26 episodes on 7 discs: Evolution, The Ensigns of Command, The Survivors, Who Watches the Watchers, The Bonding, Booby Trap, The Enemy, The Price, The Vengeance Factor, The Defector, The Hunted, The High Ground, Deja Q, A Matter of Perspective, Yesterday’s Enterprise, The Offspring, Sins of the Father, Allegiance, Captain’s Holiday, Tin Man, Hollow Pursuits, The Most Toys, Sarek, Menage a Troi, Transfigurations, The Best of Both Worlds Part 1. Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s third year was an important development in syndicated television. After two shaky years, Paramount nonetheless decided the franchise still had plenty to do. Their confidence was bolstered by two significant factors. First, cast uncertainties were finally settled: Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher) was back for good; Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar) regretted her first-year departure, and so contrived a return in the Emmy Award-winning “Yesterday’s Enterprise”; and Whoopi Goldberg happily continued her actor’s-scale contributions.
Second, after the show had survived the previous year’s writers’ strike, new writing blood revitalized both characters and ideas: Data experienced fatherhood (“The Offspring”), Worf’s Klingon heritage kick-started a huge story arc (“Sins of the Father”), and Picard got a saucy vacation (“Captain’s Holiday”). There were memorable star cameos: John de Lancie played more mischief alongside Corbin Bernsen (“Déjà Q”); Dwight Schultz played truant in a gentle warning about addiction (“Hollow Pursuits”); and pleasing fans even more was Mark Lenard as Spock’s dad (“Sarek”). The strongest evidence that TNG would continue for some time was the trend-setting cliffhanger finale. Fans and critics still agree that “The Best of Both Worlds” (properly introducing the Borg) was one of the greatest tricks ever pulled on TV to make audiences come back for more. –Paul Tonks
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March 17, 2010
#1
If you need to get a Star Trek buy Deep Space NINE or wait for Voyager. Your best bet is to get the Farscape sets or Babylon 5. I have to admit Wesley Crusher is a great character!!! LOL
March 17, 2010
#2
I know that the series is excellent on tape anyway, and i just know that the sound affects and picture quality are going to be excellant. My husband is a very serious star trek fan and has series 3 on tape. But he is now trying to collect then on dvd,as and when we have the money.
March 17, 2010
#3
tHE THIRD SEASON BEGGINS WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION IN THE OPEN TITLES, THE UNIFORMS ARE DIFFERENT, THIS SEASON SHOW US THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE BORGS IN THE FEDERATION SPACE AND KIDNAPPED CAPTAIN PICARD AND HE BECOMES IN LOCUTUS OF BORG; ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES IS YESTERDAY’S ENTERPRISE IN WICH APPEARS TASHA YAR IN THIS NEW HISTORY LINE WHEN THE ENTERPRISE TRAVELS TO A DIFFERENT TIMELINE IN THE PAST TO HELP THE ENTERPRISE-C FROM THE DESTRUCTION IN HANDS OF THE KLINGONS; THE EPISODE DEJA Q IS REALLY A PIECE OF JEWEL BECAUSE WE SEE DATA LAUGHING, ANYWAY IF YOU ARE A TREKKIE YOU CAN’T MISS IT
March 18, 2010
#4
My question for the Morons at Paramount is why do possibly glue the sticker seals the container with such strong stuff that you cannot avoid ruining the container when you remove it. May I remind that this a COLLETOR’S ITEM!!!!! Therefore if you damage it is WORTHLESS.
March 18, 2010
#5
This is a great set of Star Trek out on Dvd and one of my favorite seasons. I’ve not purchased this season yet and not sure yet if I will because of the price. I have purchased the first season and several seasons of the X-Files but was very surprised when Buffy season two came out at half the price of both shows!! So in spite of a great set being out I just feel like somehow taken now paying that much. I’m still giving this DVD set 3 stars all for just being a great show on dvd but as for marketing I’ve now seen what a full season of other shows with great quality can be sold for.