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The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vol. 2

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This collection actually manages to top the pretty good first volume, The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation, somehow elevating it above the mere cash-grab that it might've been. Star Trek: The Next Generation was a great show, but many episodes showed variable quality (particularly in the very uneven first season). This four-episode collection cuts right to the chase, delivering four of the series' best right on one disc. "The Inner Light" won a prestigious Hugo award for its heartrending drama while "Cause and Effect" gives us the total destruction of the Enterprise -- several times -- before reaching its final conclusion (with a fun cameo from Kelsey Grammer, to boot). "Tapestry" is a delightful "what if" excursion and "Relics" gives us the return of Scotty from the Original Series. It's in this last episode that we see some of the weaknesses that plagued the show during its last few seasons: somewhat moribund pacing, atonal music and mountains of Star Trek's famous technobabble used to form a plot device. Still... Scotty!

Collecting this series is an expensive proposition for someone not extensively invested in it. With that in mind, this single-discer is well worth picking up for casual fans and will round off your "Best of Star Trek" experience nicely.

I now own both volumes of The Best of the Next Generation. So far, Paramount is 2 for 2. Both volumes have 4 episodes each and the selections are wonderful. I would prefer to have all of the episodes on DVD but Im not a money machine. These discs make owning some of the best episodes afforadble. They look fantastic (as DVD should) and the sound is crisp and mixed well. I hope volume 3 will soon follow. A must for Next Gen fans. Picard always makes it so.

Included in Volume 2:

RELICS
THE INNER LIGHT (Hugo Award winning)
CAUSE AND EFFECT
TAPESTRY

This second 'Best of Star Trek TNG' is a great addition to my Star Trek Collection. While I was not fortunate enough to purchase the entire series of DVD, this collection highlights the gems of the series. I was also impressed by the transfer, which seemed much crisper than Vol. 1.

Good for any Trekker or Trekkie, or just a fan of the series.

Buying all 7 seasons of the Next Generation is a serious time and money commitment. Instead of that, why not pick and choose the best episodes. This and the first disk choose great episodes, and I had a great time watching them and remembering them all over again. So if you need every show, don't get this, but if you want a quick reminder every once in a while this set is perfect.

I am glad they came out with a volume 2. This collection includes my all time favorite episode, "The Inner Light". For all STNG fans, this is an excellent DVD, especially for owners of the first volume.

I didn't buy the first 2 "best of The Next Generation" because I got a lot of them on 2 different sets. I wish that there would be more "best of the Next generation" sets with previously unused episodes, excluding season sets. My wish list of episodes for them would be: Season 1's "When the Bough Breaks"; Season 2's "The Royale"; Season 4's "Remember Me", "Clues", "Future Imperfect", and "Data's Day"; Season 5's "Disaster" and "The Next Phase"; Season 6's "Rascals"; and Season 7's "Paralels".

FOR TRUE TREKKIES EVERYWHERE AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE MOVIES AND TV SERIES OF STAR TREK, I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND GETTING THIS TOO!!! BESIDES THE ORIGINAL, STAR TREK: TNG IS MY FAVORITE STAR TREK SERIES!!!