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16:12:28 on January 23 2003
By: Steve Krutzler
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TV Guide.com has posted its preview of the upcoming ENTERPRISE episode "Stigma," which airs February 5th at the start of the Sweeps period. The mag offers a subtle review of the installment and its socially-relevant storyline.
"In this affecting AIDS allegory, Jolene Blalock exudes a cool vulnerability as T'Pol, who reveals that she has a rare illness linked to a sect of Vulcan outcasts," the magazine writes. "The pointed episode, which continues the Star Trek tradition of addressing social issues through its sci-fi storylines, finds T'Pol confronting the symptoms and stigmas involved with Pa'nar's syndrome. It's a brain ailment associated with mind melders---the telepathic, emotional Vulcans ostracized by their logical, unemotional peers. Wary of the disgrace that disclosure might bring, T'Pol hides her condition while Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley) discreetly consults Vulcan physicians about treatment."
Thanks to Matthew Rojanakiathavorn for the tip.
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hey now
By Alan
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There is an aweful lot of chatter here, but not much about the said episode. Now I may have missed it, but is this episode a follow up to "Fusion" from last season?
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Since Steve has said B & B read these forums "regularly," I have a comment to make to you two. I have noticed that the better Trek series were about characters who the audience could relate to. In saying that, what I mean is that they are sometimes deeply flawed characters with a lot of pain to deal with. Think about it. Kirk lost his brother. He was also scared to age, to lose his ship. Spock had a broken relationship with his father and lost his bride-to-be. Riker had a poor relationship with his father. Picard always regretted his decision not to have a family, and there was a lot of pain in his life regarding his brother. In the end, Picard's family died in a fire. Geordi's mother was killed. Data was alone in the universe, and for a long time he had no one. McCoy killed his own father out of mercy. Sisko's wife was murdered by the Borg. Sisko was consumed with hate for Picard and the Borg. Kira's life was spent in prison and battling the Cardassians. Worf was an orphan, and always an outsider. Bashir had a terrible secret to hide, one so bad that it consumed him for years. Okay --- have I made my point now? So let me ask you this Mr. Berman and Mr. Braga --- what pain do the characters from ENT have? What pain does Archer have? Tucker? Reed? As for T'Pol -- this episode is a good start to showing more about her. HOWEVER, you have to start investigating these characters. I for one enjoy the cast and the setting, however, this season has been dreadful. A NIGHT IN SICKBAY and PRECIOUS CARGO are perhaps 2 of the worst episodes ever written. The sickbay episode is worse than SPOCK'S BRAIN! Let's explore these characters. Let's hurt them. Let's see them deal with pain. Let's see them hurt so bad they want to kill themselves. Let's see them watch in horror as family members are brutally tortured and murdered before their eyes. Let's see them have to sacrifice a loved one for the good of the ship or the Federation. There is a whole universe of things to do here ... and yet we get episodes that are remakes of previous ones (i.e. Precious Cargo). Use your characters. How did Archer's father die? It seems many episodes are getting "gimicky" -- i.e., tonight's episode is about the Romulans! The Tholians!? The Ferengi!? Kirk's father? Duras's father? The Andorians? To hell with all these gimicks -- let's use the character's that you have already created. You know, there was a kernel of wisdom in Star Trek V --- Kirk says something along the lines of, "I need my pain! It makes me who I am!" And he's right. If every week we watch ENT and nothing significant happens to the characters, then who will care about them? Why are you scared to hurt these people? If you do what I suggest, then in the end, you will make them human. And you know what? Viewers want to watch human beings. We want to see them suffer and experience pain and hardship, because that's what reality is. That's what the real world is like. So I challenge you B & B, do something dramatic with the characters. Don't be scared -- what could it hurt? Ratings are declining, fans are unhappy. Look to previous series that were successful. You can't deny the examples I gave at the start of this message. What bad things have happened to the ENT crew? Hoshi? Don't know a thing about her past. Has she had harship? Pain? What about Reed? Ditto. Tucker? Ditto. Phloxx? Ditto. Go challenge your writers to hurt these people. Trust me - The audience will appreciate it, and the actors will enjoy the acting more. Good luck. Oh - kudos to this episode about T'Pol. I think it sounds like a step in the right direction.
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Help Us STEVE KRUTZLER!
By Toroth's 1st Officer
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I'm angry.
I just watched Nemesis again.
You know what.. it wasn't that bad. But it failed. And Enterprise isn't that bad. And its failing. Nemesis had flaws and potential, unlike insurrection.. and its flaws were left while its potential was squandered. Enterprise has great strengths, yet they are squandered in lieu of its weaker sides.. WHY?
Pandering to the lowest common denominator.
We need your Help, Steve Krutzler, Owner of TrekWeb!
SHAME ON YOU, BERMAN AND BRAGA! How dare you. You are destroying Roddenberry's Dream.
You are KILLING Star Trek. And we, the fans, are tired of it. We will lose this universe we love, and have looked forward to since 1966, and at least since 1987.
Why can't you do what is necessary to keep it around. If Soap Operas can come up with storylines to keep viewers daily for 60 years, why CAN'T YOU!? If The CHEERS/FRASIER universe can thrive for so long, why Can't Trek? If a hundred successful shows can be made about A bunch of people living or working together in apartments of offices.. If X-MEN and SPIDER-MAN can continue to Sell Comics and Tickets after 40 years.. WHY NOT TREK?!!
FOr PITY'S SAKE! You have a Freaking UNIVERSE OF RACES AND STARSHIPS AND POTENTIAL!!
Steve, We need your Help.
Fans.. get mad. If you are here, you want Trek to live. WE DON'T WANT GIMMICKS! WE DON"T WANT T&A! We don't want Guys with big Knives on posters!
STEVE! I CHALLENGE YOU!! You have the ability to rally us. Pull us together, and help us get a message through. YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO GET IT THROUGH!
Help us, Steve.
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Now This Sounds Like Star Trek
By c.p.
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Now this sounds better. ENTERPRISE needs to build a strong backbone of characters and dramatic storylines even before we get to the fat of future wars and the like—earn it's keep, as it were.
As with AIDS in our culture, I suspect there will be a parallel drawn between Vulcans, and those in our own culture who believe that by indulging in behavior which is considered culturally taboo, one invites negative physical consequences. It will be interesting to see, though, if they make the syndrome a DIRECT result of mind-melding, and thereby condemn the act inself, or, as with AIDS, an unrelated disease which just happens to be transmitted through an act which some consider deviant. That's a big difference. I hope the writers don't miss that.
Though it would have been more controversial to have done an episode like this in, say, TNG's second season. I'm encouraged that they would put a major character through some controversy. Not just introduce a new one, or a planet of them only to see them totally disappear the week after (though I'm sure T'Pol will be just fine at episodes's end).
It's a good sign. Now let's hope it can be well realised on the screen.
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Great, but too many syndromes...
By luckybucky
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I like the sound of this episode. I'm only disappointed that they invented another new disease.
I was really hoping to learn she'd contracted Bendii syndrome, another rare and stigmatizing Vulcan brain disorder that killed Sarek. Since his aide and family told Picard there hadn't been a documented case in 200 years, I hoped this would tie together a major shift in Vulcan culture between T'Pol in the 22nd Century and Sarek in the 24th.
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Go to her door. Beg like a human.
-Worf, "The Dauphin"
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