Summary: Picking up decades after Gene Roddenberry's legendary original STAR TREK, THE NEXT GENERATION follows the intergalactic adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew aboard an all-new USS Enterprise. This phenomenally successful follow-up, also created by Roddenberry, began airing in 1987 and ran until 1994. This collector's edition box set contains five discs featuring all 22 episodes from season two, along with a wealth of special features contained on the sixth disc. Episodes include The Child, Loud as a Whisper, The Schizoid Man, Unnatural Selection, Contagion, The Icarus Factor, Q Who, Manhunt, Peak Performance, and many more.

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Although the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988-9) was curtailed by a writers’ strike, its 22 episodes nevertheless saw some refreshing new developments. Tasha Yar was gone, giving Worf more room to flex his muscles as Chief Security Officer; Geordi was promoted to Head of Engineering; Whoopi Goldberg’s mysterious Guinan presided benevolently over the crew’s rest area, Ten Forward; Dr. Crusher was replaced by the far more acerbic McCoy-like Dr. Pulaski; and mischievous super-entity Q returned to introduce Picard and the Enterprise crew to their greatest nemesis, The Borg. By the end of a transitional season the show had settled down enough to be acknowledged by all as a worthy successor to the 1960s original.

On the DVD:Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2 comes packaged exactly like Season 1 in a solid metallic-style plastic outer case with a fold-out cardboard inner, although because of the fewer episodes this time there are only six discs not seven. Sound throughout is vivid Dolby Digital 5.1, with a full frame (1.33:1) picture that occasionally shows its age. Once again the menus neatly imitate the Enterprise’s own computer interfaces. Disc 6 contains the extra features: the "Mission Overview--Year 2" introduces the new characters and has producer Rick Berman revealing "We were all filled with piss and vinegar" at the success of the show; the "Selected Crew Analysis" continues the same thread interviewing Patrick Stewart, Levar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis and Diana Muldaur; the "Departmental Briefing" gives some background on special effects, writing, costumes, props and music; "Memorable Missions" highlights specific episodes and guest stars; finally, and best of all, is "Inside Starfleet Archives", a guided tour with Penny Juday around Paramount’s warehouses stuffed full of Star Trek props and memorabilia.--Mark Walker

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Featurettes - 1. MISSION OVERVIEW, 2. SELECTED CREW ANALYSIS - YEAR TWO, 3. DEPARTMENT BRIEFING - YEAR TWO, 4. INSIDE STAR FLEET ARCHIVES, Scene Selection, Interactive Menus, Companion Booklet
Year:	1988
Release Date:	June 10, 2002
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Catalogue Number:	P H E 8214
Keywords:	Season, Star, Two, Next, Generation, Box, General, Fiction, Set, Science, Trek, Tv, Horror, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Science Fiction