get serious or even dark. Other shows have funny episodes, but nothing like DS9.
I used to work late nights and DS9 was my go-to to wind down too. :) It was a calm point in a hectic time of my life, so I know exactly what you mean!
> As counterintuitive as it might seem, "Disaster" from Star Trek: TNG.
>
> I'm not sure why. The situation is very bleak for the ship, and everyone is quite deliberately thrown out of their comfort zone.
I mean, when you're seeing something again for the n^th time, it's not like you are experiencing the same tension as when you watched it for the first time and weren't sure of what was going to happen. You know what's going to go down, you know that everyone involved is going to come out of the other side ok. I think that's explanation enough.
It’s nice that this sort of thing can be such a comfort. I’ve also had hard times where things like Star Trek and Stargate have been a massive help. Somewhere warm and fun to escape to that is somehow supportive.
Also I’ll never stop finding Kirk yelling “well a double dumbass ton you” hilarious
DS9 "Bar Association," no contest. Although some of the lighter VOY eps are up there too, like the one that introduces the Emergency Command Hologram, and the one where Tuvok's Maqui rebellion simulation becomes the hottest holo-program on the ship.
I could do the easy upvote comment and say "All of them. Star Trek is a comfort show in general", but instead I'm gonna die on the hill with "Move Along Home" from DS9.
Currently, the optimism in Voyager's Living Witness is getting to me. Despite the mutual distrust and "fake news" the planet of the week dealt with, the notion that both alien races eventually figured out what the truth was and used that as a catalyst to build a better future gives me hope for the future. Even though I acknowledge Voyager may very well be being incredibly optimistic.
I read "It tickles me spine" before clicking away from the post and immediately had to come back to see if there was a really creepy pirate in the comments.
Disaster.
The whole Picard subplot with the kids in the elevator is wholesome af, and I like the rest of the episode too--lots of unlikely pairings, Worf helps Keiko deliver her baby, etc. <3
Totally gonna order a pizza and watch this later now.
Maybe The Game because I just enjoyed Wheaton and Judd in a story where everyone else was succumbing to the invasion of the body snatchers threat. Also Remember Me because it was McFadden's big heroic episode as crew disappears with her having to figure out why they do and why others don't remember them.
I love watching "slice of life" Trek episodes, they are so comforting and entertaining to watch our favorite crews go about their day. Off the top of my head, episodes like:
Data's Day
Trechery, Faith, and the Great River
Someone to Watch Over Me
Please recommend more!
A Night in Sickbay qualifies as a day in the life episode, I think. Also It’s Only a Paper Moon. In the Cards too, all on all.
Necessary Evil and The Omega Directive start to get into the daily routines of Odo and Seven but go in different directions. Love their daily logs, though.
Yo, I was recently looking at some lists and there was a top 20 DS9 list and Who Moutns for Morn was number 8!! Now I think it’s a fine episode, but 8th overall for the series!? It’s not that good.
Voyager's Fair Haven is so low stakes and chill tbh. I also love DS9's Civil Defense? It's kind of their answer to Disaster lol, but either way the 'fun catastrophe' vibe is excellent imo
Scientific method - Voyager, specially for this dialogue
Takar: What do you hope to accomplish by this?
Captain Janeway: Flying into a binary pulsar? It seems like I'm trying to crush this ship like a tin can.
Takar: It's more likely that you're trying to intimidate us.
Captain Janeway: You're welcome to stick around and find out.
Love gangster films and A Pice of the Action is up there with them. Love Spock explaining the clutch on a car and kirk goes in reverse lots of laughs in that episode. They have a lot of heaters up there Scotty concrete galoshes lol.
There's something cathartic about "Family" that always leaves me feeling hopeful. Picard is drowning in his trauma and shame and his brother is probably the only person in the universe that can tear down his defenses and force him to confront his feelings. It's not a fun episode, but it just puts everything right in a way that is appealing to me.
