Unexpected

dub · January 14 2013, 06:42 PM

Forgive me if this has already been discussed here. I am just now watching Enterprise for the first time the whole way through. I just finished "Unexpected." Were any of you bothered by the treatment of the Klingons in this episode? I was thinking surely the Klingons would be more interested in the cloaking technology or investigating their weapons systems instead of information about their alien holodeck! And once I got past that, I was expecting them to be more interested in recreating battles on the holodeck instead of seeing their homeworld. I don't know. The Kilingons just really seemed to be written poorly in that episode.

SonicRanger · January 14 2013, 07:27 PM

The treatment of the Klingons was hardly the worse part of this episode. The premise is simply going to remind the audience (of a certain age, at least) of the film Junior, which isn't a good thing.

lurok · January 14 2013, 07:29 PM

My personal canon ending to this episode if that after the Enterprise leaves, the Klingons kill all the aliens and steal everything. Works for me and fixes it.

R. Star · January 14 2013, 11:20 PM

My biggest problem with the episode is they pretty much laugh and belittle Trip for the equivalent of getting raped.

NeedsOfTheMany · January 15 2013, 02:43 AM

The episode was campy and the Klingons would have been much more aggressive but it was still very enjoyable.

tomalak301 · January 16 2013, 08:55 AM

I'm not entirely sure why I just watched this episode (Other than maybe it was being discussed here), but man what a very immature episode it was. I agree with R. Star, the whole laughing at Trip was bad.

controlfreak · January 16 2013, 09:52 AM

It was a fun episode.

BruntFCA · January 16 2013, 10:06 AM

One thing this episode deserves credit for IMO is making the aliens seem rather alien.

King Daniel Into Darkness · January 16 2013, 08:17 PM

R. Star wrote:

My biggest problem with the episode is they pretty much laugh and belittle Trip for the equivalent of getting raped.

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stj · January 20 2013, 05:48 AM

Trip was not forced, nor was he drugged. He was of age and gave consent. He just got knocked up. I think they just dusted off an alternate script of Voyager's The Disease. Since Trip is the White Harry Kim, it worked well enough. The humor is neither sophisticated nor sidesplitting, though.

Every Klingon who doesn't act like one of those idiotic TNG/DS9 Klingons is fine by me.

January 14 2013, 06:42 PM	#1
dub Lieutenant Commander Location: Location? What is this?	Unexpected Forgive me if this has already been discussed here. I am just now watching Enterprise for the first time the whole way through. I just finished "Unexpected." Were any of you bothered by the treatment of the Klingons in this episode? I was thinking surely the Klingons would be more interested in the cloaking technology or investigating their weapons systems instead of information about their alien holodeck! And once I got past that, I was expecting them to be more interested in recreating battles on the holodeck instead of seeing their homeworld. I don't know. The Kilingons just really seemed to be written poorly in that episode.

January 14 2013, 07:27 PM	#2
SonicRanger Rear Admiral Location: Sheffield, England	Re: Unexpected The treatment of the Klingons was hardly the worse part of this episode. The premise is simply going to remind the audience (of a certain age, at least) of the film Junior, which isn't a good thing. __________________ "STAR TREK is... Action - Adventure - Science Fiction." -- Gene Roddenberry, 1964, top of the first page of his original pitch and outline for Star Trek

January 14 2013, 07:29 PM	#3
lurok Commodore Location: Lost In The EU Expanse	Re: Unexpected My personal canon ending to this episode if that after the Enterprise leaves, the Klingons kill all the aliens and steal everything. Works for me and fixes it.

January 14 2013, 11:20 PM	#4
R. Star Commodore Location: Terra 3	Re: Unexpected My biggest problem with the episode is they pretty much laugh and belittle Trip for the equivalent of getting raped. __________________ "I was never a Star Trek fan." J.J. Abrams

January 15 2013, 02:43 AM	#5
NeedsOfTheMany Lieutenant Junior Grade Location: Texas	Re: Unexpected The episode was campy and the Klingons would have been much more aggressive but it was still very enjoyable.

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January 16 2013, 08:55 AM	#6
tomalak301 Admiral Location: Bay Area, CA	Re: Unexpected I'm not entirely sure why I just watched this episode (Other than maybe it was being discussed here), but man what a very immature episode it was. I agree with R. Star, the whole laughing at Trip was bad. __________________ Twitter

January 16 2013, 09:52 AM	#7
controlfreak Commander Location: Under foot.	Re: Unexpected It was a fun episode. __________________ I'm sorry, officer, but that's definitely not a breathalizer.

January 16 2013, 10:06 AM	#8
BruntFCA Lieutenant Commander Location: The Divine Treasury	Re: Unexpected One thing this episode deserves credit for IMO is making the aliens seem rather alien. __________________ QOTSA ... Like Clockwork-JUNE 2013!

January 20 2013, 05:48 AM	#10
stj Rear Admiral Location: the real world	Re: Unexpected Trip was not forced, nor was he drugged. He was of age and gave consent. He just got knocked up. I think they just dusted off an alternate script of Voyager's The Disease. Since Trip is the White Harry Kim, it worked well enough. The humor is neither sophisticated nor sidesplitting, though. Every Klingon who doesn't act like one of those idiotic TNG/DS9 Klingons is fine by me. __________________ Morals are what you do to other people. Other people, what we call society, are essential to human happiness. Therefore, morals are the path to happiness. My morals, your happiness; your morals, my happiness: It's a fair trade.