Hmm, If I remember correctly, it was originally on Tuesday evening. And yes, now it shows at 5pm on Wednesday in Canada.
tracer Actually, I was kind of hoping that the Nx-02 would show up in the nick of time and save them. Because Starfleet invented warp…6 or something and got there way faster.
:rolleyes: OH well.
That was a half-way decent episode. I liked it.
Unclear why they couldn’t “borrow” the warp coil, and then return it after they did the deed. Do they want to create another Xindi-class enemy??? Maybe that’ll be what actually happens so Archer can redeem himself.
Some pretty good material here, and even a promo for next week. And two for Connor’s chat on the 28th.
Can’t the ENT sensors scan for human bio-signs specifically?
Cool camera work on T’Pol’s p.o.v when she’s freaked out and going down the corridor. Less so with the helmet view but still not bad.
The short scene with Hoshi and Travis was nice. They need more of these.
Good music throughout. Put me in mind of Crimson Tide meets Master and Commander.
Thought it was dumb of T’Pol to tumble over the containers but then figured that she was out of her mind and too screwed up to think about stuff like, you know, safety.
Ah, “She” is Wavering Woman.
T’Pol throws Archer’s words back at him! Yes! Now, if Trip would get over his Stockholm Syndrome and start showing some resentment towards Archer for all the bad treatment he’s ever received. He still thinks Archer can do no wrong. I tell you, the multiple injuries Trip has sustained have really done a number on him. Too many blows to the head. He at least should resent Archer for blaming him for the cogenitor’s suicide.
Sorry for the rant. Got carried away there.
Hoshi should wear her hair down more often. Speaking as a straight woman, I must say that Linda Park is much more attractive with loose tresses.
Next week: “The Forgotten.”
Some observations:
WTF is Damar doing in the Expanse? Damn these time-travel, alternate reality scripts!
Starfleet spacesuits fall apart way too easily.
The preparation and use of illicit drugs has come a long way in 200 years. They’ve advanced so far from the primitive syringe, bent spoon, and Bic lighter. I bet there’s a load of speed freaks who wish they could toss a pack of Sudafed into T-pol’s little processor and have it spit out meth. And hypo-sprays don’t leave track marks.
May I add that Connor Trinneer is one of the hairiest guys ever? At least in the leg department…
Aesiron: I’m gonna hold your tape for a while until you tell me where I can send it.
I’m gonna hold it between my knees. <-----You get extra credit if you guess which movie I am paraphrasing.
I think she uses it also to make fruit smoothies in the mornings…
“Voluptuous Video Vixens VII”?? 
Yeah, if the show survives another season, I imagine that species will show up again wanting some payback. Archer probably should have sent a photon torpedo up their tailpipe and blown them up instead of leaving them alive to report the transgression.
Phlox rocks.
I enjoyed the conversation between Quantum and Doctor, including the forced camera work. Sure, the camera work was supposed to impress upon us the horrible pressure Quantum was going through regarding his smarmy descision, but I was more impressed with the sad dignity of the Doc during that scene. He was hurting. Really hurting. And he managed to convey that even though he was out of focus and covered with facial prosthetics. That’s acting. (Genius!)
Wasn’t a bad episode.
I was pleased to see that for once “time travel” wasn’t the way a Federation ship got out of a nasty situation.
Wish A-Channel showed previews for next week though - what’s coming up?
Yeah – the 22nd century “trell” addict instead uses an espresso machine with pretty blue lights inside.
So, the Xindi just called off pursuit of Enterprise for no reason? Am I reading that right or is **tracer ** just being simplistic?
viva, I won’t get to Oregon until about the 15th, give or take. I’m currently in Lincoln but am taking a huge detour to Omaha, Tuscaloosa, and Chattanooga before even heading for the city limits on the west side of town.
Degra believes Archer. His faction of the council called off the attack and removed Archer from the Insectoid/Reptilian faction.
Which is kinda odd, since ReptileGuy said in the last episode that “By the time you [assemble the Council] the Earth ship will be dusssssst!” It could be a case of his grandstanding, or maybe the Xindi-guys are bluffing. Remember how Degra and the two council-members said that they would contact the Aquatics secretly? It’s possible that they all got together, had a hurried chat, and agreed to have a united front.
If B&B show this to be the case (The reptiles discovering the lie, etc.) that would be so cool.
It is a good episode after the ham-handed idea of the Xindi Council stopping the Reptilians. I like Archer having to choose to be the bad guy to continue the mission. “The End Justifies The Means” is such a noble perversion - I have it too.
The episode is good, but I still bristle and feel that Bergama have not justified the Xindi’s hatred and desire for genocide.
I’m reminded of other dramatic series that do well handling multiple plot lines for their characters over multiple episodes. Each character can get a few lines and just as we stew considering their choices and bonding with them, they seem to have more life than just the episode’s 42 minutes. Bergama just seem too forced to have a scene or character choice begin, unfold, and end in one episode. Yes they have stretched some out, but they haven’t really developed them over multiple episodes. T’Pol’s addiction could have been played out with more bits through previous episodes. As it was, we thought it was bad when she cried because we thought they wrote her character badly.