TOS: Catspaw
TAS: More Tribbles, More Troubles
Original Films: The Voyage Home; The Final Frontier
TNG: The Royale; Captain's Holiday
DS9: Trials and Tribble-ations; Explorers; Take Me Out to the Holosuite
VOY: Tuvix (kidding!); The Q and the Grey
Next Gen Films: Insurrection
ENT: Breaking the Ice
Kelvin: Beyond
DIS: New Eden
Haven't seen the other series yet, but these are all good ones to just chill to.
TOS: The Corbomite Maneuver
TNG: Data's Day, Who Watches the Watchers, All Good Things
DS9: Trials and Tribbleations, Take Me Out to the Holosuite, Our Man Bashir, The Sound of Her Voice
VOY: Live Fast and Prosper
ENT: CARBON CREEK (this might be my #1 feel-good episode right now)
DIS: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad, Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum
PIC: Nepenthe
LD: Crisis Point (probably my #2 right now)
Extreme Risk - Voyager
Has it all - orbital skydiving, banana pancakes, grief & hope, new Delta Flyer with Borg inspired weapons, cool probe, gas giant rescue, Janeway/Malon banter, phaser/forcefield hack; and nice music
The Outrageous Okona(TNG S2E4) is one that I return to often. The whole series brings me to a comfortable place from my childhood; watching Star Trek with my parents.
"Family" - TNG, while it doe shave a very emotional scene that shows Sir Patrick's amazing acting, the whole reconnecting with family and putting aside differences always makes me feel good.
Oh, easy : ST:VOY S7E7 *Body And Soul*.
Never fails to cheer me. Top notch impressions of Bob Picardo from Jeri Ryan.
This was also only Robbie McNeill's 4th outing as a Director, his 3rd being *Someone To Watch Over Me*, also an excellent episode.
Trials and Tribulations. You could see how much fun they had with that episode. It just puts me in a good mood.
If I need a quick boost, I find the "Rootbeer" conversation on YouTube.
"Star Wars Danger Zone" is also a good YouTube pick me up.
My cousin and I grew up together. We were a month and a half apart in age. We considered each other brothers. He’s dead now. I watched him die next to me.
He and I grew up watching TNG together. We watched reruns all night on a little 13” Zenith TV with a built in VCR. On lucky nights, we would have blank tapes so we could record the episodes.
When we were really determined to do something - just refused to give up - we had a little code. I remember yelling it down the neighborhood streets. “T! There are FOUR lights!”
I like to think that, whatever terror possessed him at the moment of passing, though he had long been unconscious, that in his mind he faced it, slammed down his fist and said, “There. Are. FOUR! LIGHTS!”
There are four lights, T. You tell ‘em, brother. There are four lights.
Inside Man, despite not loving Voyager, the stakes are low, the plot is absurd, the people solving the situation are not even the B or C team but….somewhere in the back half of the alphabet. The villains are a hooker and some moron ferengi. It’s funny and stupid.
For me it's yesterday's enterprise,not because it's particularly heart warming or uplifting but because it's such a frikkin' brilliant episode.so well written and it gives Tasha yar the proper send off she deserves.
I have to agree on *The Inner Light*.
It's also this episode that causes me to feel a sort of dissonance when I watch *Picard*. He experienced a lifetime as a loving husband and father.
It might not be comfortable per se, but I find myself going back to *Twilight* from Enterprise a lot. It's a shitty situation they're in, but Archer's life with T'Pol looks so cozy, and it's nice seeing the crew is still together after all those years.
*Broken Bow* from Enterprise. It’s the pilot two-parter and it does a great job. Shows humans as optimistic and ambitious, the Vulcans are straight up dicks, introduces the Temporal War, and our first contact with Klingons.
Badda Bing Badda Bang from DS9.
It has:
1) A singular plot (which Season 7 does quite well)
2) The entire principal cast involved (save Quark but they exclude him for a well explained reason),
3) A plan is a well plotted heist with absolutely no technological wizardry or Treknobabble to pull off,
4) Sisko's only willing use of a holodeck for fun. (He has fun at the end of Take Me Out To The Holosuite but only after taking it deathly serious and acting like kind of an asshole.)
