“My place is no longer here”: First Contact (TNG) vs. The Brightest Star (Short Treks)

It’s first contact with new life, from the new life’s point of view.

“I don’t know how I’m going to enter this into the log”: Where No One Has Gone Before (TNG) vs. Threshold (Voyager)

The crew of the Enterprise go where they should never have gone in the first place … and so do the writers of Voyager.

“What’s a Tuesday?”: Data’s Day (TNG) vs. Calypso (Short Treks)

The Next Generation shows us a day in the life of an android, and Discovery’s second Short Trek shows us a Taco Tuesday in the life of a ship’s computer.

“You’re out of your league”: Q Who (TNG) vs. Regeneration (Enterprise)

Humanity comes face to face with the dehumanizing nightmare of the Borg, for the first time … twice.

“You have angered The Picard”: Who Watches the Watchers (TNG) vs. New Eden (Discovery)

Picard gets a promotion from captain to god, and the Discovery visits a distant colony of humans whose ancestors were abducted by “angels”.

“What could possibly go wrong?”: A Fistful of Datas (TNG) vs. Our Man Bashir (DS9)

Worf and Troi play Red Dead Redemption, while Bashir and Garak play Goldeneye.

“Eyes in the dark”: Night Terrors (TNG) vs. The Haunting of Deck Twelve (Voyager)

Who says they won’t celebrate Halloween in the 24th century? Neelix tells the Borg kids a ghost story, while the crew of the Enterprise hallucinate some scary stories of their own.

“I’ll try to make my lies more opaque”: The Defector (TNG) vs. Duet (DS9)

A Romulan defector and a mysterious Cardassian show us what true patriotism might look like, in two fine examples of Star Trek at its Star Trek-iest.

“You’re on the other side now”: The Ensigns of Command (TNG) vs. Progress (DS9)

Data learns that honesty isn’t the best policy — until it is — and Kira learns that she doesn’t get to be the good guy anymore.