About this episode

The episode reviews 'Face of the Enemy' from Star Trek: The Next Generation and discusses its themes and character choices.

It’s Christmas, Romulan style! A review of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s riveting “Face of the Enemy” wraps Transporter Room 3 for the year. We also unpack the original idea for this episode and why Troi was ultimately selected to pose as a Romulan to help her enemy smuggle some defectors into Federation space. As Spock once said via Christmas ornament: “Happy holidays. Live long and prosper.”

People in this episode

Host: Transporter Room 3

Topics covered

• Star Trek
• The Next Generation
• Romulans
• Christmas
• TV reviews
• Character analysis

Keywords

• Star Trek
• Face of the Enemy
• Romulan
• Troi
• Christmas
• TV review
• defectors
• Federation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Trek: The Next Generation

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