"Enterprise"
Broken Bow: Part 1 (2001)

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek creator)
Rick Berman (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Enterprise" (2001)

Original Air Date:

26 September 2001 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Enterprise, Earths first vessel capable of exploring the universe, is to embark on a dangerous first mission: bringing back a chased Klingon to his home world.

Plot Keywords:

Star Trek | Vulcan | First Contact | Klingon | Space Exploration

US TV Schedule:

Mon. May 26

8:00 AM

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Broken Bow

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Cast

Scott Bakula	...	Captain Jonathan Archer
John Billingsley	...	Dr. Phlox
Jolene Blalock	...	Sub-Commander T'Pol
Dominic Keating	...	Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
Anthony Montgomery	...	Ensign Travis Mayweather
Linda Park	...	Ensign Hoshi Sato
Connor Trinneer	...	Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
John Fleck	...	Silik
Vaughn Armstrong	...	Admiral Maxwell Forrest
Gary Graham	...	Vulcan Ambassador Soval
Mark Moses	...	Henry Archer
Melinda Clarke	...	Sarin
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Klaang (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Jim Beaver	...	Admiral Daniel Leonard
Jim Fitzpatrick	...	Commander Williams

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Klingon

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:12 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Originally when this started filming, they attempted to film it so it could be seen in HDTV format, but there were unspecified problems. These problems were quickly fixed.

Quotes:

Admiral Maxwell Forrest: When Zefram Cochran made his legendary warpflight 90 years ago...

Soundtrack:

Faith of the Heart

The Foolish Mission

In 2151, in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, a farmer shoots the Klingon Klaang with his plasma rifle after the explosion of a methane store in his farm and the Klingon is sent to the Starfleet Hospital. The Vulcan ambassador Soval proposes to unplug the life support system and bring the corpse of Klaang to his warrior empire in planet Kronos with honor. However, Captain Jonathan Archer proposes to go with the Enterprise in her first voyage and bring back Klaang alive to his home planet. Jonathan invites Ensign Hoshi Sato and Dr. Phlox, who is treating Klaang, to complete his crew, and the Vulcan Sub-Commander T'Pol is assigned to participate in the dangerous first mission of Enterprise. When the equipment of the starship is shut-down, Klaang is kidnapped by Sulibans after a shooting in the hospital. After the autopsy of the Suliban killed in the shooting, Captain Archer is informed by Dr. Phlox that the alien was actually a mutant, altered in a sophisticated genetic engineering process. T'Pol modifies the sensors of the Enterprise to track the Suliban spacecraft until she reaches planet Riger X. They investigate and disclose that Klaang was a courier, bringing an important message about the Temporal Cold War from the Suliban Sarin to the leaders of the Klingons in Kronos.

In spite of being a huge fan of Star Trek, I have not followed the episodes of "Enterprise" on cable television. I have decided to buy the DVD box of the First Season and this first episode surprised me. The adventure of the first Enterprise, Captain Jonathan Archer, the gorgeous T'Pol, Reed, Mayweather, Dr. Phlox, Hoshi and Trip is excellent, at least in this pilot. I have noted in IMDb that this episode is actually divides in two parts, but on DVD they are just one, therefore my review is valid for both. I did not like the music score theme, which I found very annoying, but this was an exception in this great show. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Broken Bow"