Enterprise "Impulse" - SPOILERS

Cafe Society
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Cool Haunted House action. And I noted the funky photography in the teaser and a bit later too–something that Cervaise explained better when tracer had mentioned it before.

What’s wrong with the damn Home Depot thread? Oh never mind…back to the episode…

I liked freaked-out T’Pol. At least Blalock had an excuse for being emotional in this one.

Nice little tribute to the late Bob Hope. The “use logic more quietly” line was hilarious. I was afraid they were going to end on that note but was glad they didn’t. Freaky!

The earlier scene with Archer comforting T’Pol was nice.

Cervaise: I think the point was that after all the trouble they went to for this Trellium stuff, they won’t be able to use it since it’s toxic to Vulcans. So it’s another setback for them.

Travis gets more lines than Hoshi? The Terminator is the Governor of CA?? What solar system am I in?

Aes, I didn’t get to see Jake yet but I’m sure it’s good. Will get your next tape to your tomorrow if possible.

To Monstre is to use one’s own version of any given word (i.e., Whatsiddium, Nekkid, etc.) --apparently for fun, but possibly for other reasons unknown to us. :slight_smile:

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I’m starting to like Jake 2.0 as much as Enterprise. I laughed out loud at least half a dozen times at last week’s episode. Great episode. Who was the arms dealer’s daughter? Damn, she was cute.

(Don’t forget Friends this week)

By the way, tracer, the intake manifold might be the same as the bussard collector, the red caps on the front of the warp nacelles. They collect interstellar dust for one reason or another… I can’t remember what. Matter for the M/AM Reactor?

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This episode was pretty pointless, i dozed off and on around the end, and didn’t seem to notice a conclusion, it just seemed to end.

Next Week: A Freaky Looking Green Guy captures Hoshi! Obviously they are writing about me!!!

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Tracer, space is filled with stuff, just not enough of it to keep you pressurized. For example, a Brussard Ramjet is a realllllly theoretical interstellar engine that would intake hydrogen (most common element, supposedly it is everywhere) from space, using it to fuel a fusion engine of some sort. ( I see this has been covered in ST Science already on preview. Thank you Aesiron, I always pictured a Brussard Collector being huge, having to suck in a lot to get the material it needed. I did not know that the Enterprise was equipped with them.)

That said, I have to say that I do not think that it would get a pedestrian name like intake manifold, NASA-styled engineers should still be designing spacecraft at this point. I know they have to make stuff up to fly around the universe so easily, but gimme some psuedo-science I can chew on! Even Hardware Wars came up with the Flip-Flop Override Device and the Axial Gyro-Presubinertia-Photomegatronic Oscillator! Sigh…sci-fi these days.

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At first I was wondering that too. Then Phlox said the Robitussin D was eating their brains! Their braaaaiiiins! Or at least breaking down their neural synapses. It’s hard to walk good with broken down neural synapses.

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Maybe they have a ram jet that operates in the atmosphere.

Why were the Vulcans putting the trillium on the inside bulkhead? Doesn’t seem like it would help much if the anomaly thingie eats the outside hull.

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Hmmm. An episode I mostly liked. I guess it is because I’m a huge Romero Fan… by the way only ROLD Zombies eat brains!

OK what was to like, nice creepy atmosphere. Interesting situation the fact they can not use trellium without hurting T’pol, however even with minimal dosages there should have been some small effect on her eariler in the series. Plox not doing physicals these days?
Vulcan ship named Seleeya… Nice touch. Except what it the logic of naming ships. I’d picture Vulcans being a less sentimental bunch merely assigning them numbers rather than naming them after geographic locations.

Liked the Movie scene and the fact Tripp forces Archer to give the crew a little R&R. Archer would not be happy without everyone being obsessed and angry as he is. Mind you shouldn’t Plox be the one doing this… you know being a medical officer he might be more likely to clinically note stress in the crew and…

Once again the Producers don’t have to worry about physics thanks to the annomallys. Real asteroids to zip around and if you want excitment they must so the anomally fixes that.

Must also create gravity greater than the mass of objects in space. Mind you how was it that the Vulcan ship wasn’t already pulverized by this point.

So before logic Vulcan’s were all lumbering paranoid homicidal maniacs. Or more specifically “Paranoia and psychosis were rampant” before logic.

Does this make any sense? Yes we Know Vulcans were violent and highly emotional and nearly destroyed themselves with that, but did any one for a moment think that meant that they were all lunatics? They managed to colonize another planet (Romulus, during that time, that would require a little bit of societal normality to develop and use their technology. If you want an idea of what early Vulcans were like watch Spock in All our Yesterdays. He was prone to violent outbursts and his passions seemed to dictate his behavior Kind of like people when they are drunk, without the wobbling and throwing up

For T’pol to liken the Zombie Vulcan’s to ancient Vulcans is a Dumb bit of clunky expositional writing that was unnecessary. Instead of saying there inibitions and control was shut off, why not leave it at the radiation caused a psychosis in them.

