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Star Trek Enterprise s2e24 First Flight
Archer and T'Pol go in a shuttlepod to find a dark matter nebula. Archer tells T'Pol the story of his dead friend A.G. Robinson and how they were test pilots for prototype ships.
A.G. was a cool guy.
Archer was more by the book back then and it's interesting to see that he evolved into his current self.
We also learn how Archer met Trip.
Vulcans were slowing down the testing on purpose and that must be the main reason why they earned so much animosity from Archer and Trip.
T'Pol was a good friend to Archer in this episode. She got him to open up about A.G. and was considerate to suggest naming their nebula after him.
Not much to say, it was an okay episode.
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Star Trek Enterprise s2e23 Regeneration
Scientists find frozen Borg in Antarctica who regenerate and run. Enterprise are supposed to catch them and rescue the scientists.
I guess this was a usual Borg fighting adventure, but it had that sense of novelty because the crew had to deal with them as unknown enemies. I also enjoyed the tense atmosphere throughout the episode.
To explain the Borg presence, the episode is tied to First Contact movie, in which time travelling Picard saved Earth from the Borg - then the in this episode send the subspace message to Delta Quadrant with Earth's coordinates which will cause the Borg to invade the Federation in TNG.
I like how Archer just orders to space the Tarkaleans turned into Borg. He doesn't show it in front of the crew, but he's bothered by this. He wanted to rescue them, but didn't have the ability. He had to treat them as a threat. Also T'Pol supporting his decision and advising to blow up the Borg ship was pretty hardcore. Cold Vulcan logic.
Dr Phlox had an interesting part in this. At first, he argued for cybernetic enhancements, but quickly changed his views when Borg infected him with nanomachines. In the end, there is a difference between benign improvements done with patient's consent and Borg's forced indoctrination into their ranks. It added to the tension of the episode that he was going to turn into an enemy if he doesn't find a cure in time so even if they were hoping for the best, they had to treat him with caution.
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Guyss, i drew Neelix! 🦁🌼
The progress took me forever, but he was so much fun to draw!! I adore him, he's my fav guy on Voyager 💛💛💛 the crew would be nothing without their delta quadrant space tomcat
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Some things that could make Cogenitor better or worse (up to you):
Going full Handmaid's tale in that the cogenitor is perfectly aware of their situation, can read, has info, etc. but it's just the way it is for them. Sure some people try to rebel but they end up dead or worse.
Going full Tosk in that the cogenitor is perfectly aware of their situation, can read, has info, etc. it's just the way it is for them. How else would it be? This is their mission, their value, they agree this is the way, what do you mean I should change? There is nothing wrong here. If I don't do it, our whole species will go extinct.
Phlox' analysis show that the congenitor could have potentially maybe have the same cognitive development as anyone else but due to lack of stimuli from childhood, they are actually cognitively impaired. They can't learn how to read, they don't fully get what Trip means about their situation.
The cogenitor is already part of the cogenitors' rebellion and, as a matter of fact, they were brought into this trip just to get them away from the planet as a way to have them under control because the couple assigned to them is suspicious of what is going on. Trip is now jeopardizing the whole operation.
Trip investigates about the planet and their cultures, speaks with other members of their crew and learns that this is actually a thing that happens in only one country of the planet. Other cogenitors in other places do not live like this. When confronted about why he is doing what he is doing, he just points out to this. [Tbh this is what could happen in any cultural difference don't interfere plot appears if planets weren't monoliths and producers weren't cowards].
In any of this cases: Archer is not a dick to Trip, he doesn't overreact and adds extra layers of guilt to Trip's behaviour. In some cases, he may even agree with Trip and help him.
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Star Trek Enterprise s2e22 Cogenitor
Trip-focused episode about the difficulties and moral dilemmas of first contact.
Enterprise is studying a hypergiant star and they encounter an alien exploratory ship. They meet Vissians, who has been a space faring species for a 1000 years and have better technology. They're also peacefully inclined.
