Unification II

This Story: Season 5 Episode 8 (production code 207)
TNG Overall: Episode 108
Trek Overall: Story 205b, Episode 210
Airdate: 11 Nov 1991
Story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller
Teleplay by Michael Piller
Directed by Cliff Bole

Notes

• Features the return of Denise Crosby as Sela, the final appearance of the character as of the writing of this blog post.
• Features an on screen dedication to Gene Roddenberry who had died 18 days prior to the broadcast of this episode.
• The dialogue between Picard & Spock about Klingon peace treaties was intended to be a tie in to “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” which was released a couple of months after this episode.
• The first mention of Klingon Opera and Worf’s like of it.  This is expanded on when Worf joins Deep Space Nine as a regular character.
• The dress worn by one of Omag’s female companions was later re-used for Troi in the episode “Man of the People“.
• The official title of the episode is “Unification II”, as opposed to “Unification Part II”.
• Part II of this story was (mostly) filmed before Part I due to time constraints and the availability of Leonard Nimoy.
• In 2020, Star Trek Discovery aired a third part to this, “Unification III“.  That episode showed what happened many MANY years down the line about what happened when Spock’s efforts were ultimately successful.

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