It really depends on the episode. Season 2 is a lot stronger on rewatch, and Q Who is the turning point. Peak Performance and The Emissary are some of my favorite episodes (why did we only get two episodes with K’Ehlyr?), and the writing and acting get stronger, setting up the good Seasons 3 and 4.This is just something assmad people who never really liked TNG say to normies who havent watched the show, who then regurgitate it endlessly to other normies pretending to be nerds.
I will take a thousand planet africas over one more second of dockworkers yammering about how their food is like da poo poo and old ballbusting dykes written by people who think punctuating a sentence with a swear is the same thing as powerful dialogue in a screenplay.
Season 1 is weak, but it’s learning. There are some fun eps in there, and The Neutral Zone is good.