Star Trek: Balance of Terror
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2011
- To celebrate the 45th anniversary of our Romulan cousins appearing for the first time, I thought we should take a look at some important clips from the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror."
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"In another lifetime, I could have called you my son's friend."
Mark Lenard's acting is poignantly Shakespearean. That, along with the storyline's tension and action, makes *Balance of Terror* one of the best Star Trek TOS episodes, bar none.
It however goes without saying, that Mark Lenard won the hearts of many Trek fans with his role of Spock's father Sarek!
I dont get it, so the Spock father is Romulan ship comander? :-)
No, Lenard plays two different characters- the Romulan commander in this episode and Sarek, Spock’s father. They liked him that much in this episode they hired him again to do Sarek
Nice catch!!! Thx.
He was an extraordinary character actor in a Perfect part
@@Bynk333 come on over we'll binge-watch the TOS!
"Must is always be so?" RIP Mark Lenard, you gave us so much.
My favorite TOS character. Mark Leonard is awesome.
Mark Lenard was a Shakespearian actor. They are a cut above.
Marl Lenard set a standard that no Romulan in the rest of the series ever achieved.
Mark Lenard and Leonard Nimoy made Vulcans (and Romulans) in to believable species, but they defined it so much that pretty much anybody else just looks like an actor with pointy ears compared to them. Very similar to John Colicos defining what a Klingon is and nobody quite pulls it off quite like he did.
I'd argue that actor James Sloyan did a damned good job in TNG's "The Defector". He and Lenard are on the same level as Romulans.
i offer the small exception of Andreas Katsulas as Tomalok. otherwise, yes, Mark Lenard's performance here is legendary and gives the romulans a strong cultural identity that they kind of lack in later portrayals.
This was Mark Lenard's favorite Star Trek role.
And I fell for him right in this role. 2nd best was as Sarek, walking down the Enterprise halls leading his party. Hot af!
I love Mark's performance. Absolute masterpiece.
Mark Lenard Nimoy
It’s one of TOS greatest episodes…
Was really sad he had to die..
It is truly amazing how this tv series managed to attract so many very fine actors and actresses.
Indeed, many got their start by guesting in the series, sometimes more than once.
Spoken like one who had had his fill of conflict. I’ve found that as I’ve gotten older I’m not much of a fan of it either
I like the fact the Romulan's were portrayed more complex than the Klingon's.
Colicos Klingons was less political….but Romulans were prone for more diplomacy….Klingons saw things more in terms of just winning.
"Must it always be so?! How many comrades have we lost in this way?" Mark Lenard did an excellent job with the Commander. He truly was an honorable man, not in search of glory for himself, but only to fulfill his duty. Kirk was more independent and willing to go against his leaders, but there was clearly a cultural difference as well. The Commander clearly preferred to protect his crew, but he was a dutiful soldier at the last.
This final exchange between Kirk and the Romulan commander (Lenard) sets up the Next Generation Episode "The Defector" (S3E10) where Admiral Jarok attempts to prevent a war between the Federation and the Romulans, but sadly was fed misinformation meant to expose a traitor.
When you think about it, with how long Romulans live, the Commander's dad could have very well served in the Earth-Romulan War.
The Romulan Centurion Statement "Our Portion Commander Is Obedience" priceless.
One of the interesting moments in the episode is when the Romulan says "I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend." Showing that the two commanders respected one another. Villains that are sympathetic always make for a more compelling story.
@@keyopronin4134 Yeah, I like that line. It changes direction in mid sentence. Commander: "How many comrades have we lost in this way?"......Centurion: "Our portion (of comrades?) Commander....is obedience" Clever writing, but not too clever. Thoughtful.
The best episode of the first season, and Shatner's best performance of the series.
The City on the Edge of Forever
@@tomsmith2013 time travel episodes are overrated, and most boring
@@tomsmith2013 overrated imo. It's only popular because Kirk's love interest died at the end. Except she was literally destined to die since it was historical fact
"If we are the stronger, is this not the signal for war?"...."Must it always be so, how many comrades have we lost in this way?"
Love the 1940s style dramatic lighting highlights the actors' eyes. Also, how the bridge viewscreen pans in and out or moves to other frames at just the right time for the audience. (Subspace transmission uses camera angles 🤣)
Mark Lenard's characterization of the ill-fated Romulan starship commander is a classic performance.