I guess that also explains their zombie like appearence, radiation poisining.

I liked the giant hole through the decks but how did it happen? A hole like that seems to indicate an asteroid hit… but there is still atmoshpere and junk… Before anyone says forcefields… remember there are none at present.

The Security guy should have died. Doesn’t anyone on this ship die? I mean how dangerous can the galaxy be for humans if they only get cuts and bruises? There has to be more death!

My TV Kaked for a short while and so can someone explain why Archer decided to blow up the vessel? I know they were dying but unless they request to be killed it isn’t a mercy killing.
Also make sArcher’s “Being human” speech near the end look hypocritical, of course if it was an accident that point is recinded.

Dream ending… oooh how original how creepy how never before done at the end of a horror film before. Unnecessary.

Still all in all not a bad episode.

I give it a B. It moved well and had nice atmosphere. They solved the problem of having a wonder element to prevent problems with the Anomally.

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I’m usually not as bad of a nit-picker as you guys, but there was one thing that bothered me real bad. Why were Trip and Travis on a big asteroid that was among other big asteroids smashing into each other. What made them safe from the smashing?

More panda, por favor.

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KP, I would have to watch it again to be sure, but I think that disabling the safeties (or whatever) to enable them to get back to their shuttle caused an unexpected core breach, or something like that…

Plus, he had to get T’Pol’s luscious ass back to Phlox since she could still be saved and the others were “already dead, Jim.”

The needs of the one.

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Talking asteroids? I missed that part. I did like the long, top view of Enterprise approaching the asteroid field, with the asteroids moving in random directions, bouncing off each other, and breaking up. An homage to the old Asteroids video game, especially the versions that used a ship that looked like Enterprise. I was waiting for the flying saucer.

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By talking asteroids, I mean the swooshing sound effects.

In space, no one can hear you swoosh.

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They weren’t. That’s why they had to run like hell when the anomaly (a plot device if there ever was one) send a big one their way.

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Miniature Space Weasels. Their energy is squeezed out into the… umm… plasma carburetor, and… well, you get the gist.

Wooo-hoooo!!! I’ve been verbed! :smiley:

Bruce_Daddy – I think they were counting on more safety from landing on an asteroid at the edge of the field, one that was farther away from Smashing Central. But then the anomaly changed their asteroid’s course to move into the field, and now it was only a matter of time before Smashage occurred. And it did, just after they lifted off.

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And there seems to be an insinuation in the preview that he plans to kill a bunch of people (crew of the Enterprise?) so that he can keep her.

You’d do that in an instant, wouldn’t you, Tars? Tars…? Put down that knife, Tars…

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Why you gots to be pulling a knife on me!?

I ain’ts be gottens no weapon!

I loveded you, man.

Loveded you like a brother.

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Ponder Stibbons: The Vulcans were saying “brraaaiiiinnnss” - in Vulcan.

tracer: Good explanations made for your wonder about an intake manifold. If it was for atmospheric flight the {chiding} somebody left the doooooor open.

vivalostwages: Where in the solar system are we? Why we’re in the Expanse where the laws of physics are completely different!

Bruce_Daddy: Monstre explained it well. The dialogue confirmed that Trip and Mayweather were going to an isolated asteriod. BTW, the approach shot showed a blue outcropping (IMHO, the Trellium-D).

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carnivorousplant and Monstre, that makes sense, I guess.

Which also leads me to another point, shouldn’t it be policy that only one shuttle is “away” at a time. If something happens to them both, UH OH! Especially since they don’t have that transporter thingamajig figgered out yet.

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:dubious:

It’s called Earth. It’s the third rock from the sun.

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By the way, gotta love how Travis, Wonder-Pilot, brought that shuttle in for a landing and bounced it to a halt.

Bruce, I was also a little troubled by Travis taking shuttle two out for a jaunt, with shuttle one already in the middle of Danger Central. Even if it’s not policy to have only one out at a time, you’d think it would be a good idea to ensure that the second shuttle is available for a potential rescue when shuttle one is out in a dangerous situation. This episode proved it – with Cap’n needing rescue, and shuttle two under repair.
D’oh!!!

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The episode was good. Creepy, House of the Dead, feel but for good reason. Continued the arc with finding the Trellium-D but having the dilemma of not be able to use it now. I would give it A-, I liked it.

