Enterprise 04-21-04

[Mark]

Enterprise - "Damage"

Archer sacrifices his ethics and attacks an innocent alien ship in order to get the necessary parts to repair the Enterprise's engines and intercept the Xindi superweapon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, Connor Trinneer, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, John Billingsley.

Guest(s): Rick Worthy as Xindi Sloth, Randy Oglesby as Degra, Scott MacDonald as Xindi-Reptillian, Tucker Smallwood as Xindi Humanoid", Casey Biggs as Illyrian Captain, & Josette DiCarlo as Sphere-Builder Woman.

Getting back to NEW episodes...

 

[Wolf72]

so okay, I set my vcr to tape it tonight ... being a bit wary of a network's time slot change, I set it for 2 hours ... thankfully!

wasn't it mentioned somewhere that Enterprise was moving to 9pm? ... I checked the tv guide listing for my area and it's still at 8pm.

 

[mojo1701]

I liked this episode. Especially the part when they showed

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the beginnings of the internal Xindi distrusts. Especially against the Reptilians.

. My only question was:

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How did Archer get off of the Aquatic ship and onto that shuttle? I thought he was being transported to the council.

 

[Napftor]

Loved it! This is the kind of stuff they should have been doing all season. There were lines for everyone, action, and drama all in the same hour. I can't believe Archer...

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took the warp drive!!! Cool twist having the energy shield to go around as well. Wonder if we'll see those aliens again?!

 

[LightPhoenix]

My only question was:

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How did Archer get off of the Aquatic ship and onto that shuttle? I thought he was being transported to the council.

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It implies, to me at least, that the Aquatics are working with the Sloths and the Mammals, or whatever they are.

 

[Mark]

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T`Pol is an addict?

 

[CCamfield]

Personally, I thought it was kind of a letdown in a number of ways.

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The T'Pol subplot struck me as a really cheesy way to show off more of Jolene Blaylock. And I've seen sudden addiction sub-plots added to shows (i.e. Buffy) and ugh... it just seems forced.

As far as Archer is concerned, I really have to wonder where they are taking the show. And the whole mysterious release of him by the Xindi seemed to me like a badly justified delay of a scene which I think will eventually come up: Archer actually addressing the Xindi council. So to me it feels like they're prolonging the story without good justification.

 

[Wolf72]

you guys rock! Thanks for the spoiler tags ...

stupid VCR, automatic daylight savings update my arse! (I suppose I could have checked it ... but it's still the VCR's fault!) ... anyway I have to tape this saturday and catch it ...

and no spoilers ... god this is killing me!

ciao!

 

[Lazybones]

I was disappointed by the same things that were noted in spoilers above, but overall I thought it was an interesting episode. Enterprise is one of the few television shows that I still watch, but I don't think I'll shed any tears if and when it closes down at the end of this season. Overall, it just doesn't grab me the way that TNG or DS9 did; now it's more like, "Oh, it's on, I guess I'll watch it," rather than me planning out my schedule to catch it on first-run.

 

[DMScott]

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T`Pol is an addict?

Not only that, but

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she's addicted to a substance analogous to the heat shielding on the space shuttle. "It affects the neural pathways of Vulcans" - gee, no kidding doc, industrial materials used to shield starships from various interstellar hazards aren't healthy to ingest - who would've thought?