Overview

• Paramount+ released the Season 3 episode “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans,” a comedic installment centered on Vulcan identity.
• The Enterprise tackles a crisis on the pre-warp world Tezaar by fielding a Vulcan team, exploiting the world’s prior contact with Vulcans to stay within noninterference rules.
• The crew’s transformation relies on the continuity device from Season 2’s “Charades,” which introduced a serum tied to Vulcan physiology.
• Director Jordan Canning returns after helming “Charades” and “Wedding Bell Blues,” keeping the episode’s tone light and playful.
• The story engages Vulcan–Romulan lore within Original Series constraints, nodding to franchise history without breaking established timeline rules.