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Summary: Still not a good show, yet.
Review: If there is any season of TNG that is worse than the first, it is the 2nd. They still have the stupid tight uniforms, the ridiculous and corny plots and storylines, and they also have one of the worst characters ever in Dr. Pulaski. I really cannot stand her at all. The only real improvement over the first season is the fact that Tasha Yar is now gone. If Pulaski was the worst character, than Yar was the 2nd worst. There a few good episodes interspersed throughout the season, but for the most part, I still can't watch the show at this point. the next season is when Star Trek actually got good. If I end up buying this season (and I am a completist, so i may end up doing so eventually) I will probably never even watch the episodes.
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Summary: The joy continues!
Review: In the second season we lost Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) to Starfleet Medical. In reality, the shows producers felt her character wasn't working out. Thank god we get her back in the third season. Not that I didn't like Dr. Pulaski, I just didn't feel her character was working out. We begin to see where The Next Generation is going in this season, although at this point it still hadn't caught it's running legs. They hadn't completely worked out the terminology, the uniforms and the general feel of the show. I've read that a lot of people didn't like the Wesley Crusher character, I guess I'm one of those few that did. I think he added to the family atmosphere. Some shows that highlighted the season in my opinion:Elementary, Dear Data
Loud as a Whisper
A Matter of Honor
The Measure of a Man
Contagion
Time Squared
The Icarus Factor
Q Who
The Emissary In my opinion, the first seasons loss of Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) was a loss to the show. Her loss did give the producers the extra room to begin concentrating several shows throughout the seasons on Worf. Overall a good season that starts to give us a good idea of how good The Next Generation will become.
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Summary: Not as bad as you might be lead to believe.
Review: Many people don't like Season 2 because it changed Doctor characters and it had its fill of "bottle shows", however there's still some really good episodes in Season 2. For example, "Where Silence Has Lease" is a good one where the Enterprise gets hurled into a void when they're confronted by an alien in the void that puts the crew through a deadly experiment. Another good episode is "Elementary Dear Data" where Data is involved in a Sherlock Holmes holodeck adventure and we see the debut of the Moriarty villian. "Loud as a Whisper" isn't bad either when a deaf mediator tries to bring peace to a war-torn planet, but his interpreters are all killed in a ambush. Cool on-planet episode with aliens. "A Matter of Honor" is probably one of the best episodes of Season 2 when Riker takes part in kind of an exchange program on a Klingon BoP and then is forced to attack the Enterprise to prove his honor. "The Message of a Man" is an interesting courtroom drama where they have to prove that Data is a valuable asset to the crew instead of just a machine. "Contagion" isn't all that bad either when a probe makes the Enterprise defenseless against a Romulan Warbird. "Time Squared" is a memorable episode where Piccard's duplicate from the near future is in the present warning the Enterprise of its impending destruction against a blackhole-like anonomoly. "The Icarus Factor" is a good one where Worf is challenged by the Klingon council and Riker's father shows up with some age ol' grudges. "Q Who?" is another one of the classic episodes in which Q sends the Enterprise into the far reaches of space to make first contact with the Borg. "The Emissary" was one of my old favorites when Worf meets his sole mate, a fiesty Klingon female who has an attitude. I'm alway impartial to the Klingon-heavy episodes. "Peak Performance" is also one of the great episodes where Riker takes over an Constellation-class ship to battle the Enterprise in a wargame when the game is rudely interrupted by a Ferengi Marauder. So in reality half of the episodes are pretty good. The other half are either filler or bottle shows that either may or may not be good. Some have to do with mysterious illnesses, holodeck problems, or Lwaxana Troi garbage. The pluses are that we finally get Guinnan and Ten-Forward in the series. Something sorely missing from the first season.
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Summary: WHOO! SEASON TWO!
Review: OK...Dr. Crusher is gone...for now. But she'll be back in season 3. Another great round of STTNG episodes including: "Q WHO" where the crew encounter the Borg for the first time...sending the Trek franchise soaring into the hearts of viewers everywhere. Must buy! Resistance is futile!