Gotta love Shatner’s expression at the end. It’s not one of triumph or satisfaction, but one of steely resignation with just a hint of sadness. He didn’t want it to end that way, but he accepts that there was no other way it could have.
One of the best episodes from the original series.
This ranks with "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "The Cage"
THE BEST.. (in my opinion.)
@@francisphillips53 agreed
The writing was fabulous for this episode and the actors delivered great performances. This created the blueprint for the Romulans.
This is tied with "The Doomsday Machine" as best episode, IMO. Mainly because of the guest stars' characters. Anytime you have another starship or outpost it adds to the universe. It makes clear that the Enterprise is part of a bigger organization (Federation).
As for this story it is a rewriting of "The Enemy Below" (1957), another great movie. Instead of a destroyer, there is a starship. In place of a U-boat, there is a ship with a cloaking devise. Both commanders are shown as "humans" doing there duty with no malice to the other. The biggest difference is that the both captains survived to meet at the end in "TEB".
I little trivia. The second in command (Theodore Bikel) on the U-boat would later go on to play Worf's adopted human father in ST-TNG.
@@jnichols3 The Doomsday Machine is fabulous because it is the only one with full orchestration. That music was used in many of the later episodes.
The Romulan Centurion & the Commander were the mirror image of Kirk & Spock, his Statement "I have scene a hundred campaign's with you & still I do not understand you" priceless.
always makes me wonder just how many romulans are sick of war, how many simply want to live in peace?
Mark Durl the same question can be asked of any wars. I'm sure many of the Germans wanted peace and were sick of the killing
Apparently only five Romulans out of four billion want peace. Violent sobs
@@jenpeterson3712 that’s the crux of war. You like it till you start to loose, only then do you realize what the true cost is
This episode showed that even though the Romulans are warlike conquerors who attack those they deem weak, they're in many ways Humanlike in their behaviour and have both good and bad in them. In another universe, the Humans and Romulans could've started out as allies and friends but alas, it was not to be.
Maybe if Humans and Romulans had met in a different time. Before they became creatures of conquest driven by glory and passion. Romulans seem to get a kick out of creatures that can match wits and intrigue with them so maybe that's the true key to peace with them in the distant future.
ryan macdonald OK. Heres the facts. As you've heard Mr. Spock explain that if the Romulans are an offshoot of my Vulcan blood, and i think this likely, than attack becomes more imparative. In ancent Vulcan, the Vulcans were cruel, warlike and treacherous in their actions, until Surik began teaching the ways of peace and of logic as well as surpressing violent emotions. The Vulcan people began adaptating those teachings and became a civilized society, HOWEVER, there were other Vulcans who NEVER adapted the ways of peace, and continued on the ways of their forefathers. In the third season episode, The Paradise Syndrome, You've heard Mr. Spock explain the group called, The Preservers. The Peservers are responsoble for reseeding different humans and humoids throughout various parts of the galaxy in order to preserve what they thought a race of beings that will eventually adapt the ways of peace and civilization. These violent Vulcans who never adapted peace and logic as well as surpressing violent emotions, were transfered to the Romulus Remus section of the galaxy, therefore, now called Romulans, an offshoot if the Vulcans, and in the third season episode, The Enterprise Incident, you heard the female Romulan Commander say, We can appreciate the Vulcans, our distsnt brother. Its sad though that the Original Star Trek Series couldn't continue onward, and what's even more sadder is the fact that the Romulans still remain somewhat of a mystery as to their society and their civilization. We know very little about their society, and Mr. Spock does know more, however keeps it all under cover as to the type of civilation the Romulans live in.
@@danbasta3677 In most Trek stories and fanfic stories, the now Romulans (bit once Vulcans) did were not transplanted by the Preservers. The Vulcans who disagreed with Surak left Vulcan.
I'm here after watching S01E10 of SNW.
Mark Lenard was perfect in this role. The scenes between Shatner and Lenard were so well crafted. This is the best episode of Star Trek IMO.
Who's here after strange new worlds??
Me, Kirk was right.
Now this is Great Science Fiction!
