Better than it has any right to be
Seņor Spook | Charlottetown, PEI, CANADA | 11/22/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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."
Picard is MY choice...
DFC | TX | 11/18/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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"