[TNG] Season 3, Episode 7: The Enemy
Rating: 3
This episode utilizes the tensions between Romulans and the Federation to tell two stories: one with an interesting premise, but predictable outcome, and one that was more unexpected.
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Notes:
Riker, Worf, and Geordi beam down to a stormy planet and find a Romulan
Geordi falls in a hole
Crusher doesn’t know if she can save the Romulan
The storms are interfering with everything but Wesley figures out a way to get Geordi back
They are contacted by a Romulan ship. They want their guy back. They also say there was definitely only one Romulan on the planet
But then Geordi finds another Romulan on the planet
Only Worf can save the injured Romulan. He hates Romulans though
Geordi’s visor stops working for him, but they need it to work with his tricorder in order to get back to Enterprise. Geordi talks him through the process. He gets really excited when it works
Worf still doesn’t want to help the Romulan so Picard gives him a talk
…but Picard doesn’t convince him. And then he gets word that the Romulan died. Dang
Picard has a confrontation with the Romulan warbird. At first he was really adamant that they not cross the neutral zone, and he wants to get to the bottom of why they were on the planet, but then he talks about being the first one to show a sign of trust
Geordi and the Romulan make it to Enterprise and it resolves the conflict
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