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Spiner will be playing Arik Soong, an ancestor of
Dr. Soong, the creator of the android Data which
have both been played by Brent Spiner.
This
episode starts off as Klingons aboard a Bird of
Prey discover a shuttle pod with life signs of two
humans on board. The Klingon Captain orders to dock
with the shuttle pod, as the two humans are being
escorted to the Klingons brig we soon discover who
these two humans are. The are actually a pair of
Augments who have purposely deceived the Klingons
so that they can be brought aboard the ship.
Once
aboard the pair are able to easily over power the
Klingon crew and capture the ship.This much action
at the beginning of an episode has not been seen
on Star Trek on a very long time.
We
go back to Earth and are introduced to Arik Soong
as he is being held captive in a Starfleet prison
for stealing genetically enhanced embryos 20 years
before. He was caught a decade later and been incarcerated
ever since. Captain Archer has a meeting with with
Soong to discuss what has recently occurred near
Klingon space. After an investigation Starfleet
is aware that it was the Augments responsible for
hi-jacking of the Klingon vessel.
Archer
brings Soong aboard Enterprise to help Starfleet
find the outlawed Augments. In route they are attacked
by a couple of Orion spaceships. The design of the
ships are very sleek and "Romulan" like
and they quickly start to disable Enterprise, within
seconds nine Enterprise crew members are transported
off the ship.
This
is when we are treated to some Orion Slave Trading
action which is headed by WWE superstar the Big
Show. The look of the male Orions is very reminiscent
to Gamorrean Guards without the pig face. Of course
we are treated to seeing the auctioning of a female
Orion and we are quickly reminded of the "Ravenous
Appetite" that these girls have.We soon realize
that this mandatory pit stop and encounter with
the Orions may have not been an accident.
Borderland
is an episode that truly lives up to the Star Trek
franchise and is quite obvious that someone new
is at the helm of the series. Revisiting old Trek
species is not enough to revive this series but
the writing combined with the action is a sure winner.
I am sure that some Trekkers would like to know
how exactly is the Eugenics War going to be handled.
So far so good, the clothing , the hair and even
the attitude of the Augments should make hard core
Trekkers happy. This is part one of a three part
series which make us wonder if we will see some
kind of reference to the most famous of all Augments...KHAAAN!
Sorry had to do that!
4
out of 5 stars
Borderland
will be airing on October 29, check your local listings. |
