Obviously, Star Trek: Discovery has plenty more overt references to The Next Generation in its final season, going so far as to include multiple references to Captain Picard and even providing an appearance from Geordi LaForge’s VISOR.
However, for my latinum, nothing beats “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad” from being the ultimate homage to TNG…specifically, to three of that show’s finest episodes. Unfortunately, this was the only comedic episode of early Discovery, making the rest of the season feel like we were stuck in our own time loop of endlessly bleak NuTrek storytelling.