EXACTLY!! It's SO DEEP!!
Matt Decker and the Romulan Commander were, IMHO, the two best written guest characters. Matt Decker was a tramatized "Kirk". If the Enterprise had encountered the Planet Killer, and Kirk was had watched his crew die because he was helpless to do anything, I could imagine him becoming obsessed with its distruction. The Romulan was Kirk's equal only losing the battle because he got goated into a bad decision by a subordinate with political ties.
Both are dark mirrors of Kirk, it’s an excellent narrative device.
Kirk almost got the Enterprise crew killed in going after the cloud creature that killed half the crew of the USS Republic when he was a ensign in the episode "Obsession".
"We are two of a kind, Captain. In a different reality I could have called you friend."
Kirk was obsessed, from his experience with the cloud creature which attacked the Farragut. It's weird, I've heard that expression: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" and for the longest time I never knew he(David Farragut) , was talking about what we would consider mines and not torpedoes. But it's amazing how similar in some ways the two episodes were.
Submarines in space. Brilliant 👏
Watching this after watching "A quality of Mercy". I really enjoyed the job they did.
my absolute favourite episode from TOS. Mark Lenard is amazing as the Romulan commander.
So great to see this story revisited in Strange New Worlds.
When I first saw this, my first reaction was, they're Vulcan!
unquestionably, one of the top 10 TOS episodes: plot, character, ethos...
a gem among gems.
A great episode about the futility of war and the stupidity of racial prejudice! The Romulan Commander doesn't want war no more than Kirk does but unfortunately duty demands it. The Second Romulan War could have costly due to miscalculation or error.
We got an answer to what could have been, thanks to Pike!
Even Spock was like "yeah we need to blast 'em",
My favorite episode, without a doubt.
Mine too!
My favorite episode. I have watched it enough times that I can quote each line verbatim.
Me too!
He’s a sorcerer this one.
You cut out the best line
He reads the thoughts of my brain. Our fuel supply all but gone, and he stays out of reach.
This is the episode that instilled my long stilled love of the Romulans.
Awesome episode and reminds me of star trek II
Top three all time Star Trek episodes.
This, "The Doomsday Machine" and "City on the Edge of Forever" are three of the best TV episodes of any series, ever.
'Danger and I are old companions"....Mark Lenard is such a badass.
I love this line; spoken like a true soldier.
Mark Lenard made an EXCELLENT Romulan...and Vulcan. 🖖
And he played a Klingon, too.
There are no writers in Hollywood who could create such a stellar script…
Look up the 1957 movie, "The Enemy Below." This was what inspired "Balance of Terror." Even some of the tactical portions were near copies of the original. Especially the Warbird shadowing the Enterprise.
He is a sorcerer this one, he reads my mind!
This is tied with "The Doomsday Machine" as best episode, IMO. Mainly because of the guest stars' characters. Anytime you have another starship or outpost it adds to the universe. It makes clear that the Enterprise is part of a bigger organization (Federation).
As for this story it is a rewriting of "The Enemy Below" (1957), another great movie. Instead of a destroyer, there is a starship. In place of a U-boat, there is a ship with a cloaking devise. Both commanders are shown as "humans" doing there duty with no malice to the other. The biggest difference is that the both captains survived to meet at the end in "TEB".
I little trivia. The second in command (Theodore Bikel) on the U-boat would later go on to play Worf's adopted human father in ST-TNG.
LOVE THIS EPISODE..
This particular episode was one of my favs. It SCREAMS a MOVIE remake.. With todays CGI and the tension and drama there are so many opportunities.
Technology, set design, CGI etc today is better than anything they ever had in TOS, but the actors with amazing screen presence and gravitas, nah, nothing like it these days,
@@handsolo1209 Star Trek remastered did a better job with the ships and effects.
It was one of my favorites too, though even back in the 60s when I watched it for the first time I thought, "Hey, this is a remake of 'The Enemy Below', which is one of my favorite WW II naval movies. The Enemy Below on TH-cam, free to watch. After all the years it is still a great movie!
Man, Spock's Father is speaking like there's no Tal Shiar agent on board.
Anyone else here after watching the season finale of Strange New Worlds? 😁
Nowadays it's common Trek knowledge that Romulans look like Vulcans, but imagine how shocking this must have been when it was aired for the first time.
