The second season of enterprise continues on the same tone and course as the first, with mostly standalone episodes tackling starfleets first deep space mission. Enterprise episode guide season 2 may 03, 2019 00000. Enterprise commenced airing on upn in the united states on september 18, 2002 and concluded on may 21, 2003 after 26 episodes. When the woman accidentally wakes up, she reveals shes not a passenger, but a prisoner. Cogenitor is the 48th episode of the television series star trek. Michelle erica green, while writing for trek nation, described cogenitor as the best episode of enterprise up to that time implying that it surpassed even dear doctor and noted similarities to the handmaids tale and the xenogenesis trilogy liliths brood.
Not just the scripting and directing, but the production design and. May 07, 2015 for all its myriad problems, the second season of enterprise is never really an embarrassment in the way that truly and spectacularly bad seasons of star trek can be. Season 2 gets into some early meetings with the klingon empire, which is cool. I think out of all the four seasons enterprise had season 2 was the weakest. Enterprise cogenitor tv episode 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It does not have many more outandout duds than the average season of star trek. Against the wishes of the vissians, trip befriends the cogenitor and encourages it to defy its cultural boundaries, which the vissians are made aware of, and are angered by. Katsulas had previously appeared in several episodes of star trek. There, they contact the vissians, a sophisticated race with three. Nov 04, 2009 carbon creek season 2, episode 02 everyone loves it when star trek does a period piece, and although carbon creek doesnt actually involve any timetravel, the appearance of jolene tpol. Enterprise dvd order season 2 episode 22 cogenitor. Archer and reed return to a prewarp society that is on the verge of war to recover a lost communicator.
Apr 30, 2003 final star trek appearance of andreas katsulas, who plays the vissian captain drenik in this episode, and also played the recurring romulan commander tomalak on star trek. The guest cast in cogenitor included the return of andreas katsulas in the role of the vissian captain. Enterprise, season 2 episode 22 after making first contact with a species that has three genders, trip discovers the third gender. While studying a star which has gone supernova, enterprise encounters a race called the vissians. Cogenitor combines two of my favorite star trek themes. The enterprise nx01 is excited to be studying a hypergiant star when it notices an. Im looking at 2 fictional morality systems the 22nd century vissians and the 24th. The remnants of an alien ship and two frozen cybernetic bodies are uncovered in the arctic by a research team.
Enterprise, season 2 episode 22, is available to watch and stream on upn. While observing a hypergiant, enterprise comes across a friendly alien race known as. As in the title, i just finished watching the cogenitor. Trip attempts to help the cogenitor, even though it. On the whole, cogenitor is an enterprisespecific episode of trek that takes. Enterprise season 2 comes off as colorlessly blah as season 1. The next generation, but is perhaps most famous for his role as ambassador gkar on babylon 5. Archer is thrilled to be within ten light years of a hypergiant star. Enterprise season 2 a list of 26 titles created 23 mar 2017. Enterprise was forever torn between our future and star trek. Common to trek, important social issues are highlighted throughout the season in such episodes as stigma and cogenitor.
Enterprise, that he especially enjoyed the other such episode being regeneration. Enterprise 20012005, originally simply titled enterprise, is a sciencefiction television series set in the star trek universe. Star trek enterprise s 02 e 022 cogenitor recap tv tropes. As the crew prepares to study the phenomenon, they make first contact with another species the vissians, who are also in the area to study the hypergiant. Enterprise, season 2 episode 22 after making first contact with a species that has three genders, trip discovers the third gender which is required for the species to reproduce are. Enterprise would be run, cogenitor is structured as a piece of selfaware criticism of the moral methodology of the star trek franchise as a whole. Enterprise cogenitor support enchantment of eternity on patreon. As a life long star trek fan, i can honestly say that this episode is in the top 10 of any of the franchises. The borg that were sent back in time in star trek first contact are referenced in season 2 as well, with the crew trying to figure out what these cyborg humanoid creatures are. It follows the adventures of the crew of the prefederation enterprise, the first humanbuilt vessel to achieve warp 5. Scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating, anthony montgomery, linda park, connor. Enterprise originally titled enterprise until season 3 is the fifth liveaction tv series set in the star trek universe and the sixth in total. The second season continues the human exploration of interstellar space by the crew of enterprise, and further mention is made of the temporal cold war. Enterprise is checking out a star and they come across a species thats also really.
