Judgment

Episode aired Apr 9, 2003
TV-PG
43m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

1.8K

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John Vickery in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

After Enterprise lends aid to a group of accused rebels, Captain Archer faces a tribunal and charges of conspiring against the Klingon Empire.After Enterprise lends aid to a group of accused rebels, Captain Archer faces a tribunal and charges of conspiring against the Klingon Empire.After Enterprise lends aid to a group of accused rebels, Captain Archer faces a tribunal and charges of conspiring against the Klingon Empire.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Scott Bakula has stated this was his favorite episode of the series.

Goofs
When top-view shots of the Klingon tribunal hall are shown revealing onlookers in second-floor and third-floor balconies, the spectators are exactly the same, including identical costumes and synchronous actions.

Quotes
Kolos: My father... was a teacher; my mother, a biologist at the university. They encouraged me to take up the law. Now, all young people want to do is take up weapons, as soon as they can hold them. They're told there's honor in victory. Any victory. What honor is there in a victory over a weaker opponent? Had Duras destroyed that ship, he would've been lauded as a hero of the Empire, for murdering helpless refugees. We were a great society, not so long ago. When honor was earned through integrity and... acts of true courage. Not senseless bloodshed.
Captain Jonathan Archer: For thousands of years, my people had similar problems. We fought three world wars that almost destroyed us. Whole generations were nearly wiped out.
Kolos: What changed?
Captain Jonathan Archer: A few courageous people began to realize... they could make a difference.

Connections
Referenced in After Trek: Choose Your Pain (2017)

Soundtracks
Where My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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9/10

Archer and the Klingon Empire

This thoroughly satisfying episode of Enterprise recalls J. G. Hertzler to the franchise to play the aging legendary advocate Kolos, in an attempt to save Captain Archer from a death sentence for aiding fugitives from the empire and crippling a Klingon ship. As always, Hertsler makes a truly great Klingon, and he plays this role to the hilt. The court Archer must face operates in much the same way as a kardassian court. Trials are simply formalities which occur prior to sentencing. But of course, Archer, in his self-righteousness and sense of ethics, isn't going to let that happen.

I won't write a spoiler, but I do want to mention that unlike many episodes of Enterprise and Voyager before it, the end of this episode is not a cop-out and does not follow the usual formula.

Recommended!