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Captain Archer and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are on a mission to explore a new world, but their plans are interrupted when Enterprise is contacted by a Vulcan, T’Pol’s former mentor, who needs their assistance.

The Vulcan, Koss, requests that T’Pol accompany him to a nearby planet, where he is trying to help a group of aliens who are living in exile. He explains that they are a small group of exiles from various races, who have been living on the planet for many years as a result of an interplanetary conflict.

When T’Pol and Koss arrive on the planet, they discover that the exiles are living in a state of fear, and are being harassed by a powerful alien race called the Mazarites. The Mazarites are intent on driving the exiles off the planet, and have set up a force field that prevents them from leaving.

Koss requests the Enterprise’s help in rescuing the exiles and removing the force field. Captain Archer agrees, and sets a plan in motion to break through the force field and rescue the exiles.

Meanwhile, the exiles have been living in fear of the Mazarites, and have become suspicious and distrustful of outsiders. T’Pol is able to gain their trust by speaking with them, and manages to convince them that the Enterprise crew are there to help.

The Enterprise crew successfully break through the force field, allowing the exiles to escape and the crew to transport them to the safety of the Enterprise. However, the Mazarites are still intent on chasing them, and the Enterprise is forced to fight their way out of the system.

In the end, the Mazarites are defeated and the exiles are able to return home. Through this mission, T’Pol is able to learn more about her Vulcan heritage, and the Enterprise crew become more closely bonded as they learn to trust and rely on each other.

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Star Trek: Enterprise – Exile (Review)

Next year, Star Trek is fifty years old. We have some special stuff planned for that, but – in the meantime – we’re reviewing all of Star Trek: Enterprise this year as something of a prequel to that anniversary. This August, we’re doing the third season. Check back daily for the latest review.

If Impulse was Star Trek doing contemporary horror, then Exile is Star Trek doing gothic horror.

It is quite impressive how committed Exile is to its gothic horror trappings. Tarquin doesn’t just live alone in exile and project flattering images of himself; he lives in an honest-to-goodness gothic mansion lit by candles, where he dabbles in the occult while wearing what is a highly stylised dressing gown and between tending to the graves of his beloved(s). Exile does not skimp on its pulpy trappings. Like a lot of the early third season episodes, Exile would make for a satisfying dime-store paperback sci-fi novel; several images from the story would make a suitable cover.

It was a dark and stormy night…

That said, it is quite difficult to pull off gothic science-fiction. The original Star Trek pulled it off on a number of occasions – most obviously with The Squire of Gothos . The later spin-offs have struggled getting the right balance of po-faced seriousness with heightened absurdity. Star Trek: The Next Generation attempted Sub Rosa in its final season, while Star Trek: Voyager had some early experiments with Janeway’s gothic horror fantasy. Neither could be deemed a resounding success, and Exile stumbles a bit in the execution.

There are a number of leaps that the plot doesn’t quite articulate as well as it might. It is hard to believe that Archer would leave Hoshi alone with Tarquin, even with a phase pistol tucked under her pillow. The revelation of Tarquin’s powers should terrify the crew; having the ability to alter another person’s perception across lightyears is utterly unlike anything these explorers have seen before. However, everybody seems to accept it at face value so that the plot can move along at a reasonable rate.

Somebody has a fixation…

The way that Exile ties back into the larger arc is somewhat clumsy, right down to the convenient segue into The Shipment that comes in the final scene. In many ways, the structure of Exile recalls that of Extinction , an effectively stand-alone story that contains a very trite nods to the larger Xindi arc without any substantive connection. Despite the vital exposition that Tarquin provides in his final scene (and the subplot involving the spheres), Exile feels rather unnecessary in the larger scheme of things.

And yet, despite all that, Exile has something quite interesting to say. Written by Phyllis Strong, directed by Roxann Dawson and starring Linda Park, Exile is a very rare episode of Enterprise . It is a story with a very clear (and somewhat prescient) feminist subtext that has some very astute observations to make about certain facets of what might be deemed “nerd culture.” Specifically, male nerd culture.

He sees you when you’re sleeping…

This is not the first time that Star Trek has offered commentary on its own fandom. The tail end of the third season of The Next Generation featured two episodes that explored ideas of how fans engage with the show. The Most Toys was a story about a greedy “collector” whose entitlement issues led him to claim possession of a very real and substantial part of the television show. Hollow Pursuits was about a loner who constructed elaborate fantasies to escape from reality, crafting his own “fan fiction” starring the characters.

It is interesting to note that The Most Toys and Hollow Pursuits were (largely) focused on male characters. Kivas Fajo might have kept Varria in slavery, but Data was the real object of his attention. In Hollow Pursuits , it was Geordi who tried to forge a connection with Barclay. The idea that he was effectively reducing Troi and Crusher to objects of his sexual fantasy was glossed over by the plot, brushed aside with a joke about Riker’s height. So what makes Exile interesting is the way that it engages with that culture from an explicitly female perspective.

Dream man…

Exile is quite candid that Tarquin is a stalker. He lets himself into Hoshi’s thoughts uninvited. The opening scene suggests that Tarquin was spying on her in the bathroom, a really blatant violation of privacy. Tarquin does not declare himself to Hoshi immediately. Instead, he invites himself into her thoughts and begins snooping around. He allows Hoshi to think that she is going crazy before he officially declared himself to her. It is made quite clear that Hoshi is not safe from Tarquin anywhere on the ship.

It is interesting to note how the male cast respond to Hoshi’s concerns. Hoshi tells Reed about her encounter, but he is dismissive. When Hoshi pushes the matter, he very reluctantly promises that he’ll be alert. “All right, I’ll keep an eye out.” Given Reed is the chief of security and has been characterised as being paranoid and insecure, that doesn’t inspire too much confidence. It seems like Reed simply isn’t taking Hoshi’s concern seriously, and is trying to dismiss it or cast it aside.

This man… this monster…

Phlox is not much better. After he assures her that he can find no evidence of mind-altering substances, Hoshi asks, “So basically this is all in my head?” Phlox’s response is simple, “It appears to be.” He goes on to assure her, “On Denobula, when a person under stress hallucinates it’s considered healthy.” Of course, that glosses over the fact that Hoshi is not a Denobulan. It would be perfectly healthy for T’Pol to bleed green blood, but he should probably be worried if Hoshi started.

It is interesting that the male characters tend to dismiss Hoshi’s fears by referencing their own cultural norms. Reed compares Hoshi’s nightmares to his own nightmares about insect! Xindi, while Phlox suggest hallucinations are healthy for Denobulans. Both Reed and Phlox ignore the fact that this is not as simple as that. Hoshi’s experiences are much more specific and much more particular than all that. Reed and Phlox are more interested in reassuring themselves than with dealing with Hoshi’s problem.

“What do you mean you don’t think that this is ‘wholesome’?”

This could be seen as a commentary on how society responds to issues like stalking. Women are statistically thrice as likely to be stalked than men . Stalking is also a crime that has remarkably low prosecution, conviction and incarceration rates, as TK. Logan, Jennifer Cole and Lisa Shannon note in Partner Stalking :

Arrest rates of stalkers, among cases where the police are called to intervene, tend to be relatively low, ranging from 25% to 39%. Fewer studies have examined prosecution and conviction rates of stalkers. The NVAW Survey found a prosecution rate of 24% for partner stalking cases with female victims who reported stalking to law enforcement, 54% of those cases were actually convicted, and 63% of those convicted were incarcerated, which ultimately means that only 8% of stalking perpetrators among cases reported to law enforcement were incarcerated.

After all, stalking was not taken seriously as a crime until the nineties. So Exile does not reflect particularly well on the male crew of the Enterprise even before Archer decides to leave Hoshi alone on an alien planet with an alien who can alter her perception of reality.

I always feel like, somebody’s watching me…

Nevertheless, Tarquin is not a regular stalker by any stretch of the imagination. Tarquin has a fixation on a woman he has never met, and who he has only glimpsed remotely. He knows every detail of Hoshi’s life, every facet of her existence. He is able to casually drop trivia facts about her childhood into conversation. When Hoshi politely declines to try desert by claiming her stomach is unsettled, Tarquin replies, “You told your grandmother that every time she tried to serve you soba noodles. Now it’s one of your favourite foods.”

