STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION SEASON 3 RATINGS
S.3 is a huge improvement from the first two seasons that produced two of the most outstanding episodes of TV (= "Yesterday's Enterprise" and The Best of Both Worlds part1")
Everything improved. The acting was excellent, even M.Sirtis and G.Mcfadden who were very wooden before, were very good here. P.Stewart and B.Spiner's acting was phenomenal. Finally pretty much all the characters were properly developed, with the writers devoting at least one episode to explore each one, though again as expected the best stories were given to our favourite Android who desperately wants to be more human. The stories themselves became in general a lot more serious, character driven, mature and well made (all these were missing from the previous seasons too often). It's evident that they hired new writers and finally Roddenberry stepped off from most of his duties (as I said before I respect greatly this man for his work on TOS, but he should have never been involved with TNG in the first place). Finally, not often enough a season of TV concludes with such a perfect and epic finale as s.3 of TNG, seriously "The Best of Both Worlds part1" makes totally worth to sit through the worst episodes of the season ("The Price" for example)
For the disadvantages of the season I think it's enough to say that Wesley Crusher is still somehow a regular in the show
Overall rating: 8.6/10
Everything improved. The acting was excellent, even M.Sirtis and G.Mcfadden who were very wooden before, were very good here. P.Stewart and B.Spiner's acting was phenomenal. Finally pretty much all the characters were properly developed, with the writers devoting at least one episode to explore each one, though again as expected the best stories were given to our favourite Android who desperately wants to be more human. The stories themselves became in general a lot more serious, character driven, mature and well made (all these were missing from the previous seasons too often). It's evident that they hired new writers and finally Roddenberry stepped off from most of his duties (as I said before I respect greatly this man for his work on TOS, but he should have never been involved with TNG in the first place). Finally, not often enough a season of TV concludes with such a perfect and epic finale as s.3 of TNG, seriously "The Best of Both Worlds part1" makes totally worth to sit through the worst episodes of the season ("The Price" for example)
For the disadvantages of the season I think it's enough to say that Wesley Crusher is still somehow a regular in the show
Overall rating: 8.6/10
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- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWesley's latest science project escapes the lab, threatening the Enterprise and an eminent scientist's life-long project.6.5/10 = Mediocre
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter 111 years of silence, an extremely litigious alien race asserts its agreed upon right to wipe out a Federation colony in its territory.7.5 = Just Good
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise responds to a distress call from Rana IV, a Federation colony that is under attack from an unknown alien ship. When they arrive, they find the entire surface of the planet destroyed, save for a single house and two occupants.9/10 = Excellent
- DirectorRobert WiemerStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA proto-Vulcan culture worships Captain Picard and prepares to offer Counselor Troi as a sacrifice.9/10 = Excellent
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA startling surprise awaits the crew of the Enterprise when a mission costs the life of a crew member, who left her son behind.7/10 = Almost Good
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise triggers an ancient yet effective trap left by an extinct race, with a perfectly preserved derelict ship serving as cheese for Picard.7.5/10 = Just Good
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonLa Forge gets left behind on a storm-plagued planet when the rest of his team encounters a Romulan warrior.9/10 = Excellent
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhile the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.6/10 = Beyond Mediocre
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise pursues a race of "gatherers" who continue to raid Federation outposts, unaware of the dangers lurking among them.6/10 = Beyond Mediocre
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen a Romulan officer defects to the Federation with a warning of a impending invasion, Capt. Picard struggles to decide if he is to be believed.9.5/10 = Spectacular
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonInvestigating a planet applying for membership into the Federation, the crew of the Enterprise finds a group of inhabitants who used to be soldiers, but now fight for their very existence.8/10 = Decent
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhile visiting a planet under civil war, Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by an opposing faction of the planet's ruling government.6/10 = Beyond Mediocre
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonMuch to Picard's displeasure, Q reappears on the Enterprise, claiming to have been ejected from the Q Continuum, and therefore, lost his powers.9/10 = Excellent
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe widow of respected scientist Dr. Nel Apgar accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband. Rather than turn Riker over for unfavorable trial, the Enterprise reconstructs the facts.7/10 = Almost Good
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise C enters the Enterprise D's time and space continuum, where they find Picard and crew in a constant state of war with the Klingons, and only Guinan knows it.10/10 = MASTERPIECE!!! (Best episode of the series)
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet.10/10 = MASTERPIECE!!!
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA Klingon commander comes aboard the Enterprise in an officer exchange program initiated by Starfleet, much to the chagrin of the crew.9.5/10 = Spectacular
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonPicard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.8.5/10 = Very Good
- DirectorChip ChalmersStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter mediating a difficult trade agreement, Captain Picard is encouraged to take a much needed rest on a vacationing planet, where he's visited by a strange race from the future, in search of a dangerous weapon.6.5/10 = Mediocre
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise reaches out to an alien being, while dancing around with the Romulans, who want to attack it in an act of vengeance.7/10 = Almost Good
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA shy member of the "Enterprise" crew becomes addicted to the holodeck, where relationships are easier than in real life, when his knowledge is needed in engineering.8.5/10 = Very Good
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen transporting a dangerous material to the Enterprise, Data is kidnapped and the crew is led to believe he is dead when the shuttlecraft he was piloting explodes en route.9/10 = Excellent
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonLegendary Federation ambassador Sarek visits the Enterprise to conclude peace talks with a race called the Legarans. His arrival is accompanied with a rash of unusual emotional outbursts among the crew.9.5/10 = Spectacular
- DirectorRobert LegatoStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen Deanna's mother spurns advances made by a Ferengi Daimon, he takes it upon himself to kidnap the two of them, along with Commander Riker and steal them away aboard his ship.7/10 = Almost Good
- DirectorTom BenkoStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise finds a deserted planet where a ship has crashed, and, with it, the lone survivor with no memory, but extraordinary healing powers.7.5/10 = Just Good
