The Last Generation

Nostalgia, joy, and so many heartwarming feelings wrapped together in this beautiful episode allow me to consider this entire show redeemed. Next Generation is almost perfect for me but I always felt its ending could have been better in some way.

Now, watching this fantastic episode I finally feel the cycle is complete. It felt right, like the last page of a great book.

You see, fan service is not a crime. It is ok to explore new things but you can, and should, remember the older fans, like me, who watched every single episode or movie from the franchise.

This, finally, feels like the Star Trek I always loved.

This is the ending we needed, the ending this fantastic crew deserved. You made this old man very happy.

Thank you Gene. God bless.

I'm serious. This episode has everything I didn't even know I needed. In fact, I can say that about this entire season. In an era of increasing bleakness, strife, and malice in the world, the renewed vision of hope and optimism embodied by Gene Roddenberry is alive and well here. I won't spoil anything in this review; however, I will say that this episode strikes an emotional chord. If you loved TNG - I know I do, I grew up on the series - you'll end up ugly crying. You'll laugh out loud. Sometimes you'll do both within a breath of the other. There are some detractors out there, certainly - and they are welcome to their opinions - but the fan service dished up in this episode precisely sates an appetite to Boldly Go. Thank you, Terry Matalas, the writing crew, the directors, the entire main and guest cast, for giving me the most entertaining season of TV I've experienced in a long, long time.

This season was such a wonderful send off for the Next Generation. Completely restored the goodwill that both Insurrection and (especially) Nemesis squandered.

The final two TNG films reeked of milking the corpse of a once great show. This season showed the proper respect to a show that reached the heights of TOS, and yes I'm aware I'm vaguely paraphrasing Sirtis.

The final two TNG films just made it like it was a Picard/Data/Worf show. Here, the rest of the ensemble is given lots of room. Particularly Beverly, but also Riker, Deanna and Geordi.

Picard and Data weren't best friends, Geordi and Data were!

I've got minor quibbles but this probably isn't the place.

I ugly cried and then stood up and clapped at my TV. This was the greatest possible ending to the TNG universe that I could have ever possibly imagined. I have been a massive fan of TNG from the moment it aired in 1987, and I even went to a Trekky convention and met Gates McFadden back in the early 90s. I know a thing or two about this universe, and they brought their A-game with this final season and this final episode. Kudos to the cast and crew and to the producers! You nailed it! If you've been a fan of TNG for 36 years as I have, you'll ugly cry too. That's all I'm going to say about that.

Third Season was the best of the Three , a good Send off for Picard , and ensuring the ability to use the name Picard in the future

It had everything great space fight ( CG maybe could have been better ) , the borg , the borg queen nostalgia and some , finally, good writing in of some new characters that can continue the franchise.

With good writers they can use this for years....

One downside.. was.. the split episodes , commercially i understand why it makes sense ....but for people who had to wait each week for the next episode will now understand the benefit of binge watching a series ,