When they arrive there, they find the monastery has unwelcome guests: the Andorians. However, Arev remarked that the captain's actions exposed the Vulcan High Council's "hypocrisy." One of the promises of "Star Trek: Enterprise" was to explore how Starfleet evolved into what it was in the original "Star Trek" series. [7] Combs was offered a guest starring role without having to audition. Shran terminates the conversation and destroys the communicators, one after the other. But another red flag for TPol is the fact that the elder is alone in the atrium, which is surprising and unusual. "That's them. After some initial misunderstanding and a firefight, the commandos and the Enterprise landing party discovered a highly sophisticated surveillance installation in the catacombs beneath the monastery. Forgot your password? Soon, Lieutenant Reed and a security team transport into the tunnels, taking out most of the Andorians with explosive charges and phaser fire. 6th of 97 released in ENT Andorian commandos took control of the temple in 2151, searching for a hidden sensor array. But the results are rarely as successful" [as this]. Before accepting he wanted to know more, and was told the character was an Andorian and that he would not die at the end of the episode. Unfortunately, we never saw much of that on the show. One expresses hesitation about beaming down; Reed dismisses his fears and orders him onto the transporter platform but confesses to some nervousness of his own. Over the next three seasons,. Testing the theory, he allows himself to be questioned further by Shran, providing them with such useful information as the fact that 70% of the organisms on Earth are bacteria, that someone in Canton, Ohio rolled a ball of string six meters in diameter, and that astronomer Tycho Brahe lost his nose in a duel. Season 1. Archer and Tucker pretend to wander around aimlessly, looking at the monastery. T'Pol notes that she will find the proper protocols for the visit, and leaves. "Leave her alone." The merits of a transporter landing are debated. "[10], This episode was first broadcast on UPN on October 31, 2001. Lots of familiar faces in this one. Particularly, the Vulcan High Command is far more antagonistic than we might have thought. Weve got Jeff Ricketts as Keval; he previously played the Axanar captain in Fight or Flight. Weve got Jamie McShane as the security guard; he will be back on Picard in the recurring role of Zhaban. After the Andorians leave them in confinement, T'Pol and the elder monk explain that Andorians are known for their suspicious and volatile nature. Wiki Manage all your favorite fandoms one place Try FanCentral Don have account Register Sign Memory Alpha Manage all your favorite fandoms one place Try FanCentral Don have account Register Sign. Thank you for keeping the discussion, and our community, civil and respectful. If your comment does not eventually appear please review our Moderation Policy carefully before posting again. Wiki Manage all your favorite fandoms one place Try FanCentral Don have account Register Sign Memory Alpha Manage all your favorite fandoms one place Try FanCentral Don have account Register Sign. The First Minister was dismissed, and the High Command forced the resignation of T'Les, T'Pol's mother, from the Vulcan Science Academy. At this point, space travel and alien contacts are a brand new and world-shaking experience for humanity. Earth's people have only just perfected the Warp 5 engine and a whole deeper region of space beckons. There is even a storyline involving a deep cover Romulan agent embedding within the Vulcan High Command, which could have drawn the Vulcans into the conflict. T'Pol notes that the stairwell must be under the atrium. Upon landing, they discover that the monastery has been forcibly taken over by the Andorians, a paranoid and highly excitable race of aliens with a long history of conflict with the Vulcans. In the ready room, Trip Tucker is telling Captain Archer that using the Vulcan star charts takes all fun out of being explorers. Phlox states that he sometimes feels out of place aboard Enterprise NX-01 and reminds her of the Vulcan motto 'infinite diversity in infinite combinations'. According to a key storyline in the show's fourth season, it wasn't until this era that the Vulcan's truly found their way to logic, at least not as we had seen it on "The OriginalSeries" and beyond. This episode was chosen as the #2 "fan favorite" in an on-line poll conducted by UPN. Learning that T'Pol has been aboard the Human vessel for "nine weeks and four days", the Elder asks her how she has been able to bear it. This would have likely provided many opportunities for stories to delve deeper into the conflict between the Andorians and the Vulcans, perhaps even evolving their relationship as Shran and T'Pol serve side by side. We know what the long-term endgame isAndorians were introduced as members of the Federation, after all, way back in 1967, so we know that there will be peace among these three worlds a century hencebut having it start out as a contentious relationship gives the stories somewhere to go, and the arc of how the Andorians and Vulcans and humans all come to a rapprochement will be one of the more compelling storylines of the series moving forward. Also Reed bitches that landing parties checking in regularly and scanning for alien ships when entering orbit should be standard procedure, which it will be, as seen on all the other shows, You say this is a place to purge emotions? Archer offers to share his blanket; she says she'd rather freeze, as "it's been 24 hours since I took my nasal numbing