Star Trek: Enterprise — 3x06 — Exile

Aired 2003-10-15

SpaceOpera.com rating:4

Average reader rating:4.73

Factoids

Among the images Hoshi saw using Tarquin's telepathy device were stock footage of the Klingon homeworld (x2), the image of a moon Reed used for target practice (x4), the image of Jupiter used int Ent: First Flight, an image of the aliens from Ent: Silent Enemy (x2), an image of the alien ship from Ent: The Crossing, the Klingon ship from Ent: Sleeping Dogs, a targ from Ent: Sleeping dogs, the sphere from Ent: Anomaly, an image of the storm that hit Enterprise in Ent: The Catwalk, an image from the planet Trip was on in Ent: Dawn, an image of an alien ship from Ent: Civilization, an image of the battle between the two aliens from Ent: Fight or Flight (x2), pictures of some Xindi, a number of other images I couldn't identify, and some which were repeated.
Shuttlepod one is now insulated with Trellium-D

Problems

None

Synopsis

A powerful telepath makes contact with Hoshi and offers to help Enterprise find the Xindi ... for a price.

Remarkable scenes

Archer: "Did you bring a phase pistol?" Hoshi: "I'll keep it under my pillow."
Tarquin the describing the circumstances of his exile.
Archer's water polo ball getting stuck to the wall due to an anomaly.
Anomalies occurring throughout the ship.
Hoshi using Tarquin's telepathy device. Holy stock footage batman!
Tarquin: "No one will ever understand you the way I can."
Archer and Trip almost losing shuttlepod one. Hilarious.
T'Pol discovering that there are dozens of spheres.

Review

Ah, my thoughts exactly. I was wondering if they'd ever use the Trellium they found on a shuttlepod and just order T'Pol to keep away. ;) Speaking of that shuttle, the scene when Archer and Trip almost lost it was just too cute. One of the more memorable things I've seen on Star Trek lately. Unfortunately, we have another case where the A plot isn't very interesting. Linda Park did a wonderful job playing Hoshi in this episode, just like Jolene Blalock did a great job playing her dreadful role in Ent: Impulse just one episode ago. But good acting doesn't save poor writing. Tarquin was an interesting alien, but his ulterior motive and his attempt to force Hoshi to stay with him was just petty. The whole plot just reeked of "Beauty and the Best" in space too. We get a good deal of progress though, such as more information on the spheres, and the location of a Xindi colony. Hopefully the future of this arc holds less filler and more getting to the point.

2 reader comments

I thought it was rather silly that Hoshi, packing a suitcase to spend a few days with a creepy space guy, decided to pack nothing but her uniform and seductive underwear.
by carsonist | 08/01/2010 at 2:50 am

Not a good episode by any means, like all of season 3 so far. This one seemed a bit more neutral though, a bit less offensive.
I think I would have actually liked this episode if it weren't for what I see as a missed opportunity. I really didn't mind the aliens ulterior motive and I really started to feel for the guy. I liked how he seemingly decided to take the high road and bow out when he could not convince Hoshi. He gained my respect and the thought that he would continue to be alone was painful and would have made for a bittersweet end to the encounter. Unfortunately, Enterprise writers must always have a bad guy and they messed up the ending by having him use coercion and force. Then they come up with the ridiculous solution that Hoshi would smash his space snow globe which made no sense at all since all leverage would be gone the moment she put it down.
A real missed opportunity for what otherwise would have made for a nice, though still not particularly good, episode.
by Zorak | 10/09/2016 at 1:21 am