Unification II
- Episode aired Nov 9, 1991
- TV-PG
- 45m
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 adversary.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 adversary.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 adversary.
- Omag
- (as William Bastiani)
- Amarie
- (as Harriet Leider)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis 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).
- GoofsAs 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: I was involved with "cowboy diplomacy", as you described it, long before you were born.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Nevertheless, sir, I'm not prepared to leave until your affairs are complete.
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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Star Trek: Discovery: Unification III (2020)
- SoundtracksStar Trek/Main Theme
Written by Alexander Courage
This is an enjoyable conclusion to the story with some solid character moments and (importantly) Spock has plenty of screen time.
The plot has a great concept from a character perspective. Who wouldn't want to find out what became of arguably Star Trek's greatest character following his depiction in the original series and movies? Mostly it works, as Spock has a satisfying continuation and some great exchanges with TNG characters. Unfortunately the scenes and dialogue involving a previously introduced villain is not a very inspired aspect of the episode's writing and drags it down a little.
The exchanges between Spock and Picard and Spock and Data are the highlights of the episode. Leonard Nimoy is fantastic playing a more evolved Spock whilst retaining his most important traits and mannerisms. Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner are the best actors on TNG so having Nimoy share the screen with them makes the most of his guest appearance.
I quite like the scenes with Riker and Worf for sheer amusement value. Riker's attempt at cool banter at the piano is bizarrely entertaining, but Jonathan Frakes and Karen Hensel are no Bogie and Bacall. In the grand scheme of the story though I would rather the writers had focussed more on Spock, but it was reasonably good fun nonetheless.
The visuals are great for what they are, especially the holographic sequences. I appreciate the budgetary constraints, but there's only so much cave and dark interior sequences I can see of places like Romulus and Qo'noS before it starts to feel a bit stale.
For me it's a 7.5/10 but I round upwards.
- snoozejonc
- Aug 8, 2021
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- Runtime45 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1