Vissian captain takes Archer out in their reinforced shuttle to dive into the star. They talk about books Hoshi sent Vissians and Archer is unable to recommend anything. This is so embarrassing and also the creepy realization that the Enterprise crew is really a bunch of people who at best would read a technical manual and T'Pol is the only true intellectual on board and she's not even human.
Reed has a bit of a fling with one of the Vissians and shows her his cannons.
The main story is about Trip investigating Vissians as a species with 3 genders. He notices the person of the third gender which is called cogenitor. He thinks "it" is treated like an object and doesn't have a name or education. "Its" only duty is to assist couples in having children. Why would nature create such an inefficient reproduction system in a species???
Phlox explains that cogenitor is needed because it provides an enzyme that is needed for reproduction to succeed. But if the species is so evolved, why didn't they synthesize the enzyme and got rid of the need for cogenitors? It would benefit their society more than this system of every couple waiting for an assignment. Cogenitors are only 3% of their population. Is this a way of population control? Is it used by ruling classes to establish power over everyone? Who knows.
Trip finds out cogenitor has the same intellectual abilities as the other sexes so he teaches "it" to read, then sneaks "it" to Enterprise, shows movies and music and in general wants "it" to become a person with dreams and ambitions.
Cogenitor wants asylum on Enteprise but Vissians want "it" back. Archer has to make the call. He decides not to completely mess up first contact with a peaceful species and give back their only means of reproduction. Even he sees that interfering with minorities oppressed by their government for political reasons and out of hate is different than standing against how others reproduce. I feel Archer's decision was right and the episode doesn't give us enough information about Vissians and how their culture and biology works. The main reasoning for being against them is that "cogenitor is sad".
Trip's sense of justice and wanting to advocate for "human rights" for cogenitor are understandable but it's clear that he went about it the wrong way after we learn that cogenitor committed suicide. Instead of helping, his actions gave "it" unreasonable hope which he couldn't deliver. It's clearly the case of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".
I like that in this episode actions have consequences and the way Archer gave Trip a dressing down was very poignant. They need to learn to think before taking action.
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Hoshi, Phlox, and Tribbles in The Breach (2.21)
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Star Trek Enterprise s2e21 The Breach
Phlox-centric episode. Enterprise accepts request to evacuate Denobulan geologists from a planet that underwent a military coup and now they demand all the aliens to leave their planet. Another ship has a reactor leak and one of the patients is Antaran who refuses to be treated by a Denobulan doctor because of the past wars between their species.
Phlox has a hard time because he is used to fufilling the wishes of the patients but the situation is different as the only reason the patient doesn't want to be healed is because he is the doctor. Archer orders Phlox to do his best to convince Antaran.
Thanks to Phlox attempting to talk with Antaran about how he was trying to raise his children to be open-minded and not to hate Antarans for no reason, the patient is eventually convinced to trust Phlox and try for a future reconciliation between.
I feel the only thing that is missed in this episode is that Antaran doesn't even have a name. I find it weird, he's important to the plot and never once Phlox adresses him by his name.
The secondary plot was less interesting, the away team consisting of Travis, Trip and Reed go to the caves to find the Denobulan scientists. Travis despite being an expert at rock climbing, breaks his leg. Trip threatens the scientists to shoot them so they get a move on.
The best part was Archer threatening the new local government to stop shooting around the caves until his people get out. He even manages to extend the deadline.
There was also the time when Phlox fed a tribble to one of his pets and Hoshi got horrified by it. I, knowing the true danger of tribbles, was completely fine with Phlox doing that.
The episode ends with the Antaran guy going home on the same transport with Denobulans. They were fine with this, which is not surprising because all they care about is their precious rocks.
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Star Trek Enterprise s2e20 Horizon
Travis-focused episode. Travis goes on leave to visit his family's freighter. Also, he gets news that his dad died.
Archer is being a supportive captain.
Travis and Reed discuss having families on Starfleet ships, Reed is against the idea and thinks they'll need psychologist. Well there are 2 types of people. I like that it shows the idea wasn't something completely new in times of TNG.
