Customer Reviews

Star Trek The Next Generation: Season 2

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

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!

The First Season of Star Trek: The Next Generation gave the show a firm foundation and a good block to build upon. We saw a new Doctor in Kate Pulaski and it picked up right where the First Season left off. Geordi LaForge has been promoted and is now serving as the Chief Engineer, Data's qualifications for being a lifeform are questioned, and argueably the best villain in Star Trek is introduced. Unfortunately, there are 22 episodes in this season instead of the normal 26 episodes due to a Writers' Guild strike, however, the season finishes strong and gives another block for the upcoming savior of Star Trek third season. Though short, Season Two is a great season in this show.

Personal Favorite Episodes,

Where Silence Has Lease, Elementary, Dear Data, The Outragous Okona, Loud as a Whisper, The Measure of a Man, Contagion, The Royale, Time Squared, Q Who?, The Emissary, Peak Performance

"Star Trek: The Next Generation's" second season begins with Riker's new beard, Geordi's promotion, a new (but not better) doctor, and Wesley the weasel deciding to stay aboard. Sounds like a mixed bag to me. The season premiere "The Child" doesn't have much in the way of excitement, and Marina Sirtis wasn't quite as good yet to carry the episode, but it looks great with some neat looking exterior shots and an introduction of Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan the bartender. The from there the season continued with a few gems ("Elementary Dear Data," "Q Who?") and a few more missteps ("The Outrageous Okona," "Pen Pals," "Shades of Gray).

We meet the Borg in a great episode with Q, played by the always-dependable John DeLancie, Data butts heads with a holodek version of Moriarty, Riker finally comes to terms with his father, and Wesley is given his first command. With a writer's strike hindering the production of the episodes, many of them feel rushed. A few potentially cool ideas like "Contagion" and "Peak Performance" feel lacking in suspense or direction.

Ah, but the cast is perfect and carries out each episode wonderfully. Even the terrible stock-footage show "Shades of Gray" is handled well by the cast. However, the season lacks two major characters from season one: Tasha Yar and Dr. Crusher. While Yar can't come back (she died late in season one), the good doctor does return in season three and she's welcome. Diana Mulduar is a talented actress, but Dr. Pulaski just isn't compatable with the other characters.

My recommendation is to get season two only if you're trying to collect them all. It's not the perfect season and there's much better ones out there.

I became a huge fan of Star Trek:TNG by the time the second season began. But the 1988 writers' strike nearly sidelined the entire future of the show. Fortunately, they were able to salvage the season and managed to come up with some great stories. Definitely one of my favorite episodes of this season, and one of the best of the whole series, is "The Measure Of A Man". As one reviewer has already stated, this episode alone is worth the price of the box set.
My other season two favorites include, "Q Who?", "The Outrageous Okona", "Loud As A Whisper", "The Dauphin", "The Icarus Factor", "The Royale", "The Emissary", "Up The Long Ladder", and "Shades Of Gray".
Anyway you look at it, Star Trek:TNG season two on DVD will become a valuble addition to your collection. LIKE THE FINEST WINES, IT JUST GETS BETTER WITH AGE!

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.

Season 2 was Great! This Season is a great experience for all you trekies out there. It was different from all the other seasons. The Original Dr.Crusher was not in it and was replaced by Dr.Pulaski who did very well in the season even if she never had the same relationship with Captain Pichard as Dr.Crusher did. The season was shortened to only 22 episodes instead of having all 27. And it still was very entertaining. This is a Season that is worth the money spent and is great to add to your Star Trek collection.

I love the ST:TNG cast, but when it originally aired I never did get to see all of the episodes. I can't rate just one season, because all the years it spent on the air I have enjoyed. I purchased this collection for two reasons: (a) I can watch ALL the episodes in chronological order [as they aired], and (b) so that I can watch it again and again. The bonus features that are included with the boxed sets adds to the interest I have in the show. Some people may not enjoy behind the scenes featurettes because it could detract the excitement of the story, but it's the opposite for me -- it adds to the enjoyment.

Because the collection is distributed on DVD it will display great picture quality as I'm sure the producers intended to be. It also won't wear down as quickly as tapes do, which is a good thing for those who like to watch and watch and watch until it's engrained into the subconscious. I think it's worth the money spent.

Although I don't like the style of the box too much, and I'd rather have had the box be a more durable material than cardboard, overall a great buy!

Great stuff, but technical issues with the DVDs themselves, picture drift, digital lines at the top of the screen, led me to try the DVDs on several other players. All yielded the same results. Replacement copies had the same issues.

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.