Product Details

• Actors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden
• Directors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert Becker, Cliff Bole
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: June 11, 1996
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303954367
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,122 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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This two-hour finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation is a very satisfying piece that leads the seven-year-old television series back to its beginnings in the original TNG pilot. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart), whipping through time uncontrollably, simultaneously finds himself back at the start of his tenure on board the Enterprise while also on the ship's deck in the present--at the same time he tried somewhat feebly to forestall a disaster in the distant future. As fans might expect, a certain imp named Q seems to be behind the mystery...but not necessarily for bad reasons. A wonderful wrap-up to seven years of TV legend, All Good Things deserves to be a TV classic. --Tom Keogh

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "All Good Things" ain't a misnomer, December 6, 2000

By	tropic_of_criticism - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Afterthought, January 19, 2001

By A Customer

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Good Things... SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST, December 3, 1999

By	Jay Fennewald (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews

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).