Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: One of the Top 3 Volumes of Season 3!

In an unfortunate 3rd and final season strewn with horrible episodes, it comes as a relief here to have 2 episodes that rank among the very best of all 3 seasons in this volume. In the first episode, "Whom Gods Destroy", we get a mental asylum story which surpasses the "Dagger of the Mind" episode from season one by dint of the better acting and storyline as well.In the second episode, "The Mark of Gideon", we get a story which explores the issue of population control and the Malthusian hypothesis and the part these play in civilisation. Another issue that is explored is that of self-sacrifice for the common good which is represented by Odona.Overall, after a long litany of poor episodes, we get here 2 episodes which remind us briefly of some of the good things that we knew and loved from the prior seasons. This volume falls under the "good to have but not essential" category if you are picking which volumes to keep.