agent." However,the Vulcan people would not change overnight, and thanks to the early ending of the series, the story of their people's journey to a new age was never resolved, another tale left sadly incomplete. Shran wants to know where the sensor array is. Enter the email address associated with your account and we'll send you a link to reset your password. Shran knocked to the ground by the explosion. Once again, though, the show's cancelation stopped that story from being told. [1] This was the first of ten episodes of Enterprise that she directed, and said she enjoyed the experience of making the episode as well as the story it told. (At least the lack of technology in the monastery explains the lack of electronic surveillance). This means that Starfleet is largely on its own while making first contact with civilizations like the Klingons, Romulans, Andorians, and others. Shran remarks that he is now in Archer's debt. Who knows, with a mirror version of Phillipa Georgiou said to be receiving her own series, it's still possible we'll learn what happens after "In a Mirror, Darkly.". Enterprise visits a Vulcan monastery, only to find that it is in the midst of being taken over by the Andorians. But given that they are traveling with a Vulcan, the Andorians find this incredible. (ENT: "The Seventh"), In the 22nd century, the monastery was ransacked three times by the Andorians looking for a suspected sensor array. In a large part thanks to the appeal of Spock as a character, Vulcans are a core part of the franchise's core mythology. Answer me, pink skin! The door has been bashed in and theres broken pottery on the floor. Archer would like to visit, and TPol agrees, though the conditions under which they can go down, and the rituals they must follow, are lengthy and complex, causing Archer to snidely comment to Tucker, And I thought Starfleet training was tough.. Now, on "Enterprise,"set some 250 years before, we think we might finally get some answers. Season 1, Episode 15. Archer mentions Surak, established in the original series The Savage Curtain as the founder of Vulcans philosophy of logic and suppressing emotions, where an image of him was played by Barry Atwater. 10/29/2003. Hurt Spock (Star Trek) Angst; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Fiction; Character Study; Romance; Language: English Collections: The Kirk/Spock Fanfiction Archive Stats: Published: 2012-03-02 Completed: 2012-03-31 Words: 29813 Chapters: 10/10 Comments: 1 Kudos: 3 Bookmarks: 3 Hits: 50. The Elder lies to Archer about the reliquary, saying "no one has entered it in years." Tucker raises Enterprise and tells Malcolm Reed that the landing party has walked into a "hostage situation". T'Pol is reading a book when she gets a call . He explains that while going through the charts he found a remote outpost on a planet a few light years off their current heading. This episode provides humans first contact with the species. At the time of its destruction, the structure was almost 3,000 years old, with Master Haadok having been one of the monastery's founders. The site was destroyed in 2152. Sure enough, he puts it back together again and contacts Enterprise, giving Reed orders to wait. During interrogation, wrongly disbelieving Archer's protestations of ignorance, the Andorians beat him. What becomes of them? ", "All this time they've been calling these monks liars - and all this time, they've been right! The transmitter is busted, but Tucker is confident in his ability to fix it. In the process, we learn a lot about the Jem'Hadar and get a doubl.- Escucha Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | The Abandoned por Beam Me Up: A Star Trek Podcast instantneamente en tu tablet, telfono o navegador - no necesita descargas. Its unfortunate that we have to wait eight episodes for there to be consequences for this, as this is the sort of thing that should (and will) upend local politics sooner rather than later. S1 E7 45min TV-PG When Archer and his crew pay a friendly visit to an ancient Vulcan monastery, they stumble into an interstellar conflict between the Vulcans and their militaristic rivals, the Andorians. Keith R.A. DeCandido is very much looking forward to 2022 sucking less than 2021. ", "I don't take orders from a com voice, ensign, not unless that voice belongs to the captain. However, those attitudes soften by the end of Season 4, with Soval, who had once questioned Captain Archer's mission, now calling him a friend. Even the Vulcans now relent; there is a transmitter which the Humans may use, it turns out, in the monastery's catacombs, amongst the sacred relics. Write by: To reiterate what Trekkies often say: "Star Trek" takes place in a potentially utopian future, when war is at an end, money is gone, and diplomacy rules the roost . Following the Vulcan initiate by torchlight through the catacombs, Tucker spots some natural light coming in through holes at the top of a stairwell. The landing party heads off into the catacombs. T'Pol replies that the Vulcans may object to the intrusion. A surprising development at the start of the first season of "Star Trek: Enterprise" sees the Vulcans portrayed very differently than fans had come to expect. For a while, it feels like the subplot of Malcolm in Section 31 might lead somewhere more compelling. ", The large double doors that served as P'Jem's entrance were a reuse of the doors to the Klingon High Council Chamber in ENT: "Broken Bow". Reed is not happy about that at all. Production number: 40358-007 Weve got Bruce French as the elder; he previously played a Betazoid in TNGs The Drumhead, an Ocampa in Voyagers Caretaker, and a Sona