Demons
- Episode aired May 6, 2005
- TV-PG
- 43m
While attending a conference on a proposed interplanetary alliance, Trip and T'Pol find out from a dying woman that they have a baby. Investigation shows the woman was a member of the xenoph... Read allWhile attending a conference on a proposed interplanetary alliance, Trip and T'Pol find out from a dying woman that they have a baby. Investigation shows the woman was a member of the xenophobic organization Terra Prime.While attending a conference on a proposed interplanetary alliance, Trip and T'Pol find out from a dying woman that they have a baby. Investigation shows the woman was a member of the xenophobic organization Terra Prime.
- Alien Miner
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn The Savage Curtain (1969), Colonel Green is featured as one of the 'evil' combatants. It is explained here why he is considered evil a century into the future. Originally, the makers wanted to establish him in Borderland (2004) as one of the key figures in the Eugenics Wars, which resulted from an attempt to genetically enhance humanity. He was re-written as a notorious military leader during World War III, who killed off victims of radiation poisoning afterwards in order to keep humanity "pure".
- GoofsIt makes no sense to send Tucker and T'Pol under cover. Even if they were not very well known on Earth (as they almost certainly would be) it would be likely that the faces of both Tucker and T'Pol would be known to the group they are attempting to infiltrate. It is their child that tips them off to the existence of the terrorist plot.
- Quotes
Commander T'Pol: Trip, the moment Phlox said that the child was ours, I knew it was true.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: But you said you'd never been...
Commander T'Pol: I haven't.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Then what are you saying?
Commander T'Pol: I can't explain how it exits, but I know it does. There's a child out there, and it's ours.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: How do you know that?
Commander T'Pol: I'm Vulcan.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Legacy (2006)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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I enjoyed this one for the performances and plot themes, but I thought parts of the script used pretty hackneyed formula.
The story was very interesting from a thematic perspective, as xenophobia in relation to the Federation of Planets is an excellent idea. It stands to reason that this would be a natural occurrence in this type of situation and the show actually underplays the divisions in humanity. At the time of writing, only 35 years away from the Enterprise era, nation-states are deeply divided with Earth as a whole nowhere near the type of unity that would make people identify as 'humans' rather than members of a group based on factors like ethnicity, gender, sexual persuasion, political ideology, social class or geographic location. Nevertheless I thought this was a strong theme to address at an important point the development of the Trek universe.
Performances were all great with the regular crew doing well in combination with some strong guest characters. Peter Weller is excellent as John Frederick Paxton, looking, sounding and acting the part perfectly.
I found the script very heavy on exposition and littered with cliches, particularly the scenes involving Paxton and Terra Prime. It's testament to how good Weller performs that he made the dialogue sound good and scenes that feel like they have been lifted from a first draft script of a bad bond movie work. Everything in relation to Mayweather and Gannet Brooks is so predictable that the build up scenes feel pointless other that to give Anthony Montgomery a love scene with a hot girl after years of character neglect by the writers.
For me it's a 6.5/10, but I round upwards and hope for a strong conclusion.
- snoozejonc
- Jan 5, 2021
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- Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(studio, also Paramount Theater as Starfleet assembly hall)
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- Runtime43 minutes
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- 16:9 HD