History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy

-->'''Toreth:''' People blame the military for the wars we are asked to fight.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The TropeNamer, before it was renamed from Good Troi Episode. It's also a good look into the inner workings of Romulan society.

* AntiVillain: Toreth is the primary antagonist of the episode, but the reason she's so dangerous is not because she's evil, but because she hates the Tal Shiar for being a murderous, tyrannical organization. The fact that our hero Troi has to use the Tal Shiar's authoritarian reputation as a cudgel against her to stay alive is very ironic.
* BecomingTheMask: When Troi threatens N'Vek, she sounds more like Rakal than herself, even though she has no reason to play that role while there's no one else around. It seems Troi's starting to enjoy the role of the authoritarian, so different from her normal persona.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: N'Vek says that lives were lost preparing his plan, and more will die in the cause of the resistance. He's the next one to go.

* KarmicDeath: N'Vek apparently had the real Rakal killed and killed all those Corvallens, so he's not allowed to survive the episode.

* BluffTheImpostor: Toreth unwittingly does this by asking Troi about a particular professor at the Romulan academy. Troi skips over the question by [[DispenseWithThePleasantries telling Toreth to just get to her point]]. It turns out that Toreth really ''did'' have a reason to bring up the professor.

* JurisdictionFriction: Toreth is extremely distrustful/resentful of the Tal Shiar, and it's implied that she's not the only one that thinks this way.

* BluffTheImpostor: Toreth tries to do this to Troi by asking about Rakal's life story, e.g. where she went to school. Troi gets out of this by [[DispenseWithThePleasantries telling Toreth to just get to her point]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Toreth doesn't seem all that bad, for a Romulan. She's concerned about taking on unknown cargo, she's none too pleased with the Tal Shiar and their methods, she resents "Rakal" usurping her command with unexplained orders, she's upset at the destruction of the freighter, she's understandably reluctant to enter Federation space, she'd rather avoid a confrontation with the ''Enterprise'' (at least until she figures out they can track her ship)... overall, she comes across as a pretty sensible captain stuck in a very unpleasant situation.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The TropeNamer, before it was renamed from Good Troi Episode.

* IMeantToDoThat: While having dinner, Toreth suggests that Troi try a dish called viinerine. However, Troi is unfamiliar with Romulan cuisine, so she grabs a random dish, only to be pointed out by Toreth that wasn't viinerine, to which Troi says "I've smelled fresher viinerine aboard a prison barge."

* AndYourLittleDogToo: {{Invoked}} by Troi, threatening to punish the families of any crewmembers who would still support Toreth while relieving her of command.

We open in a dark room where the only visible object is a Romulan logo. We pan down to a figure lying on a bed. The figure arches up in bed, and we hear Counselor Troi's voice, telling the computer to turn the lights on, but nothing happens. She tries again, but still no lights. She gets out of bed and walks to the nearby mirror, turning its light on, and we see Troi is in a Romulan uniform, made up as a Romulan!

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Toreth's reaction when Troi tells her to fly into Federation space.

A real Romulan officer enters the room, pleased to see Troi's awake. He identifies himself as Subcommander N'Vek, but Troi immediately demands to know where she is and why she's here. He tells her that she is about the Imperial Romulan Warbird ''Khazara''. She had been abducted from a neuropsychology conference on Bokara VI. He tells her that she is supposed to be Major Rakal of the Tal Shiar, the Romulan Imperial Intelligence, and she is to order Commander Toreth, ship's CO, to alter course to the Kaleb sector. As a Tal Shiar officer, Toreth is required to follow her orders. When Troi refuses to go along, N'Vek sternly tells her that her best hope of surviving is to do what he says. Sensing no deception from him, she agrees and goes to the bridge with him.