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Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : George Peatty
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 12:00:51

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

In article <HqednejXmI3vf6beRVn-rw@giganews.com>, Chris Basken says...

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>Interesting.  I found TNG's first season to be about equal to TOS at its 
>best.  Hokey but earnest.
>
>The second season was much like the first, just a bit more polished (and 
>while I like Diana Muldur, I chafed at the writers' obvious ploy to 
>create TNG's version of Dr. McCoy).
>
>The third season was the shining point in TNG, IMHO.  Almost flawless, 
>even the worst episodes were better than much of seasons 1 and 2.
>
>The fourth was good, but it felt like they were struggling to maintain 
>the quality of season 3.  Still, some very good S4 episodes.
>
>The fifth season couldn't maintain it and began degenerating into really 
>obvious formula.  In many respects this season reminded me of season 2.
>
>The sixth season continued the downward spiral as the creators' 
>attention was split between TNG and DS9.  That DS9 managed to 
>(eventually, anyway) break from the Trek mold only made TNG seem more 
>stale.  How many times can we see Data drone on about how Soong 
>programmed him and how it made him different (yet similar) to humans? 
>("He kept talking and talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence 
>jumping from topic to topic so that no one could interrupt him...")
>
>The seventh season was the season that shouldn't have been (literally; 
>Roddenberry only wanted to go to six).  It seemed every other story was 
>about Worf having trouble with Alexander or the Cardassians twirling 
>their mustaches or the holodeck not performing up to spec.  _All Good 
>Things_ was the bright exception.

I disagree about seasons five and six .. I think TNG didn't start to slip until
well into season six, and even by season seven was still better than season one.
However, I have favorite episodes from every season, including one and seven.

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