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What a great episode!

Kirk get’s to be a Romulan. A Romulan lady wears a miniskirt and boots. And Spock . . . gets laid.
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The Enterprise Incident - episode #59

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It's Mission: Impossible, Trek-style. It's subterfuge, espionage, and galactic mind games of cosmic proportions.

These games worked well on me as a kid. As the episode begins, we hear a voice-over from McCoy stating that Kirk has been behaving oddly lately, possibly due to continual stress of command.

When I originally watched this first act, I was convinced that Kirk had lost it; all those encounters with everything from Gorns to Doomsday Machines had obviously caused some kind of post-traumatic stress syndrome in the formerly-invincible captain. It was a great set-up, both on the audience and the Romulans.

They're cool here, as to be expected following their smashing debut in Balance of Terror, but when up against both Kirk & Spock in full 'special mission' mode, they have no chance. After all, these two have altered the cultures of entire planets.



This episode also provides an interesting view of the sixties. Back then, there were no females of command rank on our side, the Federation. They mostly filled the roles of yeomans, nurses, communications, and perhaps a prosecutor.

There was a female 2nd-in-command in the pilot, The Cage, but this character had not been allowed to continue.

So, it seems like Roddenberry & his writers sneaked in this female commander on the Romulan side; this was allowed, since she worked for the enemy. Let the enemy indulge in these strange promotions. Well, it did work against the Romulans, didn't it?

It was strange to see Spock in the role of seducer, the part usually allocated to Kirk. Things were topsy-turvy all around in this one.




This was a fine thriller, with unexpected twists in every act, such as the Vulcan death grip. It delivered on the suspense all the way through to the conclusion.

It also allowed Shatner to apply one of those totally bonkers, wild-eyed performances, as was the case in a few episodes. These are the ones that fans tend to make fun of, but we do remember them well, and there was a method to the madness in this case.

BoG's Score: 8 out of 10



Extra Trek Trivia: Romulans have the same origins as the Vulcans. The story goes, a sect of Vulcans broke off from the main body a couple of thousand years ago, refusing to follow the way of logic. They settled on a couple of planets named Romulus & Remus, beginning the Romulan Star Empire. Being out of touch, they were unfamiliar with the famous 'Vulcan Death Grip' — depicted here:

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BoG
Galaxy Overlord Galactus
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)