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The Enterprise Incident

Episode aired Sep 27, 1968
TV-PGTV-PG
51m

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8.4/10

3.3K

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An apparently insane Capt. Kirk has the Enterprise deliberately enter the Romulan Neutral Zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy.An apparently insane Capt. Kirk has the Enterprise deliberately enter the Romulan Neutral Zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy.An apparently insane Capt. Kirk has the Enterprise deliberately enter the Romulan Neutral Zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy.

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Meredyth Lucas
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- D.C. Fontana
- Arthur H. Singer(story consultant)
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William Shatner and Joanne Linville in Star Trek (1966)

Leonard Nimoy and Joanne Linville in Star Trek (1966)

Jack Donner and Robert Gentile in Star Trek (1966)

William Shatner and Mike Howden in Star Trek (1966)

William Shatner and James Doohan in Star Trek (1966)

Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in Star Trek (1966)

William Shatner, Majel Barrett, James Doohan, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek (1966)

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Trivia
This episode is the first to feature a female starship commander.

Goofs
The Enterprise crew are shocked to learn that their surprise capture may be due to a new cloaking technology possessed by the Romulans. Kirk and crew already encountered cloaked Romulans two years earlier in Balance of Terror (1966). However, the cloaking technology in The Enterprise Incident is new because it is improved. The Enterprise was still able to track a Romulan ship, though not accurately, in Balance of Terror and cannot detect them at all with this improved version.

Quotes
Romulan Commander: It is unworthy of a Vulcan to resort to subterfuge.
Spock: You're being clever, Commander. That is unworthy of a Romulan.

Alternate versions
Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song

Connections
Featured in William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995)

Soundtracks
Theme
Music credited to Alexander Courage
Sung by Loulie Jean Norman

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6/10

Well Played and Suspenseful Episode

This is a nicely paced, genuinely suspenseful episode which finds its roots in the best espionage stories. Kirk takes the Enterprise into Romulan territory on his own initiative, leading many to question his competency to command and increasing hostilities with the Romulans. Is Kirk actually losing it, or is something else afoot? This episode resembles some of the best spy fiction -- "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" in particular -- and Shatner's staginess actually works to the episode's advantage. Nimoy's inscrutability is equally compelling, particularly when the Romulan commander (well played by Joanna Linville) tries to persuade him to join the dark side, as it were.

Intelligently written and played, and a lot of fun to boot.

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