10 Most Intense Star Trek Scenes

The final episode of The Next Generation is one of its greatest stories, exploring the nature of humanity, the universe, and everything in between. In being a finale, the audience was less certain that every character would make it to the end. Deanna was gone in the future timeline, while Yar was a reminder never to make assumptions.

As the three Enterprise-Ds met inside the anomaly, we were treated to the frankly awesome shot of several Galaxy-class ships together - a first, at that point, notwithstanding seeing the Yamato on the viewscreen. Inside those ships, the countdown was truly booming. 

Thanks to the anti-time nature of it all, Yar is once again killed when the youngest Enterprise explodes first, swiftly followed by the then-contemporary one. With everything riding on them, the future Enterprise-D looks like it may explode before the anomaly truly closes.

Q's last quip, before the core breaches, seems to be a death knell for Jean-Luc Picard. Now with thirty years of context, we may know the outcome, but that scene never let up.