#Star trek enterprise proving ground series

The secret of 'Proving Ground' is that it uses a character established in the first two seasons to lend credence to a story arc that has been hard to buy into because (1) the blandness of the Xindi and (2) the fact the Xindi are not accounted for in the Trek canon and thus don't feel like a legitimate end result of the timeline.

and enter the most purely enjoyable episode of Enterprise since ' Anomaly.' (Yes, ' Twilight' was better, but more weighty and therefore less fun.) So it's probably about time the writers port in a character from outside the expanse who predates this season. (Come to think of it, he's often among those at the roundtable.) He could just as easily be an interchangeable Xindi placeholder, because he's as much a cipher as the ones sitting at the roundtable. And yet, unless you, like me, were checking press releases for the credits every week, it's unlikely you'd even notice he was the same guy. He might be the only Xindi bad guy so far to be given a name. What do we get? The same laughable - if they weren't so lamentable - scenes we've gotten all season: Xindi council guys grumbling about The Weapon and demanding answers for why it isn't ready to be deployed now, now, now!ДЄlso consider Xindi operative Degra (Randy Oglesby), who has been the guy overseeing the development of The Weapon in most if not all the Xindi episodes thus far. (Far more interesting are the mysterious spheres, which I'd argue have been better developed as characters, which I guess is a problem since the spheres are inanimate objects and the Xindi are supposed to be people.) Consider the Xindi's presence here. The problem with the Delphic Expanse is simply this: The Xindi are total ciphers. I don't much care about the plot arc or the fate of Earth because I don't much care about the characters. It's the current key missing ingredient, as far as I'm concerned. Shran is a familiar face we respond to, because he has an actual personality, and personality is one thing that has been woefully lacking this season on Enterprise. Shran may not be Weyoun, but Jeffrey Combs is Jeffrey Combs, and his appearance in 'Proving Ground' is like a godsend from beyond the borders of the Delphic Expanse. Search this blog Search Follow this blog!Д®nter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan 'The Andorian Mining Consortium runs from no one.' - Shran, in Weyoun-like form after doing his best Brunt impression Summary вЂ“ Proving Ground: An episode I enjoyed! Bet you didnвЂ™t see that coming. How did Enterprise manage to track the modified kemocite across the vastness of space? Does it send out an extremely strong signal, or were they just lucky enough to stumble across its signature at exactly the right time?.Since they clearly didnвЂ™t have any hidden backups, TвЂ™Pol and Hoshi are only able to reconstruct 30% of the data that was deleted in the previous episode.As usual, the Xindi are sitting round their table of evil, plotting evil things.Malcolm and TalasвЂ™s working relationship reminded me of OвЂ™Brien and Rejal in Destiny.

Why is it that it feels like we only have these attractive women on the show so that Malcolm can perv over them? We also have to put up with Shran perving over TвЂ™Pol in her civilian attire.

The way Malcolm pervertedly leers at Talas is really creepy.

Is ArcherвЂ™s final move to remotely detonate the weapon in keeping with the Starfleet way? It feels more like part of season threeвЂ™s grey morality, where anything goes if it means stopping the Xindi.

On the whole, I like the interactions between the Andorians and the Enterprise crew yes, we know that they canвЂ™t be fully trusted, but we can still enjoy them working together. Where the other Andorian stories didnвЂ™t quite hit the mark for me, this one feels a lot stronger.

#Star trek enterprise proving ground series

This is more like what I want from the series we have a solid story, and one that properly uses the Andorians. ItвЂ™s far from perfect, but after the snoozefest of the last batch of episodes, itвЂ™s nice to have something thatвЂ™s genuinely engaging. Shran and his crew seem willing to assist Enterprise both with repairs and recovery of the Xindi weapon, but do they have an ulterior motive?ДЄt last, a decent episode of Enterprise. Whilst tracking down the Xindi weapon, Enterprise receives an unexpected offer of help from Andorian Commander Shran.