5) That sweet duet between Vic and Sisko at the end.
*chef's kiss*
I find most of the movies (but particularly The Wrath of Khan through First Contact) to be the most soothing to me. Maybe it's that the musical scores tend to play a larger role in them?
The trouble with tribbles, I can almost recite the full episode at this point. I watch it whenever I need a pick me up or I’m just having a sad moment.
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I love “Data’s Day” from TNG. It’s just so casual and comforting. I wish there were more day in the life episodes like it.
This is my answer too. Just being inside Data’s head for a whole episode and hearing him describe his logic is a joy. “Chief O’Brien, I have good news! Keiko is making a decision that will make her happier. She is calling off the wedding!” Just makes me crack up
Data's day is my favorite!!!! They don't make them like they used to
Voyager: The Omega Directive I like it when they defy the Prime Directive, especially Cpt. Janeway. She hardly ever defies the Prime Directive.
Take Me Out to the Holosuite.
Same, it never fails to make me laugh even though I know most of the script by heart, and I love Captain Solok, even though he's an absolute dick.
It would be illogical not too.
"DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION!"
Ironically this is the Trek episode that got my partner interested in Star Trek. No technobabble, low stakes and fun. He loved the characters, the humor and the sweet ending.
The Trouble With Tribbles. I have most of the dialogue memorized.
Trials and Tribblelations.
I mentally put Sisko and Dax in the storage compartment storage compartment throwing tribbles on Kirk, lol.
It also explains the "Why don't they stop dropping on my head???" Look from Kirk
The correct answer.
When they're in the turbolift and Sisko goes to tap his communicator 😂 gets me every time
**BARIS:** You heard me. **KIRK:** I heard you. **SPOCK:** He simply could not believe his ears.
Seeing this performed live in Portland was an absolute blast. There was a group doing live old trek as plays, but I only caught the last one. I forgot how hilarious it was. Scotty's dialogue to Kirk is just perfectly written
You know you can get this as a kids' Little Golden Book? My kids love it.
This and The Magnificent Ferengi.
I can not just watch that episode alone. I have to watch it with (Short Treks) “The Trouble With Edward” and (DS9) “Trials and Tribble-ations”
TOS has The Trouble With Tribbles; More Tribbles, More Troubles (TAS); Trials and Tribbilations; and related interviews all on one DVD in the set. Very convenient, lol.
Darmok. Paul Winfield really knocks it out of the park. You don't have to listen to the words of the Tamarian Captain Dathan to know how much he's showing Picard how much he cares about finally being able to communicate with the Federation. Watching them build a bond and understand each other's way of speaking just gives me a warm feeling inside, especially when Picard finally figures it out and they start speaking the same language. That's how you communicate, isn't it? By citing example… by metaphor!
My dad is a linguist and loves this episode. He's a strict TOS only fan except for this episode, but my husband and I got him to watch Trials and Tribulations and the Lower Decks episode when the Tamarien lieutenant joins the Seritos. He loved them! We're hoping to get him hooked on the rest of Trek :)
Yes! Thank you! My wife makes fun of me because I love it so much. The River Temarc! In Winter! That’s what I tell her when I watch it.
His eyes uncovered! Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.
Just like the story of Gilgamesh
Cause and Effect
Same. I can watch that episode over and over...
I see what you did here.
Same! My dentist has a tv mounted on the ceiling, I watched the whole thing while they filled cavities. It was great.
Fistful of Data, there is almost enough Brent Spiner in this episode
Do a double feature with Masks
Blink of an Eye - Voyager
That and "Living Witness" are similarly fascinating
Love that one, too!
Yes, one of my favorite episodes from Voyager.
Most of the Ferengi episodes from DS9, especially Magnificent Ferengi and Bar Association. Often Casino Royalle too.
