when the romulans come and they will not be bearing gifts while no and they bring with them war  war and conquest. as any familiar with this episode know and it is a redux of the war film the enemy below from the fifties. the obvious difference is that instead of a battleship and a submarine (or an american destroyer and german u boat) engaged in lethal war games and it is two starships in outer space. in trek history and about 100 years before the events here and according to this episode and earth fought the romulan wars. after about 5 years of conflict and a stalemate brought about a treaty and the institution of the neutral zone and a boundary between us and the romulan empire. now and on this stardate and the treaty appears to be broken and as our outposts are being attacked and destroyed by some weapon of immense power. yes and the romulans are back and testing their new war toy and and kirk must now earn his pay represent he must make decisions that would affect this sector of the galaxy and such as figuring out how to avoid a. oh and i dunno  an interstellar war and maybe. i think what makes this episode so effective is that it doesn not shy away from the grim aspects of war and as one would expect of a mere tv episode from the sixties  especially an episode from a science fiction show. it all very tense and gripping and like the best war films and such as when kirk sits down with his key officers for what amounts to a war council. the writers and the actors aren not kidding around here represent this is all preparation for a ghastly conflict and potentially the beginning of another years long battleground. in the final analysis and kirk aim is to keep this battleground to just the two ships  but even then it an endeavor fraught with peril and probable casualties. in fact and i believe this episode holds the record for ship casualties by the end of it. right at the start of the episode and we see the devastation such battle can produce and in that supposedly well protected outpost. then begin the cat and mouse war games between the enterprise and the romulan ship  it as exciting as any conflict we have seen on the big screen. of course and if youre not into war films and you would have to look for other things to admire in this episode. what elevates this episode even further is the revelation of just what and who the romulans are  it an electric shock of a sort. now we have even further inter crew conflict on the bridge of the enterprise  war does tend to bring out the worst in some people. due to still nasty attitudes about race in this future and the tension is ratcheted up even further  kirk has his hands full in this one. i suppose the one weakness in the story is the convenient relenting of the bigotry issue by the conclusion. on the romulan side and actor lenard makes his first appearance in the trek universe as the romulan commander while he terrific in the role and the flip side of capt. kirk or capt. pike and take your pick and done up to resemble spock more than a little. surprisingly and his character is not war hungry as we would expect and another eye opener for this episode. the actor would next return to this universe as sarek and spock father and so he nothing if not versatile. it also telling how the first appearance of such characters as the romulans is usually their best shot and as it is here. they showed up in the enterprise incident next. 
when the romulans come and they will not be bearing gifts while no and they bring with them war  war and conquest. as any familiar with this episode know and it is a redux of the war film the enemy below from the fifties. the obvious difference is that instead of a battleship and a submarine (or an american destroyer and german u boat) engaged in lethal war games and it is two starships in outer space. in trek history and about 100 years before the events here and according to this episode and earth fought the romulan wars. after about 5 years of conflict and a stalemate brought about a treaty and the institution of the neutral zone and a boundary between us and the romulan empire. now and on this stardate and the treaty appears to be broken and as our outposts are being attacked and destroyed by some weapon of immense power. yes and the romulans are back and testing their new war toy and and kirk must now earn his pay represent he must make decisions that would affect this sector of the galaxy and such as figuring out how to avoid a. oh and i dunno  an interstellar war and maybe. i think what makes this episode so effective is that it doesn not shy away from the grim aspects of war and as one would expect of a mere tv episode from the sixties  especially an episode from a science fiction show. it all very tense and gripping and like the best war films and such as when kirk sits down with his key officers for what amounts to a war council. the writers and the actors aren not kidding around here represent this is all preparation for a ghastly conflict and potentially the beginning of another years long battleground. in the final analysis and kirk aim is to keep this battleground to just the two ships  but even then it an endeavor fraught with peril and probable casualties. in fact and i believe this episode holds the record for ship casualties by the end of it. right at the start of the episode and we see the devastation such battle can produce and in that supposedly well protected outpost. then begin the cat and mouse war games between the enterprise and the romulan ship  it as exciting as any conflict we have seen on the big screen. of course and if youre not into war films and you would have to look for other things to admire in this episode. what elevates this episode even further is the revelation of just what and who the romulans are  it an electric shock of a sort. now we have even further inter crew conflict on the bridge of the enterprise  war does tend to bring out the worst in some people. due to still nasty attitudes about race in this future and the tension is ratcheted up even further  kirk has his hands full in this one. i suppose the one weakness in the story is the convenient relenting of the bigotry issue by the conclusion. on the romulan side and actor lenard makes his first appearance in the trek universe as the romulan commander while he terrific in the role and the flip side of capt. kirk or capt. pike and take your pick and done up to resemble spock more than a little. surprisingly and his character is not war hungry as we would expect and another eye opener for this episode. the actor would next return to this universe as sarek and spock father and so he nothing if not versatile. it also telling how the first appearance of such characters as the romulans is usually their best shot and as it is here. they showed up in the enterprise incident next. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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