Friday, December 7, 2012

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 5x07 - Unification part 1

    It looks like Spock may have defected to the Romulans, and Picard is tasked to find out what happened.  He calls in a favor from the Klingons, and Picard and Data get in disguise and head down to Romulus.  After finding the person they intended to, they are captured by undercover agents.
    For a two part episode, this one is really pretty dull.  The only thing it has going for it is the tension of waiting to see Spock.  Otherwise, it moves slowly, and never feels like there's anything important happening.
    Sarek dies in this episode, although it happens offscreen.
    The real highlight of it is some of the fun that Picard gets to have.  He has a little fun manipulating the Klingons into helping him.  He lies to the Klingons aboard their ship, to come across more masculine.  And then he gets some great, awkward scenes where he tries to sleep with Data watching him blankly.

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