After all, Tarquin has not just be following Hoshi around. He has been voyeuristically enjoying her memories and her history. “Listening to your thoughts has been very pleasurable,” Tarquin! Phlox tells Hoshi. “I’ve been with you for several days. Studying your mind, your memories. Learning so many things about you.” He has been binge-watching reruns of Star Trek: Enterprise . In many respects, Tarquin conforms to many of the stereotypes of cult fandom, compensating for a bitterly lonely existence by investing himself in another world.

Beastly…

“I’ve lived here for a very long time, Mister Reed,” Tarquin explains. “My only contact with the outside world has been through telepathy.” It is interesting how Enterprise tends to treat Star Trek fandom as an isolated and fringe experience. Oasis presented Ezral in a similar light, a lonely old man on an isolated world populated by imaginary friends from another life. Perhaps this is a reflection of the show’s dwindling ratings and vocal internet culture – it seemed like not enough people were watching Enterprise , but those who did tended towards obsessive.

However, while Oasis was quite sympathetic and affectionate in its portrayal of fandom, Exile is quite scathing. For all that Tarquin is an exiled and lonely old man, he has very clearly developed his own entitlement issues. Tarquin plays as the worst excesses of contemporary fandom. He leverages his power over Enterprise in order to bend Archer and Hoshi to his whims. He knows that the ship needs him as much as he needs then, and that he has the power to turn off Enterprise once and for all.

Putting the matter to bed…

In many respects, Tarquin feels like a rather stinging critique of the worst corners of Star Trek fandom – those vocal voices who feel that the franchise exists to service their needs above all others. Tarquin arrives in the narrative at a moment of desperation for Archer and the Enterprise; they need leads on the Xindi. Similarly, those more vocal and entitled voices in fandom realised that the show itself was just as desperate. With ratings dwindling, it seemed like “the base” was all that was left, granting them more power than they might otherwise have.

And so Tarquin is presented as a “collector” not too different from Kivas Fajo. Indeed, he even collects the last book written by a long-dead culture. However, more creepily, he collects people for his own entertainment. When Hoshi discovers a make-shift graveyard, he explains, “When I lost Morianna I began to search for another, then another. Sometimes I don’t know what is worse, being alone or having to bury the people I’ve come to care about. It’s been many years since I found someone like you.”

The collector…

Rather tellingly, Tarquin seems to care less about Hoshi as a person than as an object. Despite all his rhetoric, it does not seem like Tarquin latched on to Hoshi because she is a wonderful person; she just happened to be the first woman in a while who was susceptible to his powers. He is possessive and domineering. Even though they are on a dead world, he still tries to restrict her access and movements. He is outraged when he discovers that she has wandered outside. “I asked you to stay inside!”

He treats Hoshi as an object to be kept. Despite the fact that he lives in exile, he seems to spend very little time with her once she has agreed to stay. “If you need anything else, let me know at supper tomorrow,” he asks. “I’ll be working most of the day.” Working at what? The guy claims to be in exile. It seems rather strange behaviour for somebody who just wants a human connection. Instead of treating Hoshi as a welcome relief from isolation and loneliness, he just seems happy to have her in his possession.

Going around in circles…

For a telepath, he is unwilling to share himself with Hoshi; it seems their exchange is a one-way street. When Hoshi asks whether he is listening to her thoughts over dinner, he politely assures her, “Not since you arrived. Now that you’re here with me I would rather get to know you the way other humans do.” However, despite that, he is able to tell that she has wandered into the garden surprisingly quickly. It seems quite possible that he was eavesdropping pretty continuously.

Tarquin’s dialogue is decidedly self-centred, always emphasising his own self-worth and his own tragedy. “The others had similar doubts, but over time they came to appreciate what I had to offer them,” he advises Hoshi. “No one will ever understand you the way I can.” In his last line, he assures her, “You’re on a dangerous mission. I don’t want to see you harmed. Who knows, you may change your mind about me someday.” He seems to think that Hoshi only needs to stay alive because she may still belong to him one day. What a nice guy.

Monstrous…

Exile is not just an episode about fan culture and possessive attitudes towards the Star Trek franchise. Exile is touching on ideas that will become more and more apparent in the years after Enterprise went off the air. Tarquin seems like the voice of a particular strand of male nerd culture, one that feels entitled and victimised in the way that it deals with women. As Arthur Chu explained :

We (male) nerds grow up force-fed this script. Lusting after women “out of our league” was what we did. And those unattainable hot girls would always inevitably reject us because they didn’t understand our intellectual interest in science fiction and comic books and would instead date asshole jocks. This was inevitable, and our only hope was to be unyieldingly persistent until we “earned” a chance with these women by “being there” for them until they saw the error of their ways.

This logic seems quite close to the way that Tarquin treats Hoshi. He believes that he is a cultured and sensitive soul who deserves companionship. More than that, he believes that he can earn Hoshi’s love through the simple act of being in proximity to her over an extended period of time. Tarquin claims to understand and appreciate Hoshi, but that understanding and appreciation is not the result of genuine friendship, but simple exposure.

Nothing to worry about Hoshi, I’m sure that the guy who almost drove you made is entirely trustworthy…

One of the really interesting aspects of the third and fourth seasons of Enterprise is the way that show seems to pick up on the mainstreaming of traditional nerd culture. The show seems more comfortable with classic pulp science-fiction tropes and storytelling and iconography that it had been before – as if understanding (and even anticipating) that “nerd culture” was assimilating itself into the mainstream. (Or vice versa , depending on who you ask.) So Enterprise could pander to kitsch and camp, with stories like North Star and Rajiin .

However, this merge of “nerd culture” and broader “popular culture” did not go as smoothly as it might. There have been points of conflict between the two camps. Friction is inevitable in situations like this, and it seems like there are certain segments of “nerd culture” that are uncomfortable having to share their interests and hobbies with broader demographics. To certain fans of these quirky properties, video games and comics (and science-fiction) represented an escape from the outside world; so to see the outside world intruding provokes a very vocal response.

A by-the-book “nice guy”…

In particular, it has been noted that some members of the subculture have occasionally reacted strongly to the perceived intrusion of women and minorities into spheres traditionally reserved for white male nerds. Histories of bullying and scapegoating have made these groups particularly sensitive to allegations of discrimination. As Laurie Penny argues :

Two generations of boys who grew up at the lower end of the violent hierarchy of toxic masculinity – the losers, the nerds, the ones who were afraid of being creeps – have reached adulthood and found the polarity reversed. Suddenly they’re the ones with the power and the social status. Science is a way that shy, nerdy men pull themselves out of the horror of their teenage years. That is true. That is so. But shy, nerdy women have to try to pull themselves out of that same horror into a world that hates, fears and resents them because they are women, and to a certain otherwise very intelligent sub-set of nerdy men, the category “woman” is defined primarily as “person who might or might not deny me sex, love and affection.”

It is perfectly understandable, and even sympathetic. However, it does lead to attitudes that make it very difficult to integrate and interact. Tarquin’s behaviour towards Hoshi is very much in keeping with this attitude. Tarquin has lived a very tough and very harsh life, but that does not justify his behaviour. It is perhaps telling that Tarquin manifests himself as a white man to Hoshi, an Asian woman.

A garden-variety stalker…

In some respects, Exile seems quite ahead of its time. By offering its own blistering take on male resentment and entitlement issues, Exile rather skilfully foreshadows a culture war that will not fully explode until a decade after the show goes off the air. Phyllis Strong is onto something very clever here, even if the rest of the episode does not come together quite as well as it might. Exile is an episode that has some surprisingly deep ideas underpinning what could easily be just another genre pastiche.

That said, there are serious flaws with Exile . While the portrayal of the rest of the crew make sense in context, nobody on the Enterprise comes out of Exile looking particularly good. Archer doesn’t even have any substantial proof of Tarquin’s good intentions (or ability to generate results) when he agrees to leave Hoshi alone on the surface. He even warps the ship off into an unrelated subplot so that Hoshi spends most of the episode stranded on a planet alongside a creep with entitlement issues.

To be fair, if this is Reed’s attitude towards potential security breaches, no wonder Archer wanted the MACOs along.

