The Seventh
- Episode aired Nov 6, 2002
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
T'Pol asks Captain Archer to join her on a mission to capture a Vulcan fugitive that escaped her years ago.T'Pol asks Captain Archer to join her on a mission to capture a Vulcan fugitive that escaped her years ago.T'Pol asks Captain Archer to join her on a mission to capture a Vulcan fugitive that escaped her years ago.
Craig Appel
- Alien Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Solomon Burke Jr.
- Ensign Billy
- (uncredited)
Al Burke
- Arctic Alien
- (uncredited)
Marijane Cole
- Vulcan Nurse
- (uncredited)
Peter Godoy
- Enterprise Crewman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAmong the aliens at the bar on Pernaia's moon was a Kreetassan, several Klingons, several members of the shapeshifting species from Two Days and Two Nights (2002), and a member of Kago-Darr's species.
- GoofsThe landing platform is layered with shoe sole dissolving acid. A fact they seemed to forget after the building caught fire.
- Quotes
Captain Jonathan Archer: I guess even Vulcans can fall prey to temptation.
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Decent enough story but more revisionist Vulcan history and high emotion
T'Pol is given a classified mission to capture a Vulcan renegade.
The plot is relatively intriguing, if somewhat predictable, but this is probably Jolene Blalock's best performance so far in the series. She has to release quite a bit of repressed emotions in certain scenes and she does it well. It's also nice to see Archer and T'Pol bonding.
Bruce Davidson gives a pretty solid performance as Menos, but I'm not sure the character ever feels that he was at one point a Vulcan, but I don't think that is the actor's fault, it's more to do with the material.
The other members of the crew don't have much of a contribution to make other than a mildly funny subplot. Mayweather is part of the away mission but is not given anything tangible to do as usual.
I think the likability of this episode depends on how someone cares to see Vulcan characters behaving emotionally and doesn't take umbrage with the writers revising established Vulcan cultural practises. Although the reasons are clearly explained within the plot, I'm not sure it ever feels right to me.
Call me a boring old traditionalist but the only Vulcan emotional display I ever enjoyed was Spock's outburst at the end of Amok Time and that's because they showed his immediate realisation and self correction. That worked well.
I can see how a lot of the show's unpopularity stems from it's take on Vulcan characters and it's hard to disagree with it based on what I've seen so far.
The plot is relatively intriguing, if somewhat predictable, but this is probably Jolene Blalock's best performance so far in the series. She has to release quite a bit of repressed emotions in certain scenes and she does it well. It's also nice to see Archer and T'Pol bonding.
Bruce Davidson gives a pretty solid performance as Menos, but I'm not sure the character ever feels that he was at one point a Vulcan, but I don't think that is the actor's fault, it's more to do with the material.
The other members of the crew don't have much of a contribution to make other than a mildly funny subplot. Mayweather is part of the away mission but is not given anything tangible to do as usual.
I think the likability of this episode depends on how someone cares to see Vulcan characters behaving emotionally and doesn't take umbrage with the writers revising established Vulcan cultural practises. Although the reasons are clearly explained within the plot, I'm not sure it ever feels right to me.
Call me a boring old traditionalist but the only Vulcan emotional display I ever enjoyed was Spock's outburst at the end of Amok Time and that's because they showed his immediate realisation and self correction. That worked well.
I can see how a lot of the show's unpopularity stems from it's take on Vulcan characters and it's hard to disagree with it based on what I've seen so far.
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- snoozejonc
- Sep 3, 2020
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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