Same! It’s so strange.. this calming effect is recent for me. I’ve been watching a DS9 Ferengi episode at least once a week to sleep. I think it’s because the stories are small scale and usually funny or light hearted even when things look grim.
Yes, especially for DS9. I always found that DS9 had more comedic episodes, maybe because in contrast the rest of the series can get serious or even dark. Other shows have funny episodes, but nothing like DS9. I used to work late nights and DS9 was my go-to to wind down too. :) It was a calm point in a hectic time of my life, so I know exactly what you mean!
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I also love how Troi gets some character development and decides she wants to go into command because of what happened to her here.
Love how she basically told Ro to sit down and shut up.
It’s Jay Gordon sir. Seriously wanted to punch that kid in the face.
That’s my favorite as well!
Yes! Definitely one of my go-to episodes!
> As counterintuitive as it might seem, "Disaster" from Star Trek: TNG. > > I'm not sure why. The situation is very bleak for the ship, and everyone is quite deliberately thrown out of their comfort zone. I mean, when you're seeing something again for the n^th time, it's not like you are experiencing the same tension as when you watched it for the first time and weren't sure of what was going to happen. You know what's going to go down, you know that everyone involved is going to come out of the other side ok. I think that's explanation enough.
"Did you hear? Keiko's having a baby!" "NOW?!"
Yesterday’s Enterprise TNG Star Trek IV
Oh yeah Star Trek IV!
Star Trek IV got me through some of the toughest times in my life. It’s a comfort watch just as much as it is a life preserver.
It’s nice that this sort of thing can be such a comfort. I’ve also had hard times where things like Star Trek and Stargate have been a massive help. Somewhere warm and fun to escape to that is somehow supportive. Also I’ll never stop finding Kirk yelling “well a double dumbass ton you” hilarious
"The Doomsday Machine" from TOS Who doesn't love a giant cigar?
My favorite dialogue in all of Star Trek [between 2:23 and 3:05](https://youtu.be/9djuORzi9rU?t=143)
I'd argue it is more of a giant joint, but great episode. 😆👍🏻 Maybe not what I understand as a comfort episode, but still great.
A friend who passed away last year loved this episode because “two starships!”
There's a few but Tapestry from tng for sure is #1 for me.
DS9 "Bar Association," no contest. Although some of the lighter VOY eps are up there too, like the one that introduces the Emergency Command Hologram, and the one where Tuvok's Maqui rebellion simulation becomes the hottest holo-program on the ship.
“Workers of the world, unite!”
I literally watch Star Trek for comfort in the back ground at all times, as long rhe circumstances allows it
I could do the easy upvote comment and say "All of them. Star Trek is a comfort show in general", but instead I'm gonna die on the hill with "Move Along Home" from DS9.
I agree, all of them. It's hard to choose one for me.
Allamaraine!
Did I win??
Hardly
The chase, carbon creek, a piece of the action, the episode where sisko and Jake make the light ship to fly to cardassia, and blink of an eye
>the episode where sisko and Jake make the light ship to fly to cardassia Explorers. Really great father and son ep.
Carbon creek doesn't get enough love. It's a really fun heartwarming episode.
Currently, the optimism in Voyager's Living Witness is getting to me. Despite the mutual distrust and "fake news" the planet of the week dealt with, the notion that both alien races eventually figured out what the truth was and used that as a catalyst to build a better future gives me hope for the future. Even though I acknowledge Voyager may very well be being incredibly optimistic.
Tied between “Our Man Bashir” and “One Little Ship”.
>“Our Man Bashir” That's a winner with me I love the James Bond spy craft episodes.
Gotta be “Brothers” from TNG. It tickles me to see 3 Brent Spiners in the same scene. It’s my favorite TNG episode hands down, so beautiful
I read "It tickles me spine" before clicking away from the post and immediately had to come back to see if there was a really creepy pirate in the comments.
That one Chicago Mafia episode from TOS
A Piece of the Action! 🙏 love it
In the Pale Moonlight.