More than that, the subplot involving the spheres feels a little pointless. The third season is struggling a little bit with serialisation. In most of these early episodes, Enterprise interprets “serialisation” to mean “adding a distracting subplot that teases another minor detail of the Expanse.” It is not an approach that works particularly well, with several early-season episodes like Impulse and The Shipment undermined by the decision to pair them with arc-building subplots.

Here, an investigation into the spheres gives us a nice sequence of Archer and Trip trying to land a floating shuttlepod from the outside, but it doesn’t feel like it adds anything of worth to the story. It is just filler. The biggest revelation coming out of the subplot is the suggestion that there are at least fifty spheres and that they have been designed for some vague and sinister purpose. Those are nice details, but they don’t justify the subplot. Exile would arguably work better in the subplot from Impulse had been grafted in instead.

Shootin’ the (space) breeze…

That said, there are some nice touches to the episode. The production design is lovely, and director Roxann Dawson really commits to the idea of bringing a gothic horror story to life. It is hard to explain why Tarquin does not have more advanced technology, but the candles and silverware and hardcover books add a nice atmosphere to the story around them. Much like Impulse committed wholeheartedly to the idea of doing a zombie film, Exile goes all-in on the concept of “science-fiction gothic horror.”

Even the script commits to the idea, with Tarquin dabbling in science that is pretty clearly occult. His powers do not seem to adhere to anything approaching natural sciences. “You’re searching for a weapon that could annihilate your planet,” he tells Archers. “I may be able to find it, but I’ll need an object that’s associated with the Xindi.” He explains, “Every artifact retains an imprint of the people who made it, who used it.” This is an idea that seems like it might belong in a show about magic rather than science – it is an element right of a Robert Bloch script.

Shattered hopes…

In its best moments – stylistically – Exile feels very much like a companion piece to Robert Bloch’s scripts for the original Star Trek . This is an episode that fancies itself a spiritual successor to What Are Little Girls Made Of? or Catspaw or Wolf in the Fold . That makes it a very esoteric and surreal piece of Star Trek , one that feels very much out of step with the production style of The Next Generation . How much the episode works will ultimately come down to the audience’s tolerance for that sort of storytelling.

Exile is a bit clumsy in its execution, but it does make some interesting points and commit wholeheartedly to its premise. It is perhaps an example of how Enterprise is having a bit of difficulty with its long-term plotting, but also serves to demonstrate that the show has a renewed energy and vitality. Exile is not among the strongest of the season, but it is not quite as flawed as Extinction or Rajiin .

You might be interested in our other reviews of the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise :

The Shipment
Carpenter Street
Chosen Realm
Proving Ground
Doctor’s Orders
Azati Prime
The Forgotten
The Council

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Watching this episode, I kept thinking to myself “Considering she has a creepy alien lusting after her, why oh why is Hoshi wandering around in a skimpy negligee?!?”

Aside from that one point, as well as the other issue you raised, namely the rest of the crew not really taking Hoshi’s concerns seriously (and then leaving her all alone with a pervy alien), I liked this episode quite a bit…

1) Tarquin does have a sympathetic backstory, and we can understand why he is acting the way he is, but at the same time the episode never once attempts to gloss over the fact that what he is doing is absolutely wrong and totally inexcusable.

2) Tarquin really looks like a properly alien life form, instead of just some humanoid with yet another variation of a bumpy forehead.

3) Hoshi is granted a certain amount of agency in this story; she is the one who rescues Enterprise and forces Tarquin to let her go, rather than Archer charging in like the cavalry.

4) Linda Park does a good job carrying the episode.

5) The direction by Roxann Dawson is amazing.

Yep, I was surprised at how much I liked Exile on rewatching it. Because the concept sound terrible.

(Rajiin is quite similar. I was bracing myself for something awful, so was relieved to get something that was fairly okay-ish.)

I honestly think Exile is massively underrated, even in the broader context of a third season that is itself massively underrated. (See also: North Star.)

This is the first episode of the 3rd season that I’ve unequivocally enjoyed. It’s a Trek take on ‘Beauty and the Beast’, even down to the “there is one place in the castle you must never enter!” part. And it ends (thankfully) with the female lead unequivocally rejecting the creep who kidnapped her and lied to her.

In terms of Star Trek, it definitely reminded me of Catspaw (the TOS episode that’s a Halloween special), especially when the doors open themselves to reveal a gothic interior =) And just like Catspaw, the aliens’ magic wand/orb is the key to the telepathic aliens’ power in the end 😛

Darren, I think comparing the episode to angry ‘male nerd culture’ is a very insightful take. To be honest, I have a feeling that it was more unintentionally honest than an actual skewering of male toxicity. But it does lend the episode a subtext that is quite meaningful today.

I don’t know, though.

It is, to the best of my knowledge, the first episode of Enterprise written by a female writer working solo. I suspect Strong would not have been oblivious to certain strains of entitled male fandom online. Even when Enterprise was on the air, I was aware of how creepy online guys could be talking about T’Pol and Sato, even if I didn’t have a vocabulary to properly articulate it. I’ll always tend to give writers the benefit of the doubt.

I am conflicted about this episode. I enjoyed the gothic aesthetic, Beauty and the Beast references, and even tolerate the vague telepathic/magic at play. I also see your point about the comment on nerd-male stalker types.

But I also see this as the third mind-rape plot directed at a female cast member, and the second one in this season alone. It is out of character for Archer to doubt Hoshi, when he has spent so many episodes trying to explain time travel and other crazy situations to his own superiors. By now, he should be willing to accept almost any zany occurrence on his ship.

Hoshi changes into multiple different coloured lingerie-like slips (akin to the sex slave in Rajiin). It’s not something we can just smile and nod along to as part of the gothic aesthetic, because it effectively blows up the whole supposedly feminist notion of the script. It strikes me more as a twist on a romance novel. Plus: Ugly aliens = evil aliens.

This episode is a huge double standard. Imagine Archer changing into different pastel shaded short shorts for an alien lady who was a clear sociopath. I mean, that would be fine, but Enterprise would never do that on their show in a million years.

So I don’t know. This episode seems juvenile, and it sets up some weird tropes for young minds.

Then again, it also slightly reminds me of the fantasy novel Uprooted, by Naomi Novak. So many I’m to hasty to judge the tope of the loner-in-a-tower stereotype. It’s just weird that Hoshi never calls him a pervert or even an asshole. She’s unrealistically tolerant of his mind crimes and obvious criminality. I think she should have smashed his crystal. And Archer should have done something. The alien dude is clearly going to do it again. He’s barely remorseful and was on the edge of mass murder…

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Hoshi has been feeling paranoid lately and keeps hearing the mysterious voice, but Malcolm can't find anything on the sensors. He wonders if she's just letting her imagination run away with her due to fear, but she insists it's something real. Phlox examines her and concludes that she may be hallucinating but can't find anything wrong with her. She goes back to work and is telepathically contacted by an alien, who shows her his planet and says he's waiting there. She finds herself in a building with him, tries to escape only to find a cliff, and then appears back on the Enterprise again.

She calls Archer, who increases security, and later is telepathically contacted by the man again, whose name is Tarquin. He tells her that he may be able to help the crew track down the Xindi and their weapon. Archer is suspicious that it may be a trap, but they head to the building anyway and find the building Hoshi saw. They also find Tarquin, but he looks a lot different.

Tarquin apologises for changing form, claiming he didn't want to shock Hoshi, and explains that he can read the "telepathic imprints" people leave on things. Archer agrees to give him an object of the Xindi's, but when he and the others prepare to go away, Tarquin wants Hoshi to stay with him while he works. Archer isn't sure, but Hoshi wants to take the risk.

They give Tarquin a piece of Xindi weapon and reluctantly say goodbye to Hoshi, then Tarquin and Hoshi dine together. He has found out what she likes to eat by reading her mind, and reveals that he was exiled for being telepathic and that Hoshi was a bit of a loner as a kid. Hoshi, disturbed, decides to call it a night. Meanwhile, the Enterprise , in pursuit of the second sphere, runs into more anomalies, which threaten the ship, so Archer orders Trip to modify the shuttlepod with trellium-D.

