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Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) gets caught in a web of deceit with the Orions on Enterprise.
First, let me just apologize for the picture to the left. In an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise that is highlighted with three stunning ladies in green body paint, the last thing I wanted to do was feature two men.
However, I couldn’t find a good image of the ladies. There’s one on the official website with one of the girls, but honestly I think it’s a behind the scenes picture because the woman is wearing modern clothing and not the lovely torn-bikini thing that each Orion “slave” girl wore in the episode. But, if any Trek fan out there was able to get a good screen capture of the beautiful trio, or even just one of the ladies, please drop me an e-mail and let me know. Thanks.
Anyway, on with the review.
This week’s episode, “Bound”, was the first new episode in several weeks. With the final episode of Enterprise soon approaching, this week’s offering made me really wish it could stick around a little longer. Who knows how many more times they could show Orion slave girls.
Okay, the male drooling aside, the episode was pretty good. I say this because it actually managed to offer something positive regarding the relationship between Trip and T’Pol, which I have repeatedly spoken out against.
In “Bound”, Archer is offered three Orion slave girls as part of a deal from the Orion Syndicate. They have located a massive deposit of valuable minerals, and want to work with Starfleet in order to mine it. However, this deal soon proves devious, as the three slave girls begin to have unexpected affects among the crew. Women get massive headaches, and Phlox — the ship’s doctor — prematurely begins his hibernation cycle.
With only Trip and T’Pol mysteriously unaffected, they must work together to save the ship and its crew from becoming slaves to the Orion Syndicate.
One of the main reasons I liked this episode was because it provided some background into the Orion Syndicate, one of the least explored parts of Trek lore. It’s mentioned some in Deep Space Nine, and I believe The Next Generation, but that’s generally it.
Second, it was mostly just fun. No serious moral dilemmas or elaborate concepts, just a fun episode. And as much as I’ve complained about the failings of the Trip and T’Pol love story, the relationship played well here. Even if the episode’s end largely mimics the scene in Empire Strikes Back when Leia chases after Han through the corridors of the Hoth base.
The one thing in the episode that really bothered me, however, was the performance of Derek Magyar, who plays Kelby. For some reason in most of the scenes he has with Trip (Conner Trinnear) he was always looking at his mouth instead of his eyes. Very odd.
Either way, “Bound” was a fun break from the sweeping two- and three-part episodes, and… well hey, Orion slave girls. I mean, come on!
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