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Enterprise: Silent Enemy (2002)
The birth of the 'Phase Cannons'. (Phasers)
This episode seems like another common (if not cliché') not-so-nice alien encounter, with menacing looking ship that approaches, but does not wish to speak.
Archer delivers his typical upbeat (and naive) "Hey we're from earth, so wasssaaaaaap!"
The aliens leave the first time w/o incident, but they get trigger happy the second time, and Archer feels his ship is just not prepared to deal with the threats they have been encountering. All they have are fairly wimpy, non-photon torpedoes. The NX-01 left space dock without installing the 3 phase cannons it was supposed to have. As a matter of fact, they only have the parts to build one. Not good.
Actually, that is exactly what IS good about the episode. We get to see the birth of, and the first successful use of Phasers' on any ship called Enterprise.
I really enjoyed the enemy ship basically having their way with the NX- 01, including boarding the ship with impunity; but in the end a power surge during a preliminary test firing (that almost took out most of the ship) is routed into hull plating (early shields)and the phasers' knock out the enemies shields with the first blast. As they move off, Enterprise fires a rear torpedo and disables the enemy ship, forcing it to disengage and limp away.
With the ship now better armed, they continue on their journey, now with a bit more confidence. Great! This is what Star Trek (and life) is all about. Giving 110% to achieve your goals.
Star Trek: Voyager: Endgame (2001)
Satisfying, and intelligent way end to a good show...
In this day and age where people routinely have 500 cable/satellite channels or more, there is such a glut of content and so much competition for viewers that even great shows never make it past the first season.
So, many times I will watch a series and the last show ends up being a cliffhanger with no proper ending. I am left hanging after investing quite a lot of time in a world that is so busy that we have less and less time TO invest.
Anyway, I loved how Janeway blasts through Borg cubes like they were made of cardboard with the new Quantum Torpedoes, and the addition of armor was long overdue for the entire series. I liked the going back and forth through time plot, and the aging crew members makeup was believable and the acting competent.
The unbelievable portion was the Borg sending only one cube. Bullsnot. They did the same in The Next Gen movie "First Contact".
Anyway, sorry this review is 13 years overdue, but I just got NETFLIX so....:)