While exploring, Hoshi runs into a working Tarquin and asks about the crystal on his desk. He explains that it's used for telepathy and lets her have a try. She does, and sees a bunch of memories, ending with a Xindi-Reptillian, then later, she finds gravestones outside. Tarquin finds her and tries to lead her back in, but she demands to know who the dead people are. He explains that his species lives a long time and they were his previous "companions", who were also geniuses like Hoshi. She refuses to be his "companion", digging her heels in when he tries to appeal to her emotions.

Archer and Trip find the area where T'Pol thinks the sphere is and explore in a shuttlepod. They find the sphere, but the shuttle gets damaged, so Trip must land and exit it to fix it. While fixing the sensor relay, he accidentally triggers the port thruster, sending it into space. They shoot phase pistols at it, causing it to fall back to the sphere, and, having collected all the necessary scans, head back to Tarquin's planet.

Tropes in this episode include:

Anti-Villain : Tarquin is willing to help Archer with the Xindi attack by locating the next location. However, he becomes desperate enough to make Hoshi stay with him that he tries to trick her by pretending to be Archer and holds the Enterprise hostage.
Blessed with Suck : Telepathy may be a useful ability, but it's also the reason why Tarquin lives in exile.
After what happened last episode , Archer warns T'Pol to stay out of the launch bay while they insulate a shuttle with trellium.
Tarquin reminds Hoshi of the time she wanted to return to Earth .
Chekhov's Lecture : Tarquin tells Hoshi that his crystal ball amplifies his telepathic powers. When he threatens to destroy Enterprise unless she stays with him, she threatens to destroy the ball, forcing him to relent.
Continuity Cavalcade : When Hoshi uses Tarquin's telepathic crystal, her mind is flooded with clips from the first two seasons.
Do Not Adjust Your Set : When Tarquin is first communicating telepathically with Hoshi, all the computer screens around her show images of her own face.
A Form You Are Comfortable With : Tarquin first appears in Hoshi's mind as a human, a far cry from the Rubber-Forehead Alien that he actually is.
I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham : Apparently, when she was a kid, Hoshi would refuse to eat soba noodles, but loved them once she actually tried them.
I Just Want to Be Loved : Tarquin is a telepathic alien who lives in exile and has outlived his wives by a few hundred years.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy : Not only does Tarquin let Hoshi go, he then gives her information to help Enterprise find the weapon.
Mayfly–December Romance : Tarquin has already had four "companions", and he wants Hoshi to be number five.
A Match Made in Stockholm : Invoked Trope ; Tarquin tries to force Hoshi to stay with him, certain that she will love him like his previous wives have done. He's implied to have done the same with some or all of his previous wives.
Negative Space Wedgie : The sphere and its Invisibility Cloak are surrounded by anomalies. One triggers a lot of Explosive Instrumentation on The Bridge while another blows out a section of hull plating.
The Paranoiac : Hoshi worries that she's becoming paranoid when she sees someone who's not really there. Malcolm assures her that it's not uncommon to see potential enemies in the shadows when under stress.
Pillow Pistol : Hoshi promises to keep a phaser under her pillow while she stays with Tarquin.
Playing Sick : Apparently, in her childhood, Hoshi would pretend to have an upset stomach to get out of eating soba noodles.
Properly Paranoid : Archer is concerned that Tarquin is motivated by more than altruism. He's right.
Psychometry : Tarquin uses his powers on the piece of the Xindi weapon that Archer gives him. It helps him guide Enterprise to the facility where the component was manufactured.
Really 700 Years Old : Tarquin is at least 400 and still going strong.
The Reveal : The spheres are generating gravimetric energy, and the intersections of these different waves are what's creating the anomalies. T'Pol estimates that there are at least 50 spheres in the Expanse.
Stalker with a Crush : Tarquin sure comes across as stalker-ish, especially when he tries to force Hoshi to stay with him.
Why Did You Make Me Hit You? : At the end, Tarquin threatens to kill everyone on Enterprise if Hoshi won't stay with him. He claims he doesn't want to kill anyone and acts like she's forcing him to do it; Hoshi calls bull on this and threatens to smash his crystal.
You Have to Believe Me! : Hoshi tries to convince everyone else that something is going on besides simple hallucinations. Fortunately, even though they don't yet know what's really going on, Archer and Malcolm are willing to take precautions. Archer: Post a security detail outside, and assign teams to Engineering and the armory until further notice. Malcolm: Are you expecting an attack, sir? Archer: Around here, you never know.
Your Favorite : Tarquin serves Hoshi some of her favorite foods for her first dinner with him.
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Hoshi is contacted by a mysterious telepath, who offers to help Enterprise in its mission… for a price.

In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay discuss “Exile” and our lack of knowledge regarding Hoshi’s dreams, interests, and fears. Plus! The guys break down being truthful about your graveyard, bouncing shuttlecraft, and metaphors about the interaction between fans and stars.

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Post date 04/15/2021

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When was the last time you watched “Beauty and the Beast”? In “Exile”, Star Trek: Enterprise takes a stab at the classic tale of beauty and disfigurement as Hoshi is left behind on an alien planet with a alien who can read her mind. Unfortunately, the alien is also desperate for companionship. Will his promise of information about the Xindi be enough to convince Hoshi to stay with him for the rest of her life?

The Wikipedia plot summary for “Exile”:

Sub-Commander T’Pol , examining gravitational anomaly patterns, calculates the location of a second sphere within the Delphic Expanse (similar to the one previously seen in “ Anomaly “), and Enterprise diverts course to investigate. Meanwhile, Ensign Sato reports to sickbay , explaining to Doctor Phlox that she has been hearing voices and feels like she is being watched. She is later contacted telepathically by Tarquin, an alien that appears in human form. He explains that he can telepathically read objects, and suggests that Enterprise bring him part of the weapon used to attack Earth (in “ The Expanse “).

Enterprise soon arrives at Tarquin’s planet. He welcomes Archer and Hoshi and soon agrees to work on reading the weapon fragment, but only if Sato agrees to remain with him. They agree, and Enterprise departs to investigate the second sphere. Tarquin and Sato discuss many subjects and initially the alien seems trustworthy. She also discovers that he had been watching her telepathically for some time and that she is not the first person to be brought here to provide companionship for him.

Meanwhile, Enterprise approaches the sphere, but has to halt its approach due to damage from the spatial anomalies generated by it. The ship sends down a shuttlepod coated with Trellium-D (retrieved in “ Impulse “), and is able to approach close enough to take readings. Archer and Trip return to Enterprise and set course to retrieve Sato. Meanwhile, Tarquin attempts to trick her into staying with him permanently, but she refuses and threatens to destroy a device which enhances his telepathic abilities. He reluctantly agrees to let her go, and later provides Enterprise with the co-ordinates for the Xindi colony that is building a part of the weapon. T’Pol’s analysis reveals that there are at least fifty spheres in the expanse region.

The Shipment (episode)

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1.2 Act One
1.3 Act Two
1.4 Act Three
1.5 Act Four
2 Memorable quotes
3 Background information
4.1 Starring
4.2 Guest Stars
4.3 Co-Stars
4.4 Uncredited Co-Stars
4.5 Stand-ins
4.6.1 Unreferenced material
4.7 External links

Summary [ ]

In the Xindi Council chamber, Degra and two Xindi-Reptilian soldiers view a hologram of the latest version of the weapon . Degra reports that the weapon prototype is nearly complete and will soon be tested in the Calindra system . However, the Xindi need at least one hundred additional kilograms of kemocite before the weapon can be tested. One of the soldiers says that he will contact Gralik and inform him about the new shipment. He then asks Degra how long until the weapon can be launched should the test be successful. Degra replies, " A matter of weeks. "

Act One [ ]

Archer , T'Pol and Reed are in the command center discussing the co-ordinates Tarquin gave them, a planet with seemingly no defenses of any kind. Archer wonders about the energy readings, and surmises they could be from a weapons complex. T'Pol lists the alternatives, including a sensor glitch, but Archer wants to take the chance that he's right. He says that Enterprise NX-01 will stay hidden on the far side of the planet's moon, to keep out of sight. He tells Reed that Major Hayes will be joining them on the mission.

