Damage (21 Apr. 2004)
"Enterprise" Damage (original title)

Captain Archer has been returned to Enterprise by the Xindi council awaiting a hearing. But after a heavy attack by the Reptilians, Enterprise is stranded without a functional warp drive. ... See full summary »

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman (creator),

Stars:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Scott Bakula	...	Captain Jonathan Archer
John Billingsley	...	Dr. Phlox
Jolene Blalock	...	Sub-Commander T'Pol
Dominic Keating	...	Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
Anthony Montgomery	...	Ensign Travis Mayweather
Linda Park	...	Ensign Hoshi Sato
Connor Trinneer	...	Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
Casey Biggs	...	Illyrian Captain
Randy Oglesby	...	Degra
Scott MacDonald	...	Commander Dolim
Tucker Smallwood	...	Xindi-Primate
Rick Worthy	...	Jannar
Josette DiCarlo	...	Sphere-Builder Woman

Storyline

Captain Archer has been returned to Enterprise by the Xindi council awaiting a hearing. But after a heavy attack by the Reptilians, Enterprise is stranded without a functional warp drive. They meet another ship in trouble because of space anomalies. The ship's captain isn't willing to trade in their warp coil and Archer must make a tough decision. Meanwhile T'Pol is having some strange sensations and can't control her emotions.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

21 April 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television, Paramount Television

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Quotes

[after Enterprise has taken the alien ship's warp coil by force]
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: You did the right thing.
Captain Jonathan Archer: Seems the longer we're out here, the more I have to keep saying that to myself.

User Reviews

Crossing the Line of Ethics

The Reptilians stop the attack to the Enterprise that is stranded seriously damaged, without propulsion and with many casualties. Captain Archer is sent back in an aquatic pod and evaluates the damage report. When a ship with problems caused by the anomalies hails the Enterprise, Archer proposes to trade their warp engine by Trellium and supplies, but the other captain does not accept the offer. When Archer decodes Degra's message calling him to a meeting with the Xindi council scheduled in three days, Archer decides to use force and take the warp coil by force from the aliens. Meanwhile T'Pol goes to the sick bay and tells Dr. Phlox that she is addicted in Trellium and unable to control her emotions.

In "Damage", Captain Archer crosses the line of ethics and steals the warp engine of an alien ship using the maximum that the end justifies the means that recalls the behavior of many governors of the Twentieth and the Twentieth Centuries that think in the same way. I personally hated this despicable episode and I believe the author could have written a better action to be taken considering the moral character of Archer. I do not agree with the destruction of his moral and ethical principles in such easy way. In the rest, the saga of the Enterprise goes on, but not as noble as it has been along the other seventy episodes. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Relatório de Danos" ("Damage Reports")