ENTERPRISE: What's Ahead!!
Published at: Oct. 13, 2001, 7:57 p.m. CST by staff
I am – Hercules!!
Those who have been writing us for more information on “Enterprise” might well want to check in with TrekToday.com, which has been good enough to email Coax with regular updates.
A summary:
Oct. 17
- Episode Title: 'Unexpected'
- Herc’s Private Title: ‘Trip’s Way Preggers!’
- Plotty Bits: A way friendly encounter with a female alien leaves chief engineer Charlie Tucker in a family way. When the Enterprise tries to track down the mother of Trip’s love child, Archer and crew run into their first Klingons since the pilot.
Oct. 24
- Episode Title: 'Terra Nova'
- Herc’s Private Title: ‘The Suspicious Colonists!’
- Plotty Bits: The Enterprise investigates an old Earth settlement founded by colonists in an era when interstellar journeys took years instead of days. Years ago, once the colonists completed their nine-year trek, they sent word back to Earth that all future colonists should steer clear – then ceased all further communication.
Oct. 31
- Episode Title: 'The Andorian Incident'
- Herc’s Private Title: ‘Errand of Mercy: The Early Years!’
- Plotty Bits: While investigating an old Vulcan monastery, the crew is ambused by hostile Andorians who believe the Vulcans are using the site to spy on them. Thing is, it’s tough to motivate the pacifist Vulcans to help overcome their oppressors.
Nov. 7
- Episode Title: 'Breaking the Ice'
- Herc’s Private Title: ‘Those Horny Vulcans!’
- Plotty Bits: T’Pol, who we learn is engaged to a nice Vulcan boy, contemplates forgoing her wedding in order to continue aboard the Enterprise.
Nov. 14
- Episode Title: ‘Civilization’
- Herc’s Private Title: ‘The Prime Direct-What?!’
- Plotty Bits: We learn that Starfleet already has something like the prime directive in place, and the crew is forbidden from interfering with a world whose technology has not evolved beyond that of 19th century Earth. Trouble is, someone with very advanced technology is already mucking about down there, and Archer is distracted by a comely alien scientist.
I am – Hercules!!
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