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Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 108: Unification, Part I
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VHS Tape - 26 November, 1996
Paramount
Availability: Used and ThirdParty
Director: Robert Iscove
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Closed-captioned
- Color
- HiFi Sound
- NTSC
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| VHS Tape Description In 1991, Star Trek: The Next Generation did its own version of The Search for Spock in this two-part episode featuring Leonard Nimoy as the legendary Vulcan. When an intelligence scan spots Ambassador Spock on the planet Romulus, home of the Federation's enemy the Romulans, Picard is ordered to track down the wayward Vulcan and investigate his apparent defection. Picard visits Spock's ailing father, Sarek (Mark Lenard), who is now senile, and finds out that Spock has maintained a long-standing relationship with a Romulan senator, Pardek (Malachi Throne), hoping to keep alive a dialogue between the two antagonistic sides. To search for Spock, Picard and Data beam down to Romulus disguised as Romulans, after approaching by stealth using a cloaked ship acquired from the Klingons. Back on the Enterprise, Riker investigates a decommissioned Vulcan ship, apparently stolen from a surplus depot whose quartermaster is Klim Dokachin, played wryly by Graham Jarvis (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) in one of the episode's funny highlights. Does the theft of the Vulcan vessel have anything to do with the disappearance of Spock? Well, as you might expect in a two-part episode, that story line is to be continued. These multiple tracks just whet the appetite for part 2, and build expectation ably toward the appearance of Spock and the mysteries surrounding his disappearance, something thrilling for any fan--as thrilling as the sorry state of Sarek's mental condition is poignant. --Jim Gay |
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This should have been . . . . . . a theatrical release. This is Part 1 of a two-part episode that, if memory serves, ended one season and began another. I have seen all of the "big-screen" (theatrical release) Star Trek movies and, while some were quite good (The Wrath of Khan, First Contact), none were this good, in my opinion.
Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is now a Vulcan ambassador, but he suddenly disappears. There are rumors of him being sighted on Romulus, which would represent a most embarrassing defection, for the Federation. The Vulcans ask Captain Picard to quietly investigate, and Picard goes to Romulus, with Mr. Data, both disguised as Romulans.
Meanwhile, Mr. Riker (Jonathan Frakes), is investigating the theft of a ship from shipyard. Of course, there is a linkbetween the two storylines, but that does not come out until Part 2 of the episode.
This two-part episode features suspense, intrigue, a good script, a fairly complex plot, and a very poignant death-scene (no spoiler here). In essence, the full episode makes a great Star Trek movie. I do not quite understand how Part I is Episode #108, whereas Part II is Episode #107 but, as Mr. Spock often protested, humans can be quite illogical.
Great Two Parter At the time I first bought UNIFICATION it was sold as a two parter on one tape( The two shows were edited together as one show). I was also told that it was the biggest seller of all the shows in the NEXT GEN tapes series... I don't know if that is still true.
Anyways, it is the only NEXT GEN episodes I have from the TV series.
It is far and away the most accessible for fans of TOS of STAR TREK. Sarek's role in this film is excellent, and it brings out the emotional side ( the Romulan Side? ) of Spock in a most amazing way. As I have read, Spock relished this chance to have Spock do something additional to being a walk on role ( As he was asked to do in GENERATIONS).
Highly recommended for TOS fans who want a bridge over into the NEXT GEN universe.
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