Acquisition

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Enterprise: Season One : Acquisition


By he knows what the people want on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 1:48 pm:

The "Trip Runs Around In His Skivvies" episode!
WOOO-HOO!


By Spockania on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 12:14 pm:

Not Quite A Spoiler:

Section31.com quotes Braga as saying "There's an episode where the Ferengi take over the ship and Trip spends the entire episode in his underwear, running around the ship like Bruce Willis." I suspect this is it.

Ferengi. Why Ferengi? Why not Tellarites, or Orions? Are they still trying to amortize leftover ear pieces from DS9?


By Merat on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 12:43 pm:

I suspect (i.e. HOPE) that Braga was joking.


By its true on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 2:07 pm:

http://tv.zap2it.com/sciencefiction/otherworlds.html?23646
"Trinneer is seated in his incense-scented trailer on the Paramount lot, with a striped Calvin Klein robe covering, once again, those bright-blue Starfleet-issue skivvies.
'Literally, I don't say a word today,' he says. 'I'm just running around in my underwear.' "

"Whatever the plot line, the scenes Trinneer is shooting are eerie. Clad in the aforementioned skivvies, he wanders barefoot around the launch bay, which is quiet and deserted. In another scene, he heads to engineering, where bodies of crew members can be seen. As Trinneer said, not a word is spoken, with all the work being done through facial expressions and body language."


By ScottN on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 2:49 pm:

According to Section31.com, it is the Ferengi, but we never *officially* find out they're Ferengi.

Jeffrey Combs and Ethan Philips are supposed to be Ferengi in this episode (the return of Brunt and the fake Grand Proxy!?!??? :O).

This introduces a nit. If the Ferengi knew about us back in 2151/52 (What month was Broken Bow?), then why didn't they make an appearance in the next 200 years to try to sell us stuff and rip us off?


By Anonymous on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 5:51 am:

.... Trip runs around in his skivvies..... whoa! (pant, pant, pant) I gotta tape this episode.... ;) :)


By Josh M on Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 1:11 am:

It's going to be interesting to see how they make a Ferengi ep without breaking TNG continuity

hmmm
"bodies of crewmembers"
Sounds like some extras besides that time travel guy are going to die. (I doubt it though)

Combs as a Ferengi? Geez, if he keeps this up, he's going to catch Vaughn Armstrong with the most roles on ST. Although Armstrong keeps getting different roles as well, so probably not.


By William Berry on Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 2:34 pm:

Why the Ferengi don't try to sell us garbage for 200 years can be explained. They and us (but the "Enterprise crew") see them mistake T'Pol for a Romulan. They think "these humans have decent, but not great technology. They are allied with the Romulans. If they put two and two together they'll be mad at us to the point of declaring war. We don't want to face the Romulans. Let's hide and not let them discover us."

Of course, it will not be that clear-cut. It will be nit full and Archer at the end of the series hits the reset button.


By William Captain Typo Berry on Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 2:35 pm:

Oops,
The above should read us (but NOT the "Enterprise" crew)


By Josh G. on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 1:10 pm:

Combs as a Ferengi? Geez, if he keeps this up, he's going to catch Vaughn Armstrong with the most roles on ST. Although Armstrong keeps getting different roles as well, so probably not.

He'll also join Armin Shimerman and Max Grodenchik in playing multiple Ferengis.


By Edwin on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 1:09 pm:

Ethan Phillips played a Ferengi in The Next Generation, I am not sure of the episode but it might have been Menage a Troi.


By Mikey on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 5:52 pm:

It was.

He also played Neelix disguised as a Ferengi in "Profit Motive".


By Phillip Culley (Pculley) on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 4:24 pm:

Neelix was a Ferengi in 'False Prophets' - 'Prophet Motive' was the DS9 episodes where one of the Orbs made the Grand Nagus kind and very un-Ferengi :)


By Wes Collins (Wcollins) on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 5:02 pm:

I'm thinking that this is gonna be the "worst episode ever," to quote the Comic Book Guy.


By Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:27 pm:

No, the worst episode was "Profit and Lace".

PS Did anyone think it might be a good episode when they saw the previews.


By Anonymous on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 1:22 am:

It's possible that this won't be a terrible episode.


By Wes Collins (Wcollins) on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 5:38 pm:

By "worst episode ever" I meant "worst Enterprise episode ever." There a plenty of Star Trek episodes that this one CANNOT reach when it comes to general lousiness. Sub Rosa, anyone?


By Brian Lombard on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 6:21 pm:

We don't reach, Herbert.


By William Berry on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 6:39 pm:

Annonymous,

It is possible that monkey's fly out of T'Pol's bum while Malcolm stares at it.:)


By ScottN on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 7:10 pm:

You're busted, CCabe. That's the "Episode whose name we dare not speak!" Or was that your evil twin talking?


By Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 9:01 pm:

I said it, and I'll say it again PROFIT AND LACE. (If anyone gripes I'll use bold font next time. Ni!)