O_O "WTF?!?!"
The Romulans were at one time originated on the planet Vulcan, as their forefathers did not adapt to the teachings of Surik in logic and the surpression of emotions. In the third season episode, The Paradise Syndrome, Mr. Spock explains who the Preservers are, and how they transfered many races of beings throughout the different galaxies, reseeding them, giving them a chance to become a cilivalized culture. This is also whare Dr. McCoy also said, I have always wondered why there were so many humans and humoids scattered throughout the galaxies, and the answer is, because of the alien race called The Preservers. The Preservers transfered those violent Vulcans into the Romulus Remus section of the galaxy, whare they are now known as the Romulans.
@@danbasta3677 I always thought a Romulan was a Vulcan and Klingon's offspring. Logic but violent.😂
@@danbasta3677 Remans also evolved from that reseeding. Basically, this is how a Romulan evolves when they are stuck on a world of darkness.
@@danbasta3677 Surak.
@@hamhockbeans Nope what you describe are the Chal (chal chaj q'mey: children of paradise) but it's not canon.
The inspiration for this episode of Star Trek was the Robert Mitchum movie The Enemy below.
This episode and "Doomsday Machine" are tied in book as the best episode of ST. This is mainly because the guest stars in these two episodes were not playing "second fiddle" to Shatner. At the end of DM a lot of the cast were thinking, "If only Kirk died and Decker survived".
A good movie, well worth a viewing. Many of the same questions were explored in it.
Spok's father beamed out at the last second, his mission portraying a Romulan commander having been completed!
great respect even in battle they had that admiration. of who they were.
Specific information here. Note if you will, the Romulan bridge there is the Enterprise observation deck set. This is why after this episode, you never, ever saw the observation deck ever again. The only other time, was in the episode, The Conscience OF The King, which aired before Balance of Terror.
Dan Basta I always wondered if a part of the Enterprise’s set was used. Thanks for sharing!
They did alot with these sets which were all built from scratch for the new series in 66. You can't repurpose old props for a new science fiction show. Everything had to be designed uniquely. Props to the props dept
My favorite Star Trek episode's
Mark Lenard - a Star Trek legend! RIP Mark Lenard.
The best episode by a wide margin
Star Wars vs. Star Trek ...
"Spock .... I am you father"
It was an excellent remake of the movie, "The Enemy Below"
@Paul Kryder It's not the noise... it's the power signature. When Spock mistakenly clicked on the science station, the Bird of Prey detected the energy reading. Not the noise.
@Paul Kryder Theoretically, it's possible. While true that sound wouldn't carry through space the way it does through water, you aren't talking about an empty vacuum, either. Reverberations against the hull, even as light as sound waves, might be detectable through sensor readings.
However, this is the part that really doesn't make sense. Sound reverb would be a minor thing. But that ship's a massive heat signature in the cold vacuum of space that any sensor would detect long before an errant sneeze.
But then, that would also negate the Romulan cloaking device...
@@rcslyman8929 actually if you look at American stealth aircraft they go to Great Lengths to mask the infrared signature of those aircraft. I would think that the technology to mask infrared signatures would be much greater in the time frame that Star Trek takes place.
Was Spock thinking, the Romulan Commander looks like my father?
I wonder what public reaction in the Federation was to the news that the Romulans were a splinter species of the Vulcans?
One of the top episodes. Interesting that the militaristic Romulans call their planet the "homeland."
I made the mistake of seeing Journey to Babel before Balance of Terror and my first reaction when Mark turned around was WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AKA "Run Silent, Run Deep". I particularly liked the part were they are all whispering even though they are inside a spaceship in the vacuum of deep space with each ship 1,000's of miles apart. They could have detonated a nuke and they wouldn't have heard it.
It's not RSRD it's a remake of "The Enemy Below". It's an American destroyer and a German "U" boat. It's shows both Captain's what there thinking and reactions
hopefully this wont be flagged as spam, but Netflix does have all the episodes on instant watch
This episode aired earlier than Journey to Babel, the episode that introduced Sarek.
dark gob first season episode Balance Of Terror. Second season episode is Journey to Babel.
