The Forge (19 Nov. 2004)
"Enterprise" The Forge (original title)

After a bombing destroyed the Earth embassy on Vulcan, Syrrannites are suspected. T'Pol receives a map from her Syrrannite mother, leading into a dangerous desert, The Forge.

Director:

Michael Grossman

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	...	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
Robert Foxworth	...	Administrator V'Las
Vaughn Armstrong	...	Admiral Maxwell Forrest
Gary Graham	...	Vulcan Ambassador Soval
Michael Reilly Burke	...	Koss
Michael Nouri	...	Arev, aka Syrran
Larc Spies	...	Stel

Storyline

Admiral Maxwell Forrest is having a discussion with ambassador Soval in the Earth embassy on Vulcan about joint-fleet operations. Then a bomb explodes, killing 43 people including Forrest. The Vulcans suggest Syrrannites, a group that has a different interpretation of the teachings of philosopher Surak, may be responsible and evidence supports that theory. DNA of a certain T'Pau is found on a bomb, a well known Syrrannite. The Vulcan chief investigator Stel however demands that Vulcan takes the matter entirely into its own hands. T'Pol gets an unexpected visit from her husband Koss, bringing an artifact from her mother. She is a Syrrannite and is hiding. The artifact shows a map that leads into a dangerous desert known as The Forge, following the same route Surak once did 1800 years ago.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television, Paramount Television

Did You Know?

Trivia

The questions about "Who said 'Logic is the cement of our civilization, with which we ascend from chaos, using reason as our guide'?". and Kiri-kin-tha's laws of Metaphysics that Arev asks Captain Archer are the same as the questions that Spock has to answer in the beginning of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Archer does not know the answer to the logic question, but the answer Spock gives the computer in "Voyage Home" is "T'plana-hath, Matron of the Vulcan philosophy".

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Goofs

When Admiral Forrest and Ambassador Soval are walking together in the Earth embassy you can see the column which falls during the explosion leaning out before the explosion takes place. Neither Forrest nor Soval react to the leaning column until the explosion, although you can hear distant explosions before the near one erupts.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Arev, aka Syrran: Surak.

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Connections

References Star Trek: Yesteryear (1973)

User Reviews

Excellent Episode

In the United Earth Embassy in Vulcan, Admiral Maxwell Forrest and Ambassador Soval are discussing the technical cooperation between their people when there is a blowup killing thirty-one Earthlings including Forrest and twelve Vulcans. Captain Archer is assigned to investigate the attack and the Vulcan chief investigator Stel suggests the responsibility of the Andorians or the dissident Syranites for the attempt with the support of the Administrator V'Las. Lt. Reed and Ensign Mayweather discover in the debris a hidden bomb that has not exploded with the DNA of the Syranite T'Pau. Meanwhile T'Pol receives from her husband Koss an ancient object delivered by her mother and she finds a map with the location where her mother and the Syranites are hidden in the desert The Forge, a place where technology does not work. Archer and T'Pol head to The Forge to seek out T'Pau. Meanwhile Dr. Phlox discovers that the DNA in the bomb has been manipulated and Ambassador Soval is convinced by Commander Tucker to perform the forbidden mind melt with a survivor to disclose the surprising truth.

"The Forge" is an excellent episode of Enterprise. The screenplay is very well written and the engaging story is a must-see. The chameleon Jolene Blalock is extremely gorgeous in the role of T'Pol and for me she is one of the greatest attraction of this fantastic series. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "No Deserto de Vulcano" ("In the Desert of Vulcan")