[ul][li]The “Countdown to the final episodes” is a good grabber.[]Reptilians cut off the attack when the Council waves their finger and says, “No, no” :mad: Just because the Xindi Council is fractious doesn’t mean they shouldn’t impound Enterprise and incarcerate them all![]5 dead, 12 wounded, at first.[]Is Archer on PCP or something? He is able to withstand beatings, take more phaser shots than a Vulcan, and still be able to win a fist fight with a bullet through his shoulder?[]The Aquatic Transport seems to have an algae problem - the water is too green. Okay, so if they like it liek that, then the lighting should still have faded away faster in the distance underwater. Hasn’t anyone ever looked underwater even in a pool? Would have been cute to see a wall (2D) of cell windows with a Guard swimming by at an angle like he was patroling.[]Loved the scene of T’Pol rationalizing to Reed to get E-Deck and the Cargo Bay accessible. Just the right thing to make an audience think “Good motives, but, hey, that’s where her dope is too!” :)[]They can’t scan human bio-signs; even in the cargo bay with hand-held scanners?[]Do shuttles normally have “open” buttons on the outside? I’m glad asteroid debris didn’t press it. :([]Now 14 dead, 3 missing.[]I like the monitors being askew, but for some reason it seemed silly too.[]I liked T’Pols addiction withdrawl scene walking the corridors. :)[]Archer assisting Trip in engineering? Maybe because his dad built the ship so Archer knows his stuff, but it’s a stretch. :([]If the nice aliens are new to this region… Well isn’t this Red Giant way inside the expanse? So they would have been going through lots of these Anomalies before now. So they still want to just explore before getting some Trellium-D and getting prepared? And how do you get this deep into Xindi space and not know about them, or get shot at?[]Shower Sex - Poor Trip can’t even get the real thing, but Connor has to suffer through a dream sequence that doesn’t advance his character because it’s just a dream. 
They could have filmed the scene and then CGI’d the minimum decorum translucency on the shower door. This gives maximum teasing and satisfies the censors.[]Notice that as bad as the ship’s damage is, The Gravity Plates Always Keep Working! :mad:[]I liked T’Pol’s “2001” odyssey through the corridors as we see and hear from her point of view. :)[]So where is this blue light when T’Pol is searching the cargo bay? Oh, yeah, it’s the “darkness” light. :([]Why aren’t space suits built with controls and hoses accessible from the front?! :mad:[]T’Pol’s opium pipe makes rocks with no other ingredients into dope? :([]Phlox has been unethical twice before. Great, something for future episodes and something for us to mull over. :)[]So “She” is an evolved Xindi - or a Xindi-ish Borg - or Ardra faking being a Xindi.[]Why does she close her eyes and raise her head when “beaming away” when she’s a projection in the first place?[]When the Enterprise limps away we see some parts of the nacelle off, some on, and some flickering. I thought it was supposed to be a contiguous system, so it could all be off, or all dim, but not in pieces.[]10 minutes to grab an alien warp coil and it just happens to be carriable and to fit into a transporter. 
Being so vital, you think they might make room for a storage closet and put one or two away for safe keeping?[]As noted, why is there gravel in the ship’s decks? :([]I like the about-face and having Archer be the “marauder” :)[]T’Pol’s been addicted for 3 months.[*]Enterprise can still go to Warp 3.2 while her hull is That structurally damaged? :([/ul][/li]The previews for upcoming episodes give me a bad feeling. The main phrase was “…where past, present, and eternity unravel.” This makes me feel like I’m standing on a big red reset button under a big thumb. The shots seemd to show an aged T’Pol talking to a non-aged Trip; but maybe that’s just in the timeline where one Enterprise splits off.
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:)[1]Archer assisting Trip in engineering?
[2]Shower Sex - Connor has to suffer through a dream sequence that doesn’t advance his character because it’s just a dream.
[3]Notice that as bad as the ship’s damage is, The Gravity Plates Always Keep Working!
[4]Why does she close her eyes and raise her head when “beaming away” when she’s a projection in the first place?
[5]"…where past, present, and eternity unravel." This makes me feel like I’m standing on a big red reset button under a big thumb.
[1] Trip asked for more crew to help in engineering. Chef couldn’t help.
[2] Your point being?
[3] Yeah, it would be hard to do an effective weightless scene.
[4] Reminds me of the Founder in DS9.
[5] That bothered me, too.
Chef says to Trip, “Sorry, I’m just in the middle of preparing my salty chocolate balls to boost the crew’s moral.” Trip replies, “Oh, by all means, continue.”
[Vulcan] Attempt at juvenile sexual humor. Typical human male attempt to cover envy by invalidating or trivializing another male’s experience. Intersting because analytical inspection shows no envy. I prefer my wife over T’Pol or Jolene. My desire to garner praise and acceptance has developed the need to insert jokes. The jokes are juvenile since the desire began as a juvenile and hasn’t matured.[/Vulcan]
Any thoughts on how much of this story line is “inspired” by current world events just chopped and diced a bit?
The good Xindi fighting to destroy another culture/species based false but believable intelligence. What to do after you begin to question that your justification for aggression was false?
The good Quantum et al willing to torture prisoners, to imperil innocents’ lives, to forget about rights and all that humanity (and the future Federation) is supposed to stand for, in order to protect homeworld security after a horrific attack?
Quantum having been willing to be a suicide bomber (excepting his being caught)?
The thinness of the veneer over the political references reminds me a bit of TOS! Excepting of course that they finished the storyline in one ep.
BTW, I watched while also dealing with a variety of family mishugas, where in the ep was that shower scene?!
It’s obviously a transparent transposing of real life events and while it makes for great entertainment since nothing is real, living in it sucks.
I’m just curious, though… is Archer Bush or Rumsfeld?
Asscroft.