Silent Enemy, Prod#ST:ENT 112

Synopsis: While under attack, the Enterprise crew must work frantically to get their new equipment in working order.


MJC Review:


The Drama -

"Help! We're under attack and we can't shoot back!" Yep. That was the kind of first impression I got from this episode. It did seem a bit lame at first. However, as the story began to unfold, it became a bit more interesting. There were actually some good scenes between Reed and Trip, especially those that dealt with how to proceed with installing the new phase canons. Read wants to be "gun-ho" and do whatever it takes to get them on-line, while Trip wants to proceed "by-the-book". Eventually, mostly due to yet another trek life threatening desperate situation, both work out a compromise and were able to save the day. After all these months in deep space, viewers also got to see how Archer was beginning to doubt his actions about going into deep space without the ship being fully prepared. It must be very unnerving for a captain not to be able to protect his crew. Archer feels that those actions were too risky, but, as Kirk once said, "Risk is our business".  A good ol' talk with Trip straightened out Archer on that issue. Underneath all this silent enemy stuff, the crew plans for Reeds birthday and tries to figure out what foods he likes. And surprise! He gets a pineapple cake. Go figure. Overall, an average episode. Worthy of at least an average rating.


Tid Bits -

These phase canons shoot like phasers. So what's the difference? I guess this pre-federation starfleet lets Captains command their ships (at least for 2/3 of the episode) out of uniform.


What it all means -

"Risk, gentlemen...Risk IS out business"


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