Dan Basta that's what was just said
@@jenpeterson3712 I am aware of it. Just pointing out when each episode of Star Trek and each season they appered in. Just trying to set things in order as others may not be aware of this information.
0:43
Spock "...Dad?"
What I like about this show is it actually gave aliens some sort of depth questioning and debating their actions. Up until this point most aliens were unemotional or bloodthirsty. Surprisingly robot monster (everyone knows the one were the creature wears a diving bell and ape suit) gave the creature some doubt and emotion. It was better than I thought!!!!!!
Star trek was once this great
This was as good as "The Doomsday Machine"!
LOL romulan commander is probably Sarek's brother
Mass Ryb silly statement
@@jenpeterson3712 NOt in Science Fiction. Let Mass have some fun, geez!
Since the Romulans are "the sundered" the ones who left Vulcan rather than bow to the philosophy of Surak, I think families were split in the disagreement. Even great houses and major families like Sarek's must have split so who knows? This commander could be of the part of the family that left.
Very interesting adversary and a surprising reveal WHAT A TWIST. Great writing back then.
This Romulant Commander is Grandfather of Saletral from the Interprise Incident
There are so many good episodes but this one is at the top
Spock- Oh that's just my father Sarek. He has a tendency to wander around the Neutral Zone once in while after a few drinks....
This was an epic episode.
My favorite episode!
As much as I am not a big fan of New Trek, I would love to see the Romulan Commander character return in a future movie. In the Kelvin timeline, this offensive never happened. The Romulan Commander never died. In a new movie, Kirk and crew are forced into cooperation with the Commander and his crew to defeat a threat to both the Federation and the Romulan Star Empire.
In the end with the enemy defeated Kirk and the Commander meet and share a drink. At some point the Commander says, "Kirk my friend, in another reality I might have called you enemy". I know that is corny, but it is still better than Spock shouting, "KAAAAAAAHN!"
A potential plot for the fourth film.
Emmy worthy performance for Mark Lenard.
You tell right away that Mark Lenard was a classically trained actor!
Classic performance by Mark Lenard. It really pissed me off that they later decided to "improve" the Romulans with forehead ridges.
Yes, that was overkill. They should have had a really tiny difference that was subtle, but once you spotted it you knew.
Yet, they did not do anything with the Vulcan make-up. If the Romulans are descendents of a lost Vulcan colony, then they are the same species.
One of my favorite episodes
My favorite episode is the Way to Eden, about the space hippies that came aboard the enterprise. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I also liked Marc Lenard's role as Aaron Stenpel in the 1968-70 Seattle dramedy "Here Come the Brides" (See April's Nostalgia Network).
I liked the idea the show writers had (obvious given the name and titles they used), of Romulans as a kind of Neo-Roman race, with the basic belief in the idea of the universe being governed by the predatory principle. That made them survivors in a frequently hostile galaxy, with an extreme devotion to duty. Like the Romans, you could imagine them as sophisticated, artistic, cultured, even poetic, all while having to be strong, fierce and cunning.
I like to imagine that the corner of the galaxy where the Romulans went to, after the Vulcan split, was a particularly tough stellar neighborhood.
There were two Romulan commanders in the original series, both great characters, but we never know their names.
Klingons were more popular, but I thought Romulans could be more interesting. And way more good looking!
And Mark Lenard has great presence.
If Spock was a legend, Sarek was the Father the legend looked up to.
the idea of this episode was taken from 1957 movie the enemy below with robert mitchim.
0:55 the Vulcan hello.
Excellent synopsis.
Damn good episode this one!
SPOCK EARS. WISH I WAS BORN WITH THEM!
the old "push this button to destroy the ship".
the definitive Urko
Jolan Tru everyone.
Boy is this relevant today.
Romulan; Vulcan; Klingon. Consider yourselves Mark's performance.
In many games and matches, I have seen the balance of terror come.
Enterprise should have been about the build-up to the Romulan War.
If the series had continued past season 4 they would’ve tackled the Romulan war
I am still trying to figure out how Sarek is commanding a Romulan Warbird.
I meant [Lenard's] other lifetime as Sarek. It was from the above's dying words.
They look like Vulcans!!!
You don't say!
First. To come here after the strange new worlds episode
The "Enemy Below" in space.