I have always liked this episode. It has clear sci fi elements, bordering to fantasy. The lonely creature resides in a mountainous castle on planet all alone, wind swept and snowy, being exiled from his home planet for his mind reading abilities. He has a crystal orb allowing him to extend his mind reading so that he can contact minds far away. This allows him to find a partner to stay with him. He is 400 years old and very lonely, and grave stones in the forever windy and snowy garden implies he has outlived several companions.
So the question is will Hoshi be his next one? He reads her mind and knows she is lonely, too. He offers to help the ship learn about the Xindi, but on the condition Hoshi stays with him as he extends his mind outwards to get information.
The problem is that Hoshi might not want to, plus the solitude and isolation has made the mind reader kind of desperate.
The other story line involves the ship trying to find and access to a moon sized alien orb they just discovered, only to end up realising there are maybe 50 more in that area of space. There are a few nice scenes here, for example one where the shuttle mal functions as they examine the orb's surface.
Basically for me Exile is about loneliness, and I like it a lot.
So the question is will Hoshi be his next one? He reads her mind and knows she is lonely, too. He offers to help the ship learn about the Xindi, but on the condition Hoshi stays with him as he extends his mind outwards to get information.
The problem is that Hoshi might not want to, plus the solitude and isolation has made the mind reader kind of desperate.
The other story line involves the ship trying to find and access to a moon sized alien orb they just discovered, only to end up realising there are maybe 50 more in that area of space. There are a few nice scenes here, for example one where the shuttle mal functions as they examine the orb's surface.
Basically for me Exile is about loneliness, and I like it a lot.