Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"**Unification**"
"Unification"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes
	Picard and Data with Spock on Romulus
Episode nos.	Season 5; Episodes 7 and 8
Directed by	Les Landau (Part I); Cliff Bole (Part II);
Story by	Rick Berman; Michael Piller;
Teleplay by	Jeri Taylor (Part I); Michael Piller (Part II);
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production codes	208 and 207
Original air dates	November 4, 1991; November 11, 1991;
Guest appearances
	Leonard Nimoy - Spock; Malachi Throne - Pardek; Stephen Root - K'Vada; Daniel Roebuck - Romulan civilian; Norman Large - Neral; Joanna Miles - Perrin; Mark Lenard - Sarek; Graham Jarvis - Klim Dokachin; Erick Avari - B'iJik; Mimi Cozzens - Soup Woman; Karen Hensel - Brackett; Majel Barrett - Computer Voice; Denise Crosby - Sela; William Bastiani - Omag; Susan Fallender - Romulan Woman; Vidal Peterson - D'Tan; Harriet Leider - Amarie;

"Unification" is a two-part episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode features a guest appearance by Leonard Nimoy as Spock, reprising his role from the 1960s Star Trek series. The first of the two episodes earned a 15.4 household Nielsen rating, drawing over 25 million viewers, making it one of the most watched episodes in all seven seasons of The Next Generation's run.

Set in the 24th century, The Next Generation follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Captain Picard goes on a mission to find Spock, now a decorated ambassador, after learning that he may have defected to the Romulan Empire, an enemy of the United Federation of Planets. This episode was praised for the "novelty and nostalgia" of seeing Spock, and noted for introducing a peace-loving Romulan faction. Story elements and appearances by Spock from the episode are included in "Unification III" in Star Trek Discovery.