The Seventh
"The Seventh" | |
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Star Trek: Enterprise episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 7 |
Directed by | David Livingston |
Written by | Rick Berman Brannon Braga |
Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
Production code | 207 |
Original air date | November 6, 2002 |
Guest appearances | |
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"The Seventh" is the thirty-third episode (production #207) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the seventh of the second season.[1] In the Star Trek universe, a spaceship has set out from Earth in the 2100s to explore the galaxy.
T'Pol is dispatched by the Vulcan High Command to capture a fugitive who has eluded their authorities for nearly two decades.
Plot
Sub-Commander
Archer, T'Pol, and Ensign Mayweather easily track the fugitive, Menos, to a cantina on the icy Pernaia Prime moon. After a brief phase-pistol fight, they capture him, but are unable to leave due to a build up of acidic ice. Menos starts to play on T'Pol's sense of fairness and honor. He has a good life, sustaining his family with an honest job, but apparently he is dying. T'Pol, trying to disprove his story, searches for biotoxins in his ship, finding none. Meanwhile, on Enterprise, Commander Tucker finds the continual interruptions of command more than he expected. It gets worse when a Vulcan ship arrives, and he impersonates Archer so as not to let the Vulcans know the Captain is away.
T'Pol also relates to Archer that she's been having recent flashbacks to her previous hunt, where she shot another fugitive called Jossen. Because of the Vulcan cultural aversion to taking life, she received "fullara" treatment on P'Jem,[2] where her memory and emotions of the incident were fully repressed. Back on the planet, Menos organizes an escape by starting a fire, but is recaptured by the away team when his cloaked hiding space is detected, confirming that he was indeed smuggling biotoxins as the Vulcan High Command had indicated. On Enterprise, T'Pol offers her support to Archer should he ever be in need of it.
Production
Guest star Bruce Davison who plays the Vulcan fugitive Menos, previously appeared in Star Trek: Voyager in the episode "Remember." He is also known for his role in the first two X-Men films as Senator Kelly.[1][3]
Reception
"The Seventh" was first broadcast on the UPN within the United States on November 6, 2002. According to
In 2019,
In 2021, The Digital Fix said this was a T'Pol centric episode and a morality play.[8]
Home media release
"The Seventh" was released for home media use on
References
- ^ a b "09.12.02 "The Seventh" is the 7th". StarTrek.com. Archived from the original on 2002-09-16.
- ^ planet seen in Ent: "The Andorian Incident"
- ^ Michelle Erica Green (2002-11-05). "Interview: Marquee Guest Star Bruce Davison Reveals the Secrets of "The Seventh" ENTERPRISE, Plus X-MEN 2 and the New John Grisham Thriller!". TrekWeb.com. Archived from the original on 2002-11-06.
- ^ "FINAL RATINGS: Slow Sweeps Start as "Seventh" Becomes Least-Watched Episode". TrekWeb.com. 8 December 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-12-08.
- ^ "Star Trek: Enterprise and the Importance of Its Characters". Den of Geek. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- Tor.com.
- ^ Baz Greenland (2021-03-22). "Star Trek: Enterprise Revisited - A Look Back At Season Two". The Digital Fix. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ Ordway, Holly E. (August 7, 2005). "Star Trek Enterprise – The Complete Second Season". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Enterprise Season: Two Blu-ray Available August 20". StarTrek.com. May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014.
External links
- "The Seventh" at IMDb
- The Seventh at Memory Alpha
- "The Seventh" at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)