Ragitsu

There hasn't been a single mention of Guinan. No matter your feelings on Goldberg, she played a damn fine bartender.

Without some friction, you don't have a show. We don't see the ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of the time interspecies relations are functioning smoothly.

Without some friction, you don't have a show. We don't see the ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of the time interspecies relations are functioning smoothly.

We would not. Bad as "Sub Rosa" was, I found "Justice" (where an alien race fails to execute Wesley Crusher for breaking a flower) and "Code of Honor" (where Tasha Yar was kidnapped in a Blaxploitation flick gone wrong) to be even worse. Frankly, much of the first season was pretty weak, and a lot of the episodes felt like recycled concepts from the original series. I feel like it was only in the third season that TNG began to find its own way.
 
YMMV, naturally.

I'm with you.

I going to chuck in Encounter at Farpoint. Without this you don't get the rest and it has a McCoy cameo
A Matter of Honor which has Riker joining a Klingon ship
The Emissary with a shipload of Klingons coming out of suspended animation having to be brought back to life
Booby Trap wherein LaForge falls in love
Deja Q. Q is stripped of his powers
A Matter of Perspective. In which Riker is accused of murder. I like Rashamon stories
Sins of the Father. Was Worf's father a traitor ?
Sarek. Spock's father needs help
Reunion. Worf's lover returns
Galaxy's Child. An alien thinks the Enterprise is its mother
Identity Crisis. LaForge becomes an alien
The Drumhead. Are there traitors on the Enterprise
Darmok. Communication problems with an alien species
Ensign Ro. I like Michelle Forbes. Deal with it.
Unification. Spock and the Romulans
Conundrum. Suddenly the crew acquire a new officer 
Cause and Effect. A time loop episode
The Next Phase. Are LaForge and Ro dead ?
Time's Arrow. Guinan meets Picard for the first time.
Relics. Here comes Scotty
Birthright. Is Worf's father alive
Starship Mine. The ship gets a cleaning
Descent. Lore and the Borg
Gambit. Is Picard dead ?
Parallels. Worf is in alternate realities.
The Pegasus. Don't meddle with another races's technology it will go badly

You might have been thinking of the Vidiians: organleggers in space!

I have a strong liking for Message in a Bottle, as it allows Robert Picardo free reign for his great acting.

Voyager is definitely not in the class of TOS, TNG, or DS9, but they're are some good episodes IMO.  My favorite is Blink of an Eye that explores time passing differently on the surface of a planet than for the ship in orbit.  Voyager is able to observe the growth of an entire civilization over just a few days or weeks.  Usually, any of the episodes the feature the Doctor are ones that I enjoyed as well.

The episode Demon (4th season) was interesting, if not immediately compelling. The crew find a Class Y ("Demon-class") planet and explore. They discover strange life-forms that can imitate their appearance and attributes. In the end, Janeway allows these organisms to copy anyone on the crew that will agree to it. First contact successfully complete, and on to next week's episode. 
 
Then there was the season 5 episode Course: Oblivion. Voyager is in more trouble than usual, which is saying something. Crew members are getting sick and the ship is malfunctioning, and both are getting worse. As Janeway & company search for answers, it is revealed that this isn't Voyager at all--it's the alien clones from Demon. They had decided to explore the universe themselves. As they realize that being away from their home planet is killing them, they turn around and try to make it back in time. They also try to create a time capsule to leave a record of their experiences in case they don't make it. Both efforts fail. The real Voyager arrives just after the nick of time, notes discovering some interesting material floating in space, and is on their way.
 
This callback to an episode more than a season earlier was one of Voyager's best stories.

That is why - despite being antiquated - his code is better behavior than the way most of these riot officers are treating protestors.

We need to work on weather control satellites A.S.A.P.

THERE IS RAIN!!!

To be quite frank, a lot of people simply want to kill the people who they find mildly inconvenient or annoying.  I wish I was joking.

THERE IS RAIN!!!

No rain here. Sky is still blue. I wouldn't mind some rain to help with the fires. At least the air quality has been better the last few days.

I don't think I have ever been so ecstatic over the sound of thunder.

And there was much rejoicing.

That is why - despite being antiquated - his code is better behavior than the way most of these riot officers are treating protestors.

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THERE IS RAIN!!!

That is why - despite being antiquated - his code is better behavior than the way most of these riot officers are treating protestors.

I had a fang-faced kitteh...he was such a cuddle bug ❤️