ent4x18-20

notes/tv-startrek-enterprise.st.txt

@@ -4356,16 +4356,27 @@ Directed by: James L. Conway. Story by: Mike Sussman.
 
 :: Ratings
 2 <paul>,
+1 <mikael>,
 
 :: Main Characters
 Jonathan Archer, Phlox, T'Pol, Malcolm Reed, Travis Mayweather, Hoshi Sato, Charles Tucker, Maximilian Forrest, 
 
 :: Choice Themes
+pleasure in torture [everyone and especially Phlox],
+sadism [various],
+coping with being tortured [],
+imperialism [],
 
 :: Major Themes
 what if I found myself in a savage mirror universe [for discussion],
 parallel universe [The Terrans were from a savage mirror universe.],
 the lust for power [Archer lusted for power and glory and deposed Maximilian Forrest as captain and took over Enterprise.],
+romantic love [unclear who loved Hoshi or not but the suggestion was there],
+romantic relationship [Hoshi had several going on],
+loyalty to a leader [everyone was disloyal and in it for themself],
+facing a ship takeover [],
+oppression [aliens were oppressed],
+old flames [FD],
 
 :: Minor Themes
 pain booth [Phlox and Malcolm invented a pain booth.],
@@ -4384,6 +4395,9 @@ telepathic alien [T'Pol mind melded with Tucker and implanted a hypnotic suggest
 reptilian alien [T'Pol detected signatures of a reptilian alien aboard the Enterprise from 100 years in the future.],
 loyalty to a leader [T'Pol (mirror) elected to remain loyal to Maximilian Forrest after the mutiny and helped him to retake command.],
 teleportation device [Archer (mirror) and his away team transported over to the Enterprise from 100 years in the future.],
+master and pet [Archer and big angry Porthos],
+time travel [TOS Enterprise came from the future in a parallel universe, for whatever reason],
+ruthlessness vs. mercy [],
 
 :: Aliens
 Vulcan, Tellarite, Tholian,
@@ -4406,25 +4420,34 @@ Directed by: Marvin V. Rush. Story by: Manny Coto.
 
 :: Ratings
 2 <paul>,
+1 <mikael>,
 
 :: Main Characters
 Jonathan Archer, Phlox, T'Pol, Malcolm Reed, Travis Mayweather, Hoshi Sato, Charles Tucker, Maximilian Forrest, Soval, Black, Gardner, Kelby,
 
 :: Choice Themes
+pleasure in torture [everyone and especially Phlox],
+sadism [various],
+coping with being tortured [],
+imperialism [],
 
 :: Major Themes
 what if I found myself in a savage mirror universe [for discussion],
 parallel universe [The Terrans were from a savage mirror universe.],
 the lust for power [Archer commandeered the 23rd-century Defiant from the Tholians and uses it in a nefarious power grab.],
 ruthlessness [Archer killed, tortured, and assassinated in effort to become the new Terran emperor. Hoshi secretly plotted and schemed to become Terran emperor.],
 infatuation [Archer and Hoshi.],
+choosing between conflicting loyalties [Phlox' TD],
 
 :: Minor Themes
 coping with being disfigured [Tucker's face was left horribly disfigured by past exposure to radiation.],
 reptilian alien [A Gorn reptilian was lurking aboard the Defiant.],
 coping with being tortured [Archer had an alien slave beaten mercilessly during an interrogation.],
 slavery [Vulcans and Denobulans were slaves of the Humans in the mirror universe.],
 loyalty to a leader [Should Phlox be loyalty to Archer or the Terran emperor?],
+time travel [TOS Enterprise came from the future in a parallel universe, for whatever reason],
+artificial gravity [it was turned up in order to defeat the Gorn],
+ruthlessness vs. mercy [],
 
 :: Aliens
 Gorn, Andorian, Orion, Vulcan,
@@ -4447,14 +4470,18 @@ Directed by: LeVar Burton. Story by: Manny Coto.
 
 :: Ratings
 2 <paul>,
+1 <mikael>,
 
 :: Main Characters
 Jonathan Archer, Phlox, T'Pol, Malcolm Reed, Travis Mayweather, Hoshi Sato, Charles Tucker, Nathan Samuels, Harris, Daniel Greaves, Mercer, Josiah, Phillip Green, Gannet Brooks, John Frederick Paxton, Susan Khouri,
 
 :: Choice Themes
+transnational institution for peace [seemed like the start of the Federation],
+old flames [Malcolm and NILF],
+romantic love [Malcolm and NILF; Tucker and T'Pol],
+xenophobia in society [A xenophobic faction of humanity threatens to undermine talks to form a new coalition of planets.],
 
 :: Major Themes
-xenophobia in society [A xenophobic faction of humanity threatens to undermine talks to form a new coalition of planets.],
 Human-alien hybrid [for discussion. T'Pol and Tucker had a half-Human and half-Vulcan baby.],
 
 :: Minor Themes
@@ -4467,6 +4494,8 @@ colonization of the Moon [John Frederick Paxton and his xenophobic followers wer
 teleportation device [Mayweather lamented increased transporter use aboard Enterprise at the expense of shuttlepod flights.],
 immigration in society [Josiah expressed outrage that there were perhaps millions of "illegal aliens" living on Earth.],
 existential risk [John Frederick Paxton threatened to blow up the Moon if his demands were no met?],
+artificial gravity [unlike starships the moon's mining facility has none],
+world with telepathy [Tucker and T'Pol's bond was featured],
 
 :: Settings
 cavern, lunar regolith,