Enterprise - 10/2/02
 

I don't think they've done any major lasting damage to the fabric of star trek continuity, :) but all the female cast members kept their clothes on. :(

Not bad, but nothing spectacular.

Not a bad episode, though I have to say, it was really starting to drag there for a while. Great beginning, great end. But the middle was a lot of slow walking and story telling. I know they're trying to make Malcolm's character deeper, but I still think he's just weird. I was kinda hoping he'd be jettisoned and left. :D

Why can't they risk using the transporter on Malcolm?

Damn writers...

It was an interesting episode, and didn't break a major part of Star Trek continuity. In addition, we finally see some mucho damage on the Enterprise.

Why didn't they consider the transporter? They still don't trust 'em.

I was thinking the same thing about the transporter. If nothing else they could have transported the mine away from the ship.

Well sure. You've seen them do all kinds of magic tricks with the transporter. The thing is that it's supposed to be new technology that they haven't quite mastered.

I think if they tried to transport it, it would have detonated anyway, which would have still damaged the ship.

I agree that the middle got slow for a little, but judging from his first episode, I think John Shiban seems like a good addition to the staff.

Matt

Oh yeah, and the Romulan Bird-of-Preys looked awesome. But the part where they were protecting themselves with pod doors was kinda lame.

Matt

any one have no sound at the very beginning?
I had no sound until reed entered the dinning room :(
good thing it's on again on sunday, better have sound

I agree with much of the above:

(1) No real damage to Trek continuity

(2) A little slow in the third act, but character development is good and it added to my appreciation of Reed

(3) Protecting themselves with pod doors was just plain stupid

(4) from trailer for next week:

Pretty good ep. In accordance with das' and my discussions of relative quality, compared to the last episode, it was "Gone with the Wind!" ;)

A few things:

Travis FINALLY did something worthwhile and good to show that his character had a point. Course, they used that stupid joystick like in Insurrection, but what can you do?

The spike going through the leg was unexpected and well-done. As for the whole middle conversation, it was well-written, even if a little slow-paced, and ever since ST2 I've always enjoyed ST and submarine comparisons.

I think Shiban is a good addition to the writing staff, though he may need to stretch the muscles a bit. Having your major characters dealing with 2 major instances in 2 separate places at the same time and communicating via electronic devices has been pretty played out in that OTHER series of his. ;) But he again prvoed he could handle it well with the Romulans about to fire as the mnie explodes and they get the guys on board just in time bit. Pretty good stuff, except for blocking the blast with doors.

I've always liked the "within-Enterprise" continuity. The catain remembers seeing the book on Romulans in the future, though, kinda lame. The line read like they said to Shiban, "the captain remembers from that other episode," so he had to put it in. However, I do like the continuity of the ship being damaged and staying that way for the next ep. Hopefully they'll continue that throughout the season.

I pretty much agree.

I may be off base but what happened to the cliff hanger of the captain being stuck in the future? I must have missed a few shows between.

I was reminded of the navigator in Galaxy Quest, myself.

They could have transported it far enough away and hit warp at the last second so that no damage was done. The ship was only 700 Kilometers aways when it did explode.

What a waste of an episode. a simple transport of the device and it was over. It was a lame plot point with the sole intention of "introducing" us to the Romulans.

A nice technology note--Was it some 'automatic sealant' that oozed out of his leg-hole or was it blood that oozed out and froze? Either way it was a nice effect.

Sorry to nitpick, but it's a Romulan Warbird and Klingon Bird of Prey. :)

But besides that, I thought the episode was decent, but a little long in the middle, like everyone else said.

My question is this: Just wondering...

I actually liked last weeks better.

I just couldn't get past the fact that Malcolm knows with NO uncertainty how to disarm the mine. Of a totally NEW race of people that are advanced enough to have cloaking technology. I thought it would be better if he was saying "Lets try pulling that thingy. Oh crap don't do that! Put it back!" They did do that once. But I still couldn't get into it.

I didn't even think of the transporter. Doh!

Why not use a shuttle to grab them up right when they cut through the magnetic leg thing?

I think Malcolm is just strange. Even T'pol has more personality than him.

My guess is they do. It isn't until humans see them that a Vulcan (Spock) feels compelled to explain.

Yeah that was cool. I assumed that there is some kind of thin liquid layer between layers of the suit. So when there is a breach it kind of works like that fix-a-flat stuff you can spray into a flat tire.

Bando you put the 'dork' in 'trekkie'. ;)

Thanks for the info Bandoman. I don't remember that episode of the TOS, but I guess that makes sense.

That is definitely one of the best TOS episodes. Top-5 IMO.

Not to sidetrack the thread to much, but could you give me a quick summary of the episode to maybe jog my memory a bit? Thanks.