User blog:ARTaylor/25 Years of All Good Things...

Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of "All Good Things...". The episode was the series finale of the incredibly popular series Star Trek: The Next Generation. In the episode, Captain Picard finds himself traveling between three different time periods and must solve a mystery that could potentially end all human life.

The series was incredibly popular, being one of the biggest shows at the time. It revitalized interest in the franchise and launched three spin-offs, four films, video games, novels, and even crossovers with Marvel Comics. The episode itself is one of the highest regarded of the series and considered among the greatest series finales of all time.

Episodes were directed by Jonathan Frakes, who also directed two of the feature films, LeVar Burton. Several episodes were written and produced by Dorothy Catherine Fontana while Morgan Gendel wrote several episodes. The series featured the talents of Frakes as first officer William Riker, Burton as chief engineer Geordi LaForge, Brent Spiner as android Data, Michael Dorn as security chief Worf, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as Lxwana Troi, Dwight Schultz as Reginald Barclay, James Cromwell as Zefram Cochrane, David Warner as Gul Madred, Olivia d'Abo as Amanda Rogers, Alan Oppenheimer as Koroth, Earl Boen as Nagilum, Nikki Cox as Sarjenka, Mark L. Taylor as Haritath, Paul Winfield as Captain Dathon, Tony Jay as Third Minister Campio, Tim Russ as Devor, Michael Bell as Zorn, Ron Gans as Armus, Simon Templeman as John Bates, Robert Ito as Chang, Peter Mark Richman as Ralph Offenhouse, Matt Frewer as Berlinghoff Rasmussen, John Neville as Isaac Newton, Christopher Collins as Captain Kargan, William Boyett as Dan Bell, and Diedrich Bader as a tactical crewman.