This list is my own...
1. The Inner Light (1992): Picard’s consciousness is kidnapped by an alien probe forcing him to live another man’s life in a few minutes. A long dead alien civilization launched the probe as their planet died in the hopes that it would preserve their culture. The Hugo Award winning episode is an ode to the spirit of survival, but also bittersweet as Picard is helpless to save the people and is forced to observe events. “The Inner Light” intimately catalogues the human life cycle as Picard in the form of Kamen lives out a full life in 25 minutes.
2. Best of Both Worlds (1990): The two-part episode explores loss as the Enterprise is forced to cope without their father figure. Picard is kidnapped and assimilated by the Borg and forced to assist in the destruction of Earth. The crew adapt to the situation and eventually defeat the invaders with Picard’s help. The show marked a turning point in the show as it steadily grew in popularity and quality.
3. The Drumhead (1991): An accident aboard the Enterprise leads to a full scale inquiry into treason. The episode parallels the McCarthy Hearings of the fifties and encapsulates the fear and paranoia which surrounded the period.
4. Yesterday’s Enterprise (1990): A spatial anomaly changes history as the Enterprise-C is thrust forward in time. The ship’s appearance precluded its defense of a Klingon outpost and that led a war. The what-if storyline helped inspire 2009’s Star Trek.
5. Tapestry (1993): Q offers Picard a chance to change his past. The result unraveled “the tapestry” of Picard’s life. The captain realizes the mistakes of his past led him down a better path than he realized.
6. Chain of Command (1992): Picard is kidnapped and tortured by the Cardassians over two episodes. The captain manages to defeat his interrogator, but just barely.
7. The Measure of a Man (1989): A cyberneticist boards the Enterprise determined to dissemble Data in order to see what makes him tick. Data objects and even resigns his commission leading to a trial to determine whether he enjoyed the same rights as humanoids.
8. Redemption (1991): Worf sides with Gowron during the Klingon Civil War in order to restore his family’s honor. In the meantime, Picard plays cat-and-mouse with Sela and the Romulan Fleet which is working against Gowron. At the same time, Data is forced to deal with a bigoted junior officer as he commanded a ship in Picard’s anti-Romulan task force. A lot is going on in this two-part episode!
9. Starship Mine (1993): At the time, some fans believed Picard talked too much, so the writers turned him into Rambo. Picard wages a one-man war against a group of mercenaries stowing aboard the Enterprise after the crew disembarked so the ship could undergo decontamination.
10. Sins of the Father (1990): Worf’s father is accused of treason. He returns to Kronos to challenge the accusation, but is forced to accept it in order to protect the Klingon Empire.
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