The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation) played Captain Jean-Luc Picard. "Star Trek" writer Susan Sackett notes that it is also her favorite episode even though it is not one she wrote. "The Inner Light" was ranked among the top five episodes in a "viewers' choice" marathon that was broadcast just before the premiere of the series finale. The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "The Inner Light" is the 125th episode overall and the 25th episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". The episode was written by freelance writer Morgan Gendel based on his original pitch. Gendel is credited as writer
Lessons (Star Trek: The Next Generation) of the stellar cartography on board the "Enterprise", but the set would be completely replaced for its reappearance in the movie "Star Trek Generations". James Van Hise and Hal Schuster wrote in their 1995 book, "The Complete Next Generation", that they thought the relationship between Picard and Daren was believable, and that the story itself was very effective. They thought that the loneliness Picard feels at the end of the episode was part of an ongoing story which would culminate in the subplot about Picard's loneliness in "Star Trek Generations". Several reviewers re-watched "Star Trek: The Next Generation" after the