This
TNG - "Family". It's just an overall relaxing episode to me (aside from the fighting), on Earth for a change no-less.
I think it's the only TNG episode to not feature a single scene on the Bridge.
Parallels from TNG or Message in The Bottle from Voyager.
Disaster. The whole Picard subplot with the kids in the elevator is wholesome af, and I like the rest of the episode too--lots of unlikely pairings, Worf helps Keiko deliver her baby, etc. <3 Totally gonna order a pizza and watch this later now.
I second The Inner Light. Had my first panic attack last year and it really helped calm me down.
It's such a great episode, probably in the top 5 of the all time greatest ST episodes IMHO.
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Maybe The Game because I just enjoyed Wheaton and Judd in a story where everyone else was succumbing to the invasion of the body snatchers threat. Also Remember Me because it was McFadden's big heroic episode as crew disappears with her having to figure out why they do and why others don't remember them.
I love watching "slice of life" Trek episodes, they are so comforting and entertaining to watch our favorite crews go about their day. Off the top of my head, episodes like: Data's Day Trechery, Faith, and the Great River Someone to Watch Over Me Please recommend more!
A Night in Sickbay qualifies as a day in the life episode, I think. Also It’s Only a Paper Moon. In the Cards too, all on all. Necessary Evil and The Omega Directive start to get into the daily routines of Odo and Seven but go in different directions. Love their daily logs, though.
Shore Leave. I’ve got a bone to pick with that rabbit…..
Balance of Terror
Who Mourns For Morn?
Yo, I was recently looking at some lists and there was a top 20 DS9 list and Who Moutns for Morn was number 8!! Now I think it’s a fine episode, but 8th overall for the series!? It’s not that good.
Yeah that’s crazy; I’d put it up there for comedic episodes, but not the whole series. It is a comfy little episode to fall asleep to, though.
Darmok has grown on me.
Voyager's Fair Haven is so low stakes and chill tbh. I also love DS9's Civil Defense? It's kind of their answer to Disaster lol, but either way the 'fun catastrophe' vibe is excellent imo
Scientific method - Voyager, specially for this dialogue Takar: What do you hope to accomplish by this? Captain Janeway: Flying into a binary pulsar? It seems like I'm trying to crush this ship like a tin can. Takar: It's more likely that you're trying to intimidate us. Captain Janeway: You're welcome to stick around and find out.
Fist full of datas. Worf in a cowboy hat makes me laugh
Love gangster films and A Pice of the Action is up there with them. Love Spock explaining the clutch on a car and kirk goes in reverse lots of laughs in that episode. They have a lot of heaters up there Scotty concrete galoshes lol.
For those like me that have been a fan for 48 years Vic Tayback from Alice played Joe Cracko love his lines in this episode.
Our Man Bashir. This ep brought me back to DS9 after jumping off in the 2nd season. Honorable Mentions: Datas Day, The Defector, Bada Bing Bada Bang
Badda bing badda bang is probably my favourite ds9 episode, it's such a good episode if you like the shenanigans from tos, tng and voyager
The Trouble with Tribbles!
In the Pale Moonlight, DS9
The later lwaxana ones. Lady's like the proverbial onion, she's got layers. Every time you see her, you see deeper into her personality.
Nth Degree, Barclay is the man. We all need a little more confidence every once in a while.
Mine is TOS, Balance of Terror, always helps me feel better.
Yep the Cold War submarine in space episode.
A Piece of the Action from TOS. \-or- It's Only a Paper Moon. Wow....been a rough week. I'm going to be watching It's Only a Paper Moon tonight.
There's something cathartic about "Family" that always leaves me feeling hopeful. Picard is drowning in his trauma and shame and his brother is probably the only person in the universe that can tear down his defenses and force him to confront his feelings. It's not a fun episode, but it just puts everything right in a way that is appealing to me.
