The clearest of the next generation ends

The “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, by all standards, was much more successful than the original “Star Trek” that preceded it. The original series was not very successful when it was first broadcast in 1966, and it was not even popular until Trekkies discovered it in restarts in the mid -seventies. By the mid -eighties of the last century, the series not only had a passionate follow -up, but many of the successful feature films “Star Trek” were made, ensuring that the privilege was long and celebrated on a large scale. Creator Jin Rodenberry, who wants a project that can oversee more closely, launched the first movie “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1987, and he quickly advances the concession schedule for about a century. The new show was distinguished by a new set of characters, a new ship, and a new tone. This, according to the orders of Roddenberry, was more diplomatic and peaceful than the original exhibition.

The “next generation” stumbled a little in its first two seasons, but it struck a surprisingly strong groove by its third year, to become a tremendous and continued success for seven full seasons. It ended in 1994 when it became expensive re -shopping operations; All seven “next generation” seasons should be sold to local television subsidiaries in a giant piece It should be restarted several times, so some subsidiaries did not want to adhere to time with all 178 episodes.

The last episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was a two -hour event that was broadcast on May 23, 1994. It was called “All Things …”, and an ambitious conspiracy of time time appeared in three time frame in the history of Star Trek. It was one schedule of “present” for the series. The third timetable jumped about 25 years of the future, as Picard (Patrick Stewart) was an old man.

“All good things …” are a great conclusion, to a large extent because it is characterized by sharp writing of Trek Vets Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga. The plot includes Captain Picard to become “UNT undecca” in time, which is “Slaughterhouse Five” from La Kurt Vonnego. At present, it faces a diagnosis of rare and deadly brain diseases called Iromodic syndrome, which will lead to a deterioration of its ability to work over decades. In the past, he keeps memories of what will come, but he has to struggle with strange hallucinations while dealing with a crew that he has not yet known. In the future, the syndrome did it, and Picard became somewhat dementia. The future timetable is also attached to what Jordi (Lavar Berton), Rikir (Jonathan Frex), Worf (Michael Dorn), and data (Brent Spinner). Troy (Marina Circass), and Dr. Cripper (Gates McFaden) died, he is now the commander of models named Captain Beverly Picard. Yes, she and Beicard married and released in a meantler.

In the end, he revealed this The Trickster God Q (John de Lancie, a long -time guest star) It has a relationship with time fighting. Q is just a Picard torque test and its intelligence. Picard ultimately finds a strange and destructive spatial phenomenon in the past, of medium size at the present time, and is not present in the future. What is happening? This phenomenon appears to increase in size back in time. What would happen if this phenomenon continued to burn until the beginning of time? Will life be destroyed on old planets? maybe. Picard should reconcile with the fact that he deals with a time paradox.

It is a great story, and a kind of the concept of the full science fiction that Trekkies is eating. Certainly, he did not harm that “all good things …” were able to give viewers a glimpse into the future and take a longing for the past.

In the end, Picard discovers the nature of the spatial phenomenon, and accepts that paradoxes are already possible. Q admires that human minds are able to absorb such things, and allow pescard to return to his “present”. Was everything a dream? Did any of this really happened? It is important that Picard is able to confront a new concept that raises the mind, and to prove that humans are already able to develop psychological growth.

In the last scene of “All Good Things …”, Picard enters the room where its senior employees usually gather to play poker games. Picard never stopped playing paper, and is rarely affected by his employees in this way. They make a seat for it, and start mixing the cards. As it does, it stops temporarily and looks around the table. He realizes that his senior employees are Wiloking and that, after seven years of working together, they became his best friend. He commented that he should have come to play a poker long ago. Tari states that he was always welcome.

This is a friendly way to finish the series, leaving Picard for her a personal moment. It begins to deal with cards, and identify the parameters of the game. When it comes to betting, he says that “the sky is the limit.” A beating line to finish a wonderful TV series. Picard, like Trekkies, seems to be aware that we have had something good for these seven seven seasons. However, as the title suggests, all good things must end. Enterprise-D drifting away, continuing its mission.

Details of admiration for “all good things …” are that they do not end anything to final. “Star Trek: The Next Generation” does not end with Picard leaves the ship to take over a new leadership, the death of a major personality, or anything dramatic. The implicit meaning is that Enterprise-D adventures will continue, but simply will not be allowed to see them anymore. If this is the last time the fans see the “next generation” fans, then it was a suitable transmission.

Of course, at this stage of the history of “Star Trek”, production was already underway for “Star Trek: Generations”, the first theatrical feature film based on “The Next Generation”. “All good things …” were broadcast on May 23, while the “generations” struck the theaters on November 18. Trekkies had only six months waiting to see their favorite characters again. Also, Trekkies was supposed to notice press ads and shooting tables, so there was no fear that Captain Picard would not return. We knew that there is more coming.

This type of edge of “all good things …” was a glorious end of a wonderful TV program, but no one was under any illusions that it was the actual end. If anything, it was just a gap in the concession. In fact, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” was already in its third season by time “generations”, and “Star Trek: Voyageer” was for the first time in January 1995, so the conclusion of the “next generation” became the least meaning of greenery. Yes, it was a great farewell, but it was not Adieu.

Also, it did not help, well, “Generations” are a kind of absorption.

Teleplay writer Recall Ron d. Moore “all good things …” as a crowded time in his life. He loved the end, but his attention was divided between “all good things …” and “generations”. He even talked about how he was supposed to have “all good things …” the story of a fourth timetable that includes Burg, but it may have been very ambitious with that story. In fact, in the book of the oral history “Fifty Mission: The next 25 years: from the next generation to JJ ABRAMS,” Edited by Mark A. Etman and Edward Gross, there are no many complaints from the staff and crew in the episode. Everyone knew that the offer would end, although some team members – Jonathan Frex in particular – remember that he had had additional seasons. But if this would be the end, it was good.

More than anything else, reading the “Fifty Mission” often reveals stories of fatigue. It was from 1992 to 1996 a golden era for “Star Trek”, where it was three shows and two feature films in different stages of production. The fans were huge, and the privilege felt unified, all supervised by the creative team. In 1994, “generations” and “all good things …” were shooting on his back, while “DS9” and “Voyageer” were throwing and shooting new groups. One can forgive the staff and its crew to remember only the bustle.

Of course, since “Star Trek” was progressing with films inspired by the “next generation”, the characters will have a few finals with which the content can. “Star Trek: First contact” was followed in 1996, “Star Trek: onlinerrection” in 1998, and “Star Trek: Nemesis” in 2002. By 2002, it was clear that members of the “next generation” team had been, and the time had come to divide everyone into their separate lives. He married Riker and Troi, and Riker would have become a ship captain called USS Titan. Also, the “enemy” ended with the data sacrificing his life to save his friends.

The final scenes of the “enemy” are sad and persecuted. Data are dead, and a new party is already on a new party, and the “team” is separated. It would have been good if the separation was presented as an inevitable matter, and it is a sad time, but it is clinically treatment so that it appears to be just a big problem.

However, in 2023, the “next generation” team was assembled for another TV event, the third season of “Star Trek: Picard”. This series was assigned in one way or another at the same time with the “Future” sequence of “All good things …”, but this time he said TRUE A story where the characters fell. Picard and his old colleagues at work to thwart the Burg’s conspiracy and save his long -old missing son. At the end of the series, the crew gathered in a bar and, As in “all good things …”, he decided to play poker.

“The stars have always been in Salehi,” said Picard, who feels lucky. After the “enemy”, it was an end to the “next generation” crew.