![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s hard to believe that I’m now discussing the fifth release of this groundbreaking remastering project. Couple the tried-and-tested TNG formula with a number of amazing coups for guest stars (Leonard Nimoy, Ashley Judd, Matt Frewer, Kelsey Grammer) and the show’s fifth represents another thought-provoking and action-packed exploration into the unknowns of the 24th Century.ĭarmok and Jalad at Tanagra – “ Darmok“, Season Five Remastering Quality At the same time, the show started to depend more on its own canon, revisiting ideas that had come before (The Borg, Wesley Crusher’s character arc, Sela and the ongoing Romulan political situation). Season 5 certainly tried hard, and managed to strike a nice balance between character-driven episodes and adventure-filled exploration. Jumping to the lower end of the spectrum, we have that collection of mediocre episodes which are still fun to watch once-in-a-while, but fall short compared to the rest of the bunch (“ Cost of Living“, “ Imaginary Friend“, “ The Masterpiece Society“, “ New Ground“). There are the five-star unforgettable adventures that fans will turn to over and over again (“ I Borg“, “ Cause and Effect“, “ The Inner Light“, “ Power Play“), followed by a collection of “inbetweeners” – those that fall shy of a five-star accolade but don’t quite deserve to be lumped in with the poorer outliers (“ Silicon Avatar“, “ Conundrum“, “ The Game“, “ Unification“). This isn’t to say that there isn’t a healthy sprinkling of Star Trek gold throughout Season 5, it just feels as if the average quality is less skewed in the direction of “amazing” and more broadly distributed this time around. I suspect I won’t encounter too much opposition in suggesting that Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s fifth season didn’t have quite the same high proportion of heavy-hitting episodes as the previous two years. We’re boldly going into high-definition yet again with another stellar release of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray. ![]()
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