NOVELIZATION
All Good Things...
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation
Author(s):	Michael Jan Friedman
Publication information
Published:	hardcover - June 1994
Reprint(s):	paperback - April 1995
Pages:	248
ISBN:	ISBN 0671521489
EPISODE
Written by:	Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga
Directed by:	Winrich Kolbe
Episode no.:	7x25, 7x26
Production no.:	277, 278
First aired:	23 May 1994
COMIC ADAPTATION
Cover by Sonia Hillios
Writer(s):	Michael Jan Friedman
Penciller(s):	Jay Scott Pike
Inker(s):	Jose Marzan Jr.
Publisher:	DC Comics
Published:	June 1994
Chronology
Date:	2364, 2370, 2395
Stardate:	41153.7, 47988.1

"All Good Things…" was the final episode of The Next Generation, released with both a novelization and comic adaptation.

Contents 1 Description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Locations 3.3 Starships and vehicles 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other references 4 Appendices 4.1 Background 4.2 Related stories 5 Images 6 Connections 6.1 External links

DescriptionEdit

In the last seven years, Captain Picard and the crew of the starship Enterprise have visited strange new worlds, encountered life in all its galactic diversity, and faced deadlier enemies than man has ever known. They have truly gone where no one has gone before, and in the process made Star Trek: The Next Generation into the most successful syndicated dramatic program of all time. Now, after seven years, their television journey is coming to a close. Pocket Books is proud to present the novelization of the classic final episode.

Seven years ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard first faced the judgment of the Q Continuum—a race of beings with godlike powers over time and space who presumed to gauge humanity's fitness to exist in the galaxy. Seven years ago they suspended judgment, but now their decision has been reached: The human race will be eliminated, not only in the present, but throughout time. Humanity will never have existed at all.

The only chance to save mankind lies with Captain Picard. An old enemy has granted him the power to revisit his life as it was seven years before, and to experience his life twenty-five years in the future. With the help of friendships that span time and space, Picard struggles to defeat the plans of the Q Continuum. But even as he fights to save the human race from total extinction, he has been set up to be the unwitting agent of mankind's destruction.

In his effort to save humanity, Picard must sacrifice himself and all those he loves… perhaps more than once. And if their sacrifice fails, all mankind is doomed.

SummaryEdit

Jean-Luc Picard bounces between three time periods after suspicious visits from characters from Q's first encounter with Picard. Q sits in judgment of mankind, while providing behind-the-scenes assistance to Picard in allowing him to shift in time.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Androna • Reginald Barclay • Ben • Calan • Nell Chilton • Collins • Beverly Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Data • Fletcher • Gaines (alternate) • Genovese • Sonya Gomez • Guinan • Jessel • Kellogg • Sam Lavelle • Geordi La Forge • Robin Lefler • Mayhew • Mot • Mamoru Nakamura • Keiko O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Alyssa Ogawa • Jean-Luc Picard • Andrew Powell • Ben Prieto • Katherine Pulaski • Q • Paul Rice • William T. Riker • Alexander Rozhenko • Sutcliffe • Tomalak • The Traveler • Deanna Troi • Lwaxana Troi • Worf • Natasha Yar

Referenced only 

Leah Brahms • Jack Crusher • Robert DeSoto • Alidar Jarok • Stephen Hawking • K'Ehleyr • Korina • Alandra La Forge • Bret La Forge • Sidney La Forge • Lee • Makur • Maturin • Benjamin Maxwell • McBurney • Christian McCloy • Munoz • Torar Olaffok • Robert Picard • Isaac Newton • Rippert • Ro Laren • Norah Satie • Selar • Elizabeth Shelby • Sito Jaxa • Zul

LocationsEdit

Earth • Cambridge • Chavez system • Dorvan V • Devron • Earth • Earth Station McKinley • Farpoint Station • France • H'atoria • LaBarre • Romulan Neutral Zone • Starbase 247 • Ten-Forward

