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ravenSo yes, I did watch Enterprise. I've been in my other fandoms lately, Stargate and M*A*S*H, so I'd forgotten all about the sheer brilliance of Enterprise. I liked Voyager, was moderately fond of TNG, but I didn't become a proper Trekkie until the advent of Enterprise. Actually, I don't think Enterprise is a proper Star Trek series, and I mean that in the nicest possible way - after all, to watch it, you don't need to be au fait with the whole series mythos, and the show doesn't even have the words "Star Trek" in front of its name!
But to go on, tonight's ep, Silent Enemy, was a classic. It has two running sub-plots - one concerning a mysterious alien ship that opens fire on Enterprise for no reason, and to make things worse, its firepower is far superior to our heroes' and they're pretty much sunk. That's a typical Star Trek plot, so much so that the video for it has under warnings, "Moderate Peril." But it's the other sub plot that cracks me up - apparently it's Malcolm's birthday, and they want to give him his favourite food. But after contacting his parents, they discover that not only do they have no idea what his favourite food is, they only recently found out he was on Enterprise at all. His sister is even funnier - her name is Madeleine, and she tells a startled Hoshi that Malcolm is odd about food - about ten years before, he went for a week without eating anything at all. Undaunted, Hoshi asks what was the first food he went for after the week - she replies that he was so weak, he couldn't get out of bed, and lived on protein concentrate for two days. Hoshi goes on to track down his best friend, who goes through his memories, and seems to think Malcolm's favourite food is fish. On second thoughts, he decides it was nothing to do with the fish, he just had a thing for the waitress.
I am not going to spoil it all by saying what Malcolm's favourite food actually is, and how they come to discover it, but I think I should finish with this quote:
"I have talked to his parents, his sister, his best friend, his Uncle Archies, his two spinster aunts, and all I have discovered is that sometimes, he occasionally eats!"
But to go on, tonight's ep, Silent Enemy, was a classic. It has two running sub-plots - one concerning a mysterious alien ship that opens fire on Enterprise for no reason, and to make things worse, its firepower is far superior to our heroes' and they're pretty much sunk. That's a typical Star Trek plot, so much so that the video for it has under warnings, "Moderate Peril." But it's the other sub plot that cracks me up - apparently it's Malcolm's birthday, and they want to give him his favourite food. But after contacting his parents, they discover that not only do they have no idea what his favourite food is, they only recently found out he was on Enterprise at all. His sister is even funnier - her name is Madeleine, and she tells a startled Hoshi that Malcolm is odd about food - about ten years before, he went for a week without eating anything at all. Undaunted, Hoshi asks what was the first food he went for after the week - she replies that he was so weak, he couldn't get out of bed, and lived on protein concentrate for two days. Hoshi goes on to track down his best friend, who goes through his memories, and seems to think Malcolm's favourite food is fish. On second thoughts, he decides it was nothing to do with the fish, he just had a thing for the waitress.
I am not going to spoil it all by saying what Malcolm's favourite food actually is, and how they come to discover it, but I think I should finish with this quote:
"I have talked to his parents, his sister, his best friend, his Uncle Archies, his two spinster aunts, and all I have discovered is that sometimes, he occasionally eats!"
