Star Trek The Next Generation - The Complete Fifth Season

Rating:
Summary: Solid Season
Review: Well you have to like it that next gen finally broke down and used Spock, but my only problem is they kind of made him out to be this peaceful idiot. A little more wisdom from Spock would have been nice and more scenes with him and Data would have been nice but for the most part a good episode arc.

My highlights for the season go against what I usually like from Trek. My favorite show was actually Inner Light where Picard lives an alternate life that really takes place over a 30 minute period where he is knocked unconscious. It finally gave me a little insight into Picard and made him human where none of the other seasons had done that for me.

The season as a whole was decent. Highlights were adding a protagonist like Ensign Ro aboard the Enterprise. Most of the time I liked this addition to the crew, but periodically it was ridiculous, like her advice to "Captain" Troi on the episode Disaster. I also greatly enjoyed Conundrum where characters don't realize who they are and Warf thinks he is the captain.

Lowlights for me have to be one of the most overhyped terrible episodes in Trek lore and thats Darmok. What a load of babble this show was. I actually fell asleep watching it because of how amazingly boring it was.

The season ender was decent but I was having trouble figuring out if they were going for humor, drama, or what with the plot. The use of Mark Twain, though ridiculous was fine with me. I thought the throw away comment by Twain when he reaches the Enterprise-have you ever seen Halleys Comet was humorous though. (to those who don't know, Twain was born the day the comet appeared and died the day it reappeared 75 years later)