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The best season of the lot?
The DVDs themselves are of good quality; I've rented many seasons' worth and reminded myself which stories throughout the run were good and which were not... <
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>$50 per season is on par and is a good price. (So what's coming soon that's compelling people to buy these current sets?) <
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>Wish I could afford it; thanks to the prices of necessities gone up so much (food, shelter, and distilled petroleum products being slightly more important than Captain Picard standing around as if he hasn't spent a penny in decades...), $50 is still an effective $100 out of my pocket in the end. <
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>Don't get me wrong, the entire series IS fun and seasons 3 and beyond have their appreciable values as well; but they are a change... <
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>Evolution: A terrific season opener that reintroduces Dr Crusher with aplomb. Wesley starting the problem is a big boost too. <
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>The Ensigns of Command: Another home-run with this entry of Picard having his hands full; fighting a stolid species of inflexible corporate bugs while finding means to persuade a bunch of colonists to vacate the planet that the inflexible corporate bugs claim ownership too. Very good story indeed! <
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>The Survivors: An oddball, but highly enjoyable and well cast. Especially if you've never been keen on Troi. <
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>Who Watches the Watchers: Badly dated and preachy, but it's got enough set pieces to remain worthy. <
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>The Bonding: I think, as with When the Bough Breaks, this one features kids on it as a result of a candy bar write-in contest... It's a bit soapy, and why the alien wants to cajole one little kid seems silly... <
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>Booby Trap: Shades of season 2, but this one is back on form with good ideas; especially with seeding an idea to be followed up next season. Though, in reality, the ship caught in the trap would not survive a thousand years... <
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>The Enemy: Utterly perfect, with one problem: No Vulcan, a race that is a blood-brother to the Romulans, has the blood type needed to save the captured Romulan - yet Worf, a Klingon - is the sole person who CAN save this Romulan?! Talk about shoehorning rubbish science into a scenario that's otherwise excellent, even with the silly uberdrama... Maybe he should donate some blood and have it transfused into a poodle and see if the poodle survives. That's what it boils down to. <
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>The Price: Even today, the romance subplot is heavyhanded, but the Ferengi get just desserts with their meddling. :D <
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>The Vengeance Factor: Well done story about blood feud. <
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>The Defector: I used to love this one, but rewatching it reveals the uberdrama petty soap opera it sadly is. It DOES have potential and a few surprise twists, but Picard taking all that time to instill excess drama into a situation that warrants fast response? At that point I'd be cheering for the opposing team!! <
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>The Hunted: A decent parallel to Vietnam vets; and hasn't dated much by today's standards either. <
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>The High Ground: Whew boy. This anti-terrorism story doesn't fit well today. It's too one-sided... <
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>Deja Q: Another Q episode. How can't it be good?! CLASSIC! Q becomes human and the interplay with the crew is classic. Especially when Guinan hears about the development... Picard saving Q's bacon by the end is to be expected, but well handled. <
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>A Matter of Perspective: Pity we didn't have that in the terrorism story. :rolleyes: This one is far worse for having it... best left forgotten. <
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>Yesterday's Enterprise: Classic. Nice to see Yar back. Also sets up a concept to be revived later on, which all things considered is brilliant. <
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>The Offspring: Remake of "The Measure of a Man" and the story, much like Lal, self-destructs because it's 100% derivative. <
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>Sins of the Father: Continues the Worf saga. Until season 6 then DS9, this saga is fun. <
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>Allegience: Preachy and predictable, but has some nice set pieces. <
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>Captain's Holiday: More Ferengi? A few nice set pieces and comedic moments, but naah... <
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>Tin Man: Another classic. Reuses some f/x from Star Trek The Motion Picture, but it's easy to relate to Tam and especially To the Tin Man entity. <
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>Hollow Pursuits: Unworthy of any spite accorded to it; and Dwight Schultz is inspired casting. great story on a man who isn't like the rest of us. Pity we don't get more background info on him, but it is highly underrated. <
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>The Most Toys: Another well-handled gem. The toy collector getting his just desserts in the end, too... Great Data-centric story. <
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>Sarek: A plot so good that it got reused in Deep Space 9... Sarek comes aboard and Picard mindmelds because Sarek is past his prime... also sets up for a later story too... <
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>Menage a Troi: garbage. <
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>Transfigurations: An anti-xenophobia story. A typical entry but has its momenets. <
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>Best of Both Worlds: A bit soapy at times, but there's no real reason to even begin to dislike it. The Borg never improved after this story (apart from a novel released in 1991 that isn't considered canon...)

