Similitude...

[Silvio Dante]

Without revealing any obvious spoilers I've just watched Similtude from Season 3 and cried my eyes out from nearly start to finish. A truly powerful piece of television.

Awesome...

 

[Borgminister]

Re: Similtude...

'Twas one of the best episodes, yes...

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Re: Similtude...

A couple months ago I decided to watch seasons 3 and 4 which I never watched during the original run.

Similitude is, IMO, the first great ENT episode. It's the one that convinced me to definitely finish out the series.

 

[JiNX-01]

Re: Similtude...

It's my favorite episode of Enterprise.

 

[Melakon]

Re: Similtude...

A good script, and great work from Connor Trinneer.

 

[Reanok]

Re: Similtude...

It's one of my all time favorite Enterprise episodes.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

Re: Similtude...

Amazing performances, not just by Trinneer, but all the actors, especially John Billingsley and Scott Bakula. Top-notch writing and directing, and an Emmy-winning score by Velton Ray Bunch. Classic Trek in the best sense of the word. I love this episode.

 

[Mario de Monti]

Oh yes, an absolutely great episode from start to finish. Not only do you have the crew´s moral dilemma between the rights/life of an individual and the success of their mission (which is saving earth, no less) but you can actually see that on the actor´s faces! You see their frustration and anguish, see how they are torn and wish for an alternative ... it´s totally believable. Stellar performances and extremely well written

No comparison to TNG´s "Ethics", where I always feel like banging Dr. Crusher´s head against the nearest bulkhead

 

[Mach5]

I support this thread.

Superb performances by Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock and John Billingsley. As for Connor Trinneer, he was in a league of his own here.

 

[Silvio Dante]

I'm glad so many of you agree with me. I sometimes felp the Trip character was a bit predictable, but the writing and Connor's performance as Sim, particularly, blew me away...

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

IMO, one of the best episodes of any Trek iteration. Of course, I put Dear Doctor in that league and could be burned at the stake for that opinion.

 

[JiNX-01]

I love this episode. Great script (of which I have a copy). Beautifully performed.




My favorite scene:

 

[F. King Daniel]

I think they had one too many young Trips, and the ball of clone stuff was very obviously a ball of wet wool, but otherwise this episode was excellent.

 

[BillJ]

Never much cared for it. I would rather watch Impulse or North Star from season three.

 

[LOKAI of CHERON]

"Similitude" resides in the "Massively Overrated Episodes Club" along with the likes of "The Trouble With Tribbles", "Darmok" and "The Inner Light" for me.

 

[BillJ]

"Similitude" resides in the "Massively Overrated Episodes Club" along with the likes of "The Trouble With Tribbles", "Darmok" and "The Inner Light" for me.

 

[Mach5]

Whatever man, Inner Light is pure genius.

 

[BillJ]

Whatever man, Inner Light is pure genius.

Forty-five minutes of me watching Picard watch a movie while Riker acts like a total buffoon. Then factor in that a member of the crew is mind-raped yet again. Plus, a culture that sends a friggin' flute instead of books or memory tapes about the actual culture.

Pure boredom.

 

[Mach5]

So I take it that melody does nothing for you?

 

[BillJ]

So I take it that melody does nothing for you?

Absolutely nothing except remind me how poor the episode was.

The episode on the whole felt like such a missed opportunity. Great premise, poor execution.