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Alshrim Dax
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Again i'm first to post.. how cool is that!?
I just LOVED this episode. I think the writing was amazing.. and the suggestion that T'Pol and Archer can get together adds and amazing tension to the rest of the series...

Tho' again - they used a temporal phenomenon .. but hey... for pure entertainment value - i enjoyed it. It was intelligent and showed all our characters in different roles..

Again, however .. I'm pissed that Mayweather is killed early on.. and has no fuggin' role.. what's with that??

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MinutiaeMan
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Mayweather is turning into an extra... if his name weren't in the credits, there'd be no distinction between him and the random helm officers the Enterprise-D had in the later fourth, sixth, and seventh seasons...

I think that Five Minute "Enterprise" got it just about right way back last year:
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Archer: Oh, by the way, Travis just got back. He says it was his faith in us not to underuse him that set him free.
T'Pol: Ironic, isn't it?
Archer: Mm. Bring him the next batch of scripts, will you? He'll need time to practice his line.

How prescient....

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The_Tom
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The real nifty bit that nobody's seemed to catch yet...

That Xindi soldier (who ended up getting Cromwelled in the throat) was obviously looking for Archer specifically and trying to kill him. Why, exactly? Could it be that the Xindi somehow knew that the timeline would get de-fux0red if Archer survived long enough to punch the reset button in a few years time? And consider for a moment that Braga's said that the Xindi have their own FutureGuy...

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TheWoozle
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Major Spoilage ahoy! Get them while I have serverspace. I originally posted these on StarShip Modeler.

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Charles Capps
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That or he was about the only one left in the room.

Personally I love the Ceti Alpha V touch...

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Jason Abbadon
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That's a very good point: the Xindi would'nt have gone looking in his quarters if they didint know he's be there.
A captain is usually on the bridge during combat after all.

It was a hell of an episode.

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MrNeutron
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I can tell the Enterprise writing staff watched Memento.

I hate reset button episodes. This was well done for one, granted, but it's still a cheat. And what WAS up with killing Mayweather right off the bat? Do they really hate him that much?

Seeing all the different human ships was cool, though. Seeing this "rag tag fugative fleet" made me humm the Galactica theme. [Big Grin]

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Galen
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The only thing wrong with the human fleet was the Hazari ship.

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Mark Nguyen
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In the big picture, Mayweather's blink-and-you-miss-it death was probably more of an insult than anything else. People barely even noticed he was there.

I believe the actor actually ASKED for a little extra time off for the first part of this season, so he could accomodate a couple guest appearances on other shows and his standup show. I've got a feeling that this has backfired somewhat, resulting in his basically being written out of the show since the premiere. While it seems pretty clear that the writers don't know what else to do with his character, it will remain to be seen whether or not they'll realize they can likely get along without him in the direction they're going now.

I like the character, and had been hoping for him to grow up a little during his time, but I doubt that he'll get more than the 2.5 episodes devoted to him in the last two years. If the show's going to cut someone, it'll be him - and it may leave the show without the token African-American character.

Mark

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Aban Rune
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*drool*

Earth.

Ships.

I loves 'em. The one ship looks wonderfully Akyazi-esque. It's very nice to see these ships in more detail.

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Lee
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If there's one problem I had with the ep, it's the lack of structure. They could have done a lot more with the whole no-short-term-memories thing without it turning into a complete Memento ripoff. But that need for the teaser, with Earth getting destroyed, just shows the limitations of TV storytelling. They have to grab you early on; never mind that having the cool bit at the beginning completely disrupts the flow of the story.

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TheWoozle
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Anybody know the name of the arrowhead-shaped ship? Was it mentioned in the episode where it premered?

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Lee
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Don't think so. All we ever knew was that one of them was the Intrepid commanded by Captain Ramirez.

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And the Intrepid has been IDed as the Akyazi-esque ship. Too bad alternate Reed (even though actually getting promoted to Captain) never got that fourth pip, changed his uniform and division color, or even command the Intrepid. She was nearly destroyed before he could board her, plus he was killed when the Enterprise's bridge was destroyed.

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The_Tom
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Too bad Kennedy never re-won the Democratic nomination, got re-elected President, or even got to sleep with Audrey Hepburn, plus he was killed when a bullet went into his head really fast.

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