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Boy, this show sure was great!
I'm falling in love with this show all over again while watching it through a newbies eyes! Great extras and great menus! The menu for the last disk is a wonderful switch reflecting on the cliffhanger episode!

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A great follow-up to the original series...
Nominated for 58 Emmys, including one for Outstanding Drama Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation fulfilled all the potential and promise anticipated of a long-awaited successor to the original 1960s series - Star Trek. Created by a former L.A. police officer, Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its audience. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) became the first TV series to follow on the heels of the original, and its success would spark the creation of three additional series - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). But The Next Generation remained the most popular spin-off. Despite new characters and new episodes, the mission remained the same as before - "to boldly go where no man has gone before..." And to continue the rich tradition of the Star Trek name - a mission Star Trek: The Next Generation accomplishes with relative ease... <
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>Star Trek: The Next Generation takes place in the 24th Century, almost one-hundred years after Captain Kirk's crew set out to explore strange new worlds. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart - I Claudius) commands the USS Enterprise-D and its diverse crew of humans, cyborgs, and varying life forms. Accompanying him on his voyage is an entirely new cast of passengers and crew including Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes - North & South), Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn), Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), and her son Ensign Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton)... Together, they struggle against numerous obstacles to carry out the mission of the USS Enterprise: "To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilizations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!" This pioneering attitude, coupled with imaginative and brilliantly-produced alien worlds, provides Star Trek with its unique allure and special place within American pop culture - especially those episodes from the original series, widely regarded as the most popular of the Star Trek franchise... <
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>The Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 3) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere "Evolution" in which the crew of the Enterprise is tasked with escorting a top scientist to an area where a star is set to explode. But their voyage is hindered by a computer malfunction plaguing the entire star system... Other notable episodes from Season 3 include "The Enemy" in which Geordi finds himself stranded on a dangerous planet with an irate and injured Romulan while the Enterprise's rescue attempts are thwarted by a Romulan ship, and "Sins of the Father" in which Worf and his brother must work together to keep their father, who has been accused of treason, from being convicted of feeding vital information to the Romulans... <
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>Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 3) DVD: <
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>Episode 49 (Evolution) <
>Episode 50 (The Ensigns of Command) <
>Episode 51 (The Survivors) <
>Episode 52 (Who Watches the Watchers) <
>Episode 53 (The Bonding) <
>Episode 54 (Booby Trap) <
>Episode 55 (The Enemy) <
>Episode 56 (The Price) <
>Episode 57 (The Vengeance Factor) <
>Episode 58 (The Defector) <
>Episode 59 (The Hunted) <
>Episode 60 (The High Ground) <
>Episode 61 (Deja Q) <
>Episode 62 (A Matter of Perspective) <
>Episode 63 (Yesterday's Enterprise) <
>Episode 64 (The Offspring) <
>Episode 65 (Sins of the Father) <
>Episode 66 (Allegiance) <
>Episode 67 (Captain's Holiday) <
>Episode 68 (Tin Man) <
>Episode 69 (Hollow Pursuits) <
>Episode 70 (The Most Toys) <
>Episode 71 (Sarek) <
>Episode 72 (Menage a Troi) <
>Episode 73 (Transfigurations) <
>Episode 74 (The Best of Both Worlds) <
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