Unification II

Episode aired Nov 9, 1991
TV-PGTV-PG
45m

8.4/10

2.8K

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Leonard Nimoy, Brent Spiner, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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On Romulus, Picard finds Spock, as well as an underground peace movement, a double agent, a bold ulterior motive against the Federation, and a familiar foe.On Romulus, Picard finds Spock, as well as an underground peace movement, a double agent, a bold ulterior motive against the Federation, and a familiar foe.On Romulus, Picard finds Spock, as well as an underground peace movement, a double agent, a bold ulterior motive against the Federation, and a familiar foe.

8.4/10

2.8K

Director
- Cliff Bole
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Michael Piller(teleplay by)
- Rick Berman(story by)
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Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Billy Bastiani in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Denise Crosby in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Denise Crosby and Brent Spiner in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Leonard Nimoy and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Harriet C. Leider in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Stephen Root in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Director
- Cliff Bole
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Michael Piller(teleplay by) (story by) (showrunner)
- Rick Berman(story by)
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Picard is found on Romulus by Senator Pardek, who brings him to Ambassador Spock, who explains his secret 'cowboy diplomacy' is about the off chance of a Vulcan-Romulan reunification thanks to an old, recently significantly grown, philosophically friendly Romulan underground party, which includes the rising new Proconsul Neral, who claims the Romulan senate itself can no longer resist the people's outcry for peace, but is actually in league with Sela. Klingon captain K'Vada isn't amused when Data claims he may be able to crack the Romulan encryption log. As Vulcan-human half-blood Spock and android Data exchange views on the virtues of emotional and cool logical qualities, Commander Riker's investigation into a stolen Vulcan ship continues, starting with the mundane wife of the smuggler who died while pursued and finds a Barolian ship was involved. Spock and Picard fear rightly it all ties together in a Romulan war plot. —KGF Vissers

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Trivia
This contains the first instance of Klingon opera in the series, as well as Worf's avid appreciation for it. There were further mentions of it in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).

Goofs
As Data, Spock and Picard head to the underground tunnels to make their escape, a film crewman's reflection can be seen in the green crystal on the table.

Quotes
Ambassador Spock: In your own way, you are as stubborn as another Captain of the Enterprise I once knew.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Then I'm in good company, sir.

Connections
Edited into Star Trek: Discovery: Unification III (2020)

Soundtracks
Star Trek/Main Theme
Written by Alexander Courage

Top review

7/10

Without Sela, I would have loved this

I like the Romulans--they're sneaky jerks and make for excellent villains in the Star Trek universe. So, I expected to love this two- part episode about these tricksy folks. However, the appearance of Sela (Denise Crosby) at the end really left a bad taste in my mouth. After all, the way they re-inserted Denise Crosby into the show seemed incredibly contrived and her new character was about as one-dimensional has her old Tasha Yar. She really deserved better than this.

As for the episode, it's the second of two episodes and once again it finds Picard and Data on Romulus in disguise as Romulans. They're trying to figure out if the peace overtures some Romulans have made towards Spock are real or yet another plot to harm the Federation. It's all very nice to see and I enjoyed it up until Sela arrived--then I mostly lost interest.

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