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Fadjeetaz!
Whens this episode on? I just have a Bounty re-run over here
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“The Expanse” airs here on Wed. night. The “Bounty” and “First Flight” reruns were on Sunday night. But again, it’s area-specific.
Has anyone seen this one yet?
Yeah.
Porthos gives everyone fleas. Trip eats the crew out of house and home. Archer has a complete breakdown. T’Pol gets pregnant by Malcolm. Hoshi wrestles with Travis. Phlox’s creatures take over SickBay, and Chef turns out to look just like you.
Well, it IS the season finale.
Here’s the first scene.
-What do you make of it?
-It appears to be a probe, captain. Of unknown origin.
-Continue transmitting universal peace and hello on all known frequencies. Get me starfleet command.
-This is the USS Saratoga patrolling-
-Captain, the probe is charging weapons.
-What weapons?
[Alien beam strikes Earth]
-Oh…those weapons.
Seriously though…it would be ironic if the probe came from the homeworld of that colony they destroyed in the first finale. Poetic justice.
PeterW!?!?
Peter Wei is my IRL name…scary…
Or it is Nomad… I mean that wacked out Probe would be wandering around sterilizing planets of Bio units by this point in History. Maybe This Enterprise couldn’t deal with it… Maybe there is no third season!!!
Damn, I can’t think of anything witty to say. I’m such a failure. All these clever funny previous posts, and I’m just drawing a blank…
Oh, here we go. I’ll do Predictions. Haven’t done those in awhile.
Here are my predictions for this evening’s ep:
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It’s finally revealed why Travis doesn’t speak: He has a huge spider creature beast thing in his throat, and when he opens his mouth razor sharp tentacles reach out and rip apart whoever he’s talking to. I think something like that happened on a final-season episode of the X-Files. So, if you saw that, you know what I’m talking about. It’s way scary. And who gets it first? You guessed it: T’Pol (Hooray! Hooray! Ripped apart by tentacles!)
Don’t worry, boys, the T&A will be replaced next season, with the introduction of of Gropella, a busty, round-bummed, scantily-clad Tellarite female who is granted asylum on Enterprise, because, I dunno, something bad’s going to happen to her, otherwise. Here’s something you didn’t know: Tellarite chicks are way hotter and was saucier than you expected. Trust me on this one.
Gropella’s favorite pie is pumpkin. Expect lots of angst and unresolved sexual tension between her and Trip.
She also likes “impressive weapons arrays” (if you know what I mean, and I think you do). Malcolm thinks he’s got it made, until he finds out what that really means… Just wait 'till he shows her his grappler… -
(this one’s for Tars): In a show of feminist outrage, Hoshi burns her bra. And her panties. And her jumpsuit. Okay, so it was nudist outrage. But there’s Hoshi and nekkidness, and that’s really all that matters.
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(because viva and I need something to do): Lots of Trip and Archer in Decon. Thighs and grease and blue pantaloons everywhere. Oh, my.
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Oh yeah, and there’ll be a plot. A really good one. And acting, and writing and stuff. Things will happen in a sensible sequence that results in a coherent story line. The cliffhanger is original nad well-done, and not cheesey at all!
Plus, pigs fly. And someone asked about monkeys. There are indeed monkeys. Singing giant robot monkeys. They eat Porthos.
Ça suffit.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, actually. Remember the old woman in the burger joint with the penis in her head?
You’ve been watching Legend of the Overfiend again, haven’t you?
it’s on my computer at home, but i haven’t watched it yet. And i’ll probably see the matrix tonight, so i don’t know what time i’ll watch the show. But sometime tonight.
I bet PeterW is Peter Weller from Robocop!
"Dead or alive, you’re coming with me! "
Cervaise: I guess the razor-sharp spider tentacle thing was a more popular sci-fi plot twist than I’d imagined. I’ve only seen Buffy, like, twice, and I don’t remember any penis-headed woman. But there was definitely a spider-mouthed woman (or maybe man, I’m not sure, now) on *The X Files[i/].
So, it’s a painfully derivative idea that’s been done to death. The Enterprise writers will love it!
Oh, and I forgot to mention that there will be a Special Guest Appearance by Rod Stewart, playing Patrick Stewart, playing Picard’s grandfather.