Archer is flying the shuttlepod down towards the surface. T'Pol notes that their signal is breaking up; this is because the shuttlepod is on a steep vector, making them look, according to Reed, like a meteor. Having landed and hiked to the complex, Archer looks through his binoculars, and watches three Xindi walking in and out of the building. Hayes wonders if they're Reptilian , but Archer just says that they're " one of the other species we saw in the database ". They are, in fact, Arboreals .

Archer reports back to T'Pol, saying that there is a lot of energy coming from their location. T'Pol says that Corporal Hawkins is on standby with an assault team, however Archer doesn't want to " send in the troops " just yet. He believes that he, Reed and Hayes can get into the compound undetected and wants to keep communication silence when they're inside; he'll call back at 0400. Using a phase-pistol, Archer makes a hole in the fencing around the compound. When inside, they make their way to one of the control rooms, where Reed discovers several hundred kilos of a radiolytic compound. At that moment they hear voices and hide, as Gralik enters, with two associates. Overhearing the conversation, the three officers find out what the radiolytic compound is: kemocite. Gralik tells his associates that they have to increase production by 60%, to which one of his colleagues opines that " Degra " isn't being realistic. As his associates leave, Gralik notices that one of the canisters from the crate is missing. Spotting it on a nearby table, he holds it in his hands as he looks around, as if suspicious of something. Dismissing it quickly, he replaces the canister, and leaves the room.

Archer beams back one of the canisters and asks T'Pol to begin an analysis on it. Meanwhile, Reed and Hayes tell the captain what they think should happen with the compound. Hayes suggests using two spatial charges , but Archer wants to wait until they know where the kemocite is being taken; it may help them locate the weapon.

Gralik leaves the compound, obviously tired after a long days work. As he arrives at home he skims over a PADD , then pours himself a drink, as Archer, Reed and Hayes burst in.

Act Two [ ]

Sitting at a table, Gralik asks who Archer is, as the latter is looking out the window for signs of Xindi heading his way. Archer tells him to sit down, pointing his phase-pistol at the Arboreal. Reed and Hayes report back saying there's no-one else around. Archer tells them to stand watch outside. After asking for his name, Archer asks Gralik about kemocite. Gralik says it can be used for a number of purposes. Archer then asks about Degra, but Gralik tells him that it's not his concern. Archer tells Gralik that Degra is using his kemocite to make the weapon that will destroy Earth , and he wants to know where it's being built. Gralik doesn't know what he's talking about, but Archer thinks otherwise. Pointing a phase-pistol squarely at Gralik's chest, Archer demands answers.

T'Pol's analysis is complete; she and Trip Tucker have found that the isotope used is the same one that the Xindi probe used in the first attack. Tucker also found the quantum imprint on the rifle they " picked up ". He wants to take it apart so Archer lets him. Reed congratulates Archer on how much progress they've made; however Archer wants to prevent a war. He says that if they destroy the weapons complex they'll be confirming the Xindi's worst fears about Humanity. Reed reminds him of the seven million people killed, and Archer asks him to get Major Hayes to lay down blast suppressors, so that when the weapons complex is destroyed the settlement isn't. Reed then asks, " What about Gralik? " Archer says he won't let anyone know they were there and will deal with Gralik when the time comes.

Archer asks T'Pol and Tucker for the fragment from the Xindi probe, to " prove a point ". Gralik wants to go to his study to work, but Hayes keeps him where he is. Archer enters, throwing the fragment across the table to Gralik and asking him to explain it. Gralik doesn't know. Archer thinks he does, telling him about the seven million who are dead. Gralik wants to know why Archer is trying to prove he is a " mass murderer ", claiming that the probe fragment is just a " twisted piece of metal ". Archer pins him against the wall as Gralik explains that he knows nothing about Earth, Humans or even the probe. Archer takes his hand away from Gralik's shoulder, thinking for the first time that Gralik may be telling the truth.

Phlox is called to the armory by Tucker, who says that the Xindi rifle has organic components. He believes that Phlox will know more about it. Tucker opens the casing to reveal two worm-like creatures, which are generating synaptic impulses. He removes one and asks Phlox if it's alive. Phlox tells him that it's definitely organic, placing it in his hand and smelling it. The rifle then makes a sound and the two look at it as another worm takes the place of the one just removed, to which Phlox comments that it also must have reproductive capabilities.

Archer is talking with Gralik, who explains that when Degra requested such highly-refined kemocite, he and his workers celebrated, knowing the wealth they would gain from it. But he admits they never considered what it would be used for. Archer learns that Degra is a Primate, and that usually the Primates are fair and truthful; this is why Gralik believed Degra when he said the kemocite would be used for research. Gralik tells Archer that there used to be a sixth species of Xindi, the Avians. They are now extinct. Gralik tells of the war that destroyed his planet. Archer says that they found some debris. ( ENT : " The Xindi ") The war went on for nearly a hundred years. The species changed sides constantly, and most likely forgot what even started the war. But they all knew what ended it – the Insectoids and Reptilians detonated massive explosions beneath the eight largest seismic fissures. Gralik says that the Xindi who escaped the planet before its destruction are now scattered across the Expanse , and many of them are peaceful.

Hayes interrupts the conversation to tell Archer that the blast suppressors are in place, and that there seems to be an increase in activity around the compound. T'Pol contacts Archer and tells him that a ship is approaching – one of the ones that attacked them. The Reptilians have arrived.

Act Three [ ]

Archer watches as the Xindi shuttle opens, and two Reptilians appear with two Primates – one of which is Degra. Reed notes that the Reptilians seem " rather upset about something ". Phlox is analyzing the weapon on the monitor in sickbay. Phlox is seemly impressed with it, saying it's the "most sophisticated example of biomechanical engineering" he's ever seen. Tucker asks him for the good news. Phlox has been trying to "kill" the worms in the rifles by infecting them with different viruses and pathogens, but they were immune to all of them. He then started using different radioactive spectra, and found that delta radiation could kill them. Tucker explains that he could use portable EM emitters to irradiate an area so that the weapons would become useless as quickly as possible. However Phlox says that it would take a lot of radiation and that it would be extremely hazardous to Humans in the area. He advises against using omicron radiation , showing Tucker a large canister with at least ten worms in it.

Back on the planet's surface, Gralik explains that the Xindi are three days early. He says that Archer might not have much time left as they are collecting their final shipment. As he is the primary technician at the facility, he surmises that the Xindi will want to talk to him first. He says that he may be able to obtain some information about the weapon, but Archer thinks it is too dangerous. Gralik says he will take that chance. Archer wonders if Gralik will expose them but Gralik doesn't want another attack to happen on Earth. He says that if he'd chosen his clients more carefully he could have avoided the incident involving the probe's attack.

Reed alerts Archer to two Xindi heading toward them; they are some of Gralik's colleagues coming to tell him that the Reptilians and Degra have arrived to receive the kemocite. Archer is hiding inside the house and Gralik keeps quiet. The two Arboreals leave. Gralik says that the next time they come to look for him they'll probably bring armed Reptilians with them.

Tucker is about to test the Xindi rifle with T'Pol and Phlox watching. He plans to shoot at four inches of solid duranium, to see how powerful the weapon really is. T'Pol wants to find a more suitable environment to test it but Tucker explains that there's no time.

Degra is in the control room inside the compound as a Reptilian walks in, claiming that although they are early the Arboreals should have been finished by then, and calls them " such lethargic creatures ". Degra states that the Reptilians could learn something useful from the Arboreals, " patience, for example ". The Arboreals enter and tell Degra that no-one can find Gralik, also saying that he sometimes takes walks outside the settlement. They'll organize search teams, but the Reptilian interrupts them saying that they'll look for him themselves.

Archer, Reed, Hayes and Gralik are walking through the forest when Reed detects someone moving towards them. Reed can't identify if they're Reptilians or not, but they're very fast. The four of them hide behind trees as two Seekers appear. One of them locates Archer, who abruptly shoots it down. The other appears behind Reed, who fires, missing it. As it flies off it takes a hit, but it disappears into a vortex not unlike the ones that the Reptilian ships use. The Seekers, it turns out, are used for reconnaissance by the Reptilians. They were used to great effect in the Xindi war. Gralik tells them about some caves which should protect them from the Seekers.

