Enterprise 11-19-04

[Tom Cashel]

WOW.

I give it five thumbs up.

 

[Wolf72]

just watched it this morning (I think adding more ranks in VCR programming was a good move)

I liked this episode

 

[Orius]

Wow this was even better than I thought it would be. Plenty of old school Trek references scattered liberally throughout:

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  A sehlat
  The IDIC
  The questions the Syrannite asked Archer
  TOS-stule music: I thought the music they used for the scenes where T'Pol and Archer were running from the sehlat and the sandfire was very reminiscent of the music used for the fight scene in "Amok Time"
  T'Pau (more Amok Time)
  katras
  mind-melding
  Mt. Selaya

And that's just off the top of my head.

There's two things I want to say about this episode:

First, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens have patched up a lot of holes and inconsistancies wrt the Vulcans with just this one episode. I can't wait to see the next two parts.

Second, THIS is what I wanted to see with Enterprise, no TCW or Xindi nonsense. I'm glad they're starting to deliver once again. Sure, there were some goodies like this in season 1 and 2 episodes, but nothing compared to the delivery of this episode.

And there's more to look forward to after this storyline. I read on the official Star Trek site about the next big storyline that's scheduled to air around the end of January:

Spoiler

The Romulans try to start a war between the Andorians and Tellarites. Great Federation-building material there!

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I am starting to finally have hope for the rest of the season for the first time. I think I will just pretend the first 3 seasons don't exist. Originally I had been sticking through things just because after over 2 dozen seasons of trek I wasn't going to miss the end. Now instead of dreading waytching I am actually looking forward to it again. The season started a little weak, but that was not Coto fault, rather the the result of what he inherited. As was pointed out already, this is what I wanted/expected from Enterprise from the beginning.

 

[Volaran]

Was there not also a proto-Romulan reference in the episode? Mentioning the last opponents of Surak being "those who marched under the raptor's wings" or something like that, with the symbol of the symbol of the Romulan empire being a raptor grasping the twin homeworlds.

 

[myrdden]

As long as the shows are this good, I could care less where the plots come from.

As long as it doesn't become "How else can we slip in a nod to past episodes/movies this week?", I'm fine with it. I just think they're being a tad too obvious about it, which if it continues on it'll become farcical.

Still...things are better than last season.

 

[BobROE]

As long as it doesn't become "How else can we slip in a nod to past episodes/movies this week?", I'm fine with it. I just think they're being a tad too obvious about it, which if it continues on it'll become farcical.

Still...things are better than last season.

But only if you get the reference. I didn't see the parallel to ST3 until you mentioned it (and it's been so long since I"ve seen ST3, that I still don't really see it).

 

[myrdden]

But only if you get the reference. I didn't see the parallel to ST3 until you mentioned it (and it's been so long since I"ve seen ST3, that I still don't really see it).

True...it's not a very obvious link to ST3. Maybe I was just looking for it after all the "nods" in the previous mini-arc.

 

[John Crichton]

I wouldn't call the mindmeld "remember" scene really a nod or homage but I can see how others could view it that way. Either way, it worked for me.

This season is getting better and better. Which only means that the show will be cancelled. *sigh*

 

[mojo1701]

This season is getting better and better. Which only means that the show will be cancelled. *sigh*

Not necessarily. Remember, this isn't FOX we're talking about.