Quote Originally Posted by Cikomyr2 View Post
It's not just "people trying to find their footing". 90% of the pains of season 1 has nothing to do with the directors, the music, the acting. It has to do with the writing, which was abysmal.
One of things SFDebris pointed out to me was that the music was ostensibly better for the first three seasons of TNG than at any other point in the franchise as a whole, at least on television. It was rich and atmospheric, often conveying the spirit of what was intended even if the writing often couldn't. Then Rick Berman fired the guy doing it and TV Trek pivoted into mostly just being neutral television background noise you could find anywhere, outside of the big opening score obviously.

Though I will say the banal ambiance of TNG is quite soothing, especially compared to similar contemporary SF works.