in Insurrection. The Andorians have actually come twice before, he says, both times leaving on the same day. Indeed, the most appealing aspect of doing a prequel like this is to sow the seeds of what we know will come later, but its a philosophy the show only embraced every once in a while, at least prior to the final season. ", "Sir, you're wearing a hole in the deck plating. At age 16, she left home to pursue a modeling career in Europe and Asia. One ongoing plot thread in the final season is the growing tension between Earth and the Romulan Empire. Hallmark 2004 Star Trek Enterprise VULCAN COMMAND SHIP Keepsake MAGIC Lights MIB. [19] In it, the Enterprise heads to a 3,000-old Vulcan monastery and are surprised to find that it is full of armed Andorians. Its his third recurring role on Trek, having also played Brunt and Weyoun on multiple episodes of DS9, and he also played Tiron in DS9s Meridian, Mulkahey in DS9s Far Beyond the Stars, and Penk in Voyagers Tsunkatse, and will go on to play Krem in Acquisition and AGIMUS in Lower Deckss Where Pleasant Fountains Lie., Combs, Ricketts, and Dennis will all return in Shadows of PJem.. 8 years after DS9, Robert Foxworth returned to portray Vulcan Administrator V'Las in Star Trek: Enterprise's 4th and final season. Later, she is sharing a meal with Doctor Phlox in the mess hall. This includes an episode centered on the building of Starfleet's first starbase, and there had been hints that the military MACO soldiers would be folded into Starfleet, but the series' sudden cancelation left that hope, like many others, unfulfilled. Ep 7. Tucker recognizes the transmitter as using a krellide power cell and is sure he can fix it. Producer Rick Berman has commented that one of the original ideas for the series was to explore how Earth went from the chaotic 21st century seen in "Star Trek: First Contact" to the peaceful paradise of "The Original Series." The threesome are not convinced, and continue to wander until Archer spots the reflection of a blue alien hiding behind a wooden frame. According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 45) and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Stellar Cartography", pp. Reed has read about the Andorians in the Vulcan database. This page lists movies similar to 12 Monkeys (2015) according to genre, mood, tone, story-beat, and much more. What happens to the powerful planet-killing machines they develop using technology from the mysterious race of so-called "sphere builders"? Arc: Vulcan vs. Andoria (1of7) The email will only be created once you click on the "Send Email" button. Greetings in English, Klingon and Vulcan languages are around the base of the Starship Enterprise statue. When Tucker asks why the Andorians have invaded P'Jem, the Vulcan Elder points to their suspicion that the Vulcans may be hiding a long range sensor array here. [Ready room] TUCKER: Maybe it's just me, but it seems like these Vulcan star charts take all the fun out of it. Vulcans and Andorians are from neighboring star systems and have been in conflict for many years. In the 22nd century, the monastery was ransacked three times by the Andorians looking for a suspected sensor array. No offense. Tholos pays T'Pol unwanted sexual attention, telling her what he has heard of her world's exotic mating rituals. One of the running background themes of Trekwhich is, admittedly, a byproduct of it being a show made on this actual planetis that humans are the center of the Federation. See if it has anything on these Andorians. Archer and Tucker decide the next stop is a Vulcan monastery. Scientists studied them extensively, as ancient Vulcans were alleged to store katras in them, but no evidence of a katra was found. The attackers return and fire on Enterprise, but the victims' rescuing. They rescinded this decision at the request of Captain Sopek, after T'Pol saved his life on Coridan. 634th of 875 released in all Directed by David Livingston. Hover to zoom. 8.0 (1,873) As Enterprise warps through the depths of space, Captain Archer decides to take the opportunity to visit a nearby ancient Vulcan monastery called P'Jem, a sanctuary for meditation and "Kolinahr," or purging of emotion. Everywhere A Jeffrey Combs interview, Part 1", "Star Trek's Mr. Written by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga and Fred Dekker It also tried to shed the image as an episodic series as long-form storytelling became more popular on shows like "The West Wing" and "The Sopranos." "I thought Starfleet training was tough. One such storyline was the two-part episode "In a Mirror, Darkly." It turns out the Vulcans are in fact hiding a massive spy facility underneath this monastery. ", "For people without emotion you sure have a flair for the dramatic! He commands T'Pol to hand her scan records over to the Andorians; she commands Enterprise to allow them to leave the planet unmolested. Ive been trained to tolerate offensive situations. [26] In 2016, Treknews.net had "The Andorian Incident" ranked as one of the top ten episodes of Enterprise; they note how Captain Archer must deal with an Andorian, Shran, who is introduced in this episode. When Shran questions Archer about their reasons for visiting the monastery, he explains that the Humans have come out of simple curiosity. Captain Archer and the Enterprise NX-01 crew were taken hostage during the incident. On the opposite side is a mysterious man named Daniels, who claims to be working on the opposing side of the conflict on behalf of the future Federation. Sadly, there were plans for more that never came to fruition. 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