Sleeping Dogs
- Episode aired Jan 30, 2002
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Enterprise tries to rescue a Klingon ship from sinking into a gas giant.Enterprise tries to rescue a Klingon ship from sinking into a gas giant.Enterprise tries to rescue a Klingon ship from sinking into a gas giant.
Jane Bordeaux
- Female Crewmember
- (uncredited)
Michael Braveheart
- Klingon Bridge Officer
- (uncredited)
Amy Kate Connolly
- Crewman
- (uncredited)
Mark Correy
- Engineer Alex
- (uncredited)
Ken Gruz
- Klingon Engineer
- (uncredited)
John Jurgens
- Starfleet Crewman
- (uncredited)
Mark Watson
- Enterprise NX-01 Crewman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to a DVD interview, Vaughn Armstrong was called shortly before shooting and told he was needed to fill the role of the Klingon Commander. The most challenging aspect of this sudden call, in his opinion, was having to deliver the Klingon language so precisely so as to not upset established Klingon language guidelines.
- GoofsThe schematic that the away team examined to find the port fusion injector showed the right side of the ship. Port in naval terms is left, not right.
- Quotes
Bu'kaH: I've never seen your kind before, but you have made an enemy of the Klingon Empire!
Captain Jonathan Archer: From what I've noticed, that's not hard to do.
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Don't wake sleeping dogs on an alien spaceship - they may not turn out to be sleeping beauties
In this episode, the Enterprise crew encounters Klingons who are helpless and unconscious floating in space in their ship and are in danger of being crushed in a planet's atmosphere. Captain Archer learns an important lesson for future encounters with the Klingons: diplomacy with sweet words and velvet gloves does not lead to success with the Klingons. When two alpha wolves meet, it is best to both growl equally loudly to demonstrate their strength but also to acknowledge that of the other, before moving on without attacking each other.
One advantage of the events in the early days of Starfleet is that the missions in these episodes are presented much more realistically than in TNG, DS9 and VOY. In these series, the teams were usually beamed directly onto alien planets or half-destroyed ships without protective equipment - and everywhere was breathable air, gravity and a well-tempered atmosphere. In this series, however, they put on EV suits, check the conditions on site and also use shuttles to dock with other ships. Also much more believable: without an interpreter, it is difficult to operate a foreign ship because you cannot decipher the controls. In the other series mentioned, each species could immediately handle any technology from other species. It was always possible to pilot alien ships without a moment's hesitation. However, this is shown very well in Enterprise. Just like in real life: you can't use a smartphone quickly and easily if it's switched to Chinese - even if you basically know how to use a smartphone. And it would be the same with alien spaceships. Only here, technology may be installed that is completely unknown to humans.
Even after the 14th episode though, I still have no emotional connection to any crew member of the Enterprise and to this day I can't remember the names of the chief engineer and weapons officer. But at least the realistic depiction of away missions is a small bright spot in this series.
One advantage of the events in the early days of Starfleet is that the missions in these episodes are presented much more realistically than in TNG, DS9 and VOY. In these series, the teams were usually beamed directly onto alien planets or half-destroyed ships without protective equipment - and everywhere was breathable air, gravity and a well-tempered atmosphere. In this series, however, they put on EV suits, check the conditions on site and also use shuttles to dock with other ships. Also much more believable: without an interpreter, it is difficult to operate a foreign ship because you cannot decipher the controls. In the other series mentioned, each species could immediately handle any technology from other species. It was always possible to pilot alien ships without a moment's hesitation. However, this is shown very well in Enterprise. Just like in real life: you can't use a smartphone quickly and easily if it's switched to Chinese - even if you basically know how to use a smartphone. And it would be the same with alien spaceships. Only here, technology may be installed that is completely unknown to humans.
Even after the 14th episode though, I still have no emotional connection to any crew member of the Enterprise and to this day I can't remember the names of the chief engineer and weapons officer. But at least the realistic depiction of away missions is a small bright spot in this series.
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- Runtime45 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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