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Anything from the first season is out, as it's far too cheesy (in my opinion)

The person I am introducing Star Trek to enjoys shows like Law %26amp; Order: SVU and even a soap opera.

I'm looking for an episode of Star Trek that is easy enough to understand (no crazy time traveling, or parallel universes), and does a good job of encapsulating the essence of the show.

What do you think?

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Any of the episodes with "Q". He's hilarious and will make a great comic relief for your friend just adjusting to Star Trek.
Maybe I'm a bit biased since I love the ep, but. . . "Inner Light"? It doesn't come across as *terribly* sci-fi to me, and the story's good as far as sucking you in once you get the intro out of the way.
A few recommendations are:

3rd season:

- The offspring

- The best of both worlds I and II (best watched with 2nd season's Q Who)

4th season:

- Family

- Data's Day

- Devil's Due

- Qpid

- The Drumhead

- In Theory

5th season:

- Darmok

- The Inner Light

6th season:

- A Fistful of Datas

- Chain of Command I and II