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They could have really screwed things up, instead it made a certain amount of sense.
I still have a few problems with it based on the fact that I've read a few Star Trek books and guides in the past. I recall one saying that the first time that humans ever saw klingons with brow ridges was in the broadcast they intercepted at the begining of the first movie. Now of course this was the first time that anyone had seen the brow ridges on screen, but in the whole of continuity?
It was explained in this book that the klingons used cosmetic surgery prior to that time in order to better conquer and face human explorers, to use subterfuge etc.
The whole explanation from there just sounded bad. Of course that was not canon and in the past 20 years many of the things written in even those official publications has been overwritten and changed.
There are other things from continuity that they've tied in very nicely, even things that need not have been done. One thing I did like, and not from this episode, was when they were on Vulan during that three parter and they had to run from a Scelot. It's mentioned that T'Pol had one as a child, etc..."you dont' forget to feed your pet Scelot". It didn't ring any bells with me. Then this past week they rebroadcast the Babel episode from TOS, with Sarek and Spock's mother, Tellaraites and an Andorian. Kirk asked Spock's mother if he ever exhibited any human characteristics, and she said he had a Scelot. She said it was like a big teddy bear. Kirk raised his eyebrow at Spock. "A Teddy Bear Spock?" and Spock replied something like. "Yes Captain, though on Vulcan the Teddy Bears are alive, and have six inch fangs."
That was a nice piece of continuity tie in.
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