Story: Redemption II
Written By: Ronald D. Moore
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1991
“Redemption II” is a great conclusion to the finale of Season 4. It concludes the Worf Story Arc, and most of what the show does with him after this wraps up is not all that interesting (but he ruled in DS9). The Romulan arc gets a little more fleshed out here, but really is great until the end of TNG, and even into some of their brief appearances in DS9.
But adding onto the arcs being concluded from the first part of “Redemption” we get another arc being added onto: Data and Command. Data’s ability to be a true leader was first tested in “The Ensigns of Command”. Here he is actually given a ship to command in order to stop the Romulans. Spiner’s performance is great, and the subplot is well executed.
Another Arc: Tasha. Tasha died in “Skin of Evil”. She then died an alternate, and more heroic, death in “Yesterday’s Enterprise” to save the proper TNG timeline. Now we come to find out she did not die in that alternate timeline, she survived and was captured by the Romulans. The result of this capture was
I like that we don’t pick up right whee we left off, that it is clear that time has past, and the civil war within the Klingon Empire has been waging for some time now. I liked how Chief O’Brien had been assigned in place of Worf on the Enterprise. I liked that Starfleet is still wounded from the Borg, and don’t have the fleet needed. I liked the continuity, I liked the story, I liked the characters…it was an all around great tale to end and begin a story with, I only wish it had been longer. I think this could have made a great arc for 6 or 7 episodes. But alas, this is TNG. It is episodic in nature, and it could not do what DS9 would eventually do.
“Redemption” was originally conceived to be the finale of Season 3, but luckily “The Best of Both Worlds” replaced it. I think waiting a year to try this one out was a good move, as it gave the writers and producers a chance to flesh out the story more, to add an episode or two before this story finally came to air. It made this seem so much more epic. In the end “Redemption”, both parts, is no “Best of Both Worlds” but it is damn fine on its own.
NEXT TIME: Language
Written By: Ronald D. Moore
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1991
“Redemption II” is a great conclusion to the finale of Season 4. It concludes the Worf Story Arc, and most of what the show does with him after this wraps up is not all that interesting (but he ruled in DS9). The Romulan arc gets a little more fleshed out here, but really is great until the end of TNG, and even into some of their brief appearances in DS9.
Another Arc: Tasha. Tasha died in “Skin of Evil”. She then died an alternate, and more heroic, death in “Yesterday’s Enterprise” to save the proper TNG timeline. Now we come to find out she did not die in that alternate timeline, she survived and was captured by the Romulans. The result of this capture was
I like that we don’t pick up right whee we left off, that it is clear that time has past, and the civil war within the Klingon Empire has been waging for some time now. I liked how Chief O’Brien had been assigned in place of Worf on the Enterprise. I liked that Starfleet is still wounded from the Borg, and don’t have the fleet needed. I liked the continuity, I liked the story, I liked the characters…it was an all around great tale to end and begin a story with, I only wish it had been longer. I think this could have made a great arc for 6 or 7 episodes. But alas, this is TNG. It is episodic in nature, and it could not do what DS9 would eventually do.
“Redemption” was originally conceived to be the finale of Season 3, but luckily “The Best of Both Worlds” replaced it. I think waiting a year to try this one out was a good move, as it gave the writers and producers a chance to flesh out the story more, to add an episode or two before this story finally came to air. It made this seem so much more epic. In the end “Redemption”, both parts, is no “Best of Both Worlds” but it is damn fine on its own.
NEXT TIME: Language