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Star Trek The Next Generation - Season 5 (Slimline Edition) [1991]


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The fifth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation saw some of the very best of all 178 shows. "Darmok" had the feel of a "classic Trek" episode, dealing with language as metaphor. "The First Duty" challenged Wesley Crusher's loyalties. The season closer "Time's Arrow" (which concluded in year 6) ranks as one of the best TNG cliffhangers, and treats fans to canon-changing story lines and tons of in-jokes. Best of all was the painfully melancholy "The Inner Light," in which Picard experiences an alternate lifetime. There were great guest stars--Paul Winfield ("Darmok"), Ashley Judd ("The Game"), Kelsey Grammar ("Cause and Effect"), Famke Janssen ("The Perfect Mate"), and Jerry Hardin ("Time's Arrow")--and as always there were contributions from Q, Lwaxana, and Barclay, too.

After the confidence of the previous two years, however, year 5 often disappointed by not seeing a good idea through to the end. Denise Crosby was swept back under the carpet in the Klingon soap opener ("Redemption, Part II"). No one could make the prospect of Deep Space Nine attractive enough to Michelle Forbes, so her fantastic performance as Ensign Ro seems wasted in retrospect. And no one could reschedule Robin Williams to guest star, so we had Matt Frewer instead ("A Matter of Time"). Of all stories to use Leonard Nimoy in, "Unification" wallowed in Romulan politics instead of anything emotionally engaging. Gene Roddenberry wanted to introduce a gay character, but mere months after his death all we got was the trite "The Outcast." This was inarguably where the series weakened, without the Great Bird overseeing what was going on. Worst of all, his hard-as-nails bad guys the Borg were given a touchy-feely side in "I, Borg." Fans and critics now appreciate that the behind-the-scenes focus had shifted from The Next Generation to the next spinoff, and it would never fully return.


Best ever TNG season!
Review date: 2008-10-12 Rating: 10 out of 10

This season is full of amazing episodes from the wonderful "Cause and Effect", to the cliffhanger "Times arrow part 1" to one of my personal favourites "Disaster". The qaulity of the story-telling in this season is never bettered (although seasons 6 and 7 are close) with great character development and inventive plots. I have all the seasons of TNG on DVD but this is the season I come back to time and time again.

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Possibly the best season of TNG
Review date: 2008-07-30 Rating: 10 out of 10

This is simply the best season of TNG, and contains some of there best episodes ever; incl cause and effect, the inner light, disaster, times arrow p1 and the best TNG episode ever 'the game', a must buy

Trek turns bland.
Review date: 2008-07-21 Rating: 4 out of 10

With the death of Gene Rodenberry, this was the first season to be fully produced by Rick Berman. The result is disappointing, to say the least. At this point, TNG stopped being about strange new worlds and instead focused on rather bland morality plays. But far worse than any of this is the entrance of composer Jay Chattawy onto the scene following Berman's firing of the brilliant Ron Jones. Sadly, Chattaway's scores are so distractingly bland and repetitive that the 50% of shows that he scored in the ensuing seasons are like eating food without any flavour. It is a shame that the usually vocal Trekkers didn't protest more about the slide in musical scoring at the time, as it actually served as a nail in the coffin for the whole Berman-era franchise - with melodies and original stylistic music essentially banned, each alien, each planet and each adventure started to feel the same. Thankfully, the Dennis McCarthy scored episodes still have at least some bite, such as the very entertaining "Cause and Effect".

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Actor(s):
Whoopi Goldberg
Michael Dorn
Jonathan Frakes
Patrick Stewart
Brent Spiner

Creators:
Patrick Stewart (Primary Contributor)
Jonathan Frakes (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437903334
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 7
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-05-22
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 1133 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1991
Language: English (Original Language)

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