Hatchery
- Episode aired Feb 25, 2004
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Captain Archer orders the crew of Enterprise to save a Xindi-Insectoid hatchery.Captain Archer orders the crew of Enterprise to save a Xindi-Insectoid hatchery.Captain Archer orders the crew of Enterprise to save a Xindi-Insectoid hatchery.
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Jason Collins
- Cpl. Ryan
- (uncredited)
Kevin Derr
- Cpl. Kelly
- (uncredited)
Duncan K. Fraser
- Ensign Walsh
- (uncredited)
Glen Hambly
- Enterprise Ensign
- (uncredited)
Dorenda Moore
- Private S. Money
- (uncredited)
Justin Sundquist
- MACO Soldier
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Insectoid console with the glass dome is a reuse of the stellar cartography set piece built for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
- GoofsBecause Dr. Phlox has the authority to order Captain Archer to sick bay, it seems strange that the concerned party chose to mutiny rather than exercising that provision. However, Dr Phlox tried to quote Starfleet Regulation 104 section C, giving him authority to medically relieve Archer as unfit for duty. However, Archer threatens both Phlox and Trip with "confined to quarters" and they leave. Now they have no other option but to mutiny.
- Quotes
Captain Jonathan Archer: My great-grandfather was in North Africa during the Eugenics Wars. His battalion was evacuating civilians from a war zone when they came under attack. There was a school full of children directly between them and the enemy. If his men had returned fire, they might have hit it. So he called the commander on the other side, got him to agree to hold his fire long enough to evacuate the school. There are rules, Trip - even in war.
- ConnectionsReferences Quantum Leap (1989)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Filler in the Xindi Arc
The problem with The Hatchery is that it is a very highly improbable self-contained story which is connected to the Xindi story arc, and which introduces some very radical concepts which never emerge again in the arc. In other words, it is a bit of filler within a story arc which had no room for filler.
Enterprise discovers a hatchery for Xindi Insectoids aboard a wrecked insectoid ship and Archer decides to try to save the offspring for humanistic reasons. Obsessed, he loses sleep and his grip on reality and begins dismissing his senior officers when they fail to anticipate his command decisions.
The dynamics between four of the principal characters (Archer, T'Pol, Tucker and Reed) are examined in this episode, but are presented in a way which is consistent with most of the series. The story presents some rather extreme new ideas, but these are never really made use of again later in the series. Instead of what should have been a pivotal episode, the audience is left wondering why this filler episode was necessary.
Bakula uncharacteristically overacts the manic and obsessed Archer, and Blalock, Trineer and Keating carry the episode. Mike Grossman's directing is admirable, considering what he had to work with in terms of story.
Enterprise discovers a hatchery for Xindi Insectoids aboard a wrecked insectoid ship and Archer decides to try to save the offspring for humanistic reasons. Obsessed, he loses sleep and his grip on reality and begins dismissing his senior officers when they fail to anticipate his command decisions.
The dynamics between four of the principal characters (Archer, T'Pol, Tucker and Reed) are examined in this episode, but are presented in a way which is consistent with most of the series. The story presents some rather extreme new ideas, but these are never really made use of again later in the series. Instead of what should have been a pivotal episode, the audience is left wondering why this filler episode was necessary.
Bakula uncharacteristically overacts the manic and obsessed Archer, and Blalock, Trineer and Keating carry the episode. Mike Grossman's directing is admirable, considering what he had to work with in terms of story.
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- Dec 16, 2007
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