If TNG had only had three seasons....

[TrickyDickie]

 

[Armus]

Funny I just realized that this thread from 10 years ago is identical to current, active thread that poses the same question. Confusing! To repeat myself: I think TNG could have bookended equally well as 3 or 5 seasons. I see seasons 6-7 as different from seasons 3-5 as many see seasons 1-2 as being different from subsequent episodes.

For one thing, both the music and Patrick Stewart seem tired in seasons 6-7.

In season 5, TNG was the only Star Trek on air. So it did feel more special then and parts of seasons 6-7 feel like setups for DS9 and Voyager.

I think Worf and Troi becoming involved was a bad idea that demonstrated a lack of reverence for the established Riker/Troi relationship.

Michael Piller said he felt having Wesley quit starfleet academy was a slap in the face to Gene Rodenberry and I think it was a misstep for the character to jettison everything that had defined him.

The abundance of technobabble and fake science began in season 6.

By season 6, the weekly mission of the Enterprise almost seemed irrelevant to each episode's drama.

To me, in retrospect, a lot of season 6-7 feels like Ron Moore's warmup for his work on DS9 and Galactica.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

This thread was ELEVEN years old. The worms had already consumed its body. Let it Rest In Peace and use the other 3 Year thread.
CLANG!