Charles Tucker III discovers Xindi weapon on overload

" It's overloading. " " I can't shut it down. Damn thing's booby-trapped! "

Tucker is about to test the rifle, and as the force field is in place, he aims and pulls the trigger… but nothing happens. He tries again, but with no success. He doesn't understand why it won't fire. As Phlox thinks that it may have a safety device, the rifle begins make noises. Tucker sees little green icons disappearing one by one on it, and surmises it is a countdown. T'Pol's scans show that the power is increasing, but Tucker can't shut it down. Suddenly thinking of an idea, he sprints off with the rifle, knocking over someone on the way. Placing it on the transporter pad, he beams it into space… just in time. The rifle explodes harmlessly. Tucker half-jokingly tells T'Pol that yes, they should have found a nice empty asteroid to test it on.

T'Pol suggests to Archer that he return with the others to the ship as they may have been detected. Archer says that he'll stay as he has a few loose ends to tie up. Reed can't find any trace of the Reptilians and Gralik explains that the topaline ore in the caves will protect them from scans. Gralik asks Archer on what he plans to do next. Archer tells him that as the people in the colony had nothing to do with the probe's attack it would be wrong to sentence them all to death. He asks Gralik if he is still willing to help them, and he tells Archer to trust him. Archer says that they'll give the Xindi their kemocite, but it won't be " what they ordered ".

Act Four [ ]

Gralik goes home as Reed and Hayes speak their mind, stating that they didn't think it wise to let Gralik go. Back at the compound, Gralik arrives. His colleagues are surprised to see him. The Reptilians and Degra aren't there so Gralik asks his colleagues to do another refinement test.

Archer receives a canister which is identical to the ones found in the crates at the compound. Hoshi and T'Pol have modified the radiolytic signature of it so that they'll be able to track it.

As Gralik works, the Reptilian rushes in with Degra and grabs Gralik, demanding to know where he has been. Gralik says that it's personal; however the Reptilian brings up the destroyed Seeker. Gralik says that he was hunting tree scarabs and that the drone was scaring them. Degra asks why Gralik didn't return when he saw the Seeker as he must have known the Xindi were there to collect the shipment, and Gralik reminds them they are two days early. The Reptilian asks why the shipment isn't ready, Gralik says he's running some final tests. He has been running the facility for 42 years and says that he wants every gram of kemocite to be perfectly calibrated. Degra tells him to hurry up.

Reed and Hayes look through the binoculars and tell Archer that there are two Xindi loading containers. As they move back toward the compound, Archer goes to the shuttle. Once inside, he replaces one of the canisters of kemocite with the one fabricated on Enterprise . Reed then contacts Archer telling him that three Xindi have just exited the complex. With Archer coming out of the shuttle, Gralik sees him and realizes he has to stall Degra and the Reptilian for time, as the shuttle is out in the open and Archer's escape would be seen easily. Gralik asks Degra what the shipment is being used for, and he confirms Archer's statement – they've learned that a " ruthless alien species " is going to destroy them if they don't act.

As the Xindi ship leaves orbit, Hoshi Sato picks up the tracking signal, and tells Archer. Meanwhile, Archer and Gralik share a toast – to trust. Archer worries for Gralik; when Degra discovers that some of his kemocite is sabotaged he will come back. Gralik says that he can deal with Degra. As Archer prepares to leave, Gralik tells him to remember that not all Xindi are the enemy.

Memorable quotes [ ]

" I have some questions for you."

" Who are you? What do you want from me? " " Sit down!"

" I thought we were here to try to stop a war, not start one. " " They struck first. " " Because they were told we're going to attack them. They think they're acting in self-defense. By destroying this complex, we'll be confirming their worst fears about Humanity. " " Let's not forget the seven million people who were killed. "

" You burst into my home, show me some twisted piece of metal, and tell me it proves I'm a mass murderer? I've never seen your species before, I've never heard of a planet called Earth , and whether you believe me or not, I had nothing to do with killing millions of its inhabitants. "

" Such lethargic creatures. " " You could learn something from them. Patience, for example. "

" You were right. We probably should have found a nice, empty asteroid to test it on. "

" If everything you've told me is true about the attack on your world, I hope you remember that all Xindi are not your enemy. "

Background information [ ]

During a break in the filming of this episode, Brad Look tweaks John Cothran, Jr. 's Xindi-Arboreal makeup

The final draft of this episode's script was issued on 27 August 2003 .
Archer actor Scott Bakula once referred to this installment as "a great episode." ( Star Trek Magazine issue 113 , p. 7)
As of this episode, Enterprise has been in the Expanse for three months.
Gralik Durr reveals how the Xindi homeworld was destroyed. Enterprise saw the remains in " The Xindi ".
The kemocite with the modified radiolytic signature in it was detected and tracked down six months later, in " Proving Ground ".
Enterprise started its mission in the Expanse around late June 2153 or later (April 24th plus refit time plus seven weeks' travel, according to the log entries in " The Expanse "). The fact the ship had been in the Expanse for three months as of this episode means "The Shipment" must be set around late September. "Proving Ground" is set in early December 2153, making it over two months before Enterprise detected the altered kemocite.
Several costumes and props from this episode were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including a canister of processed kemocite [1] and a Xindi-Arboreal mining guild patch. [2]
This is the only episode of Star Trek: Enterprise wherein the opening recap starts with the narration, " Previously, on Star Trek: Enterprise .... " All other episodes with recaps start with " Previously, on Enterprise ,... " sans the Star Trek title, even in future episodes.
Kemocite, the material being refined at the Xindi outpost, is also the cargo that Quark and Rom tried to smuggle to Orion while accompanying Nog to Starfleet Academy in 2372 in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Little Green Men ".
In Act One, the opening flyby reveals that the open-hull damage to Enterprise 's dorsal saucer section in Act Two of " Exile " has been repaired. However, there is no captain's starlog or character dialogue to explain how or where this was done.

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

Scott Bakula as Jonathan Archer
John Billingsley as Phlox
Jolene Blalock as T'Pol
Dominic Keating as Malcolm Reed
Anthony Montgomery as Travis Mayweather
Linda Park as Hoshi Sato
Connor Trinneer as Charles "Trip" Tucker III

Guest Stars [ ]

John Cothran, Jr. as Gralik Durr
Randy Oglesby as Degra
Steven Culp as " Major Hayes "

Co-Stars [ ]

John Eddins as Xindi Reptilian
Jack Alsted as Sloth #2
Sam Witwer as Sloth #3

Stand-ins [ ]

David Anderson – stand-in for Anthony Montgomery
Jef Ayres – stand-in for Connor Trinneer
Evan English – stand-in for Dominic Keating
Louis Ortiz – stand-in for Steven Culp
J.R. Quinonez – stand-in for John Billingsley
Richard Sarstedt – stand-in for Scott Bakula
Jessica Vash – stand-in for Jolene Blalock
Susan Yee – stand-in for Linda Park
Hand double for John Billingsley
Hand double for Jolene Blalock
Photo double for John Cothran, Jr.
Photo double for Connor Trinneer
Stand-in for Jack Alsted
Stand-in for John Cothran, Jr.
Stand-in for John Eddins
Stand-in for Randy Oglesby
Stand-in for Sam Witwer

References [ ]

2111 ; active sensor sweep ; alloy ; analysis ; antiproton ; ape-like ; area of expertise ; artificial satellite ; asteroid ; Avians ; binoculars ; biomechanical engineering ; blast suppressor ; bloodhound ; booby trap ; Calindra system ; Degra's ship ; Delphic Expanse ; delta radiation ; diamagnetic ore ; duranium ; Earth ; electrical storm ; EM emitter ; force field emitter ; Gralik's grandfather ; gram ; Hawkins, F. ; hundred ; inch ; isotopic analysis ; kemocite ; kemocite processing facility ; Kessick ; kilogram ; mass murder ; mass murderer ; meteor ; meter ; multiphasic isotope ; neural pathway ; omicron radiation ; parts per million ; positron ; power cell ; production cycle ; quantum analysis ; radiolytic compound ; reconnaissance mission ; result ; satellite ; search team ; seeker ; seismic fissure ; sentient species ; spatial charge ; submolecular scan ; subquantum imprint ; subspace vortex ; Tarquin ; technician ; toast ; topaline ; tree scarab ; Xindi ; Xindi-Arboreal ; Xindi-Arboreal colony ; Xindi-Arboreal colony moon ; Xindi-Arboreal colony planet ; Xindi-Arboreal colony system ; Xindi-Avian ; Xindi database ; Xindi Civil War ; Xindi-Primate ; Xindi-Reptilian ; Xindi-Reptilian warship ; Xindi technology ; Xindus

