The fact itвЂ™s a television show demands a weekly adventure, but it seems like the ship isnвЂ™t so much taming the great expanse of space as it is delving into the mysteries of the universe. More than that, though, The Next Generation doesnвЂ™t take place in the same wilderness that we say in the original Star Trek. The show didnвЂ™t feel that it needed Scotty cobbling together the inside of the ship. Indeed, the first season all but acknowledges this in its refusal to provide a consistent Chief Engineer. ItвЂ™s very clearly meant to be a lot cleaner and a lot safer.

For one thing, The Next Generation has a very different fundamental aesthetic than the origin Star Trek. While episodes like When the Bough Breaks might emphasis why it is a silly idea to allow children on a ship probing the deepest recesses of space, I quite like the idea. However, things are different in The Next Generation, and the ship is more of a floating city than a warship. After all, Kirk captained a ship manned by military staff вЂ“ the closest Kirk came to allowing a family on board was officiating a wedding at the start of Balance of Terror, as set-up for the predictable (if no less effective) dramatic blow at the end of the episode. Indeed, the central premise of the story (the kidnapping of the children from the Enterprise) would have been impossible on KirkвЂ™s ship. When the Bough Breaks doesnвЂ™t really have a direct progenitor in the Star Trek mythos. You can probably guess which one of the two episodes I preferred, and while When the Bough Breaks is never as bad as it could be ( a story focusing on Wesley and other child actors?) itвЂ™s not necessarily good, either. In contrast, Home Soil starts with a premise that owes a considerable debt to a very specific episode of Star Trek, Devil in the Dark, but finds a way to approach it that emphasises the differences between the two shows. IвЂ™ve complained before about how the first season of The Next Generation had a great deal of trouble finding its own identity, and When The Bough Breaks feels like a conscious attempt to do a story in the style of the original Star Trek, even if most of the elements are fairly original. When the Bough Breaks and Home Soil are an interesting two episodes of the first season of The Next Generation, if only because they seem to contrast each other so well.

To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and also next yearвЂ™s release of Star Trek: Into Darkness, IвЂ™m taking a look at the recent blu ray release of the first season, episode-by-episode.

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