Bound (Star Trek: Enterprise)
"Bound" | |
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Star Trek: Enterprise episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Allan Kroeker |
Written by | Manny Coto |
Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
Production code | 417 |
Original air date | April 15, 2005 |
Guest appearances | |
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"Bound" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, originally broadcast on April 15, 2005. It was written by showrunner Manny Coto, and directed by Allan Kroeker. The episode featured the return of the Orion slave girls, which had been originally seen in the original pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series, "The Cage".
Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01. In this episode, three Orion slave girls come on board the ship, and the crew, with the exception of Commander "Trip" Tucker and Commander T'Pol who seem to have a resistant psychic bond, begin acting strangely.
The episode featured the return of
Plot
En route, the presence of the Orions begins having an effect on the crew: men become increasingly aggressive, while women increasingly suffer from headaches. Navaar focuses her attentions on Archer, while D'Nesh seduces Commander Kelby. Arriving at the planet, a sluggish Archer orders Reed to destroy another ship, but he refuses and it escapes. Kelby meanwhile sabotages the
The Orions are placed under guard in the decontamination chamber. Harrad-Sar returns in his vessel and attacks the now disabled Enterprise, and then begins to tow it away. He reveals that, in fact, the Syndicate seeks Archer's head, and in this matter he is the slave and the Orion women are his masters. The Orions escape and travel to the Bridge, as do T'Pol and Tucker. Navaar tells Archer to arrest T'Pol, but Tucker stuns all the male crew-members with his
Production
The Orion slave girls had been introduced in the original
Allen recalled The Original Series, and said that she was pleased to be remembered as an Orion slave girl in Enterprise. However, she was not pleased with the make-up process, which took between four and five hours to apply, and required each actress to be sprayed with green make-up over her whole body.[1][10] Removal of the makeup was via the showers in the Paramount lot's executive gym. The make-up team also needed to apply fake sweat and bruises to other members of the cast to represent the results of the increased aggression shown by them in the episode's plot.[1]
Allan Kroeker, the director of "Bound", had previously directed two episodes earlier in the season, "Storm Front" and "Home".[1] Fortunato praised the director and described the Orions, saying that they "move very slowly, very seductively. I would like to compare us to snakes – we like to slither and creep around, versus a human. So we’re a little sneaky. The three of us are trying to get something accomplished, and each one of us has our target, so to speak, to try to manipulate them to get what we want in the end."[11]
The choreography was overseen by
Filming began on January 6, 2005 and concluded on January 14. Only six days were used to shoot, with January 10 spent working on choreography for the dance scene and for shooting additional footage for "Divergence". Filming on the earlier episode had also overlapped on the first day of filming.[1] While the actresses playing the Orion women were required on all days, Lucking filmed all his scenes on the final day of shooting. The main cabin of the Orion ship was constructed in full specifically for this episode while the bridge was only a single wall as it was only seen on screen as a viewscreen background.[1]
Reception
"Bound" was first aired in the United States on UPN on April 15, 2005. It received a 1.8/3% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it was seen by 1.8 percent of all households, and three percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast.[12] This was lower than the following episode, where the first installment of the two-part "In a Mirror, Darkly" received ratings of 2.0/3%.[13]
Home media release
"Bound" was released on home media in the United States on November 1, 2005, as part of the season four DVD box set of Enterprise.[19] The Blu-ray edition was released on April 1, 2014.[20]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Production Report: Orion Slave Girls "Bound" for Glory". Star Trek.com. January 24, 2005. Archived from the original on March 3, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Ward, Dayton; Mack, David (March 31, 2011). "Star Trek Re-watch: "The Cage"". Tor.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Greenberger (2012): p. 20
- ^ Leao, Gustavo (December 26, 2004). "Celebrate 40 Years of The Cage with an Interview with Susan Oliver, the Original Orion Slave Girl". TrekWeb. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ "Indiscretion". TrekNation. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Handlen, Zack (February 7, 2013). ""Return To Grace"/"Sons Of Mogh"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Hines, Edward James (October 25, 2000). "Drive". TrekNation. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ "The Darkness and the Light". TrekNation. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ "Ties of Blood and Water". TrekNation. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Leao, Gustavo (February 10, 2006). "TrekWeb Interviews Enterprise Orion Slave Girl Crystal Allen". TrekWeb. Archived from the original on February 22, 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ a b Cullen, Ian M. (September 5, 2005). "Fortunato On The Physicality Of Orion Slave Girls". Sci Fi Pulse. Archived from the original on September 24, 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ "Viewer Verdict Favors NBC Friday". Zap2it. April 16, 2005. Archived from the original on April 17, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ "CBS Has Right 'Numb3rs' for Friday Win". Zap2it. April 23, 2005. Archived from the original on April 23, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ KJB (Apr 15, 2005). "Trek Report: Bound". IGN.
- ^ Jason Davis (April 16, 2005). "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE - "Bound"". Cinescape. Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- Jammer's Reviews. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Green, Michelle Erica (April 16, 2005). "Bound". TrekNation. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Hunt, James (November 4, 2009). "Top 10 Star Trek: Enterprise episodes". Den of Geek. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ Douglass Jr., Todd (October 24, 2005). "Star Trek Enterprise – The Complete Fourth Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ "Final Season Enterprise Blu-ray Set Available April 1". StarTrek.com. December 18, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
References
- Greenberger, Robert (2012). Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorised History. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760343593.
External links
- "Bound" at IMDb
- Bound at Memory Alpha
- "Bound" at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)