Ok here goes, I'm rusty and full of trepidation
"The Forge"
Opens with a flashback scene of a lone Vulcan explorer in a network of subterranean caves where he finds an ancient relic. . . . . "Surak" he declares, after examination. (There was a date, but I missed it, could have 17, 170, or 1700 years ago
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After titles we zoom in on the United Earth Embassy on Vulcan, we are party to a conversation between Admiral Forrest and Savol (Soval ?, fuck knows). Savol expresses how the Vulcan High Command are non plussed re humans, and actually suspicion has turned to fear. Forrest explains that humans are not Klingons. There's a devastating explosion, Forrest saves Savol from the blast but he himself is killed.
The news reaches Enterprise where we see a rare scene of the senior Bridge officers spending free time together playing basketball. Archer is of course, upset re Forrest, there are 43 dead in total, 31 humans.
Enterprise is ordered to Vulcan.
T'Pols relationship with her husband is stale, wasn't it always ? And she has lost contact with her mother. The head of the VHC, Vloss (sp) visits Enterprise to relay their info on possible suspects, you guessed it, the Andorians. Archer is not convinced, and other suspects come up in conversation after prompting Vloss.
These suspects are non conforming Vulcans, Syranites (sp), led by, funnily enough, Syran.
Vloss also paints a narrative of increasing violence on Vulcan carried out on visitors, again linking this to the non conformists.
Archer is allowed to investigate the Embassy, and while looking through the wreckage, Reid and Mayweather find an undetonated bomb, fine triggered to go off with vibrations. Reid scans it and sets off the timer, they have to have an emergency beam out, just in time.
Examination of the scans point to Vulcan DNA, which the Vulcans have decided belong to T'Pau, one of the non conformist sect, and she has to be found.
Now the Vulcans want to take over the investigation, and Archer is no longer charged with completing the investigation.
There is a poignant scene in the cargo hold where Archer stands over the coffins of the dead, he is at Forrest's coffin when Savol appears to express his condolences, explain that Forrest saved his life, and to tell of planned Vulcan/Human joint missions that he and Forrest had discussed. Archer insists these still go ahead and they agree to work together. He tells Archer that he has to go to Vulcan to complete his investigation. Insinuating that the VHC are agenda driven and not exactly up front about things.
Out of the blue, T'Pol gets a visit from her estranged husband, who gives her a medallion (IDIC) that he insists her mom wants her to have, only snag is that mom is missing. In hiding because she is a Syranite.
Archer and T'Pol open the IDIC and it contains a digital map, no Princess Leia though, it shows details of an area of desert known as the Forge. Seems mom wants to be found, but the Forge is out of bounds for tech and they can't be traced there when they go, also there's a dampening field making beaming in difficult. Savol helps them beam down without detection and off they go, T'Pol sporting a nice white catsuit with green trims, lovely
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They have to flee from a ferocious selot, and we get the old "I used to have a pet selot" speech that seems obligatory for Vulcans. They escape after intervention from a stranger, a Vulcan who calls himself Areb.
Archer says he learning the teachings of Surak from T'Pol, Areb says he's on a pilgrimage, and they walk the desert together.
We learn that Vulcans don't have to drink water regularly and have an inner eyelid to keep out the sun, but Archer struggles in the heat. Areb quizzes Archer on his motives and vice versa, they agree that lies is not solely the domain of humans. T'Pol suspects that Areb is indeed a Syranite.
Archer and Co have to flee a sandfire on the surface and take refuge in a cave. On Enterprise Phloxx discovers that the DNA on the bomb was a false planted sample from when T'Pau was a child, in short it's a frame up.
The injured guard from the Embassy is in sick bay and Trip asks Savol to mindmeld with him to extract the hidden info in his mind, he's in a coma, but after examining the footage of the bomb they reckon the guard recognised the hooded figure who is suspected of leaving the bomb. He reluctantly agrees and they discover that the bomber was the head of Vulcan security.
How come melds are easy these days, when Spock did them it was a palaver.
In the Forge Areb explains the IDIC, expresses his feelings re the exposing of the listening station at P'Jem, when he discovers who Archer is, but he gives tacit approval due to his belief that the VHC are not to be trusted.
He says that the Katra of Surak is passed from person to person, that the Katra is with a Syranite.
On board, Trip questions the Vulcan security guy and accuses him of the bombing, Vloss is hostile again and accuses Savol of being a disgrace and shaming Vulcan because he melded with the human guard.
On the surface, the cave is breached and T'Pol is zapped by an electric bolt, she survives but Areb isn't so lucky, but before he dies he transfers his Katra to Archer.
On Enterprise, Savol knowing that Vloss is corrupt, still hands himself in to Vucan security, but not before Trip implores that they trust each other to continue getting to the bottom of the terror attack.
When Archer comes to, he is cared for by T'Pol, but sees the dead body of Areb, he's got an almighty headache, and says Areb punched him and said "Remember"
They bury the Vulcan and try to evade the overhead search vehicles.
All of a sudden Archer has knowledge of the terrain and where to go to find the Syranites. He finds an entrance to a cave, disguised by a holograph, inside there are ruins, but he senses they are about to be captured, says to T'Pol not to resist. And indeed they are captured.
To be continued.
PS, If Vulcan has no moon then where did the moonlight come from in the desert night scenes ?
Apart from Spock, who was the benchmark Vulcan, only Sarek, T'Pol and to a lesser extent Tuvok convince me of the logical Vulcan mind. Every other Vulcan I can remember in Trek is either peripheral, or as in Enterprise, downright sneaky and belligerent. Savol blows hot and cold, but Vloss was a nasty piece of work and not at all logical.
Just my thoughts, probably wrong.
