Enterprise 10-22-04

[LrdApoc]

Dude, bring a copy of it home for your friends!!

Done.. if you can pull yourself away from the fooseball games tomorrow you can pick it up. I'm leaving Sunday for San Antonio and won't be back until Weds. Besides who wants to watch OSU blow it again.. especially against Indiana...

sorry.. we now return you to the above mentioned topic.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Nope no bet. I insulted his beloved Red Sox and now I'm paying the price.

Oh gawd...at least, he didn't force you to change the litter box... , Heavens knows, what is in there?

 

[Richards]

I thoroughly enjoyed Phlox's "automatic defensive mechanism" in the bar. Took me completely by surprise, as it was no doubt intended to do.

And I have to admit, I was surprised to see T'Pol going through with it like that. Rather an unexpected ending. (Although technically, we didn't see the entire ceremony, so you never know....)

Johnathan

 

[LrdApoc]

The question of what happens is resolved as a subplot in the next episode.. as is a revelation regarding Vulcan Honeymoons

 

[Richards]

Hey, here's another thing that struck me while watching this episode: remember that episode of the original series where Kirk got his body switched with that of a woman? Anybody remember the reason she did that to him? It was because in Kirk's era, women weren't allowed to be starship Captains.

I did find it a bit humorous that the Captain of the only other Warp-5 starship (the NX-02, I presume), is a woman. So Manny Coto, after finally having written himself out of the whole Temporal Cold War box, and now with the freedom to "realign" Star Trek: Enterprise as the prequel to the other various Trek series (as opposed to a "possible past" or "alternate timeline past"), went ahead and "violated" a Kirk-era "rule" in his first episode.

Not that I'm upset or anything. The Kirk episodes were a sign of their times, and given the actual Earth history that has happened since the 1960s, it would have been difficult to keep the "no female starship Captains" rule as canon. It just struck me as funny.

Johnathan

 

[Napftor]

I thought it was a great episode. About time we get back to the characters. When the Reptilians appeared I actually hoped it was real and then of course realized it was a dream sequence. Continuity was there to my satisfaction--mentioning the torture and the ship they stole the warp drive from. Excellent!

 

[Truth Seeker]

The question of what happens is resolved as a subplot in the next episode.. as is a revelation regarding Vulcan Honeymoons

For the record...'honeymoon' is not in their vocabulary.

The more correct term is a personal duo sabbatical...

 

[Mark]

Life got in the way and I missed half the show. I'll hold off until after I (hopefully) catch it on Sunday.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Just finish watching it....

Damn Vulcan politics...

Good SHOW!

 

[John Crichton]

Not bad although I do feel like I'm being beaten over the head with the Archer Has Changed theme. A little subtlety would be nice on that front. It wasn't bad but it stuck out a bit. Maybe because the rest of the ep was pretty solid. They got all the characters involved which was nice. The xenophobia was something I hoped they would touch on and they did. Overall, I'll give this one a:

2.5 out of 4 stars. Pufferfish Phlox ruled. Looked like an inverted burp which I've always wondered what would look like.

The Ratings Breakdown

4 = Classic. Blew me away from start to finish.
3 = Very good. Entertaining and a worthwhile experience.
2 = Average. Watchable but flawed.
1 = Terrible. Unwatchable dreck.
0 = I wish I had that time back. So bad that I may never watch the show again.