Star Trek: Enterprise — 2x18 — The Crossing
Synopsis
Enterprise is swallowed by an otherworldly vessel occupied by noncorporeal creatures who seek to trade consciousnesses with the crew members.
Remarkable scenes
- Trip being disembodied.
- Reed: "Are you a female?" Crewman: "Sir?" Reed: "Your gender, you are a female, correct?" Crewman: "Last time I checked." Reed: "I am a male." Crewman: "I'm aware of that Lieutenant." Reed: "There seem to be a number of anatomical differences."
- Reed coming on to T'Pol.
- Reed to T'Pol: "Would you mind taking off your clothing? I'd like to learn more about your anatomy."
- Rostov being possessed.
- Trip slugging Travis.
Review
It's remarkable how suspicious Archer is of the wisp aliens at first. As harmless as they looked, Archer just seemed so xenophobic about it all. This is all excused of course because of the fact that Archer's instincts were correct. It annoyed me that when T'Pol found out the aliens' true intentions, Archer doesn't try to reason with the aliens, but instead exploits their weaknesses and destroys them. Maybe this is better for continuity and maybe this is more realistic for the 22nd century, but it was hardly in the spirit of Star Trek. The ethics are almost as questionable as is shown in Ent: Dear Doctor. There's a decent helping of humor in this episode and the plot advances well. I enjoyed the reuse of the catwalk and I found the episode genuinely entertaining up until that seemingly Enterprise patented anticlimactic ending. Another disappointment.