Amazon.com Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation seemed like the year of family. After quickly resolving the breathtaking cliffhanger of "The Best of Both Worlds," the show took pains to show some of what the Federation was fighting for. We meet Picard's brother, Data's father, Tasha's sister, and Worf's adoptive human parents, plus an old flame with a surprise son in tow. The Klingon heritage subplot that begins here and builds to the cliffhanger finale ("Redemption") would continue to the show's end and through into Worf's reappearance in Deep Space Nine.
The year also explored the implications of Data, Lwaxana Troi, Geordi, and Dr. Crusher being in love, while Miles O'Brien (given a first name at last) married Keiko. There were old friends revisited: the ubiquitous Q in a hilarious Robin Hood romp ("Qpid"), perennial screwup Reg Barclay ("Nth Degree"), and even the mysterious Traveler from season 1's "Where No One Has Gone Before" (played by Eric Menyuk, who was nearly cast as Data). There were new races introduced who would have an important bearing on Trek's destiny: the Cardassians and the Trill. Most of all, though, there were the one-off stories that impressed: "Clues," with its memory-loss mystery; "Night Terrors," with some genuine frights; and "Identity Crisis," with possibly the only time Trek technology really helped Geordi solve a puzzle. Then right at the end, reinforcing the year's familial theme, Denise Crosby returned as her own half-Romulan daughter! --Paul Tonks
Product Description Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006
What happened to the packaging?June 12, 2010 D. A. Taylor(New York, NY USA) I love all of the seasons of the series. I love to collect them, and yes it's been a slow process for me. I was disappointed to receive season 4 in a different box than the rest of the seasons I own. Particularly since the pictures of the box set show the correct packaging I'm used to. Why the change? I'm tempted to return the item and request original packaging, or to at least contact Amazon and ask why it has changed.
I'm a trekkie. I came of age in the 1980s. This is nirvana....April 12, 2010 David Hostetler(League City, Texas U.S.A.) Needs a play all function like the later seasons of MASH, but otherwise... Seeing these episodes without TV station edits leaving out the good parts is a blast!
# 1 BEAM ME UPMarch 26, 2010 Lillie Lathan(Chicago,Ill) I'M A STAR TREK NUT, WITH CAPTAIN'S KIRK,& PICARD & JANEWAY & SISKO PROTECTING THE GALAXY FROM UNKNOWN ALIENS, WE HUMANS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SHOULD FEEL SAFE.
As stellar as season 3January 23, 2010 Obiturized(New Hampshire) Season 3 of this series is where this show really hit it's stride, writers and producers got changed, the uniforms were changed, and the opening sequence was changed, and all for the better, because the first 2 seasons of this show were not that great, season 1 was a disgrace, season 2 was an improvement, but still left much to be desired, season 3 is where this series starts for me.
And season 4 offers the same excellence as it's predecessor, the episodes (set aside a couple) were really thought out well, and put to the screen in their vision perfectly, and just like season 3, this season goes into character development even more, which was something the first 2 seasons lacked, as well as other things.
I'm not going to explain all of the episodes, but I will go through some, the season opens with the sequel to the season 3 cliffhanger 'The Best of Both Worlds' which is an EXCELLENT episode, entertaining, well acted, and most of all, the story is brilliant, in 'Brothers' we see 'Lore' (Data's brother) bringing him back from the season 1 episode 'Datalore' which was one of the FEW good episodes of season 1, but this one is way better, we meet Doctor Nioon Song, Data and Lore's creator, and there is some great drama here, as well as some great acting provided by Brent Spiner, who acted as Data (of course) and Lore, and Nioon Song, and it further shows that Spiner is a great actor, doing 3 roles!
'Remember Me' is another great episode, dealing with Beverly Crusher being caught in a warp bubble, where the universe is shrinking, and the rest of the crew starts disappearing, great Crusher episode, 'Future Imperfect' deals with Riker experiencing things that are...not supposed to be, not much else to say about it, solid episode, 'Data's Day' is a great Data episode, living a day in the life of the character, really thought out well, and performed to perfection, it really gets you closer to him, 'The Nth Degree' Reggie Barclay (from season 3's Hollow Pursuits' is back, and gets taken over by an intelligent life form.
Other standout episodes, 'The Wounded' 'Family' 'Final Mission' 'Clues' 'First Contact' 'Galaxy's Child' 'Night Terror's' 'Identity Crisis' 'The Drumhead' 'The Mind's Eye' 'In Theory' and the season ending cliffhanger 'Redemption part 1'.
For me, the only sub-par episodes were 'The Host' and 'Half a Life' not BAD, but just doesn't stand up to the rest.
This is a great season, if you've seen season 3, and loved it like I did, I highly suggest picking this one up, as well as season 5, season 6, and season 7, as all the seasons from 3 on out are excellent!
Engage! Exactly what you would expect from Season 4March 17, 2009 The Doctor(Boston) Be confident that you've chosen a quality classic item. From the packaging, to the production values, to the DVD extras this 7 DVD set is as rewarding to own as it is to watch over and over. In fact with a home theater set up, its even better than the original TV show. Enjoy and collect all 7 seasons.
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