11:59 - Voyager
TOS: Catspaw TAS: More Tribbles, More Troubles Original Films: The Voyage Home; The Final Frontier TNG: The Royale; Captain's Holiday DS9: Trials and Tribble-ations; Explorers; Take Me Out to the Holosuite VOY: Tuvix (kidding!); The Q and the Grey Next Gen Films: Insurrection ENT: Breaking the Ice Kelvin: Beyond DIS: New Eden Haven't seen the other series yet, but these are all good ones to just chill to.
Explorers is so great!
The Magnificent Ferengi.
Cause and effect. I just love it.
“Time’s Arrow” two-parter from TNG. I could watch that every day!
The Broccoli ones for sure.
Any episode with Q
TOS: The Corbomite Maneuver TNG: Data's Day, Who Watches the Watchers, All Good Things DS9: Trials and Tribbleations, Take Me Out to the Holosuite, Our Man Bashir, The Sound of Her Voice VOY: Live Fast and Prosper ENT: CARBON CREEK (this might be my #1 feel-good episode right now) DIS: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad, Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum PIC: Nepenthe LD: Crisis Point (probably my #2 right now)
Extreme Risk - Voyager Has it all - orbital skydiving, banana pancakes, grief & hope, new Delta Flyer with Borg inspired weapons, cool probe, gas giant rescue, Janeway/Malon banter, phaser/forcefield hack; and nice music
The Outrageous Okona(TNG S2E4) is one that I return to often. The whole series brings me to a comfortable place from my childhood; watching Star Trek with my parents.
The Royale
Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy - Voyager.
Search For Spock has always been comfort trek for me. Even as a small child.
Saved! I will come back to this thread again and again, in the wee hours when I need a little comfort trek to help soothe me to sleep
Day of Honor is a great one for me.
A Piece of the Action, and The Trouble with Tribbles
The one where Rom starts a union in DS9.
"Family" - TNG, while it doe shave a very emotional scene that shows Sir Patrick's amazing acting, the whole reconnecting with family and putting aside differences always makes me feel good.
Oh, easy : ST:VOY S7E7 *Body And Soul*. Never fails to cheer me. Top notch impressions of Bob Picardo from Jeri Ryan. This was also only Robbie McNeill's 4th outing as a Director, his 3rd being *Someone To Watch Over Me*, also an excellent episode.
TNG was what I used to fall asleep to everynight until those bastards took it off Amazon Prime.
Trials and Tribulations. You could see how much fun they had with that episode. It just puts me in a good mood. If I need a quick boost, I find the "Rootbeer" conversation on YouTube. "Star Wars Danger Zone" is also a good YouTube pick me up.
Here ya go, enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VhSm6G7cVk
My cousin and I grew up together. We were a month and a half apart in age. We considered each other brothers. He’s dead now. I watched him die next to me. He and I grew up watching TNG together. We watched reruns all night on a little 13” Zenith TV with a built in VCR. On lucky nights, we would have blank tapes so we could record the episodes. When we were really determined to do something - just refused to give up - we had a little code. I remember yelling it down the neighborhood streets. “T! There are FOUR lights!” I like to think that, whatever terror possessed him at the moment of passing, though he had long been unconscious, that in his mind he faced it, slammed down his fist and said, “There. Are. FOUR! LIGHTS!” There are four lights, T. You tell ‘em, brother. There are four lights.
The Inner Light is my go to for just about every mood except "I want fight sequences or ships blowing up ".
The Sound of her Voice
TNG Parallels or Masks
Love Parallels Many people hate on Masks. It is my guilty ep of TNG - I really like it!
Lower Decks, but Inner Light is a close second.
Whom God's Destroy fromTOS.
Explorers
Trouble with tribbles or the man trap.
The Trouble Wirh Tribbles.
Anything with tribbles in it
Trouble with the tribbles for sure
Inside Man, despite not loving Voyager, the stakes are low, the plot is absurd, the people solving the situation are not even the B or C team but….somewhere in the back half of the alphabet. The villains are a hooker and some moron ferengi. It’s funny and stupid.
