I think *Schrodinger’s Cat *would have been a much cooler episode title than Observer Effect.
Synopsis: After Y Hoshi Y and Trip contract a deadly virus while exploring a planet, two ghostly aliens possess the bodies of various Enterprise crew members to observe humanity’s reaction to imminent tragedy. As the aliens secretly jump bodies to observe, Phlox strives to cure the stricken pair, but with his efforts failing, Archer must make a difficult decision in order to shield the rest of the crew from this growing biohazard.
Yeah, so, I obviously haven’t seen this episode but seeing as how **viva **said there’s gonna be lots an’ lots of Hoshi in it, there’s no way in hell I’m going to let **plant **start the thread and since **Tars **isn’t here no more, that left the honors to me.
Those hearts were on the startrek.com episode guide, I swear.
So how did Hoshi and and Trip contract this deadly STD? Were they just investigating the local fauna and flora? Trip picks up a plant*. Hoshi turns and says, “Oh, what a lovely Jack in the Pulpit?” Trip says, “What?” …
[sub]* He’s really lonely after getting no neuropressure treatments, cplant[/sub]
Possessions and/or secret observations. I thought of a few more form TNG but i don’t want to get too depressed before the show even airs.
Nagilum: “Die for me.”
That trio that decided to examine different aspects of NCC-1701D’s psyches… One became a chocoholic, one continually argued with Worf, and one tried to seduce Picard.
There’s more…
The current soundtrack score is definitely borrowing from Courage and Goldsmith.
The smarminess of Malcolm in general fit well with the (unhidden) twist.
Tho they are both in DeCon, neither Hoshi nor Trip has stripped. Panda: 0
They’re actually being subtle so far. I like how everyone is getting irritated at the possessed, but no one sees enough of a difference to call them out.
Tsunami relief PSA from Bakula at UPN.com commercial just aired. Nice and to the point.
Science question: how would a totally alien virus/bacteria/whatever affect our auto-immune system? Trip spoke of silicon life infections as not being affected by hs ais. Well, how would it go about infecting him in the first place? Doesn’t all of this rely on proteins and enzymes in the first place?
Hoshi’s multilingual nightmare rant was a neat touch. As was the nonstandard angle it was shot from. This director is using such things to good effect, not to annoyance.
Linda Park should really be used more. She is a wonderfully adept actress.
The webcam effect shots were cool. How is it that one director can use nonstandard effects so well while another blows chunks at the wall?
It’s going to be a dues ex machina ending, but this time, I think it will be a fairly decent one. Yeah, this stand alone ep is actually pretty interesting, even captivating at some points.
How did they get bodies? Are they all a bunch of antimated zombies in Errand of Mercy?
I suppose that explains why they would be concerned about species killing each other, but why not just inhabit Kirk and the Klingon guy, work it out?
What about the Organian Treaty, why make the weapons hot? Why not inhabit the ambassadors and work out a real treaty?
This sucks.
