Exile

Exile, aired 10/15/03

No Trip and T'Pol! But this shipper can find a slim moment of gold in the episode anyway.

zealousgirl's Special Edition Report of Exile has been posted.

Finally! T'Pol the Science Officer! But, sigh, T'Pol the scientist working alone. What a wasted opportunity. However, she believes she sees a pattern to the anomolies - a second sphere pulling from a different direction.

ZG does a great job describing T'Pol's work on this mystery, so check out her special report for the big picture.


Beauty and the beast. This book is going to be important!


The beauty behind the beast? The alien, Tarquin (thanks, ZG!), takes on a form pleasing to Hoshi's eyes. He knows how lonely and isolated she feels, even on Enterprise.


The ship is being pulled apart by the anomolies caused by a sphere. Archer tells Trip to insulate the hull with trellium D and...


...tells T'Pol to stay away from the launch bay. "Indeed."


Trip and Archer in search of the source of the anomoly.


The cloaking barrier is somewhere around there, boys.


They find the second sphere behind the cloaking barrier!


Trip has to repair the shuttle to capture the data T'Pol needs...


...and accidently ignites one of the thrusters...


...bye, bye, birdie!...


...they finally shoot the pod down, but Trip needs more practice in the armory - hmm, Archer looked a little green at that comment - ...


...Trip is just foolin', he'll continue his target practice with Archer.


Oh, yeah, back at the ranch, T'Pol paces...


...not pleased that Trip forgot all about her. But they did get that data for her!


T'Pol and her science once more. There are at least 50 moon-sized spheres creating a web of crippling anomolies. Why?


Told ya! Bet the book is part of the key. So we have T'Pol's science and Hoshi's linguistic skills, each supplying pieces of the puzzle. Does Hoshi know what she holds in her hands?

myst123 here: Not a great episode, although it was nice to see T'Pol and Hoshi each involved in solving the mystery using their professional strengths.

The biggest disappointment was the missed opportunity to set up T'Pol and Trip as the scientists to problem solve and work together, to begin to explore the Vulcan and human dynamics and use the science in science fiction to do so.

Instead, we get T'Pol isolated in her lab ala 7of9, presenting the results rather than seeing her work through the problem. Hopefully this lapse into the rut we saw last season, where T'Pol became the Vulcan prop, will only last this one episode. In the first four episodes, T'Pol's development looked so promising - we saw her working and interacting with the other crew members. Science would have been a means of exploring her character - the scene with Trip in Rajiin was a big step in the right direction. Instead, in this ep, TPTB isolate her, give her no personality in terms of her science. Once again the spark is taken out of her and, if this is a trend, she looks to become as boring this season as she was last season. Too bad.

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Great Caps. *Loved* the shot of Trip over Archer's shoulder as they spy the sphere. And continued proof that Aubergine is definitely T'Pol's color. :) Thanks.

Great caps as usual, myst! I was really bummed this ep didn't have Trip/T'Pol but it did have some, albeit brief, Archer/Trip interaction. I know TPTB were going to back off Trip/T'Pol but good grief! Wasn't this episode extreme?!

Thanks for capturing the "Trip over Archer's shoulder" shot. One of my favorites!

I was disappointed that there weren't enough Trip on the episode and none of T/T'P but somehow you've managed to get the right shots! Great job.

You know, Trip/Archer really were funny on the sphere. Somebody on TrekBBS mentioned 'Dumb and Dumber' and whooboy, no kidding..

Trip: D'uh!! Cap'n, our ride's gettin' away! (stands there like a helpless ninny calling for his bud)
Archer: You klutz! Whadidja do?? Can we take off on one thruster??
Trip, looking up at the rising pod, back at Archer, up at the rising pod, back at Archer: Are ya blind, ya dufus?!
Archer slaps his forhead: D'oh!
Both whip out phasers and start blasting!

teeheeheeeeee!

Episodes like this one don't fit very well into sites like this, do they?? Eh, at least I won't have much to write for my Hotness Index this week. And by that I mean, "It won't take me long to do my homework."

For the record, I'm not pissy that we didn't get to see T'Pol doing the actual science. At least we know she's playing an integral part in all this. And Trip was busy with his engines, trying to outsmart the anomalies and keep his warp field stable. At least he's not sitting down there polishing the handrails and purging any more manifolds. He's probably saving up for a special late night cleaning session with Polly anyway. ;)

Great shots as usual. LOVE the shot of Trip over Archer's shoulder....that is one nice picture!

ah the return of the purple suit! love the caps, and did the rest of you notice that the guy the alien projected looked like malcolm? oh will wonders never cease... bye for now, off to fan fiction, reruns start this coming week, sigh, but we'll survive, lol.
later!

I love the shot of Hoshi and the alien guy, it loooks so cool