Product Details

• Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan
• Directors: John Meredyth Lucas
• Writers: Gene Roddenberry, D.C. Fontana
• Producers: Edward K. Milkis, Fred Freiberger, Gene Roddenberry, Gregg Peters, Robert H. Justman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
• VHS Release Date: April 15, 1994
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300213625
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,911 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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An overwrought, highly-stressed Captain Kirk blunders into Romulan space and finds the Enterprise surrounded by enemy vessels, all equipped with strategically valuable cloaking technology. Along with Spock, Kirk is invited to meet with the Romulan commander (Joanne Linville) to discuss the situation, leading to a crisis when the captain suffers a breakdown following Spock's apparent betrayal. Written by story editor Dorothy Fontana (who was unhappy with the final results) and directed by John Meredyth Lucas (who briefly took the producing reins from Gene L. Coon during season two), the episode has a colorful espionage angle, but depends heavily on an improbable romance between Spock and Linville's character. Still, there are things to savor here, especially Kirk's one-and-only appearance with Vulcan/Romulan pointed ears. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover

A mentally unbalanced Kirk orders the Enterprise into Romulan space, where it is captured. Spock betrays the Captain and seems to fall for the beautiful Romulan commander.

TREK TRIVIA
For more than twenty years, Joanne Linville was Star Trek'sonly female Romulan (until Carolyn Seymour played Sub-Commander Taris in the The Next Generationepisode "Contagion").
This episode suggests that the Romulan cloaking device is new technology. In fact, it had been used in "Balance Of Terror" fifty episodes earlier.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best episodes of the original series, September 4, 2001

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historyone (Republic of Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 59: The Enterprise Incident [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Enterprise Incident in my opinion is one of the top 5 episodes in the original series. I always like it when the Romulans or Klingons appear in the Star Trek Series be it The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine or Voyager. But the original series really gets it right when it came to the Romulans (not only this epiode but in the episode "Balance of Terror"). This episode begins with the Enterprise crossing the Neutral Zone which is like the Iron Curtain during the Cold War between the USA and USSR.

What the Enterprise is doing in Romulan Territory is anyone's guess until the last 20 minutes or so. Several twists in the plot occur and it is suspensful from the beginning to the end.
The Romulan Commander is played by the beautiful Joanne Linville and she gives an unforgettable performance.

Highly recommended to all Star Trek fans!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gets a B+ grade and is in the Top 25, October 19, 1999

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"guerticusmaximus" (Vallejo, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 59: The Enterprise Incident [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Seeming tense and erratic, Captain Kirk takes the U.S.S. Enterprise into Romulan space and the ship is immediately surrounded by Romulan warships. Kirk and Spock beam aboard the Romulan flag-ship and confront the Romulan Commander, a woman. Kirk explains that his ship entered Romulan territory because of equipment malfunction. Spock, however, denounces this explanation, saying Kirk ordered them here, due to his reduced mental stability. This, not surprisingly, enrages the Captain. The Romulan Commander orders the U.S.S. Enterprise be taken to the Romulan base. Scotty, placed in command of the starship, refuses. McCoy is beamed aboard the flag-ship to tend Kirk, who has become irrational to the point of violence. When he arrives, Kirk attacks Spock who reacts, without thinking, by using the Vulcan death grip, killing Kirk. McCoy returns to the U.S.S. Enterprise with Kirk's body, while Spock remains on the Romulan ship. Unknown to the Romulan Commander, this has all been a ploy to sneak the officers on board and steal the Romulan cloaking device. After Kirk's body has been removed to his ship, the Romulan Commander begins to try and entice Spock into defecting to the Romulan side. Disguised as a Romulan, Kirk returns to the Romulan ship and steals the vessel's cloaking device and returns with it to the U.S.S. Enterprise. When the Commander discovers the theft, she feels betrayed and in retaliation decides to execute Spock. The Vulcan pretends to confess to her and ultimately stalls until Scotty is able to install the cloaking device on board the U.S.S. Enterprise. Spock is beamed back aboard the starship, but since the Romulan Commander was standing near him, she is also beamed aboard. The Romulan Subcommander, now in charge of the flag-ship, gives chase, ordered by his commander to destroy the Federation ship. Fortunately, the newly-installed cloaking device works and the U.S.S. Enterprise makes good her escape, with the Romulan Commander on board a their prisoner.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the incidents you can't miss, September 5, 2000

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 59: The Enterprise Incident [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Enterprise is captured by some Romulans in "The Enterprise Incident." Captain Kirk is taken hostage and charged with espionage. The commander of the Romulans particularly likes Spock because he is a Vulcan (a distant relative of the Romulans). This Enterprise incident might turn out to be one of the toughest challenges that Kirk and the crew have encountered so far.

"The Enterprise Incident" has one of the best plots of any of the episodes from Star Trek. Spock gives one of his best performances and you won't believe what Captain Kirk does in order to get back onboard the Romulan ship.

"The Enterprise Incident" is one of the best incidents that has ever happened to the original Star Trek series. I recommend everybody to get "The Enterprise Incident."