Unreferenced material [ ]

Processing matrix

External links [ ]

"The Shipment" at StarTrek.com
" The Shipment " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
" The Shipment " at Wikipedia
" The Shipment " at the Internet Movie Database
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Star Trek: Picard's Jack Crusher is also an admirer of Captain Kirk's Constitution Class USS Enterprise.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 reveals one of the USS Discovery's crew was very happy when the USS Enterprise crossed over. In a shocking twist, the Starship Enterprise intercepted the USS Discovery in the final moments of Star Trek: Discovery season 1's finale. This opened the door for Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) to take command of the USS Discovery in Star Trek: Discovery season 2. Pike, along with Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Lieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck) proved to be so popular, that they received their own spinoff, which became Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery have left their 23rd-century lives long behind. Now living in the year 3191, Burnham and Discovery are hot on the trail of the Progenitors' ancient technology that can create life , itself, which was discovered by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D in the 24th century of Star Trek: The Next Generation . Aboard the USS Discovery, Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) is under orders to get to know his new crew, which led to a revelation about Lt. Commander Gen Rhys (Patrick Kwok-Choon) and his love for Constitution Class starships.

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Star trek: discovery's gen rhys loves strange new worlds' uss enterprise, discovery teamed up with the enterprise in season 2.

During Lt. Commander Gen Rhys' extremely brief meeting with Commander Rayner in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 3, "JInaal," he was asked to describe something personal in 20 words or less. The USS Discovery's Chief Tactical Officer revealed he loves Constitution Class starships. Rhys told Rayner and Lieutenant Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman:

"I'm a real ship-head. Love the Crossfield, but something about the curves of a 23rd-century Constitution Class just gets me."

Rhys was the USS Discovery's Tactical Officer throughout Star Trek: Discovery season 2, and Gen must have secretly been thrilled when the Disco teamed up with the USS Enterprise . The classic Constitution Class Enterprise, NCC-1701, was kept out of the fighting during the Klingon War, but it saw plenty of action when it joined the Crossfield Class USS Discovery in the final battle against Control. Lt. Rhys, as he was ranked at that time, likely enjoyed being so close to the most legendary Constitution Class ship in Starfleet before Discovery jumped to the 32nd century.

Star Trek: Picard's Jack Crusher Also Loves The Constitution Class USS Enterprise

"all those perfectly clean retro lines.".

Long after Starfleet retired the 23rd century Constitution Class, the USS Enterprise found another admirer in the 25th century: Star Trek: Picard' s Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers). In Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 6, "The Bounty," Jack confessed his love of Captain James T. Kirk's (William Shatner) USS Enterprise-A to Commander Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) when the USS Titan-A was docked at the Fleet Museum on Athan Prime :

"Well, this one's my personal favorite. Kirk's Enterprise. All those perfectly clean retro lines. Yep, I'm definitely a Constitution Class man."

The reverence Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard have for the 23rd-century Constitution Class isn't surprising. The Starship Enterprise boasts an iconic design, and it's one of the most distinctive and unforgettable spaceships in pop culture. Star Trek has featured numerous beautiful starships, but the Crossfield Class USS Discovery and the Constitution Class USS Titan-A are essentially variants of the original USS Enterprise design . The 23rd century Constitution Class USS Enterprise is a true classic, and Lt. Commander Gen Rhys got to see it up close in Star Trek: Discovery seasons 1 and 2.

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‘Star Trek’: Long-Lost Original USS Enterprise Model Finally Makes the Voyage Home

The model was used for the pilot and credits of the original 'Star Trek' series.

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The original USS Enterprise model has been found in a storage locker after going missing for decades.
The model was used for the original unaired pilot and opening credits of Star Trek: The Original Series .
Rod Roddenberry plans to restore and display the iconic starship model in a museum for public viewing.

The original model of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Original Series has been located, after spending several decades missing — not in some distant region of space, but in a storage locker. The model has been returned to Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry , the son of original Trek creator Gene Roddenberry . ABC News reports that the three-foot-long model was given to Gene Roddenberry after the original Trek series ended in 1969, and graced his desk for several years before he loaned it to the makers of 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture . The model disappeared shortly afterward and remained missing until it turned up on eBay last year. It had been discovered in a storage locker by parties unknown, who contacted action site Heritage Auctions. Although the model would fetch an enormous price at auction as a one-of-a-kind pop-cultural artifact, an arrangement was made between the finders and Roddenberry, whose father died at 70 in 1991.

The model in question was the first finished model of the iconic starship; it was used for the series' original unaired pilot episode, "The Cage," which was later incorporated into a two-part episode , "The Menagerie," before it was released in full in the 1980s. It was also used for the shots of the Enterprise seen in the show's opening credits. A larger model was later created for the rest of the series; that model is currently on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum . Roddenberry intends for the original model to find a permanent home, as well:

"This is not going home to adorn my shelves. This is going to get restored and we’re working on ways to get it out so the public can see it and my hope is that it will land in a museum somewhere."

What Is the USS Enterprise?

The flagship of the United Federation of Planets' Starfleet, the USS Enterprise is a Constitution-class starship from the 23rd century. It was originally captained by Robert April, who appeared on Star Trek: The Animated Series before appearing in live-action for the first time in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . April later passed on command to Christopher Pike , whose adventures are currently being chronicled in the prequel series Strange New Worlds . After Pike was promoted to fleet command, James Kirk was given command of the ship, taking it on a five-year mission that kicked off one of science fiction's most enduring franchises.

In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , then-Admiral Kirk stole the Enterprise to journey to the unstable Genesis Planet and reunite his friend Spock's mind with his body; during that adventure, Kirk had the ship self-destruct to prevent it from being seized by the Klingons. It was later replaced by a near-identical ship, the Enterprise-A ; many subsequent Federation ships have borne the name, up to the rechristened Enterprise-J in the series finale of Star Trek: Picard .

The son of Roddenberry and actor Majel Barrett , Rod Roddenberry is the chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment. He currently executive produces the latest generation of Star Trek series, including Discovery , Strange New Worlds , Picard , Lower Decks , and Prodigy .

The original model of the Enterprise is now back in the Roddenberry family. Viewers can see it in action in Star Trek: The Original Series , which can be streamed on Paramount+.

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In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

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‘Starship Enterprise’ Model Found on eBay Authenticated as Original

The 3-foot-long model that belonged to ‘star trek’ creator gene roddenberry had been missing since 1978..

The wooden model was built in the mid 1960s by Hollywood scale-model-maker Richard Datin Jr., a subcontractor for the Howard Anderson Company. [Courtesy: Heritage Auctions]

The model of the Starship Enterprise that showed up on eBay in November is (drum roll, please) the original—as in the first model of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) used in the filming of the original Star Trek television series—according to Heritage Auctions.

Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry, who in addition to being a prolific screenwriter, was a decorated B-17 pilot during World War II and later flew for Pan Am. He died in October 1991 at the age of 70.

READ MORE: Original ‘Star Trek’ Model Found

The wooden model was built in the mid 1960s by Hollywood scale-model-maker Richard Datin Jr., a subcontractor for the Howard Anderson Company. The model is 3 feet long and was used in the show’s pilot episode, as well as the opening credits. It later became the prototype for the 11-foot-long model used during production and is now on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum .

The model of Enterprise (NCC-1701)—no bloody A, B, C, or D—belonged to Roddenberry. It sat on his desk for years after the show ended its first run. In 1978, he allegedly loaned it to a production company for the filming of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and never saw it again.

The whereabouts of the model were often talked about in fan magazines and at Star Trek conventions.

READ MORE: From the Starfighter to the ‘Enterprise NCC-1701-D’

In fall 2023, the model with its faded paint and drooping engine nacelles reappeared on eBay, with a starting bid of $1,000. According to multiple online news outlets, it was allegedly found in a storage unit in California.

