The Augments (3)

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

The Enterprise crew cautiously pursues Dr. Arik Soong and his superhuman Augments across hostile Klingon space toward a hidden planet where he intends to raise his Augment army. But in defiance of their “father” Soong, Malik devises a heinous plot to use a bioweapon against a Klingon colony planet, undoubtedly leading to interstellar war, to safeguard the Augments from Enterprise and further Starfleet interference. Malik’s rash proposal leads to a rift with Soong.

Our Take

A decent enough closer to the trilogy, mostly because Brent Spiner keeps selling Soong’s warped paternal guilt even when the writing gets wobbly. Malik turns into a fairly cartoonish villain here, and the bioweapon scheme leans on convenient timing. Still, the Klingon stakes and the final Soong moment give it enough weight to justify the three-episode commitment.