Doctor's Orders
- Episode aired Feb 18, 2004
- TV-PG
- 43m
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7.4/10
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While in command of Enterprise because the entire crew is in a coma, Dr. Phlox starts hearing some strange sounds.While in command of Enterprise because the entire crew is in a coma, Dr. Phlox starts hearing some strange sounds.While in command of Enterprise because the entire crew is in a coma, Dr. Phlox starts hearing some strange sounds.
Mark Correy
- Engineer Alex
- (uncredited)
Daphney Damaraux
- Crewman
- (uncredited)
Glynis Johns
- Maid Jean
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
John Jurgens
- Starfleet Crewman
- (uncredited)
Danny Kaye
- Hubert Hawkins
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Mildred Natwick
- Griselda
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe movie Dr. Phlox is watching when his hallucinations first begin is The Court Jester (1955) starring Danny Kaye.
- GoofsThe dialogue makes it clear that it will take 4 days to cross the anomalous zone, and though the crew will be in induced comas to avoid brain damage, there is no mention of keeping them hydrated, nor is there any sign of related equipment, i.e. an IV system. The average human can only live for 3 days without water, thus the crew would die before they traversed the zone.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Court Jester (1955)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Billingsley excels.
John Billingsley is a tremendous actor, and it has been a treat to see him get the chance to show it throughout Enterprise. I'd love to see him in a conventional horror film (Doctor's Orders, despite Jolene Blalock's presence, is primarily Billingsley's episode, and he plays up the horror elements beautifully), a genre I've always felt blunders by not springing for such actors when they're available for good scripts, as was done with actors like Vera Farmiga for The Conjuring films (and it paid off handsomely, in the films' quality and at the box office).
It's a pity other actors of Billingsley's impressive quality were not hired for Enterprise.
Blalock keeps up with him here, but while she's a fine actor, she was miscast particularly in the first two seasons. Scott Bakula is acceptable, but he doesn't bring much depth to the role, particularly in the more difficult third and fourth seasons where he usually responds to complicated scenes by playing them as angry. Connor Trinneer is the clearest example of an actor not up to a part that is almost as large as Bakula's Captain, while Anthony Montgomery never registers as the pleasant but forgettable Ensign Mayweather.
It's a pity other actors of Billingsley's impressive quality were not hired for Enterprise.
Blalock keeps up with him here, but while she's a fine actor, she was miscast particularly in the first two seasons. Scott Bakula is acceptable, but he doesn't bring much depth to the role, particularly in the more difficult third and fourth seasons where he usually responds to complicated scenes by playing them as angry. Connor Trinneer is the clearest example of an actor not up to a part that is almost as large as Bakula's Captain, while Anthony Montgomery never registers as the pleasant but forgettable Ensign Mayweather.
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