Quick Good Points:[ul][li]It’s good to see that all the main characters are not on the bridge every moment.[/li][li]I like how they use the transporter - they are more comfortable with in on inanimate objects - and it screws up. Justifies it’s lack of use.[/li][li]Universal Docking Port is logical here :)[/li][li]Reed in the lead, MACO in the rear. Good tactics overall. MACO giving the “with all due respect” line to T’Pol and apologizing afterwards. At least they have good aim - as expected for Securiy/MACO forces. Good to see the MACO on the bar over the pit have some above average dexterity - he’s cream of the crop after all. Loved it when Reed orders the MACO to leave, MACO keeps firing, Reed orders again, MACO grunts and storms off. Perfect. If the MACO were not injured then he would have to figure more prominantly in the fights and upstage a main character, so they paid the Vulcan extra to whack him.[/li][li]Two stuns used very consistently to down a Vulcan instead of two here, one there, four another time.[/li][li]I liked that Archer got to go all vigilante on the Vulcan in the alcove. Probably got out some aggression.[/li][li]T’Pol saying “leave me on the next habitable planet.” So Vulcan’ly noble :)[/li][li]Archer saying, “I can’t save humanity without holding onto what makes me human.”[/li][li]Movie night is not a “Hope/Crosby picture” like Trip was suggesting because T’Pol was dreaming and she would dream a previous movie night. The movie was with Alan Ladd, but there was too little for me to identify it.[/li][li]Loved Trip’s :eek: when T’Pol said to shut up![/li][/ul]
Quick Bad Points:[ul][li]T’Pol was transformed rather quickly when she went aboard the Seleya. How did the Vulcans have it altogether enough to get ore, refine it, and start applying it to the hull before they went nuts? Well, unlike humans they probably use isolation procedures and, horrors, bio-suits until they check foreign stuff out. It was probably isolated until they started to apply it to the hull and then it was too late.[/li][li]Why did the Vulcans have wounds and sores after exposure? T’Pol didn’t get any. It has been suggested they were due to radiation, but I don’t recall any mentioned.[/li][li]Pod One going to the Vulcan ship sidestepped that asteroid like Fred Astaire. I saw the starboard thruster but it banked around the asteroid like there was also air present. Must have been that anomaly field effect. :)[/li][li]The Vulcan ship had shorting lights and electrical sparking. Anyone ever hear of fuses? GFCI?[/li][li]When Archer and T’Pol go down a corridor and Reed and MACO take the other, Security forces should split up and go with the other guys.[/li][li]Damn, that Grav-Plating must be good! The entire ship is on minimal life support, the power and lighting are almost gone, but the plates stay fully charged and unerring operational.[/li][li]It was mentioned in the Vulcan control center that the Mains were down but that the Auxilliary Control was working. Auxilliary Stuff[sup]tm[/sup] seems to be Really good - it’s Always Working! I think I want to make my ship with the Auxilliary Stuff primary and the Main Stuff secondary.[/li][li]T’Pol presses a button on the Vulcan control panel and instantly knows the launch bay is depressurized, “possible ue to an asteroid.” ?[/li][li]{as noted by others}T’Pol speaking English to the Vulcan Solin is just bad.[/li][li]When the Trip/Mayweather Pod returns to the bay, did you notice the hull all chewed up {very good!} and the front viewing plexi-blister Completely Intact![/li][li]To Archer - put the gun in the holster when you cross a pit on a balance-beam. And think about holding on to something. NB: Good thing the hanging wires over the pit were the Only Ones not sparking.[/li][li]Docking clamps stick while leaving an explosive situation. Yawn.[/li][li]Archer said, “we could use a hand” when the docking clamps stick. Trip might have told Archer he was going to blast the docking clamps instead of just shooting without explanation.[/li][/ul]
Questions:[ul][li]Why did T’Pol offer to helm Pod One on approach to the Vulcan ship?[/li][li]Isn’t Voris an unusual Vulcan name? (Okay every Vulcan male name doesn’t have to begin with an ‘S’)[/li][li]Why does access through the Starboard Hatch of the Vulcan ship (sounds like a major hatch) come out through a one person hole in the floor?[/li][li]Shouldn’t a stun on a MACO rifle be better than a stun on a phase-pistol? BTW, the energy beam? Phase-pistols: red; rifles: blue: Vulcan guns: green. :)[/li][li]Why did Reed scan the Vulcan wall and say, “Vulcan blood”. D’uh. He should have just said, “blood”. BTW, the lighting was bad but the color was green.[/li][li]Why is Mayweather’s asteroid landing so bad? Hitting an outcropping for goodness sake. He said he matched rotational velocities. Guess its the anomaly and a rotating mass is a hard sucker to hit.[/li][li]I suppose it’s Phlox’s manner of speaking, but when he said, “This Trellium-D is a powerful neurotoxin” and all the rest of that speach that it sounded like he knew it all along? It was probably just he way of saying it after he just analyzed the situation, but it sounded like you just wanted to slap him and say, “Hey doc, why didn’t you tell us that Before?”[/li][/ul]