"Enterprise"
Broken Bow: Part 2 (2001)

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Enterprise" (2001)

Original Air Date:

26 September 2001 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Archer learns from the Suliban Sarin that Klaang was carrying a message to the Klingons to prevent civil war in the Klingon Empire. She urges to find him.

Plot Keywords:

Alien Invasion | Technology | Spaceship Name In Title | Rescue | Extraterrestrial

Cast

Scott Bakula	...	Captain Jonathan Archer
Jolene Blalock	...	Sub-Commander T'Pol
John Billingsley	...	Dr. Phlox
Dominic Keating	...	Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
Anthony Montgomery	...	Ensign Travis Mayweather
Linda Park	...	Ensign Hoshi Sato
Connor Trinneer	...	Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Melinda Clarke	...	Sarin
Marty Davis	...	Young Jonathan Archer
Van Epperson	...	Alien Man
Jim Fitzpatrick	...	Commander Williams
John Fleck	...	Silik
James Horan	...	Humanoid Figure
Tracey A. Kimball	...	Alien
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Klaang (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Mark Moses	...	Henry Archer
Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano	...	Suliban Soldier
Peter Henry Schroeder	...	Klingon Chancellor
Byron Thames	...	Crewman
Matthew J. Williamson	...	Klingon Council Member (as Matt Williamson)

Trivia:

Filming of the pilot episode featured a scene in which Jolene Blalock, as T'Pol, bared her navel. This required removal of Blalock's navel piercing ring. According to interviews given by Blalock, the ring proved very difficult to remove, and forced Blalock (in full Vulcan make-up) to visit a nearby tattoo-body piercing shop to have it removed.

Soundtrack:

Where My Heart Will Take Me

Loyalty is an Emotion

Captain Jonathan Archer, T'Pol and Trip meet Sarin and she explains that Klaang is a courier, bringing an important message from her to the leaders of the Klingons in Kronos about rebels Suliban that intend to promote the Temporal Cold War among the Klingons. Archer feels the need of rescuing Klaang and travels to the Suliban mother-ship with Trip to bring the Klingon back to Enterprise. T'Pol seems to understand that loyalty is an emotion that cannot be avoided by humans.

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"