Broken Bow 

Archer learns from the Suliban Sarin that Klaang was carrying a message to the Klingons to prevent civil war within the Klingon Empire. Sarin urges Archer to find him.

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Rick Berman (created by)

Stars:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Bakula	...	Capt. Jonathan Archer
John Billingsley	...	Dr. Phlox
Jolene Blalock	...	Sub-Cmdr. T'Pol
Dominic Keating	...	Lt. Malcolm Reed
Anthony Montgomery	...	Ensign Travis Mayweather
Linda Park	...	Ensign Hoshi Sato
Connor Trinneer	...	Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
John Fleck	...	Silik
Melinda Clarke	...	Suliban Sarin
Tom Lister Jr.	...	Klaang (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Vaughn Armstrong	...	Adm. Maxwell Forrest
Jim Beaver	...	Adm. Daniel Leonard
Mark Moses	...	Henry Archer
Gary Graham	...	Ambassador Soval
Byron Thames	...	Crewman

Storyline

In the mid-22nd century, the Earth ship Enterprise is launched under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer. When the crew rescues an alien from a crashed spaceship, Earth gets its first look at the alien's race - the Klingons. Archer and his crew must walk a fine line as they attempt to communicate with the Klingon pilot, whose language is completely unknown, and whose homeworld wants him back. Is this the beginning of friendship...or interstellar war?

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Plot Keywords:

father son relationship | shapeshifter | shapeshifting alien | shapeshifting | klingon | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Jolene Blalock, a decision was made to change T'Pol's make-up - particularly her hairstyle - after three days of shooting. All Blalock's scenes for the first few days had to be reshot.

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Goofs

When Captain Archer travels to Brazil, Hoshi Sato is teaching a class in another language. The closed captions state it is Klingon, however, since Earth hasn't had any contact with Quon'os before, it is highly unlikely they would know how to speak it, Hoshi tried to use the universal translator when Klaang is in sickbay. Since she wasn't familiar with any Klingon dialects, with the small sample the Vulcans donated, the language she was teaching was another species, possibly insectoid.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Young Archer: "Where no man has gone before."

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Connections

References Star Trek: The Next Generation: First Contact (1991)

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Soundtracks

Where My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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User Reviews

The prequel to Star Trek

Just saw Enterprise: Broken Bow, and I would have to say that it is different. It's like one hundred years before Kirk and it's interesting to see how Starfleet gets to where we know it. The uniforms are different than the standard color coordination that Star Trek has used before. It's more of a more military look. The starship shots are all computer generated, on The Next Generation they used models, boy I miss that. Great way to start off a new show, especially when they used the transporter on a human for the first time. The show looks to be promising from this pilot.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon

Release Date:

26 September 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1