Dawn

Episode aired Jan 8, 2003
TV-PGTV-PG
43m

7.4/10

1.3K

S2.E13

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Trip's shuttlepod is shot down by a hostile race and is force to land on a deserted moon. There he must team up with the alien who shot him down in order to find a way back to Enterprise.Trip's shuttlepod is shot down by a hostile race and is force to land on a deserted moon. There he must team up with the alien who shot him down in order to find a way back to Enterprise.Trip's shuttlepod is shot down by a hostile race and is force to land on a deserted moon. There he must team up with the alien who shot him down in order to find a way back to Enterprise.

7.4/10

1.3K

Director
- Roxann Dawson
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
- Rick Berman
- Brannon Braga(showrunner)
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Gregg Henry and Connor Trinneer in Enterprise (2001)

Trip's shuttle is fired upon and he and his aggressor are forced to land on a nearby moon. While the nighttime weather is calm, the incoming dawn will make the planet inhospitable and deadly. Despite the language barrier and violent introduction, Trip and Zho'Kaan reach an understanding and struggle to survive, hoping to be rescued before the sun rises. —Meribor

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Trivia
This is the second Star Trek franchise episode based upon Barry Longyear's 1980 novella "Enemy Mine" (filmed as Enemy Mine (1985)). The other episode was The Enemy (1989).

Goofs
While waiting on the mountainside, Trip goes to activate the communications channel. When he leans on the very large boulder the communications panel is resting on, it moves visibly giving away its lack of mass as it was presumably created from spray foam.

Quotes
[last lines]
Zho'Kaan: Trip... when I fired at your vessel... I'm grateful I didn't destroy it.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: That makes two of us.

Connections
References Enemy Mine (1985)

Soundtracks
Where My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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7/10

better than the average second season episode

Enterprise is exploring a gas giant with sixty some odd moons. Trip is out testing a new autopilot system on a shuttlenear one of the moons and mostly out of contact due to the moon's sensor and transmission dampening properties. Trip gets into a brief dogfight with an alien patrol vessel and they both go down. An Alien cruiser then approaches Enterprise and the two (now enemy) captains must figure out a way to retrieve their missing crew members and get out of the seemingly inevitable battle that must follow.

This is the third time ST has adapted the plot of 'Enemy Mine' for its own purposes. This time, it mostly works. The alien species is much more interesting than the usual Enterprise addition, and Roxann Dawson's direction is above average for this series.

Worth a watch!

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