Star Trek: Enterprise -[Spoiler Talk]- Stardate:509240

[Viking Bastard]

In one word: Awesome.

It kicked all kinds of behind! It was so weird. So much happened in the episode. Yet
it said 'Enterprise' in the credits. Funny how Travis, Archer and Hoshi were that much
more interesting characters than in the usual universe. Travis was really kewl, even
if he looked kinda gay.

And the TOS uniforms came out better than expected.

 

[drothgery]

I for one welcome our new Empiress.

x2

Fun two-parter, but like someone said last week, dropping these in the "last episodes of Enterprise" countdown seems a bit wrong somehow.

 

[Richards]

It definitely wasn't as good an episode as last week's, and I was really kind of let down at the ending - actually, it didn't really feel like there was an ending, just an "oh, our 60 minutes are up, that's it then."

Johnathan

 

[Greylock]

The only thing that bothered me was that everyone looked REALLY fat wearing those old Star Fleet uniforms. Fat and squat. And the Defiant seemed a little, I dunno, stretched.




Then, talking to my dad a little while ago, he suggested the "crawler" at the bottom of the screen announcing thunderstorms might have been a factor. At least they didn't preempt the show.

 

[Silver Moon]

For the most part I liked it. I think they could have skipped the whole Gorn thing, that was an unnecessary distaction. Great ending too.

 

[Orius]

I
It kicked all kinds of behind! It was so weird. So much happened in the episode. Yet
it said 'Enterprise' in the credits. Funny how Travis, Archer and Hoshi were that much
more interesting characters than in the usual universe.

It's kind of in keeping with the original "Mirror, Mirror". The lieutenant in the mirror universe who was Kirk's lover and who killed his opponents behind his back was just another minor crew member in the normal Trek universe. I sort of liked the "Empress Sato" bit at the end.

And when they were hunting down the Gorn I knew Reed was going to get hurt. Why? Three reasons:

1. He's a security officer.
2. He separated from the captain.
3. He was wearing a red shirt.

I'm surprised Phlox gave him a 50% chance of survival. Everyone knows red shirting is invariably fatal.

The first part ws more fun than this episode, but it gives us some insight into the development of the mirror universe. It made sense for mirror Archer to die at the end; given his xenophobia he couldn't be Emperor because that would likely rule out mirror Spock. Besides, mirror Archer was a chump. I wouldn't be surprised if mirror Hoshi erased that database too.

 

[Red Spire Press]

While I agree that the timing of this 2 parter may seem odd with so few episodes left, I would have to say they were by far my favorite episodes of Enterprise yet. It's amazing what a little darkness can do for a Trek series. And, as stated above, it was truly excellent to see a Constitution class ship in the thick of it.

 

[Richards]

Oh, another thing I wanted to mention about this episode - it was pretty cool seeing that bearded Vulcan (I can't remember his name) - he was the mirror universe equivalent of the Vulcan who was there when the Earth Embassy was blown up on Vulcan, wasn't he?

(And it seemed odd seeing that beard on him, until I remembered what mirror-Spock looked like.)

Johnathan

 

[Felon]

OK, help me out here. I don't watch the series normally, but now I'm intrigued. The series finale is a six-parter that takes place in the evil Trek universe? Is it supposed to even involve the Enterprise crew proper?

 

[Cthulhudrew]

OK, help me out here. I don't watch the series normally, but now I'm intrigued. The series finale is a six-parter that takes place in the evil Trek universe? Is it supposed to even involve the Enterprise crew proper?

There are still three or four episodes left until the series finale, and the rest have nothing to do with the mirror universe. Just these last two (a two-parter), but they don't have anything to do with the normal Enterprise universe at all, except for some ties to TOS continuity, and expanding the mirror universe canon.