Anomaly
- Episode aired Sep 17, 2003
- TV-PG
- 43m
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7.7/10
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After an attack by Osaarian pirates, Enterprise follows them to a mysterious sphere.After an attack by Osaarian pirates, Enterprise follows them to a mysterious sphere.After an attack by Osaarian pirates, Enterprise follows them to a mysterious sphere.
Kenneth White
- Engineering Crewman
- (as Kenneth A. White)
Mark Correy
- Engineer Alex
- (uncredited)
Nikki Flux
- Enterprise Crewwoman
- (uncredited)
Peter Godoy
- Enterprise Crewman
- (uncredited)
Glen Hambly
- Enterprise Ensign
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode refers to stem bolts, a possible homage to numerous self-sealing stem bolt references made in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
- GoofsWhen Reed is looking over the cargo, he says it's stem bolts but, in a previous episode titled "The Seventh", the same props are used as "spent injector casings." A form of highly toxic waste which can significantly shorten a person's lifespan.
- Quotes
Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Every species we run into seems to be gunning for us. We might as well paint a giant bull's-eye on the hull.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Discovery: Anomaly (2021)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Featured review
Action/chase story filled with anomalies and pirates
Enterprise encounters some strange anomalies affecting everything on board before they are attacked by Osaarian pirates.
Archer and the crew move further into the Dephic expanse and encounter a crew that might hold valuable information relating to the Xindi. Similar to the slightly better previous episode, the testosterone level has gone up several notches along with the amount of background danger-music.
Television changed at the turn of the twenty-first century when it decided to make central characters darker. This episode shows us Archer departing from the traditional Star Trek morals and becoming a more complex leading character who is willing do some damage in order to get the job done. I guess the Trek writers didn't want the show to get left behind so decided to push Archer down the Jack Bauer path. At one point after Archer uses some debatable tactics to obtain information, the camera cuts to a shot of his face looking like a pretty hard-arsed, determined protagonist and I half expected the scene to cut to black and digital clock to appear centre screen counting down the last few seconds of the hour.
I'm not sure if this sits right within the Gene Roddenberry universe, but then again Deep Space Nine had it's moments of complexity. I suppose what shines a spotlight on Enterprise is that is was written during the height of the Bush-era when shows like this and 24 were interpreted as championing war and torture.
Personally, I'm more interested in whether it is a worthwhile 45 minutes of my time or not. I enjoyed the opening sequence and found myself relatively gripped as things unfolded. I don't think it's one I would watch again, but it's definitely worth seeing for plot and character development if you are interested in the overall series narrative.
Archer and the crew move further into the Dephic expanse and encounter a crew that might hold valuable information relating to the Xindi. Similar to the slightly better previous episode, the testosterone level has gone up several notches along with the amount of background danger-music.
Television changed at the turn of the twenty-first century when it decided to make central characters darker. This episode shows us Archer departing from the traditional Star Trek morals and becoming a more complex leading character who is willing do some damage in order to get the job done. I guess the Trek writers didn't want the show to get left behind so decided to push Archer down the Jack Bauer path. At one point after Archer uses some debatable tactics to obtain information, the camera cuts to a shot of his face looking like a pretty hard-arsed, determined protagonist and I half expected the scene to cut to black and digital clock to appear centre screen counting down the last few seconds of the hour.
I'm not sure if this sits right within the Gene Roddenberry universe, but then again Deep Space Nine had it's moments of complexity. I suppose what shines a spotlight on Enterprise is that is was written during the height of the Bush-era when shows like this and 24 were interpreted as championing war and torture.
Personally, I'm more interested in whether it is a worthwhile 45 minutes of my time or not. I enjoyed the opening sequence and found myself relatively gripped as things unfolded. I don't think it's one I would watch again, but it's definitely worth seeing for plot and character development if you are interested in the overall series narrative.
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- snoozejonc
- Sep 28, 2020
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