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"All Good Things" ain't a misnomer, December 6, 2000
This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 177: All Good Things...The Final Episode ('94-'95) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The reason this is one of the best series finales in all of television history is that it's clearly a labor of love on behalf of the show's fans. Unlike some series ends which merely include gratuitous flashback, or which portray a significant event such as marriage, "All Good Things" is 100 minutes of innovative plot that pays homage to the entire run of the series. Building on the very first episode of the show, it creates in effect a "bookend" to tie the series together. At the same time it closes out the show, it also prognosticates about what's to come and shows us a bit of series' origin. Better still, it does so by affirming the most idealistic of Star Trek's core values, preferring to be an episode about exploration rather than conquest. What makes it most impressive, however, is that it's ultimately about the relationships among the various crewmates. This, more than the plot-induced time trippin'--shows how far the show has come. Gone are those initial days of painfully awkward dialogue that made Denise Crosby (whose Tasha Yar thankfully reappears here) leave the show. No, just as THE WRATH OF KHAN is arguably the best Star Trek movie involving the original cast, "All Good Things" succeeds most because we get to see what these characters mean to each other. It's such an effective blending of dynamic plot, fan wish-fulfillment, and amazing acting (especially by Patrick Stewart), that one hopes that future editions of this story will be treated more like a movie than a mere episode. Though Paramount doesn't have a particularly great track record of making feature-rich DVD versions of Star Trek movies, hopefully one day they'll release "All Good Things" on DVD with behind-the-scenes featurettes, and cast and crew commentaries.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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An Afterthought, January 19, 2001
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This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 177: All Good Things...The Final Episode ('94-'95) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
As a kid, I grew into a huge Star Trek The Next Generation fan. And I remember all the way back to 6th grade when The Next Generation went of the air. During the Final Episode's week, there was a program showing the Fan's choice for The Next Generation's Five best episodes. While watching this I realized how important Star Trek had been in my life and how much of a positive influence Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise had been for me. Before I watched the final episode, I didn't know what to expect, I never heavily anticipated a final episode for a series before. This final episode was perfect. It brought together the past, present, and future all into one episode focusing on the core values of The Next Generation: Honor, Duty, and Friendship. In this episode, we see the frailness of humanity showing Captain Picard faced with a disease which tests his sanity and we see the importances of loyalty of all crews of the Enterprise to Captain Picard by giving him the opportunity to show that his visions are real and play an important part in finding a solution possible end of humanity. In addition, John De Lancie as Q is top notch again, my favorite part is at the end abroad the futuristic Enterprise he says to Picard " Two down one to go, I will miss you Jean Luc" and you see the final Enterprise seal the rupture and the time line is conserved. In this final Episode, the greatest aspects of TNG is shown which represents how special of a television program this was.
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All Good Things... SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST, December 3, 1999
This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 177: All Good Things...The Final Episode ('94-'95) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
As good as Star Trek: The Next Generation managed to get over the years on air, this, the series finale proved to be its finest hour(s). This grand episode neatly expands on the original pilot story line and incorporates all the richness of character developed over seven seasons. It combines the best elements of Star Trek: a wild mystery, the fate of humanity, self-sacrifice, duty and those darn temporal mechanics into an engrossing plot line that keeps you on the edge of your seat until the final climax. And climax is the word; next to this masterpiece episode, the subsequent movies have seemed anti-climatic... good, great even, but not a leap forward from the quality television that this episode epitomizes. This will appeal even to non-Trekers (although they probably won't wear the tape out).
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