undoubtedly one of the best episodes ever and balance of terror is 45 minutes of well executed suspense and with intelligent real world parallels (the title refers to a situation very similar to what was going on between the us and the soviet union during the cold war) and spot on characterizations and the introduction of star trek second most important hostile alien race after the klingons represent the romulans. after receiving a distress call from a federation outpost and the enterprise is dangerously close to the neutral zone which and if crossed and would lead to open conflict with the romulans and although no one has ever actually seen them in the flesh. soon enough and a romulan vessel appears and carrying a new weapon and a cloaking device which makes it nearly impossible to defeat. facing the threat of imminent annihilation and kirk must engage in a battle of wits with the romulan commander (mark lenard) to ensure the survival of his crew. unfortunately and the task is made more difficult when one of the men accuses spock of being in league with the enemy and due to the physical resemblance between romulans and vulcans and two races that are and in fact and distantly related (a fact that is quite ironic with hindsight and given lenard went on to play spock father sarek starting with season 2). always very critical when it came to the subject of war and star trek enjoys one of its finest hours with its most gripping and tense take on the topic. although the romulans aren not actually based on the soviets (the name is actually taken from romulus and the founder of rome) and the scenario is quite obviously inspired by the very vivid fear american and russian citizens had at the time that either nation might be able to destroy the other with nuclear weapons (that fear gave birth to the titular concept of balance of terror). but even without the subtext and this remains an essential episode and due for the most part to the intellectual battle between the two adversaries and which translates into a thesping duel between shatner and lenard. no need to say who wins. 
undoubtedly one of the best episodes ever and balance of terror is 45 minutes of well executed suspense and with intelligent real world parallels (the title refers to a situation very similar to what was going on between the us and the soviet union during the cold war) and spot on characterizations and the introduction of star trek second most important hostile alien race after the klingons represent the romulans. after receiving a distress call from a federation outpost and the enterprise is dangerously close to the neutral zone which and if crossed and would lead to open conflict with the romulans and although no one has ever actually seen them in the flesh. soon enough and a romulan vessel appears and carrying a new weapon and a cloaking device which makes it nearly impossible to defeat. facing the threat of imminent annihilation and kirk must engage in a battle of wits with the romulan commander (mark lenard) to ensure the survival of his crew. unfortunately and the task is made more difficult when one of the men accuses spock of being in league with the enemy and due to the physical resemblance between romulans and vulcans and two races that are and in fact and distantly related (a fact that is quite ironic with hindsight and given lenard went on to play spock father sarek starting with season 2). always very critical when it came to the subject of war and star trek enjoys one of its finest hours with its most gripping and tense take on the topic. although the romulans aren not actually based on the soviets (the name is actually taken from romulus and the founder of rome) and the scenario is quite obviously inspired by the very vivid fear american and russian citizens had at the time that either nation might be able to destroy the other with nuclear weapons (that fear gave birth to the titular concept of balance of terror). but even without the subtext and this remains an essential episode and due for the most part to the intellectual battle between the two adversaries and which translates into a thesping duel between shatner and lenard. no need to say who wins. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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