We meet Travis' mother and brother, Paul, who became the ship's captain. There's some friction between Travis and Paul, because Paul doesn't want Travis to do any work or make improvements on the ship.
Aliens attack and attach an explosive beacon. Travis makes some modifications to weapons system in preparation of a fire fight. Paul thinks it won't be needed and they'll just give up the cargo if they're attacked again.
Travis's modifications come in handy because the aliens want to take the freighter too and leave the crew drifting in space. Hopefully this will teach Paul that he needs to prepare for the worst.
Plot B is about Trip and Archer cajoling T'Pol to watch Frankenstein with the crew. Trip was especially annoying when he dismissed T'Pol's interest in the book version. I get the feeling he just wanted to see her get scared. T'Pol's perspective was interesting as she saw the similarity between humans behaviour towards Frankeinstein's monster and the Vulcans when they arrived on Earth. I think Trip and archer were disappointed because they wanted to get a human-like reaction out of her, but in the end... she's just built different ;)
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Star Trek: Enterprise. Promo shots. 2x19. Judgment
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Star Trek Enterprise s2e19 Judgment
This episode is about Archer's trial before a Klingon tribunal. He is charged with being enemy of the Klingon Empire and inciting rebellion.
It was definitely an interesting episode, it shows how Klingon justice works - not very fairly - and we realize that it wasn't always this way thanks to advocate Kolos.
Kolos is the coolest Klingon and he's a lawyer :) Archer manages to inspire him to give a good defense like in the old times and Kolos did a fantastic job. His sense of honour is true. Finally some good Klingon representation.
I found the fake testimony of the former captain Duras (degraded o weapons officer) very funny, especially Archer acting like cartoon villain and saying "Death to the Empire" lol
I wonder what happened to the refugees that Archer helped. I'm sure Enterprise got them to safety. But then, how did it happen that Archer was arrested by Klingons?
Despite a fantastic defense, the judge sentenced Archer to dilithium mines for the rest of his life (same place Kirk was sent to, I believe) and that was a reduced sentence. Kolos protested because it was a death sentence anyway, as prisoners usually survive around a year. The judge sentenced Kolos to the mines for a year.
I love how devious T'Pol acted in this episode, sending Phlox to prison under the excuse of Archer's "disease", then using her contacts to bribe the prison warden.
Archer was saved, but Kolos decided to stay in prison. What a guy. I like that the episode gives some hope that he will survive his sentence as he still has something to live for (restoring justice in the Empire).
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Star Trek: Enterprise “The Crossing”
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Star Trek Enterprise s2e18 The Crossing
Enterprise is immobilized and swallowed up by gargantuan alien ship with no one aboard, but the atmosphere changes into a breathable for humans. This reminds me of the sinister repair station.
Through the episode we learn about the aliens who are incorporeal wisps of light and can take over human bodies and sent their real owners to subspace where they have sweet dreams.
T'Pol argues they might be just curious explorers, but Archer isn't convinced. This time his judgment was spot on. I simply wondered - if they are incorporeal and live in subspace, why do they need a big spaceship? That is already suspicious.
Basically the aliens are creeps - they don't ask for consent, they just force themselves on their victims. It's illustrated very pointedly by possessed Reed committing sexual harrassment on a female crewman and T'Pol.
Thankfully, Phlox is immune to the possession and T'Pol can fight it off thanks to her Vulcan abilities. She learns that the aliens will die in space and their ship is broken, so they plan to take over the whole crew.
I wonder if the aliens could take over animal bodies like Porthos or Phlox's menagerie. Maybe they aren't compatible.
Travis contributes by finding out that the aliens can't enter the catwalk. He also gets beaten by possessed Trip and can't stop him from interfering.
Archer and T'Pol decide to gas the possessed crew until the aliens leave their bodies under threat of dying. Then they commit a possible genocide by blowing up the alien ship. The morality of this ending is questionable. Did the aliens deserve it? They didn't aim to kill the crew. Trip insisted that he was having a good time in the other plane. Archer didn't even try to negotiate with these aliens.
Interesting and spooky idea in this episode. I just feel the moral implications should have been considered in the ending.
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