While the irresistible "Green Women" of Orion introduced in the Original Trek were presumably too good to miss in at least one episode of "Enterprise", they mostly contribute to a fairly lacklustre, predictable episode made 40 years later and encompassing necessary adjustments in line with the thinking of our times, if not the amount of skin coverage achieved by the three women's minimalist attire. Cyia Batten, Crystal Allen and Menina Fortunato do well enough as these heroines, while Billingsley, Bakula, Keating and Montgomery all have some fun with their at-times daft, at-times aggressive characters coming under increasing pheremonal control.
The slight saving grace in this one is Connor Trinneer's portrayal of Trip, who has to beat up his newly re-demoted deputy following an act or two of gross insubordination, but is unaffected by the presence of the new females on the ship, thanks to his being helplessly and hopelessly captivated by T'Pol. The latter here appears courtesy of a Jolene Blalock looking far healthier (and a tad more voluptuous) than in earlier episodes of the season, and thus returned to full "goddess" status. She's breathtaking here (and actually far more gorgeous than the actress that plays her, which is a fascinating conundrum in itself). And, yes, this is the episode in which she (FINALLY) gives way to her romantic and erotic need for Tucker, and by golly it does somehow feel like it's been worth the wait! The makers taunted us with this for episode after episode, and now here it is! Not quite sure what it's all about (or how vicarious?), but this bit made the episode for me, as I suspect it will have done for many others...
The slight saving grace in this one is Connor Trinneer's portrayal of Trip, who has to beat up his newly re-demoted deputy following an act or two of gross insubordination, but is unaffected by the presence of the new females on the ship, thanks to his being helplessly and hopelessly captivated by T'Pol. The latter here appears courtesy of a Jolene Blalock looking far healthier (and a tad more voluptuous) than in earlier episodes of the season, and thus returned to full "goddess" status. She's breathtaking here (and actually far more gorgeous than the actress that plays her, which is a fascinating conundrum in itself). And, yes, this is the episode in which she (FINALLY) gives way to her romantic and erotic need for Tucker, and by golly it does somehow feel like it's been worth the wait! The makers taunted us with this for episode after episode, and now here it is! Not quite sure what it's all about (or how vicarious?), but this bit made the episode for me, as I suspect it will have done for many others...