1.26 : Season Finale - 'Shockwave'

[Dave]

Crewman Daniels returns to take Captain Archer through time to
stop the Suliban in Enterprise's first-season finale.

StarTrek.com have the same story I posted earlier, apparently it's the official synopsis for 'Shockwave':

Starfleet orders Enterprise to return home when the
crew seemingly causes the destruction of an alien
planet they were exploring. Archer is visited by former
crew member Daniels, who traveled through time to
warn him that the Suliban are trying to sabotage
Enterprise's mission, and the two travel through time
to try to thwart the Suliban's plans.

'Shockwave' was written by Enterprise executive producers Rick
Berman and Brannon Braga, and directed by Trek veteran Allan
Kroeker.

The official site also released details of the episode's guest cast:

John Fleck as Silik
Matt Winston as Daniels
Vaughn Armstrong as Admiral Forrest
James Horan as Humanoid Figure
Stephanie Erb as Receptionist
David Lewis Hays as Tactical Crewman

Four of the characters have appeared in previous Enterprise
episodes. Fleck's Silik and Horan's Humanoid Figure featured in
'Broken Bow' and 'Cold Front,' while Winston also reprises his
Daniels role from 'Cold Front.'

This is Armstrong's sixth episode as Admiral Forrest, having
appeared in 'Broken Bow,' 'Fortunate Son,' 'Shadows of P'Jem,'
'Fusion,' and 'Fallen Hero.' He also played the Klingon Captain in
'Sleeping Dogs' and the Kreetassan Captain in 'Vox Sola.'

Erb also has previous Trek experience, having featured as Liva in
TNG's 'Man of the People.' Hays is new to the franchise, but has
had small roles in 'Rules of Engagement' and the series Grounded
For Life.

 

[Dave]

Bakula Previews Enterprise Finale

Enterprise star Scott Bakula, in an interview with TV Guide Online, offered a preview of tonight's season finale, entitled "Shockwave." "There's no Prime Directive yet, so we're at a loss," Bakula told the site. "We've been invited to come visit this planet with 3,500 colonists, and we're entering the atmosphere, there's an explosion — they're all dead."

Bakula, who plays Capt. Jonathan Archer, added, "Needless to say, no one's happy about it. The Vulcans want to shut down the whole space-travel program because of this huge disaster."

 

[Highlander II]

okay - watched this today - (taped it on Wed - just now got around to it - been one of those weeks)


Yes - it is a cliff-hanger - hope I didn't ruin it for you!


So, the story was a bit weak, but it moved along. There is apparently some temporal stuff going on. Archer is dragged back to ten months ago to be told how to remedy a problem in the future - which is his present, then once they've gotten some evidence, Archer is ready to board a ship to speak with Silik (is that his name?) and he's whisked away to the future - the 32nd Century --

Just so I don't ruin the cliffhanger:

Spoiler

And he's stuck there. All of the equipment that the 'temporal' people use has been destroyed and they can't send Archer back to his correct timeline.

It was interesting, just not really a 'gripping' story - until the very end ---

and James Horan is the 'future guy' that we heard (he was just a shadow - same in this ep) in the 1st episode. He's not new to ST - he was on DS9, and I think he was on TNG. He's also guested on Highlander: The Series and Zorro (the one from the Family Channel). He's great as a bad guy! I hope we learn more about him next season...

 

[Neo]

Got to say i thought it was a very good episode.. loved to hear more about the temporal cold war .. This is the definate begininning of the prime directive..

Class episode

 

[Dave]

Video messed up and I missed the first 10 minutes of this, but I already know about the explosion and death of the colonists, I'll try and catch the repeat on Sunday.

I liked it, I thought that the final scenes in the 31st Century were quite striking, contrasting with his earlier visit to the same room. It was perculiar how the room or view hadn't changed in ten centuries though.

In the style of 'Scorpion' or 'Best of Both Worlds', it features a cliffhanger with a missing Captain, and more intrigue and plot twists than are usual in Star Trek, with a very soft use of the time travel theme.

One thing that struck me as odd, was that they made great play of how difficult it would be to integrate with the Suliban technology to decode the data, yet they went straight in and docked the shuttlepod with the Suliban ship. I just remember all the problems that the Russians and Americans had docking their different space vehicles together.

Otherwise, very good, can't wait for more.

 

[ray gower]

I'm not going to say I dislike this episode, just that it left me confused.

Like all programmes that attempt to conciously interfere with time lines, it leaves the sensible question of why?

Why should Archer being stranded in the 31 Century be a problem- He got there without a time machine?

Why should the events leading to him being stranded there have occurred at all. Simple enough to prevent it happening in the first place. Just send a letter?

And above all, if Daniels was bumped off, why did they send him back again after the event? Is he dead or not? Or did they pick him earlier from his future and does that mean he is not going to be killed this time? Or perhaps he wasn't actually with them the first time?

The list of questions goes on, becoming ever longer and self contradictory.

 

[Dave]

Originally posted by ray gower
Why should Archer being stranded in the 31 Century be a problem- He got there without a time machine?

I can't recall the exact phrase (technobabble) he used, nor is it important, but Daniels said that the 'Time Vortex Conduit', or something like that, was destroyed too, so there WAS a time machine involved, and now it no longer existed. If the Enterprise was recalled to Earth, and the mission cancelled, then the UFP would not be formed, and the future would not happen the same way, and the time machine would never exist. This means that Archer is to have some pivotal role in the formation of the UFP.

I saw the first part that I missed last time, and it made more sense. (Especially the eratic behaviour of Archer after the explosion.)

 

[ray gower]

Sorry. Still don't think that makes a lot of sense.

The time machine did exist yesterday, it is not inconceivable that it can reach into tomorrow. Especially after the manipulations with Daniels.

Think I will come back to this after I get the chance to see the opeing of the next season

 

[Dave]

Maybe Daniels said it in part 2. I've forgotten what he said exactly, and I don't want to argue about it as it is complete rubbish anyway, but I think the time machine was in the future, and pulled Archer out of the past.

As for Daniels getting killed that wasn't adequately explained even in part 2.