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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Solid episode - easily the best multi-parter this season after the Vulcan arc, IMO. -I *know* I wasn't the only one having a bad Keanu Reeves flashback when Archer said that they'd explode if the ship went any slower than warp 5. :) -REALLY COOL opening shot of Enterprise passing overhead directly at the camera, then Columbia following as we go INSIDE the ship. Anyone wanna look for screencaps of what we see in the intervening interiors? This episode is replete with handheld and zoom shots, BTW - like "Daedelus", except toned down somewhat. -The transfer is done by merging the warp fields of the two ships and then moving within 50m of each other, belly to belly. It was insane, but pretty fun to watch. Critics will see this and wonder why Enterprise is flying so close to the top of an Akira-class starship. :p -Wait, why didn't they just release the tether on the Columbia end? Even with some relative drag coefficient slipping through the field, it'd be better than losing the assembly on the Enterprise end. At the very least Trip could drag at the end of the tether until Reed could reel him in. -We're not really aware of the passage of time between Columbia's launch and the Klingon virus attack. It's a stretch (mostly covered by the hope that you'd forget about the time factor in the intervening week), but not impossible to believe, especially given the still-ridiculous four day cruise to Qo'nos from the premiere. -As Trip is doing the engine restart, where's Commander Kelby? He barely did anything last week, and here he's absent altogether, leaving T'Pol to push the buttons as Trip says so. Obviously this is the device to force those two back together, but she's hardly the most qualified. There are other engineers there too! -The S31 guy is Harris, a former Starfleet security guy who "vanished" five years previous. When he talks to Archer, he references the Starfleet charter, Chapter 14, Section 31. So S31 predates the Federation... One wonders how they got their way into the modern charter. -The Augment DNA gives Klingons a human level of emotional response and control. One wonders how this affects mixed-breed Klingons - we know K'ehlyr for example had rage problems. Alexander seemed okay but for the odd growth spurts and typical family dysfunction, no? -Krell's approaching Klingon strike force recalls the days when the Enterprise-D habitually ran into a Vor'cha and a pair of BoPs. Reed labels all three as "battlecruisers", though. -Why the hell did Archer go down alone, but to be the sole human around to get ridged? And what now, he's got parts of Vulcan AND Klingon floating around inside him, in one way or another? -The battle isn't filmed especially dramatic, but was well done. Ah well - it'd have been cool if Columbia could come in, guns blazing. Ah well. -Note that during combat, Hernandez goes to that pillar-mounted monitor to contact Archer. Finally, someone has the foresight to have a Captain-viewable viewer for communications. The only thing that's come close is Sisko going to a side consol to talk to Dukat while the Defiant was in combat, in "Way of the Warrior". -As suggested, the Klingon ridges are gone thanks to the cure, and is a genetic condition that will be passed on to succeeding generations. Phlox suggests that in the future they might figure out a way to reverse the cosmetic parts of the changes. In the meantime, cosmetic surgery may become a growth industry in the Empire - this goes a long way in explaining why Klingons are pretty good at it a hundred years hence, why Darvin could convincingly look human a hundred years after THAT, and why Klingons really wouldn't want to have their foreheads be the subject of light conversation outside their walls. Well done. -Archer jokingly says to Hernandez that ONE of them should be exploring - I guess they've noticed that Enterprise really hasn't been doing that this season, except for "Observer Effect" not too long ago. -Hey - Trip STAYS on Columbia?! Th'hell? Who'll be around to fall prey to the Orion slave girls next episode? Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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