"The Forge"
Opens with a flashback scene of a lone Vulcan explorer in a network of subterranean caves where he finds an ancient relic. . . . . "Surak" he declares, after examination. (There was a date, but I missed it, could have 17, 170, or 1700 years ago
)After titles we zoom in on the United Earth Embassy on Vulcan, we are party to a conversation between Admiral Forrest and Savol (Soval ?, fuck knows). Savol expresses how the Vulcan High Command are non plussed re humans, and actually suspicion has turned to fear. Forrest explains that humans are not Klingons. There's a devastating explosion, Forrest saves Savol from the blast but he himself is killed.
The news reaches Enterprise where we see a rare scene of the senior Bridge officers spending free time together playing basketball. Archer is of course, upset re Forrest, there are 43 dead in total, 31 humans.
Enterprise is ordered to Vulcan.
T'Pols relationship with her husband is stale, wasn't it always ? And she has lost contact with her mother. The head of the VHC, Vloss (sp) visits Enterprise to relay their info on possible suspects, you guessed it, the Andorians. Archer is not convinced, and other suspects come up in conversation after prompting Vloss.
These suspects are non conforming Vulcans, Syranites (sp), led by, funnily enough, Syran.
Vloss also paints a narrative of increasing violence on Vulcan carried out on visitors, again linking this to the non conformists.
Archer is allowed to investigate the Embassy, and while looking through the wreckage, Reid and Mayweather find an undetonated bomb, fine triggered to go off with vibrations. Reid scans it and sets off the timer, they have to have an emergency beam out, just in time.
Examination of the scans point to Vulcan DNA, which the Vulcans have decided belong to T'Pau, one of the non conformist sect, and she has to be found.
Now the Vulcans want to take over the investigation, and Archer is no longer charged with completing the investigation.
There is a poignant scene in the cargo hold where Archer stands over the coffins of the dead, he is at Forrest's coffin when Savol appears to express his condolences, explain that Forrest saved his life, and to tell of planned Vulcan/Human joint missions that he and Forrest had discussed. Archer insists these still go ahead and they agree to work together. He tells Archer that he has to go to Vulcan to complete his investigation. Insinuating that the VHC are agenda driven and not exactly up front about things.
Out of the blue, T'Pol gets a visit from her estranged husband, who gives her a medallion (IDIC) that he insists her mom wants her to have, only snag is that mom is missing. In hiding because she is a Syranite.
Archer and T'Pol open the IDIC and it contains a digital map, no Princess Leia though, it shows details of an area of desert known as the Forge. Seems mom wants to be found, but the Forge is out of bounds for tech and they can't be traced there when they go, also there's a dampening field making beaming in difficult. Savol helps them beam down without detection and off they go, T'Pol sporting a nice white catsuit with green trims, lovely
.They have to flee from a ferocious selot, and we get the old "I used to have a pet selot" speech that seems obligatory for Vulcans. They escape after intervention from a stranger, a Vulcan who calls himself Areb.
Archer says he learning the teachings of Surak from T'Pol, Areb says he's on a pilgrimage, and they walk the desert together.
We learn that Vulcans don't have to drink water regularly and have an inner eyelid to keep out the sun, but Archer struggles in the heat. Areb quizzes Archer on his motives and vice versa, they agree that lies is not solely the domain of humans. T'Pol suspects that Areb is indeed a Syranite.
Archer and Co have to flee a sandfire on the surface and take refuge in a cave. On Enterprise Phloxx discovers that the DNA on the bomb was a false planted sample from when T'Pau was a child, in short it's a frame up.
The injured guard from the Embassy is in sick bay and Trip asks Savol to mindmeld with him to extract the hidden info in his mind, he's in a coma, but after examining the footage of the bomb they reckon the guard recognised the hooded figure who is suspected of leaving the bomb. He reluctantly agrees and they discover that the bomber was the head of Vulcan security.
How come melds are easy these days, when Spock did them it was a palaver.
In the Forge Areb explains the IDIC, expresses his feelings re the exposing of the listening station at P'Jem, when he discovers who Archer is, but he gives tacit approval due to his belief that the VHC are not to be trusted.
He says that the Katra of Surak is passed from person to person, that the Katra is with a Syranite.
On board, Trip questions the Vulcan security guy and accuses him of the bombing, Vloss is hostile again and accuses Savol of being a disgrace and shaming Vulcan because he melded with the human guard.
On the surface, the cave is breached and T'Pol is zapped by an electric bolt, she survives but Areb isn't so lucky, but before he dies he transfers his Katra to Archer.
On Enterprise, Savol knowing that Vloss is corrupt, still hands himself in to Vucan security, but not before Trip implores that they trust each other to continue getting to the bottom of the terror attack.
When Archer comes to, he is cared for by T'Pol, but sees the dead body of Areb, he's got an almighty headache, and says Areb punched him and said "Remember"
They bury the Vulcan and try to evade the overhead search vehicles.
All of a sudden Archer has knowledge of the terrain and where to go to find the Syranites. He finds an entrance to a cave, disguised by a holograph, inside there are ruins, but he senses they are about to be captured, says to T'Pol not to resist. And indeed they are captured.
To be continued.
PS, If Vulcan has no moon then where did the moonlight come from in the desert night scenes ?
Apart from Spock, who was the benchmark Vulcan, only Sarek, T'Pol and to a lesser extent Tuvok convince me of the logical Vulcan mind. Every other Vulcan I can remember in Trek is either peripheral, or as in Enterprise, downright sneaky and belligerent. Savol blows hot and cold, but Vloss was a nasty piece of work and not at all logical.
Just my thoughts, probably wrong.
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Your passion for the show needs no spellchecking. 
I hope she is really happy being a wife and mom, and that she looks back on her years on ENT with fondness.
