E²
- Episode aired May 5, 2004
- TV-PG
- 43m
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7.9/10
1.7K
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Trying to pass through a subspace corridor, Enterprise is stopped by a version of itself from the future.Trying to pass through a subspace corridor, Enterprise is stopped by a version of itself from the future.Trying to pass through a subspace corridor, Enterprise is stopped by a version of itself from the future.
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- TriviaAccording to this episode's writer Mike Sussman, the name "Lorian" was an homage to the Elvish forest Lórien found in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".
- GoofsWhen the Enterprise passes through the subspace corridor and ends up in the past. Travis reports that "The stars are not where they are supposed to be." Considering that no Earth vassals have charted the area the stars positions would not have been known in the first place.
- ConnectionsRemake of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Children of Time (1997)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Hit and miss episode for me
Enterprise is due to rendezvous with Degra but ends up somewhere in a place and time where nothing seems right.
Much of the plot has been taken from previous Trek incarnations but it does work for the purpose of this episode. It starts off with an excellent and highly intriguing premise and the events unfold in a compelling and sometimes ironic way. I was thoroughly enjoying up to a point where the main guest character gets into some big expository dialogue to explain his behaviour and from then on my interest began to wane.
The concept of the guest characters was mostly good as it allowed the series regulars an interesting glimpse into a possible future. I found all this to be plausible and bought into it for most of the characters. One didn't work for me, mainly due to the dodgy makeup effects and the focus on an ongoing sub-plot and love story that has never interested me throughout the duration of the show.
When reading the reviews of others, I noticed one making a good point about time-travel being overused in sci-fi. It's a difficult one because some of the best plots involve time-travel, but the more of them you see, the more it diminishes their impact.
E² has a pretty exciting finish which did pique my attention once more towards the end. Once the reset button is eventually pushed you do suspect the overarching plot just took a detour for the sake of achieving the full number of episodes required for a series as it nears the conclusion.
I think overall it was good, but given the premise I wish it had been better. Much of this down my own personal interest in certain characters.
Much of the plot has been taken from previous Trek incarnations but it does work for the purpose of this episode. It starts off with an excellent and highly intriguing premise and the events unfold in a compelling and sometimes ironic way. I was thoroughly enjoying up to a point where the main guest character gets into some big expository dialogue to explain his behaviour and from then on my interest began to wane.
The concept of the guest characters was mostly good as it allowed the series regulars an interesting glimpse into a possible future. I found all this to be plausible and bought into it for most of the characters. One didn't work for me, mainly due to the dodgy makeup effects and the focus on an ongoing sub-plot and love story that has never interested me throughout the duration of the show.
When reading the reviews of others, I noticed one making a good point about time-travel being overused in sci-fi. It's a difficult one because some of the best plots involve time-travel, but the more of them you see, the more it diminishes their impact.
E² has a pretty exciting finish which did pique my attention once more towards the end. Once the reset button is eventually pushed you do suspect the overarching plot just took a detour for the sake of achieving the full number of episodes required for a series as it nears the conclusion.
I think overall it was good, but given the premise I wish it had been better. Much of this down my own personal interest in certain characters.
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- snoozejonc
- Nov 18, 2020
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