4x16 Divergence (2 Of 2) (Cult Tv Boards)

Title: 4x16 Divergence (2 Of 2)

Crichton Kicks - December 17, 2004 10:38 PM (GMT)

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Crichton Kicks - December 19, 2004 04:44 PM (GMT)

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Enterprise and Columbia may see battle duty together in an upcoming episode.

According to a report at TrekWeb, in the episode "Divergence" - the second of a two-parter involving the Klingons that begins with "Affliction" - viewers will be treated to "a multiple-starship action sequence that's never been seen before", in the words of writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.

As previously reported, "Affliction" tells the story of why Klingon foreheads looked so different in the era of Kirk's five year mission than during the periods before and after. According to the official production report, during the course of that episode, Dr. Phlox is abducted in the hope that he can cure a threat to the Klingons.

In "Divergence", Phlox creates a vaccine, but he's uncertain that it will be successful and explains that the procedure must involve human hosts. Then ship that is transporting him comes under attack.

In the multi-ship battle that ensues, Captain Erika Hernandez brings the Columbia into action, giving the order to fire at will upon a weakened enemy.

Crichton Kicks - January 15, 2005 09:55 PM (GMT)

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The truth about Klingon foreheads may finally be revealed on Star Trek: Enterprise in "Divergence", the episode currently scheduled to air February 25th on UPN. The second half of a two-parter that begins with "Affliction", the conclusion explains the existence of the breed of Klingon seen on the original series, with dramatically reduced forehead ridges compared to both previous Enterprise episodes and those of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.

Picking up where "Affliction" left off, Enterprise continues its mission to retrieve the abducted Phlox and to understand why he was kidnapped in the first place and taken into Klingon space. The crew faces sabotage and the risk of a warp reactor explosion, defused with the help of Captain Hernandez and the Columbia. The NX-02 accompanies the NX-01 on its mission to find the doctor, who has decided to try to help the Klingons as they face an epidemic.

Production, which began a month ago on December 14th, began on standing ship sets, including a Bridge modified to stand in for Columbia's. The Klingon laboratory built for "Affliction" was used again, as were the Klingon Battlecruiser sets on which Grace was allowed the dubious privilege of eating gagh. Numerous makeup artists were employed to create the various prosthetics worn by Klingons with differing degrees of forehead prominence.

ken1701e - February 26, 2005 07:40 PM (GMT)

Brillent apsolutely brillent and thats just the scene transfering TRIP from the COLUMBIA to the ENTERPRISE.

Another scene from the 4th season that shows why this show should NOT have been axed!!!!!!!!!!!

Phillip Culley - March 7, 2005 10:16 PM (GMT)

I enjoyed this episode till the Enterprise/Columbia story ended, and they went back to the dull Klingon virus story, which was only alleviated with the Section 31 elements.

However, kudos for them creting a believeable reason for the forehead excuse (even though it was never necessary in the first place :))

Bakhesh - April 14, 2005 09:04 AM (GMT)

This was my favourite mini arc of S4 so far by a long way.

The Klingon plot sounded a little stupid at first, but it held together pretty well, and did explain the differences between TOS Klingons and TNG Klingons (not that it was really nessecery).

The section 31 plot was the best bit though. This was mostly because of a great performance from Dominic Keating. I though they scenes of him when he wanted to tell Archer were very well done :) . Phlox was good too :) . Bakula was still rubbish though :sad: .

The trip/t'pol story line didn't seem to move on very much, but it looks like Hoshi might be getting sucked into that one.

The bit with Trip crossing between the two ships was a little silly, but fun.

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Another scene from the 4th season that shows why this show should NOT have been axed!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry Ken, too little too late. Its not enough to have two decent episodes in a whole season. If they were doing these all series, they wouldn't have a problem.

Number Six - June 28, 2005 12:08 PM (GMT)

A good finish to this two parter. As Bakhesh said, excellent performance from DK, who's often under rated, snd from John Billingsley. The Section 31 was interesting and the Trip's transfer scene was good, though I did wonder how long it would take for both ships to drop out of warp, beam Trip over and then go back to warp.

As an afterthought, I got to find out about Klingon ridges, too.

Hovis - June 30, 2005 09:51 AM (GMT)

I enjoyed it, a much better 2 parter than I was expecting. The Klingon ridge stuff was pointless, and not required, but having said that was interesting, and at least the explanation seemed well thought and plausible, by recent Trek standards anyway.

I enjoyed the Section 31 stuff. (Did we know from DS9 how they got their name? Interesting I thought.)

All in all, good stuff.

Andrew (HM) :yahoo:

Phillip Culley - June 30, 2005 10:48 AM (GMT)

QUOTE (Hovis @ Jun 30 2005, 10:51 AM)

I'm pretty sure in one of the DS9 episodes (probably Inquisition) there was a mention to the name coming from "Section 31 of the Federation charter"....

Hovis - June 30, 2005 12:52 PM (GMT)

QUOTE (Phillip Culley @ Jun 30 2005, 11:48 AM)

I'm pretty sure in one of the DS9 episodes (probably Inquisition) there was a mention to the name coming from "Section 31 of the Federation charter"....

Thanks Phillip. :D

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