TNG - Disaster

This episode puts most of the crew of the Enterprise in fish-out-of-water situations, placing Deanna in command, Picard in charge of children, and forcing Worf to deliver Keiko’s baby. Combine this with Geordi’s and Doctor Crusher’s attempts to avoid getting irradiated or blown up (whichever comes first), an impending warp core breach, and other aspects such as the notion of removing Data’s head. And you get a very good episode. Almost all of the substance of the episode comes from the awkward, unusual or dangerous circumstances of the crew members. It is interesting to see how they will deal with the situations they find themselves in. Because of this, Disaster is a very interesting episode solely because it explores how the crew of the Enterprise-D responds to crises other than the type that they are used to