Season 3 kicks off well, but it's the background story that manages to be the more interesting. Dr. Crusher (a welcome return) and Picard have a wonderful heartfelt discussion early on which feels more relaxed and natural then anything seen on the show so far. The same happens later, although much more confrontational, between Wesley and his mother. Good writing and performed pretty well.

Dr. Stubbs, meanwhile, is a bit over the top and difficult to stomach; why was he even in the staff briefing?

Anyway, from here on the show has a noticeable step up in quality. Better looking uniforms (the old ones will remain on background characters for quite some time) and a change in overall cinematography style/camera lenses makes a huge difference.

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@lefthandedguitarist you pretty much wrote exactly what I wanted to. I completely agree on all points. With season 3 TNG became of age.

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