Rating:
Summary: A mixed bag but an improvement over the first season
Review: Season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation improves on the first series by introducing occasionally stronger character based shows and situations. While Tasha Yar is missed, and to a lesser extent Doctor Crusher, we're introduced to 2 new characters. Dr. Pulaski and Guinan. Personally I always enjoyed Pulaski shows, she was one of the only characters that brought a bit of conflict into the programme. There was never enough coming and going of new blood into the Star Trek series (either in front or behind the camera). Guinan (and the new location for her "Ten Forward" - a great setting for comedy/social moments) added more life and mystery into the show. It was a shame she wasn't able to appear in more episodes in the later parts of the series (she does have a cameo role in Star Trek Nemesis). The episodes themselves were extremely varied. Due to the writer's strike, the season was cut short to 22 episodes rather than the full 26 ending with the appalling "bottle show", 'Shades of Grey' (Plot summary: Riker in a coma and Deanna "looking worried" while Pulaski puts copious L.E.Ds on his forehead). "The Royale" was also truly terrible. There were some storming episodes though, the best being "Q Who." This episode had everything: Q, the introduction of the Borg, Guinan, great special effects and a superb score by Ron Jones. Other great episodes were "Contagion" and "Time Squared" This box set has everything you could wish for (that's why I'm giving it 5 stars): remastered picture and Dolby Digital sound, one hour of new interviews and documentaries, and some really awesome DVD menus. Although seasons 1 and 2 aren't the best you can't really miss these, they are great foundation episodes with the DVD box sets given the care and attention they deserve. Episode list:
The Child
Where Silence Has Lease
Elementary, Dear Data
The Outrageous Okona
Loud as a Whisper
The Schizoid Man
Unnatural Selection
A Matter of Honor
The Measure of a Man
The Dauphin
Contagion
The Royale
Time Squared
The Icarus Factor
Pen Pals
Q Who?
Samaritan Snare
Up The Long Ladder
Manhunt
The Emissary
Peak Performance
Shades of Gray
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Summary: Up close and Personel
Review: Season 2 worked out most of the kinks and began to settle in and establish itself as something unique not just a copy of the original series.You also see alot of background for the characters.
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Summary: Why Season Two of ST:TNG Is The Worst
Review: Season Two of Star Trek: The Next Generation is in my opinion, the worst of what is ultimately one of my favorite television programs. First of all, there was a writer's strike at the beginning of the season, and a great deal of the episodes had thrown together scripts from the never-realised Star Trek II Series. Apparently the staff behind the scenes was in turrmoil as well, and this reflected on screen. The most important reason why I hate season two is because of what is known as the "Great Doctor Experiment" or something like that. As a young girl when the series began, I found Gates McFadden's portrayel of Dr. Crusher to be inspiring. I didn't feel that way about the other female characters at the time. Tasha Yar was far too butch, and it took a couple of seasons for the character of Troi to develop into a useful character. To replace likable Dr. Beverly Crusher with that crusty old Pulaski was a terrible mistake. She ruined the show, and I refuse(d) to watch any episode with her in it. Thankfully the powers that be came to their senses for season three, which I consider one of the best seasons of ST:TNG. For me, the show really became entertaining and just good from season three on. The second season finale was a Star Trek rarity of flashbacks, and it ended what was a pathetic season.
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Summary: TNG Season 2 Review
Review: Season Two of Star Trek: The Next Generation shows glimpses of greatness but It's not until Season Three that TNG really caught its stride. The Borg are Introduced in Q Who, one of Season two's finest episodes . The Measure of a Man is also a great episode foreshadowing much of the Character development Data would undergo throughout the Series. The Emissary would help flesh out Worfs background and give us some much needed insight into what made him tick. Jonathen Frankes was given a greater amount of leeway in his portayel of Riker. Which brought about a more colorful and humorous character instead of the stoic Riker of Season One. Riker also grew a beard which also helped add warmth to the Character. Of the More notable additions Whoopie Joined the Cast as the memorable Guinan. The shows sets started to evolve as the budjet grew which resulted in a less sterile look. I found this Box set to be good but not great. The Box set contains more extras than season one but thats not saying much. I enjoyed seeing the props and going through Star Trek's vault but what you see is all to brief. The Other Features suffer the same fate. They take what could easily be an hour feature and split it up into tiny pieces so that they can give you the Illusuion that your getting a lot more than wahts really there. The Features I would like to have seen include commentary tracks, deleted scenes, bloopers and Episode preveiws. I guess beggers cant be choosers but I hope that Paramount does a better job with the later season box sets in the Features department. As For the visual and audio quality of the disks, not bad. The Audio has been remastered in 5.1 Surround Sound ( applause here. ) All in all a good set but with definite room for Improvement.
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Summary: Worth the investment
Review: Some episodes were better than others, but I enjoyed watching them in sequence especially without commercial interruption. The special features are interesting. The quality of the picture and sound is outstanding (compared to TV) and it helped me to become more familiar with how the series and characters evolved. I'm not a Trekkie nor a Techie - I just love TNG characters.
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Summary: Star Trek TNG is the Best!
Review: Star Trek TNG is the Best!
Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner are brilliant. Even though this DVD has not yet been released, I have seen all the episodes on it and I love them all!
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