Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1543 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-05-22
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Catalan, French, German, Italian
• Number of discs: 7
• Running time: 1082 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The seventh and final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation will always remain a curiosity in TV sci-fi history. Despite the end being definite, despite Deep Space Nine taking over, despite knowing there'd be a movie six months after the series' end, and despite Babylon 5 starting that year with its predetermined story arc, there is nothing here to suggest things were coming to a close. Wesley finally gets dispatched ("Journey's End"), but everyone was waiting for that anyway. Some continuity was attempted: there's a sequel to season 1's "The Battle" ("Bloodlines"), Alexander follows the Klingon soap saga through ("Firstborn"), the Maquis and the Cardassians are mentioned several times, and there are final installments for Lwaxana Troi, Barclay, Lore, Guinan, and Ro Laren. None of this brings any form of resolution, however.

The one-off story lines seem to throw out ideas that beg for development. "Force of Nature" suggests frequent high-warp travel is damaging the very fabric of space/time. "Parallels" has Worf experiencing multiple realities, including one in which the Borg won at Wolf 359. "Lower Decks" finally introduces some secondary crew from the more than a thousand supposedly supporting Picard and company. There are even hints at some romance at long last between Dr. Crusher and Picard as well as Worf and Troi. In the long run, even after terrific guest spots from Trek alumni Armin Shimerman and Robin Curtis, and from Paul Sorvino and Kirsten Dunst, there's one thing for which the final year is remembered: "All Good Things..." is a near-perfect denouement for the show. With terrific production values and FX, not to mention standout performances from all concerned, it was an amazing surprise to have Q suggest there'd been a story arc right from the get-go. If only this final script had been fully conceived earlier on, The Next Generation might not have been overshadowed by the glut of TV sci-fi that followed in its wake. --Paul Tonks

Synopsis
Picking up decades after Gene Roddenberry's legendary original Star Trek, The Next Generation follows the intergalactic adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew aboard an all-new USS Enterprise. This phenomenally successful follow-up, also created by Roddenberry, began airing in 1987 and ran until 1994. Featuring all twenty-six episodes from the final season including: 'Descent, Part II', 'Liaisons', 'Interface', 'Gambit Part I', 'Gambit Part II', 'Phantasms', 'Dark Page', 'Attached', 'Force of Nature', 'Inheritance', 'Parallels', 'The Pegasus', 'Homeward', 'Sub Rosa', 'Lower Decks', 'Thine Own Self', 'Masks', 'Eye Of The Beholder', 'Genesis', 'Journey's End', 'Firstborn', 'Bloodlines', 'Emergence', 'Pre-emptive Strike', 'All Good Things Part I', and 'All Good Things Part II'.

Customer Reviews

All good things...
Just to point out, this is a review of the whole series as bought in these slimline editions, and not just Season Seven.

Yes, I'm a Trekker and ain't ashamed to admit it. I can still remember the days when I used to record ST:TNG episodes every week on BBC2 onto VHS tapes (remember those?) and just I've been meaning to get the entire series on DVD for some time. I bought the series in these slimline editions because it turned out to be cheaper than getting the actual complete box set. The only regret I have is for the poor postman who dumped SEVEN packages through my letterbox, all on one delivery!

I still can't decide which season I liked most, though I think I prefer the earlier seasons when writing was fresh and new. One of my all time favourite episodes which isn't in Season 7 but an earlier season, was 'The Offspring'. As Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data) himself said, that was ST:TNG at its finest and sci-fi writing at is best. Indeed.

I adore ST:TNG, and everything about it. I wanted to be sure I got the best DVD deal and these slimline editions really are. So a bit of advice: avoid the established boxsets; they are awkward to display and aren't always up to it. Instead, get the entire series in these slimline editions. They fit on the shelf nicely, and are easily accessible. Each DVD contains 4 episodes (with additional 'end-of-season' cast interviews and other interesting stuff), and there are 1 or 2 DVDs per set; and 4 sets per season. My only gripe about them (or DVDs in general) is that I object to being lectured on copyright theft before every title begins. Especially as I've just forked out over £100 for the lot! Also, once each episode ends, it goes back to the title screen; there's no 'Play all' menu option to play them conseqetively. I got around that by programming my PS2 to play them all one after the other instead. It's a bit awkward, but it works. I'm sure other conventional DVD players have the same option.

If you are a genuine Trekker at heart, you can't go wrong with these slimline editions.

Brilliant
I think that unlike most tv series of the era, ST TNG never had a full story arc which some see as a downfall but in fact, TNG just has 178 amazing episodes of new exciting aliens, technologies and adventures. S7 is no different. Its amazing in that all the characters get their own story and say, the special features are good and the last episode would make you cry if you didn't know that the cat and crew return for the movies. Really good and a must for any Star Trek fan.

awesome final series
This is a brilliant final season to a fantastic show. Definately worth buying if you need to complete the set or just want a stand alone box set. This was the first one I bought and it inspired me to get the rest.