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This episode was one of the best Enterprise produced up to this point, and that was the most tragic thing about it. They kept up the tension all the way through, the script was excellent, the acting good and it all fitted together. Normally, three solid stars. However, it had the Borg in it. I usually add a star for well-made Borg episodes, they are genuinely the scariest thing in Trek. Watching Phlox being assimilated bit by bit was very unsettling. But they shouldn't be there, or should they? There was a perfectly reasonable excuse for them to be there, and they did exactly what they should do, try to rejoin the Collective and assimilate all they can. They even created a reason for them to turn up in the 24th Century. O.K., that leaves me with the question of whether I should judge this on its merits, or fitting into the whole. I'll go with the latter, but it at least deserves a star for effort. |
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Cailus |
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Avoiding continuity, this is probably the best Enterprise episode of the first two seasons. Decent writing, good atmosphere, half-decent acting, and an actual successful attempt at the Borg. I imagine that the producers told the writers, "We want a Borg episode. Make it happen!" and that was that. Given fairly obvious limitations, the writers do an excellent job, making this the best episode of the first two seasons...although honestly, that's like saying a snail is better than a slug. |
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=NoPoet= |
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One of the most-maligned episodes of Trek, with the usual inconsistent Enterprise-bashing, where nobody pays any regard to the existing confusion and contradiction about the Borg. So nobody in Starfleet assigns a major priority to defending against a species who won't find out about earth for another 200 years? A species whose future incarnation is dealt with swiftly and efficiently using 22nd century technology? Whose nanoprobes are overcome by radiation? It's hardly surprising that Starfleet doesn't seem to care about the Borg coming back. Granted, I just listed all of this episode's flaws, but by this point we all know that Star Trek in any incarnation apart from DS9 isn't really competitive against much of modern television. It lacks the sex appeal or chemistry of Supernatural, the gritty characters of Galactica, it pulls in a fraction of the audience of NCIS, it hasn't got the "cool factor" of Lost and the acting in Trek is always so understated that it saps possible drama. None of this is the episode's fault. Regeneration is exciting, with an excellent musical score, a dramatic story which gives the nod to TNG and may even explain why the Hansens seem to know about the Borg before they appear in TNG. One of my favourites and one of the only good S2 episodes, annoyingly maligned for the sake of bashing Trek. |
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While the appearance of the Borg was definitely a bit contrived, I don't see any issues with continuity. They didn't identify themselves by name, so consider that as the Ent-D "discovers" them. You can't find info you aren't actually looking for. It is a solid episode overall, but I do wish the Borg would be a bit more consistent with their First Contact counterparts. |
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