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Season 1. By Season 2 they at least began to realise what was going wrong and started fixing it.
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Season 1, so 80's. Which speaks for its self.
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I still can't believe they decided to do naked now as the second episode. Gee, might have been nice to get to know the characters prior them going batshit insane.
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That whole season sucked. Encounter at Farpoint alright but moved slowly. The only thing that season had going for it was that it was brand spanking never seen Trek.
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Tyyr wrote:I still can't believe they decided to do all of season 1 as a rehash of hackneyed TOS scripts..
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'Farpoint' had Bones doing that cool tour. That almost singel-handedly elevates season one above two in my eyes.
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After watching Season 7 a couple of times since it's gone off the air, I've found that a lot of the stories I previously enjoyed, I really don't as much. Also, is it just me, or did the lighting and camera style really change that season? Some of the episodes just have this look that I can't describe, but can immediately recognize as Season 7. I know the bridge lighting changed a bit, but there's more to it than that.
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Season 2 had "Measure of a man" and "Q who" - two of the finest episodes in TNG. There aren't really any episodes in Season 1 that can compare.

I'm not gonna turn this into a review of "Measure of a Man", but it does show the series becoming more aware and comfortable with its characters - Data and Geordies friendship, Rikers smugness - it even had Picard being described as a "pompous ass".
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Season 1. Of all the seasons I own, if you look on my rack, TNG season 1 is the only one still sealed.
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kostmayer wrote:Season 2 had "Measure of a man" and "Q who" - two of the finest episodes in TNG. There aren't really any episodes in Season 1 that can compare.

I'm not gonna turn this into a review of "Measure of a Man", but it does show the series becoming more aware and comfortable with its characters - Data and Geordies friendship, Rikers smugness - it even had Picard being described as a "pompous ass".
That is why Season 1 is the worse season IMO because there are no episodes on the same caliber as Measure of a Man and Q Who?.
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Instead we had men in mini skirts, an arrogant ass for a captain, a ridiculously naive android, a god/quantum child, and a butchy looking blonde trying to look tough and failing miserably at it, not to mention some crappy writing and chessy effects.
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Don't forget about Troi. :P
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Indeed. Not sure what the hell she was even there for in season one. Except eye candy
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I liked Yar myself... I would rather have seen little crusher die, and stay dead.
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Oh boy, that woulda been too much of a gift to us...
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