Star Trek Enterprise 2x26 - The Expanse - TAFM 056

There Are Four Mics: A Star Trek Podcast

Things get serious real quick, as Earth has been attacked by a mysterious species hailing from the equally mysterious region of space, the Delphic Expanse. Few options left to them Earth sends their flagship, Enterprise, to meet the Xindi threat.

Cold Open

An object decloaks as it approaches Earth and fires a beam slicing devastation across the planet before breaking apart.

Act I

A panel of Klingons is ordered the disgraced Duras to reclaim his honor by capturing the elusive Captain Archer. Aboard the Enterprise, Archer shares with his crew that millions have been killed in the attack on Earth and that they have been recalled. Trip is expressing concern that his sister may have been a victim when Suliban board the Enterprise and kidnap the captain. Silik takes Archer to see Future Man, who warns him that the Xindi are developing a weapon to annihilate Earth. Just as Enterprise approaches home, a ship drops out of warp and opens fire on them.

Act II

The Klingons disable the Enterprise, but three more Starfleet vessels join the fight and repel Duras. On Earth, Archer is pushing for Enterprise to be sent to find the Xindi, but Soval warns about that region of space being notoriously dangerous and unusual. In an effort to bolster his case, the captain scans some of the debris from the probe and finds that its quantum signature is from the future. Back aboard his ship, a Vulcan doctor pops by to check on Archer’s radiation exposure while he was mucking around the debris and scoping out Xindi corpses. Turns out it’s all a pretense as the doctor is actually there because Soval thinks Archer might be nuts. Trip and Reed stand on the edge of destruction on Earth as the Engineer comes to the realization that his sister was a victim.

Act III

Touring the construction site of the NX-02, Archer and Forrest discuss the impending mission, as well as the captain’s request for military personnel to join his crew. Phlox has decided to stay on board for the mission, but Vulcan High Command has told T’Pol she must not go. Reed is pretty stoked about his new photonic torpedoes, and an angry Trip is very enthusiastic about the possibility using this new technology to murder the people who killed his sister. Before heading into the Expanse, Soval shows Archer some footage of a Vulcan ship that started murdering each other when they visited the place. On their way out, the Enterprise is going to drop T’Pol back home on Vulcan. The Enterprise leaves spacedock as the Klingons lurk nearby and bring their weapons online.

Act IV

Trip and Archer are getting drunk aboard the Enterprise when their vows to abandon the principles of non-interference are interrupted by Duras firing at their ship again. They disable the Klingon ship with their fancy new photon torpedoes, and accelerate to the safety of Vulcan space. T’Pol swings by Archer’s ready room and requests to stay aboard the Enterprise. Seven weeks later, the Enterprise reaches the massive purple barrier marking the beginning of the Delphic Expanse. After a few hours sailing through the goo, three Klingon vessels show up and begin firing on the Enterprise. Travis pulls some ace flying maneuvers and destroys the one Klingon ship brave enough to follow the into the Expanse. The Enterprise proceeds into the Expanse.

Star Trek: Enterprise 02x26 - The Expanse Directed by Allan Kroeker Written by Rick Berman and Branon Braga Guest Stars: John Fleck, Vaughn Armstrong, Gary Graham, Daniel Riordan, James Horan, Bruce Wright

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Chris Keeley, Jason Allen, Joe Heiser and Joshua B. Jones as we discuss the 26th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, The Expanse.