Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) United (2005) User Reviews

Excellent Sequel

[claudio_carvalho · 9/10 · 23 April 2010]

The Drone changes her configuration to the Enterprise and destroys a Rigelian scout ship with a complement of eighteen after the release of the distress signal to blame Archer. Meanwhile the truce between Shran and Gral is on hold and T'Pol calculates the need of one hundred and twenty-eight ships to create a network to catch the marauder ship. Archer tries to convince the Tellarites and the Andorians to help the Enterprise to destroy the Drone that is destabilizing the area; however Talas dies and Shran challenges Naarg to an Andorian duel called Ushaan. Archer concludes that the Tellarites and the Andorians would not be spendable and decides to be the substitute for Naarg in the mortal combat.

"United" is an excellent sequel of "Babel One". The alliance between Tellarites and Andorians seems to be the principle of the Federation. Shran with one antenna cut is the funniest part of this episode. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Unidos" ("United")

Great episode with an excellent Jeffery Coombs performance

[snoozejonc · 8/10 · 14 December 2020]

Enterprise pursues the Romulan drone ship and Archer contends with the fallout from the shooting of Lt. Talas.

I enjoyed the second part of the Romulan trilogy as it has a compelling plot, memorable character moments, strong performances and good sense of continuity with the franchise.

The plot contains plenty of excitement as Trip and Reed fight for survival and Archer deals with a diplomatic incident aboard Enterprise. This all unfolds in a series of solid character moments where pretty much everyone contributes, even Hoshi and Mayweather. Reed gets the opportunity to be heroic which is refreshing given his character's poor past material.

All performances are great, particularly Jeffery Coombs who gets some excellent moments as Shran and firmly establishes the character as a franchise favourite.

Much like the Babel One, United feels like its belongs in the Star Trek universe and works as prequel to the original series. Unfortunately this does not help everything that's come before it as it shows what potential was squandered in the first three seasons. However, I'll end on a positive note by remarking that it ends on another intriguing reveal that makes you need to know what happens next.

Federation Origin Story

[Samuel-Shovel · 8/10 · 3 March 2018]

In "United", the Enterprise continues its pursuit of the mystery ship, who has by this time destroyed a Rigelian vessel, further causing unrest in the area. Archer attempts to keep the peace between the Andorians and Tellarites but this becomes difficult when Talas dies due to the wound given to her by the Tellarite. Shran demands revenge and challenges the Tellarite to a death match but Archer steps in, volunteering himself in the battle. Archer wants to make sure that a partnership involving the Andorians, Tellarites, Vulcans, and humans to comb the area with their ships to find the mystery ship remains intact, even risking his life to do so. Meanwhile, Trip & Reed are still onboard the craft, trying to figure out how to disable it. Trip gets locked in a chamber and the Romulans subject him to massive amounts of radiation. Reed tricks the Romulans and creates an explosion on the bridge but the drone's auto-repair function quickly begins to rebuild the ship. Archer finds a loophole in the Ushaan and chops off one of Shran's antennas, ending the blood feud without anyone dying. The Enterprise tracks down the mystery vessel and extracts Trip & Reed from it. The rest of the armada pursues the vessel but it quickly escapes.

The Federation's origins are clearly on display here as we see the founders working together for a common cause a few years before the Federation's inauguration. The humans positive diplomatic relations with all parties involved helps explain their large role on the committee.

This has been an enjoyable story arc thus far. Shran has been great and I loved seeing the Ushaan and getting more backstory on the history and culture of the Andorian people. Talas had been a good tertiary character and I was sad to see her go, especially because the death was fruitless. I didn't really like that they made her Shran's love interest recently though. Just let him be upset about the death of his officer; no need to muddy it up with a love subplot. Archer quickly rectifies the bad deed anyway by exploiting a loophole in Andorian customs. I wasn't too big a fan of that part. I do enjoy Archer and Shran's mutual respect for one another.

I'm not exactly sure where we go from here... The ship has escaped; the Enterprise has its officers back. Where will this finale takes us?

Major Conflict Between Major Adversaries and Now the Romulans

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 30 March 2017]

This episode brings the Romulans into the equation. They are far out in the galaxy and shouldn't have all that much invested. It is implied that the alliance between the Andorians and the Tellarites is not to their liking. On board the Enterprise, bad things are happening between the enemy cultures. Shran is there and he resents the Tellarites because he blames them for the loss of his ship and much of his crew. We are, however, made aware that a third party is at work here but these two refuse to listen to Archer because they suspect collusion. When the enemy ship is recognized, Trip and Malcolm find themselves investigating it, but there doesn't seem to be a crew. One of the Tellarites kills Shran's girlfriend after the Andorians face off against them. There's also a rather weak element with Shran and Archer fighting each other in a death challenge.

Good, but I preferred part one.

[planktonrules · 8/10 · 30 May 2015]

Very late in the life of "Star Trek: Enterprise" came a wonderful plot idea that make up three very memorable episodes. Part one involves attacks that exacerbate tensions between the Tellurites and Andorians. Here in part two, Malcolm and Trip go on a mission to figure out who is responsible--and they manage to sneak aboard a ship that can imitate other ships! In other words, Romulans are using this strange drone to sow anger and war because they want to destabilize the quadrant. Instead, they manage to unify these enemies because they eventually realize that they are being manipulated.

I liked this plot quite a bit. However, there was a plot involving a debt of honor and a fight to the death that seemed unnecessary and, perhaps, only there to fill out the episode. Still, the show keeps your interest and the Romulans are, as always, enjoyably bad and devious.

Plenty of action!

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 24 July 2010]

After last week's episode Trip and Malcolm are still trapped aboard the Romulan experimental ship, having made their way on to the bridge they must find a way to disable the ships systems before the Romulans can kill them. Back on Enterprise Shren is understandably upset when the woman he loves dies and challenges the Tellarite who was responsible to a duel. Such a fight would almost certainly result in the new alliance collapsing before its first hurdle so Captain Archer takes the Tellarite's place as his death will not damage the alliance. The night before the fight Hoshi and Travis search through the rules to Andorian duels to see if there is a way for it to be fought without the captain or Shren getting killed.

This was a good continuation to last week's episode, it contained a series of tense moments including Malcolm and Trips ordeal on the Romulan Ship, the Duel on the Enterprise and a battle between Enterprise and the Romulan ship. The preparation for the duel taught us a bit more about the Andorians; we learn how they have trained to use their weapons since they were children and after the fight we learn what they need their antennas for.