When it was learned that the model might have been stolen from Roddenberry or at the very least not properly returned, the auction was quickly taken down. The seller then reached out to Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, Gene’s son, about returning the item to the family, and the blogosphere erupted in intense debates over the authenticity of the item that rivaled who is the better captain: Kirk or Picard?

In an interview with the Associated Press, Heritage Auctions executive vice president Joe Maddalena said it was contacted by people who said they had discovered it in a storage unit. When it was brought into the auction house’s office in Beverly Hills, California, Maddalena and a colleague “instantly knew that it was the real thing.”

Heritage returned the model to Rod Roddenberry, who said he would like to see the model restored then put on display so that more fans can see it.

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Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after twisting voyage

The first model of the USS Enterprise is displayed at Heritage Auctions in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024. The model — used in the original “Star Trek” television series — has been returned to Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, the son of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, decades after it went missing in the 1970s. (Josh David Jordan/Heritage Auctions via AP)

Joe Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, left, and Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, the son of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, shake hands over the recently recovered first model of the USS Enterprise at the Heritage Auctions in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024. The model — used in the original “Star Trek” television series — has been returned to Eugene, decades after it went missing in the 1970s. (Josh David Jordan/Heritage Auctions via AP)

Joe Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, left, and Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, the son of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, view the recently recovered first model of the USS Enterprise at Heritage Auctions in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024. The model — used in the original “Star Trek” television series — has been returned to Eugene, decades after it went missing in the 1970s. (Josh David Jordan/Heritage Auctions via AP)

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DALLAS (AP) — The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series — has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing.

The model’s disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the subject of lore, so it caused a stir when it popped up on eBay last fall. The sellers quickly took it down, and then contacted Dallas-based Heritage Auctions to authenticate it. Last weekend, the auction house facilitated the model’s return.

Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, said he’s thrilled to have the model that had graced the desk of his father, who died in 1991 at age 70.

“This is not going home to adorn my shelves,” Roddenberry said. “This is going to get restored and we’re working on ways to get it out so the public can see it and my hope is that it will land in a museum somewhere.”

AP AUDIO: Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after twisting voyage.

AP correspondent Margie Szaroleta reports on the return of the original model of the USS Enterprise from the TV show “Star Trek.”

Heritage’s executive vice president, Joe Maddalena, said the auction house was contacted by people who said they’d discovered it a storage unit, and when it was brought into their Beverly Hills office, he and a colleague “instantly knew that it was the real thing.”

Colored pencils sit around a drawing of "Bluey" the Australian kids' television program character on a sketch pad Friday, April 19, 2024, in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

They reached out to Roddenberry, who said he appreciates that everyone involved agreed returning the model was the right thing to do. He wouldn’t go into details on the agreement reached but said “I felt it important to reward that and show appreciation for that.”

Maddalena said the model vanished in the 1970s after Gene Roddenberry loaned it to makers of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” which was released in 1979.

“No one knew what happened to it,” Rod Roddenberry said.

The 3-foot (0.91-meter) model of the USS Enterprise was used in the show’s original pilot episode as well as the opening credits of the resulting TV series, and was the prototype for the 11-foot (3-meter) version featured in the series’ episodes. The larger model is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

The original “Star Trek” television series, which aired in the late 1960s, kicked off an ever-expanding multiverse of cultural phenomena, with TV and movie spinoffs and conventions where a fanbase of zealous and devoted Trekkies can’t get enough of memorabilia.

This USS Enterprise model would easily sell for more than $1 million at auction, but really “it’s priceless,” Maddalena said.

“It could sell for any amount and I wouldn’t be surprised because of what it is,” he said. “It is truly a cultural icon.”

Roddenberry, who was just a young boy when the model went missing, said he has spotty memories of it, “almost a deja vu.” He said it wasn’t something he’d thought much about until people began contacting him after it appeared on eBay.

“I don’t think I really, fully comprehended at first that this was the first Enterprise ever created,” he said.

He said he has no idea if there was something nefarious behind the disappearance all those decades ago or if it was just mistakenly lost, but it would be interesting to find out more about what happened.

“This piece is incredibly important and it has its own story and this would be a great piece of the story,” Roddenberry said.

Thankfully, he said, the discovery has cleared up one rumor: That it was destroyed because as a young boy, he’d thrown it into a pool.

“Finally I’m vindicated after all these years,” he said with a laugh.

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Tarquin : [on the graves in his backyard] The first one was Morianna Taal. She was my first companion. Like you, she had a unique mind.

Ensign Hoshi Sato : And the other three?

Tarquin : Companions as well. When I lost Morianna, I began to search for another. And another... Sometimes I don't know what is worse - being alone or having to bury the people I've come to care about.

Ensign Hoshi Sato : [threatening to smash Tarquin's telepathic enhancer] Now, undo whatever you've done to my ship, or you will never contact anyone again with this thing.

Tarquin : An empty threat, Hoshi. As long as you're with me, I won't need to contact anyone else.

Ensign Hoshi Sato : As long as I'm with you? Another sixty, seventy years, then what? What'll you do when I'm grave number five out there? Without this, you will never find another companion. You will be alone for the rest of your life!

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Lost for a generation, original ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise model finally completes its voyage home

The first model of the USS Enterprise went missing in the 1970s.

The model's disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the subject of lore, so it caused a stir when it popped up on eBay last fall. The sellers quickly took it down, and then contacted Dallas-based Heritage Auctions to authenticate it. Last weekend, the auction house facilitated the model's return.

Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, said he's thrilled to have the model that had graced the desk of his father, who died in 1991 at age 70.

“This is not going home to adorn my shelves," Roddenberry said. “This is going to get restored and we’re working on ways to get it out so the public can see it and my hope is that it will land in a museum somewhere.”

Heritage's executive vice president, Joe Maddalena, said the auction house was contacted by people who said they'd discovered it a storage unit, and when it was brought into their Beverly Hills office, he and a colleague “instantly knew that it was the real thing.”

They reached out to Roddenberry, who said he appreciates that everyone involved agreed returning the model was the right thing to do. He wouldn't go into details on the agreement reached but said “I felt it important to reward that and show appreciation for that.”

Maddalena said the model vanished in the 1970s after Gene Roddenberry loaned it to makers of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," which was released in 1979.

“No one knew what happened to it," Rod Roddenberry said.

The 3-foot (0.91-meter) model of the USS Enterprise was used in the show's original pilot episode as well as the opening credits of the resulting TV series, and was the prototype for the 11-foot (3-meter) version featured in the series' episodes. The larger model is on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

The model was used in the opening credits of the "Star Trek" television series in the 1960s.

This USS Enterprise model would easily sell for more than $1 million at auction, but really “it’s priceless," Maddalena said.

“It could sell for any amount and I wouldn’t be surprised because of what it is," he said. “It is truly a cultural icon.”

Roddenberry, who was just a young boy when the model went missing, said he has spotty memories of it, “almost a deja vu.” He said it wasn't something he'd thought much about until people began contacting him after it appeared on eBay.

“I don't think I really, fully comprehended at first that this was the first Enterprise ever created,” he said.

“This piece is incredibly important and it has its own story and this would be a great piece of the story,” Roddenberry said.

Thankfully, he said, the discovery has cleared up one rumor: That it was destroyed because as a young boy, he'd thrown it into a pool.

“Finally I’m vindicated after all these years,” he said with a laugh.

Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from 'Star Trek' boldly goes home after twisting voyage

DALLAS — The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series — has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing.

Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, said he’s thrilled to have the model that had graced the desk of his father, who died in 1991 at age 70.

Maddalena said the model vanished in the 1970s after Gene Roddenberry loaned it to makers of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” which was released in 1979.

“No one knew what happened to it,” Rod Roddenberry said.

This USS Enterprise model would easily sell for more than $1 million at auction, but really “it’s priceless,” Maddalena said.

“It could sell for any amount and I wouldn’t be surprised because of what it is,” he said. “It is truly a cultural icon.”

“I don’t think I really, fully comprehended at first that this was the first Enterprise ever created,” he said.

“This piece is incredibly important and it has its own story and this would be a great piece of the story,” Roddenberry said.

Thankfully, he said, the discovery has cleared up one rumor: That it was destroyed because as a young boy, he’d thrown it into a pool.

“Finally I’m vindicated after all these years,” he said with a laugh.

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Recap / Star Trek Enterprise S 03 E 06 Exile

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