"All Good Things..." is a PHENOMENAL series finale. Very few television shows are given that kind of send-off. It's largely because the creators and cast had become so familiar with each other and they knew that the series was ending, since work had already begun on the "Generations" film. It's obvious that they let the quality of a few season 7 episodes slide in order to deliver the most potent finale they could muster within the time and budget constraints. This episode had it all: mind-bending plot, time travel, awesome SFX (by 90's standards,though they still look good today), and, of course, everybody's favorite semi-omnipotent interdimensional trickster, Q. Beyond all of it, however, is a rock-solid performance by "mon capitaine" himself, Patrick Stewart. The way he portrays an older Picard, slipping into Star Trek-ian senility while trying desperately to keep the threads of his unravelling dignity together, is courageous and funny and heartbreaking all at once. GREAT series finale.
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