The worst part of the modern era and the destruction of the "real actors vs fake show" line is that so many great performances are just shattered in my mind of their excellence by they being shit people. It's like that Kids in the Hall skit where the mayor is in a jam tasting contest, picks a winner, and the crowd gasps because he picked a child molester's jam.

Not that the acting in TNG is particularly exceptional, but it still captured my imagination.