Friday, September 20, 2013

Enterprise S1E4 - Unexpected

Trip helps an alien crew fix their engines only to find himself pregnant – Wikipedia.


First Thoughts:

The cold open was cheesy but effective to demonstrate the systems malfunctions.

The Tekkno-babble was silly of course, but I really liked the idea of a cloaked ship hitching a ride in their wake.

Great introduction to the holodeck! Are these aliens the source of the later Federation technology?

Nice tie in with the Klingons…glad to see they are assholes again. All is right with the universe.

Gratuitous Porthos scene…Yay!

I am soooo glad that Trip didn’t actually sleep with Ah’len...way to go for Starfleet officers that actually do exhibit restraint and professionalism while on duty….although it was cool to see T’Pol get all Vulcan-jealous.

Nitpicks:

Sorry, I just don’t like the theme song. I like what they are doing with the montage…and when the song first starts it seems OK, but the chorus just loses me every time.

I am not going to bother worrying about the actual biological logistics of Trip’s pregnancy. It made enough sense in the context of the episode, and they didn’t overplay it.

The concept of the Xyrillion ship was muddled. They were obviously going for an organic-y feel with the grass and wall food, but then their propulsion system is a Dexter’s lab mess of tubes and coils.

Speaking of which…sure didn’t see any grass on their home world, not sure why they needed it for the ship.

It’s OK that the Xyrillions are a passive race, but they are obviously technologically advanced…no one on their crew has the ability to fix or maintain their propulsion system?

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