Referenced only 

Alaska • Alpha Tiberia • Beta Retimnion • Betazed • Black Sea • Bol • Caldos colony • Canada • Galorndon Core • Kesprit • Krios • Kurlan • Lake Cataria • Marjono • Maxia Zeta • Memp'ha outpost • North America • Rigel III • Romulus • Starbase 24 • Tau Ceti • Triannis • Turkana IV

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise (Galaxy-class starship) • Galileo • USS Pasteur (Olympic-class starship) • IRW Terix (D'deridex-class warbird) • Negh'Var-class vessels

Referenced only 

USS Bozeman • USS Concord • USS Phoenix • USS Repulse • USS Stargazer

Races and culturesEdit

Bajoran • Betazoid • Bolian • El-Aurian • Human • Klingon • Malcorian • Romulan • Terellian

Referenced only 

Andorian • Bandi • Cardassian • Ferengi • Prophet • Tellarite • Tholian • Vulcan

States and organizationsEdit

Cambridge University • House of Mogh • Klingon Empire • Q Continuum • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Bajoran Resistance • Daystrom Institute • Klingon High Council • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Intelligence • Starfleet Medical

Other referencesEdit

21st century • acetylcholine • admiral • ambassador • android • anti-time • balalaika • batlh • b'lednaya • boatswain's whistle • captain • cerebral cortex • choctoq • cloaking device • Dagavarian maltmilk • dilithium • Earl Grey • Eskimo • Grim Reaper • gul • habak • holodeck • hologram • The Iron Feather • Irumodic Syndrome • jenka • Lucasian Chair • mugato • Occupation of Bajor • peridaxon • phaser • photon torpedo • poker • Post-Atomic Horror • protomorphosis disease • Prime Directive • quantum mechanics • Russian • Sacred Chalice of Rixx • Sherlock Holmes • stardate • subspace • tachyon • telepathy • temporal displacement • Terellian plague • Treaty of Algeron • trypamine • VISOR • vodka • warp nacelle • warp speed

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

• The novelization features twelve black and white images from the episode. Also featured are promos for the second edition of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion and the novel The Romulan Stratagem.
• Other final episode novelizations include "What You Leave Behind" (DS9) and "Endgame" (Voyager). The Pocket Books description of the "What You Leave Behind" novelization describes it as "a powerful novel in the classic tradition of All Good Things...".

Related storiesEdit

• In the alternate future depicted in the DS9 novel miniseries Millennium, Picard develops Irumodic Syndrome.
• The Devron system, introduced in this episode, was again featured in the video game Away Team, where it served as a meeting place for the USS Incursion and a Borg cube.
• In the TNG novel: Death in Winter Captain Picard recalled meeting the Beverly Crusher from the future alternate timeline seen in this episode.

ImagesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous episode: Preemptive Strike	TNG episode produced	Next episode: last episode The screen adventures of the Enterprise-D continue in Generations
Previous episode: Preemptive Strike	TNG episode aired	Next episode: last episode The screen adventures of the Enterprise-D continue in Generations
Previous story: Descent	TNG novelizations	Next story: Generations
Previous novel: Sarek	Star Trek hardcovers	Next novel: Q-Squared
Previous novel: Shadows on the Sun	Novels by: Michael Jan Friedman	Next novel: Requiem
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Dawn	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Collaborator
Previous Adventure: The Soldiers of Fear	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)	Next Adventure: Tribble in Paradise
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2370. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in four other timeframes:
Previous Adventure: Reciprocity Sections 1, 4, 8 & 10	3.5 billion years ago Chapter 20	Next Adventure: Q-Space Chapter 13
Previous Adventure: Encounter at Farpoint Chapter 3	2079 Chapters 11, 12 & 25	Next Adventure: Surak's Soul Chapter 2, Section 4
Previous Adventure: Encounter at Farpoint	2364 Stardate 41148 - 41153.7	Next Adventure: Imzadi Chapter 32
Previous Adventure: Staying the Course	2395	Next Adventure: Preserver The Ashes of Eden

External linksEdit

• All Good Things... (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• All Good Things... (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.