Is "ballyhooed" an accurate word for this final season, which sees the reunion of (almost) the entire TNG cast (no wheaton, no crosby)? Well, yes...and it's good. Much better than the first two seasons. It even finally scored an episode worthy of inclusion in my "best of Trek" marathons - the one featuring ro (michelle forbes).
The two holdovers from the previous season (besides jean-luc) are raffi and 7 of 9, both of whom have lovely moments, especially jeri. The possible spin-off starring these two and q, that's teased in the final episode, is one i'd be happy to watch.
Is it all as good as the hype? Well, almost. The cast all have fine moments...with yet ANOTHER sci fi resurrection for data. The females get to pilot the ship without crashing, and do more in a fight than smash crockery.
My biggest complaint is the unrelenting visual darkness. I felt like i had to squint all season. Yes, i get that you want to send the message that this is a more dystopic TREK. Fine. You're probably throwing too much of gene's vision out the window, but...okay. Yet the literal darkness is so omnipresent, one begins to wonder whether it's like the Minnesota accents in FARGO - so pervasive that you're not sure whether the underlying script would be as strong without the affectation.
And of course, PIC does nothing to move the TREK vision forward.
But it's fine.
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