Enterprise 02-18-04

[Wycen]

Voyager was horrible, but Neelix was even worse. He stunk. He and Doctor Pulaski are about the only two Trek characters I don't like. Oh, and maybe Odo.

I saw the episode where the Voyager crew is sleeping through the trip. I'm trying to remember the details. Didn't it have something to do with an area of very dark space, so there wasn't enough light to keep a human from sleeping or waking properly?

 

[aliensex]

Voyager was horrible, but Neelix was even worse. He stunk. He and Doctor Pulaski are about the only two Trek characters I don't like. Oh, and maybe Odo.

I saw the episode where the Voyager crew is sleeping through the trip. I'm trying to remember the details. Didn't it have something to do with an area of very dark space, so there wasn't enough light to keep a human from sleeping or waking properly?

It was some kind of radiation that affected everyone except the doctor (because he was a hologram of course), and Seven, because of here Borg implants/nanobots/whatever. The two episodes are similar because Seven also had hallucinations as well.

All in all I liked it. I mean, Flox walks through the ship naked! Man, if I was all alone on the ship, I'd be walkin around naked too. Seemed to make it more real, at least to me.

I also laughed afterwards, realizing how close Flox came to putting himself under with no one left to wake him.

 

[Lazybones]

I agree that the twist was predictable, but I enjoyed the episode, which I thought was average overall. I saw the different visions/hallucinations as different aspects of Flox's subconscious mind, as he tried to deal with various situations (T'pol being first his need for companionship initially, then later his cautious/rational side, pulling him back from the brink of insanity; Hoshi being his guilt about risking the crew; Trip being his sense of danger at risking the ship with the warp engines; Archer being his self-doubt about the responsibility given to him). So basically it was an episode of "Herman's Head".

 

[Richards]

I also smiled at a couple of the doctor's lines, when he and "T'Pol" realized they'd have to start up the warp engines after all:

"Are you suggesting I read the manual?"

And, of course, in a nod to Bones of the original series:

"I'm a physician, not an engineer!"

Johnathan

 

[Tallok]

meh. I didn't think it was a great episode, but it wasn't terrible either. the big inconcistency in the episode though was that they said nothing from this universe could survive in this anomaly, but the doctor seemed to be fine. and he is from this universe if I'm not mistaken. did anyone else get this? and of course, t'pol being there bothered me, but I didn't guess the twist because of that contradiction, why not another?
btw, lazybones, that does make the episode interesting when you think of it that way.

 

[Mark]

I saw the different visions/hallucinations as different aspects of Flox's subconscious mind, as he tried to deal with various situations (T'pol being first his need for companionship initially, then later his cautious/rational side, pulling him back from the brink of insanity; Hoshi being his guilt about risking the crew; Trip being his sense of danger at risking the ship with the warp engines; Archer being his self-doubt about the responsibility given to him). So basically it was an episode of "Herman's Head".

That's the Gestalt view. Much different in application than the VOY episode, despite the set up being primarily the same. I think they pulled it off very well!

 

[Napftor]

I thought they pulled it off pretty well too. Phlox can definitely carry an episode, but I would have enjoyed it a bit more if they weren't in the middle of their dangerous mission. Despite the ominous tone the episode was given, it played as more of a "light-hearted romp with the naked doctor."

 

[Truth Seeker]

I was fooled to the end...Nicely done.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

I enjoyed the episode. I had some feeling that T'Pol was in his head, but I was never certain. I thought it was an interesting exploration of Dr. Phlox. I also liked that he ended up sending the letter despite the fact he was not himself for all of it.

Also it is quite possible the region of space was affecting him and that is why he was hallucinating during the entire episode. It's also why he may not have remembered putting T'Pol under.

 

[John Crichton]

I was fooled to the end...Nicely done.

I wish I could say the same. I sat through the entire ep

Spoiler

knowing she wasn't there

. That said, it didn't suck. I loved the final scene in the engine room. Some great one-liners there. T'pol being all stupid, panicky helpless was fun for a bit.

I probably liked this ep more than I should have because I dig the Phlox character. No real drama to speak of in the ep but the scene in the engine room made up for it. I would be upset it every ep was like this one but I'll take it as a filler ep. Besides, not every episode has to significantly further the plot (but it is nice when it does).

"Are you suggesting I read the manual?"

And, of course, in a nod to Bones of the original series:

"I'm a physician, not an engineer!"

That's the stuff.