In my opinion, one of Trek's finest moments. Definitely Enterprise's emotional highpoint thus far.
I'd rate this in the same category as TNG's The Inner Light and DS9's The Visitor.
The actor that plays Trip really shines here and we get to see what makes Trip the man he is: foibles and all. Bakula is in top form as well and actually looks older by the episode's ending.
Hell, even Mayweather gets a part this episode!
My rating: 10/10
Worth taping and watching again.
Your opinions?
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I thought it as a pretty good episode. It was quite similar to "Tuvix" in many ways, though. It seemed to me as though Trip had a bit of a confused look on his face at the end, almost like he was thinking "Why'd he do it?"
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I would have prefered if the ending showed how Trip handled being cloned. That and how T'Pol justified kissing the clone even though the real Trip may be more than just infatuated with her. Wait, where does the alternate view of T'Pol and Archer fall under then?
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Despite the biological crap of the cloning larve thing, this was a very good episode.
An emotional high for Enterprise, especially that last scene where the clone willingly gives up his live to save Trip. Some good character developments for the main cast, as well. It seems like the T'Pol-Tucker thing is actually going to happen. The first human-Vulcan child in Season 7? Damn, they could have called her T'Pau after all!
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I loved it - this episode is one of my faves too! Lots of strong emotion - and i can't say this enough - but Jolene Blalock is an incredible actress - she can say so much by doing so little .. just by looking at T'Pol's face you can see her struggling inside - cracks in her voice....
I found the Trip/T'Pol scene fit this episode - i find that Connor Trinneer and Jolene Blalock have great chemistry! I'm glad they - the writers - just didn't leave the SUGGESTION hanging out there... that whole thing is getting old - i'm glad they took the chance and let that 'sexual tension' out. I think its a great foreshadow! Our question, "What is she gonna do now with the real Trip?" is what's gonna make future eps interesting.
Archer's determination is highlighted alot - and the final Trip-clone departure was beautiful - with Phlox, and Archer.
*trying to think of anything i didn't like* .. hmmmmmm.... Nope.. I liked everything about this one..
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Sim telling Phlox he was a good father was wrenching. As was Phlox having to tell Archer that Sim wouldnt survive the operation..
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I wonder if Tripp has Sim's memories... In the end, I wondered how Tripp felt about being cloned? Considering the operation and coma, he was probobly barely on his feet at all.
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I would have expected Trip to be somewhat upset that he was cloned... that says nothing about being greatful, just slightly upset about how it happened.
I dunno how I feel about this episode yet. If Shem's [that's what I thought his name was, what does CC say?] experiences are transfered to Trip, that's something. If T'pol and Trip's relationship goes further. If the emotional crisis that was caused by Shem's death is carried over into the next episodes... these things and more will make the episode good. But if it is campy like many of the emotional episodes in the past I'll be upset. These changes need to continue to develop.
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I think Trip was a bit shell-shocked at the episode's end. First he lost his sister and then he watches them bury an exact duplicate of himself....definitely feeling his own mortality, I'd wager.
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What the hell is going on?! How the hell did this show start getting good all of a sudden? We could be seeing a return to the gets-good-in-season-three rule that Voyager managed to avoid so skillfully.
I also thought of "The Visitor," seeing Sim with Porthos almost brought a tear to my eye. I'm just very emotional at the moment, I think I'm getting my period. . .
I wonder if we'll get an Archer-Tucker-T'Pol love triangle. That would confuse the Ar/T'ers and the Tu/T'ers, we'd end up with BLT'ers (Bizzare Love Triangle)! 8)
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Where does Porthos fit into that Love Triangle? He's like the kid caught in a bad divorce: he spends a night here, then there..... Do the doors open for the dog? I sure hope so....
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If we are speaking about rules... To me, it seems that the show has returned to the "idiot script, good acting" rule.
I mean, look at this story. It doesn't make any sense. It relies on... magic, I would say, to bring "heroes" into the peril and to stall their rescure, not to mention completely impossible situations...
And yet the actors now are comfotable with the characters they play, and they now act them way better than before.
But the sad thing is... it's too late for me to appreciate this show. I saw end of this episode with all this powerful stuff... and I didn't care. Every time I see those characters I'm reminded previous two bad years.
On the bright side, scientific "knowledge" of the producers and "realistic" scenarios of screenwriters stopped to annoy me. They make me laugh instead. No, really
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