Star Trek: Enterprise {Spoiler Talk} 2.18.05

[Orius]

My favorite part was when Phlox was arguing with the Klingon physician about not wanting to kill the infected Klingon so they could do an autopsy on him, and the Klingon General whips out his disruptor and shoots the guy. A very Klingon reaction!

Yup, a great old school Klingon. I also liked when the mutated Klingon tells Reed he got off easy by being thrown in the brig for lying.

As for LT Reed, I was thinking "Section 31" as well.

I think when Reed said: "I'm not a part of your section anymore." it kinda rubbed
the Section 31 angle part in a bit, though they probably aren't called that yet as
the Section 31 name comes from the 30 sections of Federation/Starfleet charter.

I enjoyed the whole Section 31 angle as well, though Reed's contact obviosly wasn't as good at this stuff as Sloane was — the Orion lie was unraveled pretty quickly, not to mention that hiding Klingon involvement got harder once Enterprise got attacked.

Anyone else notice the '[somthing] Starfleet - United Earth - Space Probe Agency'
shield in the Columbias's captain mess hall? How cool is that (in a totally non-cool
geeky fanboy way)!

Hmm, I'm going to have to go back and check for that. I know early in TOS the term Starfleet wasn't set in stone, the term United Earth Space Probe Agency (or UESPA) was also used until Starfleet was settled upon. It's good to see them adding these subtle little touches to tie the inconsistancies together.

I'm of the 'let it lie' camp when it comes to Klingon foreheads, but fair's fair and they
gave us a pretty neat explaination. I liked this episode.

Yeah, I didn't think they really needed to do this episode, but at least it makes some sense (well, at least in a Star Trek sort of way).

I also liked when Hoshi didn't take crap from the kidnappers; as soon as the pulled a weapon, she started trying to kick crap out of them.

 

[David Howery]

crap. I sat down to watch this... only to find that our local station that carries it was having technical problems... sometimes the sound, sometimes the picture, sometimes both. So, after watching for a few minutes, I gave up. Anyone care to summarize what happened? I got a few clues from the other posts on this board, but still not sure what all happened....

 

[mojo1701]

crap. I sat down to watch this... only to find that our local station that carries it was having technical problems... sometimes the sound, sometimes the picture, sometimes both. So, after watching for a few minutes, I gave up. Anyone care to summarize what happened? I got a few clues from the other posts on this board, but still not sure what all happened....

During a homecoming to Earth to see the new NX-02 Columbia (Enterprise's sister ship), Trip gets his transfer, and begins on the Columbia. In the meantime, Phlox and Hoshi are in San Francisco after dinner, and they get attacked by a group of aliens which turn out to be Rigellians. The Rigellians kidnap Phlox, and take him to a Klingon colony, where he's told that he must help the doctor there find a cure for a disease spreading throughout Klingons or they'll kill him.

 

[Arnwyn]

I also liked when Hoshi didn't take crap from the kidnappers; as soon as the pulled a weapon, she started trying to kick crap out of them.

Yeah, I too thought that was a nice touch. Good stuff.

I enjoyed this episode a fair amount.

 

[Umbran]

Just watched it, and enjoyed it quite a bit.

They didn't need to do this episode, no. But then, they don't really need to do anything. But there may well never be another chance, so I don't mind them working up a couple final bits of the canon.

I take resistance to this epsidoe as an example of how you just can't please audiences these days. For a long time, people were griping about how this series didn't deal with the history of the Federation we've seen so far. Now, when they start dealing with that history, folks gripe that they don't really need the questions answered.

We expect them to get solid ratings, when the audience cannot really decide what it wants?

 

[mojo1701]

Just watched it, and enjoyed it quite a bit.

They didn't need to do this episode, no. But then, they don't really need to do anything. But there may well never be another chance, so I don't mind them working up a couple final bits of the canon.

I take resistance to this epsidoe as an example of how you just can't please audiences these days. For a long time, people were griping about how this series didn't deal with the history of the Federation we've seen so far. Now, when they start dealing with that history, folks gripe that they don't really need the questions answered.

We expect them to get solid ratings, when the audience cannot really decide what it wants?

Which is why I don't believe that:

a) Every Trek fan didn't like Voyager
b) The Temporal Cold War, while generally disliked, was an idea, and I like it when production companies (whether television, film or video game companies/producers try something new).

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

Which is why I don't believe that:

a) Every Trek fan didn't like Voyager
b) The Temporal Cold War, while generally disliked, was an idea, and I like it when production companies (whether television, film or video game companies/producers try something new).

I've been in active, organized Trek fandom since the early 1970s. I'll go on record as really enjoying Voyager and thinking the Temporal Cold War was not only a nifty idea, but a damn good fix for Canon. Sort of a Trek version of Hypertime.

Now, DS9... Not so much. too dark, too morally grey, too far from the true ideals of Star Trek. Hopefully the next series a few years down the road will go back to boldly going where no one has gone before.

 

[mojo1701]

I LOVED Ds9, although I do respect those who didn't. It was an alternate ideal, and because it was, it overlapped TNG and Voyager.

Perhaps a later era, where the Federation (with the help of the Klingons and the Romulans, et al.) start exploring the rest of the galaxy that WASN'T seen by Voyager, and perhaps encountering the ramifications that both Voyager and the events of Nemesis had.

 

[qstor]

I thought it was pretty good. It was the episode I was waiting for since season 1. I think they handled it pretty well, my friend and I thought a few years ago that a genetic virus was probably the best answer.

Mike

 

[jasper]

I like the scene where the captain tells Trip to update his patch. very much like the Army.