Summary
- Patrick Stewart's favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation is "The Inner Light," where he becomes a different person and his real-life son plays his son in the episode.
- "The Inner Light" is widely regarded as one of the best episodes of TNG because it tells a heartbreakingly human story about the desire for one's story to be remembered.
- The episode may be nontraditional, but it exemplifies what makes Star Trek great and showcases Stewart's wonderful performance.
Patrick Stewart revealed his favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and his choice shouldn't come as a surprise to Star Trek fans. Stewart began playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 1987 when TNG premiered and he recently stepped back into the role for three seasons of Star Trek: Picard. Jean-Luc's story came full circle in the acclaimed Picard season 3, as the TNG crew reunited on the rebuilt USS Enterprise-D. Now 83, Patrick Stewart just released his highly anticipated autobiography, "Making It So: A Memoir," chronicling Stewart's life from his difficult childhood, to his career from Shakespeare to Star Trek to superheroes.
In an interview with Wired about "Making It So," Sir Patrick Stewart revealed that one particular episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation remains his favorite. Read his full quote below:
“The Inner Light” […] Because I become someone other than Jean-Luc Picard over decades of living a different life, and therefore become a different person, a domestic person, not a starship captain. And there is another, personal reason. My son Daniel played my son in “The Inner Light.” That was an extraordinary experience.
