TNG Season 3 Tier List! We're back with another tier list, and this time for TNG season 3! Riker is at full power with both a beard and a collar, and this is the season many Star Trek fans claim is when TNG starts getting good. But how do its episodes actually stack up?!

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0:00 - Intro

4:38 - Evolution

11:20 - The Ensigns of Command

17:50 - The Survivors

22:54 - Who Watches The Watchers

29:41 - The Bonding

34:34 - Booby Trap

41:01 - The Enemy

45:01 - The Price

52:36 - The Vengeance Factor

57:12 - The Defector

1:01:55 - The Hunted

1:08:36 - The High Ground

1:11:53 - Deja Q

1:15:08 - A Matter of Perspective

1:22:23 - Yesterday's Enterprise

1:27:46 - The Offspring

1:31:35 - Sins of The Father

1:35:02 - Allegiance

1:38:21 - Captain's Holiday

1:42:01 - Tin Man

1:44:03 - Hollow Pursuits

1:49:00 - The Most Toys

1:52:17 - Sarek

1:57:33 - Ménage à Troi

2:00:22 - Transfigurations

2:06:02 - The Best Of Both Worlds

2:15:06 - Final tier list and discussion

2:19:37 - Outro

Rivals! What is even happening in this episode? There's some sort of luck machine? Julian and Miles O'Brien play raquetball? Why are we spending so much time on Chris Sarandon?! Is this literally an episode of nothing but filler?!?!?!

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0:00 - Intro

15:19 - Around the Sun

29:02 - Sponsor (Ekster)

31:42 - Episode recap and discussion

1:15:22 - Mailbag

1:22:42 - Outro

Parallels! Oh my goodness, we've got the multiple Worfs of madness! How does it pan out when someone writes a late season 7 episode and it's... actually good?!

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0:00 - Intro

4:27 - Sponsor (LEGO and their new Enterprise-D set!)

14:46 - Episode recap and discussion

1:07:16 - Mailbag

1:14:40 - Outro

Sanctuary! What happens when DS9 fumbles really hard at doing a refugee crisis allegory while pairing it with a bunch of super ugly aliens? This thing!

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11:43 - Around the Sun

16:54 - Sponsor (Ekster)

22:49 - Episode recap and discussion

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1:20:56 - Outro

Inheritance! It turns out that Data has a mom! It turns out that his mom is a robot! That's... that's it.

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1:54 - Simpsons update

7:38 - Sponsor (Ekster)

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56:20 - Mailbag

1:01:32 - Outro

Second Sight! Sisko is sad that Picard killed his wife, so he decides to pursue a ghost lady instead. Shenanigans ensue. There's also this scientist guy who won't stop talking. Also, Sisko used to be Bashir in this story. Yes.

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5:38 - Around the Sun

17:20 - Sponsor (Ekster)

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1:04:33 - Outro

Force of Nature! What happens when you try to write a global warming allegory and then realize you've only written about 22 minutes of content for a 45-minute show? Why, you fill it with cat content, of course!

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15:57 - Simpsons update

17:48 - Episode recap and discussion

1:09:14 - Mailbag

1:22:46 - Outro

Necessary Evil! What starts out as an attempted murder of Quark leads Odo and Kira on a Colombo-esque blast to the past, all the way back to when Gul Dukat was in charge and Deep Space Nine was Terok Nor, and all the way back to a murder mystery Odo was never able to close. Follow us as we take a fascinating look at a much more inexperienced Odo, a colder Terok Nor, and a hotter Kira with a ponytail!

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16:19 - Around the Sun

26:06 - Sponsor (Ekster)

32:16 - Episode recap and discussion

1:18:19 - Mailbag

1:20:48 - Outro