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 - Increasingly WonderfulStar Trek: The Next Generation is, by far, my own personal favorite TV show of all time. The thing I enjoyed watching the most was the development of the characters over successive seasons. The first season kind of felt like a whole bunch of disjoined elements coming together, more times than not, awkwardly. By season four though, things were really running smoothly. Everything worked together well. So far, this set has been the one I have enjoyed the most. I also appreciated watching the unique and individualized methods of each of the characters in being determined to adhere to their own morality. No one was ever lazy or greedy or self-centered. Everyone had integrity. Nonetheless they all approached this integrity in really different ways. It's about all I could ask for in a show. Rating:  - One of the best 2 seasons!I haven't actually started watching this season yet- my trek nerd fiance and I are still in season 3. He has said numerous times that seasons 3 and 4 are the best, and so far season 3 is much better than 1 and 2 were, so I suspect this will be accurate... Anyway, if you already have the first 3 seasons, you should buy this one to complete the collection, it would look funny to have seasons 1-3 and 5-7 but not 4, you know? :) Rating: - Make it so!It is Star Trek! and hey, it is green! haha. speaking of green, they have a new collectors edition out of Star Trek TNG that looks awesome! Rating:  - A sober accessment - mixed bagI disagree with the previous reviews attesting to the greatness of season 4. To the contrary, I find season 4 a mixed bag. About half the episodes are good with convincing story lines. The other half are largely stupid, corny and outlandish stories with poor scripts that should have been rejected for better ones. You almost get the feeling that some of these scripts were written by teenagers. This same scenario plagues the entire NG series. I remember when NG originally aired back in 88-94. I often found myself turning the channel to something else - except when a good episode was on. This could've and should've been better. Rating: - Blown AwaySeason 4 of ST:TNG blew me away. I can think of only one episode out of the entire season that I found a bit lacking. This show just gets better and better with each subsequent season. The writing is top-notch, the acting keeps improving, the rapport of the crew gets perpetually stronger...and such character development! Picard deals with the repercussions of having been one of the Borg; Troi finds out what it would be like to no longer have her empathic abilities; Dr. Crusher falls in love with an alien; LaForge BECOMES an alien; Riker almost dies while studying an alien planet; Data explores human romance and love; Wesley finally goes to Starfleet Academy; Worf loses his mate and gains a son; and Tasha Yar returns as...a Romulan??? I can only hope season 5 is just as good as season 4!
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