In season 1 st enterprise introduces the characters, the beginnings of enterprise and its mandate. Enterprise, the twentythird episode of the second season. The breach offers a traditional star trek morality play, while cogenitor brutally subverts it. Apr 30, 2015 coming towards the end of the second season, on the cusp of major changes to the way that star trek. The two crews get along famously, until trip gets a little too curious about a member of the. Usually, this manifests a big important speech about peace and understanding and not being racist before the ship warps away. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. It is very easy to take for granted the amount of effort that goes into a fortyfive minute episode of star trek.
Manny coto cited this as one of two episodes, from the first two seasons of star trek. Enterprise was forever torn between our future and star. Enterprise encounters a hypergiant, the first to be studied by humans. Created by rick berman and brannon braga, and based upon gene roddenberrys classic 1966 star trek and its subsequent spinoffs, enterprise was a prequel, set a century before the time of kirk and spock. When trip meets one of the species third gender, known as cogenitor, h. The art of war short documentary history channel duration. After two seasons worth of diplomatic misunderstandings, belligerent aliens, temporal shenanigans, and various other maladies, the enterprise crew finally makes contact with a friendly race.
Trip meets one of the species third gender, known as cogenitor, and learns how badly vissians treat all cogenitors. The second season of the american science fiction television series star trek. When trip meets one of the species third gender, known as cogenitor, he is disturbed to learn that all cogenitors are treated extremely poorly. The enterprise crew makes first contact with the vissians, a species with three genders. The cogenitor applies for asylum on the enterprise and archer refuses to give it shes not in any danger and hes unwilling to interfere with the cultural traditions of another species. It shows how particularly painful it can be, but one cant reform an entire society from one encounter. It fully develops the characters and the relationships between them, their hopes. It first aired on may 7, 2003 on the upn network in the united states. Enterprise was a prequel to the other star trek series and movies. The natural evolution for a series is met in st enterprise season 2, which is character driven. At the episode s end archer informs trip that the cogenitor has committed suicide. Apr 12, 2018 this is a common problem in star trek, probably the result of the franchises episodic nature. Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first starfleet starship enterprise, registration nx01.
Archers shock is palpable when the vissian captain drennik reveals that his people are also primarily. Season 2 begins where season 1 left off as captain jonathan archer is trapped in the 31st century. All star trek episodes by rating a list of 737 titles created 27 aug 2017 episodios. Enterprise set a century before the missions of captain kirk, this prequel series focuses on earths first deep space venture aboard the enterprise, nx01. The early encounters and historic culture of familiar star trek franchise races, such as the vulcans, andorians, klingons, romulans, tholians, borg, and tellarites, are also explored further. Regeneration is the fortyninth episode of the american science fiction television series star trek. The temporal cold war continues to impact the crew while tensions mount with the intrusive vulcans. The second season saw the series continue a concentration on stand. Season 2, episode 22 enterprise makes first contact with a friendly threegendered species. During season 2, archer has numerous conflicts with the vulcan high command, and there are many connections made between past and present trek incarnations with episodes involving tellarites, tholians, klingons, andorians, and even a tribble. Shortly after filming cogenitor, katsulas was diagnosed with incurable lung. Enterprise, that he especially enjoyed the other such episode. Thats a surprisingly pessimistic attitude to see coming from star trek, but i think cogenitor delivers it with suitably treklike sincerity. Enterprise season 2 episode 11 trip boards an alien cargo vessel to help repair a stasis pod, which holds a beautiful woman in suspended animation.