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Episode Title: 'The Forgotten'

Written By: Chris Black & David A. Goodman
Directed By: LeVar Burton

Be on the lookout for Seth MacFarlane* (creator of Family Guy) doing a cameo in this episode.



*I won't recognize him either.

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Well, that felt far too much like a filler episode.

It'll be kinda anti-climatic if the whole Xindi arc is solved by an empassioned plea by Archer in front of the council.

mikehunt

the fact that Archer might be able to make peace, and even an alliance is good. he can then mediate the andorian/vulcan thing and they can get back on the birth of the federation thing that they were supposed to be doing with this series

Wizdar

Back?

MvRojo

lisadoris

Was it filler? Probably but it was better than last week's episode which I couldn't even bring myself to comment on. I'm not a fan of Trip and T'Pol together but their final scene was touching. It's nice that the writers dealt with the fact that with so many people dead, it was likely that the main characters would lose someone they knew.

Question about next week's episode:

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Nope, it's not just you.

Mattrk

It might have been filler, but Trip's letter to the family back home almost had me in tears. I recently lost a friend to cancer, and due to circumstances beyond anyone's control few of her friends - including me - were able to go to the memorial. We're staging one ourselves, with my friend's mother attending. What Trip said was along the lines of what I'd like to say.

So far that monologue was the show's best writing of the year.

Phil L.

I actually enjoyed this episode.

And as far as a "filler" episode goes...after seeing the upcoming scenes for next week, that's exactly what it looks to be.

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Ok, I didn't recognize Seth MacFarlane at all. Was he the one Trip yelled at for the fire or the one who was burned because of it? I don't think there were many other "engineers" (which is what his credit in the guide was listed as).

mikehunt

next week is worse than filler, it looks to be totally ignoring the current plot line
Hopefully I'm wrong

Phil L.

My thoughts exactly!

MvRojo

It was the one he was yelling at when Phlox came to talk to him.

MvRojo

Yeah, I really liked the DS9 version and have hopes that this one will bring something different to the plot. Mike Sussman is writing it and he's one of the better writers on the show.

But I think the episode will deal with the arc somewhat, but not entirely.

CaptainMarvel

The "ghost" girl looked a helluva lot like an adult Kimmy Gibler from Full House.

JuryDuty

Tucker: Gibler? I...I thought you were dead!

Kimmy: Hey, Mr. T! I just entered your dream to see if Deej could come over to my house for dinner tonight. My dad's cookin' liver-n-onions on the grill. My favorite!

[Insert laugh track here.]

Chew

"I ran a pressure test" and "Aye, Sir" were the extent of his lines. I wonder how long that took to memorize?

milo bloom

What's this about a chemical dependency? The digital bits posted a little editorial on Enterprise basically praising the heck out of it. I haven't watched in months, which for a long time Trekkie like me is near blasphemy. I just got bored with it.

Has the show actually improved?

al_bundy

the vulcan is on drugs.

the show is nothing special

bboisvert

Wow, go check out www.thedigitalbits.com

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I want to start watching the show he's talking about, what channel is it on?

lisadoris

I know. I'm usually all for what The Bits talks about and I am still watching Enterprise but are we all watching the same show? Granted, this season is a hell of a lot better than the first season but the show still isn't treading any new territory (as next week's episode will probably show). DS9 had multi-season arcs and questionable ethics decisions by the command staff (where's the love for that show?)

I did agree with one part: this was one of the better episodes Enterprise has done.

resinrats

Well if you want to nit pick, I think Voyager also had a 'show the future' crew scene showing what the crew looked like if they never found a short cut. How about this; wait until the next episode airs before complaining about it.

I never understood why people that always says 'Enterprise sucks' keep watching it. If you don't like it, stop. I saw a few episodes of Earth Final Conflict and decided I didn't like it so I stopped watching it. I didn't keep watching it just so i could tell others that it wasn't good. Don't watch it just to complain about it.

lisadoris

I wasn't complaining about next week's episode, I was just asking if, based on the preview, it seemed similar to an old DS9 episode. Didn't say whether the episode would be good or bad just not very original based on the information provided.

I know i can't speak for other people in the forum but the reason a lot of people keep watching the show despite its faults is:
1. We're Trekkies and continue to watch out of some sense of loyalty to the franchise.
2. We've invested this much time into watching the show and we sincerely hope it gets better and lives up to its potential. This weeks episode was a step in the right direction.

One of the reason quality shows get yanked off the air so quickly is because neither the networks nor the audiences want to give a show the chance to develop. I hated the entire first season TNG but I stuck with it and guess what, it turned into a great show. Granted three seasons is a bit long to wait for a show to improve but like Jesse Jackson says you gotta keep hope alive.

Venusian

didnt watch the previews for next week...

but i assumed it would deal with the hostile aliens that live near the subspace portal orwhatever they have to go through...kinda lame of the guy to mention em as an aside