re: What is your favorite Star Trek TNG episode?

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The senior crew discuss their latest mission: to make contact with the Tamarian race who have been transmitting signals toward Federation space for weeks. The Enterprise makes contact with a Tamarian ship in orbit around the planet El-Adrel. Though the universal translator can translate their words, the Tamarians only communicate through allegory which baffles the Enterprise crew. Likewise, the Tamarians cannot understand Picard's straightforward use of language. Frustrated by their failure at communication, the Tamarian captain, Dathon, has himself and Captain Picard transported to the planet's surface.

This episode is considered one of the most popular of all the TNG episodes, along with the Hugo Award winning "The Inner Light" from Season 5 and "The Best Of Both Worlds, Part I", which was the Season 3 finale and "The Best Of Both Worlds, Part II" and "Family", the first two episodes of season 4.

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