Almost the entire crew is left unconscious when four Ferengi pirates raid Enterprise. A still conscious Trip is the only one who can get rid of them.Almost the entire crew is left unconscious when four Ferengi pirates raid Enterprise. A still conscious Trip is the only one who can get rid of them.Almost the entire crew is left unconscious when four Ferengi pirates raid Enterprise. A still conscious Trip is the only one who can get rid of them.
- Female Crewmember
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Billy
- (uncredited)
- Crewman
- (uncredited)
- Engineer Alex
- (uncredited)
- Engineer
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Rossi
- (uncredited)
- Enterprise Crewman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Ferengi Muk asks "Do I look like a Menk to you?" The Menk were the lesser evolved species of the planet Valakia (the Valakians being the dominant species) seen in Dear Doctor (2002). In that same episode, the Valakians mention the Ferengi, but no one on Enterprise has ever heard of them.
- GoofsArcher asks Tucker to get some Phase Pistols. Tucker says the Ferengi cleaned out the armory; however, the Ferengi ship where the goods are being stored is not even 10 meters from them at this point (Krem is making Archer transfer stuff from Enterprise to the Ferengi ship).
- Quotes
Grish: [talking to someone off camera] Where is the vault? Do you understand me?
[next shot shows that he's talking to Porthos the dog, who barks back at him]
Grish: I can't lock onto its language.
Muk: It's a lower life form, you fool. Probably the captain's next meal.
Grish: Don't be so sure. Look at the size of its ears.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Enterprise: Two Days and Two Nights (2002)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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XD xD In all seriousness, if was fun getting to watch Ethan Phillips return to the Trek Universe, playing the Ferengi raid party leader. He was previously on Star Trek:Voyager as the delta quadrant scavenger turned ship's cook Neelix.
There isn't much more to the episode than a handful of ship's crew vs the 4 ferengi raiders. Feels like the producers were trying to keep costs low. Although it didn't feel quite like a true bottle episode, they DID manage to wring a cute and decent story from a rather... "wash cloth" sized idea.
All in all, This is a fun episode that never quite shifts into second gear, it tries to get the audience "invested" (😉) in the story, but often it feels like it is not quite sure which way to turn, and thus stalls out.
Decent, nothing special, top line of the episode: "my lobes...stroke my lobes." 🤢
- knuckle-99779
- May 14, 2022
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Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 1.78 : 1