Picard’s grandmother will be played by a slab of extra-firm tofu.
Kn*ckers, I just admire the hell out of you.
When you said T & A, I assumed you were talking about Trip and Archer. 
Hey, go check this out:
http://trip.houseoftucker.com/sopark.html
Let it load, then scroll down a bit and you’ll see my Cogenitor Trip. (Okay, he wasn’t bawling, but he could have been.) I might make an Expanse Trip if no one else does.
–viva, who should be grading finals…
Ok saw it. Lotsa booms. New weapons. I liked it.
Oooh…
Anatomically inverted Klingons! (And they were still alive.)
The Xindi probe effect was a well done graphic.
But, I am already disturbed about the continuity with canon. They will need to do fancy explanations or just come right out and say offcially the Enterprise canon and the rest of Trek canon are indeed different. I could deal with that.
The crew’s reaction to the probe’s attack area was quite believable.
The Klingon obsession angle is kind of cool, too.
Phlox is so way very cool!
Do not read this until you see the show:
Tripp’s sister is killed in the attack. Kind of a hard scene for me, as I remember the fear and loathing we experienced here after the May 3rd, 1999 F5 tornado. (OKC, OK) It cut a swath of destruction through our city, and we had to deal with knowing that we had friends and family in that path. I was lucky, everyone checked in eventually. Tripp looked at his old home grounds and had no hope whatsoever of seeing his siter alive. The depiction of the destruction was awesome. The reactions by Tripp are believable…
It’s not really a cliff hanger…
The fight scene near the end was pretty kick ass. Good score, too.
But… the way they ended it was as though they wanted to keep their options open. Even though they said they’re going into the expanse to search for Xindi. Maybe there really were thoughts of cancelation.
The weapons upgrades were nice. And sorely needed. Not such a frail ship or wimpy captain anymore.
Go Quantum!
It sucked.
In a way, you’re right, Carn.
The story lacked drive and had no real resolution.
But, there were some plus points. (see above post)
What gets me is how noncommital this ep seemed to be.
Could’ve delved deep into reaction to probe, didn’t.
Could’ve seen Quantum prove time travel to Vulcanians, didn’t.
Could’ve expanded on T’Pol’s relation with high Command vs her “feelings” towards humans, didn’t
Could’ve shown us some real cool stuff about the Xindi after the probe, didn’t
Could’ve set up much anticipation for the next season, didn’t.
Remember when Locutus said “Number one.” and Riker said, “FIRE!” ? now THAT was a season finale!
Lot’s of good little high points in a lackluster story. They need DC Fontana. That girl could write a story. Or Niven. Or Shatner, even.
This show needs an enema.
I am quite firmly ambivalent towards this episode.
Didn’t suck, didn’t really rock. I’m looking forward to seeing the Space Marines in the next season.
But for the love of Kirk, When the Klingon attacked the Enterprise on the way to the Delphic Expanse, why didn’t Archer just have Reed fire one of the photon torpedos at maximum yield. It’d put a 3km hole in an asteroid, I bet it would have given Duras a Sore Ass. As it is, he expended a few warshots which he can’t get back without a three-month round trip
And Trip seemed to be channeling Dubya towards the end, which may be a little disturbing. But may be a ratings winner among the rednecks.
Also Given that T’Pol has resigned from Vulcan High Command, why doesn’t Archer just induct her into Starfleet as a brevet Commander. Of course then she’d end up in the same uniform as Hoshi rather than “a new catsuit next season”, but it would make sense. And no you perverts, I don’t mean that she and Hoshi would end up in the same set of clothes. Hmmmm. I think I have to go lie down now 
I wonder if there’s going to be a new theme next year, with a different opening montage. I’m remembering how DS9 took a turn for the militaristic in the later seasons.
And finally, I really wish that the proble in the teaser had looked like a “Shadow” ship. Heck, then they could call this “Enterprise – Crusade”.
NoClueBoy, I was with you right up until the line
I’ve read about half of TekWar, and I figure that Shatner learned to write from the same mail-order school that he learned to act… “if you can read this matchbook, you can write a novel.” It was like Battlefield Earth, but bad 
Actually, I’d like to see David Drake and Jerry Pournelle write an episode or two in the new season.