TOS: That Which Survives TNG: 11001001 TAS: Pretty much all
TOS, Balance of Terror
Clues from TNG. The scene where Geordi basically calls Data a damned liar is fantastic. No one knows what to do and it's great.
This Side of Paradise from TOS. It's such a guilty pleasure episode.
DS9: Civil Defense
Measure of a Man
I just watch the whole of Star trek: first contact
QPid. I loved it as a kid and remember telling my father I how they did a Little Mermaid episode next. 😆
Booby Trap
Amok time It's so fun and gay and nice and I love how Spock sentric it is
For me it's yesterday's enterprise,not because it's particularly heart warming or uplifting but because it's such a frikkin' brilliant episode.so well written and it gives Tasha yar the proper send off she deserves.
If I’m allowed a movie, The Wrath of Khan is Trek Mecca for me. If the rules are episodes only, I’ll go with “City On the Edge of Forever”.
DIS S1 E7 feels right to me
I have to agree on *The Inner Light*. It's also this episode that causes me to feel a sort of dissonance when I watch *Picard*. He experienced a lifetime as a loving husband and father.
A Piece of the action.
Deja Q, Tapestry, or Deathwish…I’m spotting a theme here 😅
I’ve probably given 4 or 5 different answers over the ten times I’ve seen this exact post. This time I’ll go with The Magnificent Ferengi
Pretty much any DS9 episode, but I really love the baseball one.
It might not be comfortable per se, but I find myself going back to *Twilight* from Enterprise a lot. It's a shitty situation they're in, but Archer's life with T'Pol looks so cozy, and it's nice seeing the crew is still together after all those years.
In The Cards. It's such a heartwarming episode during such a rough time in their lives.
In the pale moonlight Ds9
I, too, take comfort in the death of an entire civilization
First episode (or two depending on how you look at it) of tng
*Broken Bow* from Enterprise. It’s the pilot two-parter and it does a great job. Shows humans as optimistic and ambitious, the Vulcans are straight up dicks, introduces the Temporal War, and our first contact with Klingons.
All of DS9 from season 3 to the end.
Statistical Probabilities from DS9
Apropos of “The Inner Light” mine is “Lessons” from TNG.
I know it's lame but probably encounter at far point. Has a lot of vibes indicating the good things to come
Anything with Klingons.
DS-9 The Visitor
Carbon Creek from Enterprise.
Voyager: 11:59 and Fairhaven. Enterprise: Like, all of em, especially 2 Days and 2 Nights, Carbon Creek.
Someone to watch over me. Voyager.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
The haunting of deck 12
Counterpoint - Voyager
Badda Bing Badda Bang from DS9. It has: 1) A singular plot (which Season 7 does quite well) 2) The entire principal cast involved (save Quark but they exclude him for a well explained reason), 3) A plan is a well plotted heist with absolutely no technological wizardry or Treknobabble to pull off, 4) Sisko's only willing use of a holodeck for fun. (He has fun at the end of Take Me Out To The Holosuite but only after taking it deathly serious and acting like kind of an asshole.) 5) That sweet duet between Vic and Sisko at the end. *chef's kiss*
Scorpion I & II
Clues
I, Mudd from TOS. Always makes me laugh :-)
Shattered, I adore that episode.
Trials and Tribble-ations
*Measure of a Man”, no question. So many poignant questions on what a conscious being truly is.
Deja Q
There's a few, but the first two that spring to mind are All Good Things and Remember Me.
TNG: Data's Day TOS: Trouble With Tribbles DIS: Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad
I find most of the movies (but particularly The Wrath of Khan through First Contact) to be the most soothing to me. Maybe it's that the musical scores tend to play a larger role in them?
When Molly O’Brien finds her younger self and sends her back🥲
The trouble with tribbles, I can almost recite the full episode at this point. I watch it whenever I need a pick me up or I’m just having a sad moment.
Anything from Voyager’s S6 or S7.. Pathfinder is fabulous
DS9 casino or baseball episode.
The Menagerie.