Enterprise 11-19-04

[Mark]

Enterprise - "The Forge"

The Enterprise goes to Vulcan to investigate a suicide bombing at Earth's embassy and the death of a Starfleet admiral.

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

Guest(s): Vaughn Armstrong as Admiral Maxwell Forrest, Gary Graham as Vulcan Ambassador Soval, Michael Nouri as Arev, Robert Foxworth as Administrator V'Las, Larc Spies as Stel, and Michael Reilly Burke as Koss.

Michael Grossman ("Enterprise" (2001) TV Series episodes - 3.17 "Hatchery" and 4.07 "Forge, The") directs his second episode with Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens debuting their first written episode ("Enterprise" (2001) TV Series episodes - 4.07 "Forge, The", (writer) and 4.11 "Observer Effect") with a second episode coming later this season.

Well, the last mini-arc had more nods than a bobbly-head doll gift shop shelf with one short leg. Will the new regime continue to try and conjure up past glory by echoing the past, or are they going to strike out in a totaly new direction? We will see...

 

[Truth Seeker]

Wow, you are a day early...well okay, on to Vulcan .

A nice planet I hear, for a vacation spot.

 

[mojo1701]

Wow, you are a day early...well okay, on to Vulcan .

A nice planet I hear, for a vacation spot.

Yes, if you're the type to adore hot, dry, desert-like worlds.

 

[Gab]

Well, the last mini-arc had more nods than a bobbly-head doll gift shop shelf with one short leg. Will the new regime continue to try and conjure up past glory by echoing the past, or are they going to strike out in a totaly new direction? We will see...

I think so. I read somewhere (can't remember where though) that this is an attempt to explain why the Vulcans are different in ENT from their TOS+ descendants.

 

[Orius]

I think so. I read somewhere (can't remember where though) that this is an attempt to explain why the Vulcans are different in ENT from their TOS+ descendants.

Yeah, this episode is supposed to start a Vulcan reformation of some sort. Apparently, the Vulcans of Enterprise have strayed somewhat from the teachings of Surak. But someone discovers an ancient text or something that reveals teaching that were forgotten or something. I know Star Trek's official site has given soem details about the next three epsisodes.

Also interesting is that this episode was written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, who've written Star Trek novels in the past. It's generally unusual for Star Trek to have authors who've written Trek books to write episodes for the series itself, which is somewhat of a shame, since the book writers generally have a pretty good grasp of the background material. This looks like another touch by Coto to me.

 

[Jack Daniel]

From what I understand, Coto's intention isn't just to bridge ENT and TOS with this trilogy; he also intents to establish a Kirk/Spock/Bones dynamic between Archer/T'Pol/Trip and run with that for the rest of the season (which I can appreciate as a Trek fan, but which annoys me as a Trip/T'Pol 'shipper).

 

[David Howery]

uh, just what is so different about the Vulcans in Ent. compared to TOS? Other than the fact that they aren't in the Federation yet, because it doesn't exist yet...

 

[mojo1701]

uh, just what is so different about the Vulcans in Ent. compared to TOS? Other than the fact that they aren't in the Federation yet, because it doesn't exist yet...

The mind meld thing, the bureaucratic mentality of Soval et al. just to name a few.

 

[Wolf72]

I've read a lot of the early novels of TOS ... I think a fair amount of the authors hit the nail on the head, sometimes a few weeks after reading a book I couldn't remember wether it was a book or an episode.

then again that was over a decade ago (ouch, I think I pulled a muscle typing this ...) so my memories and impressions of youth may be suspect.

 

[Mark]

then again that was over a decade ago (ouch, I think I pulled a muscle typing this ...)

heh heh


Well, here we go with the new episode!