Archer is captured by a tellarite bounty hunter who plans to hand him over to the klingons. This is just another method star trek writers use to add a sexy episode to a series. Tpol during her pon farr during pon farr, adult vulcans undergo a neurochemical imbalance that take on a form of madness culminating in the plak tow. Tpols pon farr page 2 enterprise the omega sector bbs. Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that originally aired on the upn network from september 26, 2001 to may, 2005. I was really surprised considering how she was vocal in her dislike on the season 3 neuropressure, saying they focused on tpols sexuality too much. Remind me never to get into a game of roladan wild draw with you.
Detailed episode summaries of star trek enterprise. What episode of star trek enterprise does trip and tpol mate. Was pon farr confirmed to be initially a maleonly idea. Vorik on star trek voyager looks as though he is about 21 to 28 years old. Bounty if there is a vulcan onboard, there will be pon farr. Phlox and anybody else do vulcan females undergo pon farr. During her pon farr cycle, tpol had the enterprises chief engineer charles tucker iii do her a favor, that he enjoyed doing several times. And of course, captain archer just had to show up right then too. In 2154, tpol became a commissioned officer with starfleet. The drone begins to reassert his individuality, but his presence causes differing levels of fear and sympathy from various crew members. For example, tpol found herself undergoing the pon farr prematurely after being exposed to foreign microbes on an away mission in 2153. Ent episode bounty a bacteria induces pon farr prematurely in tpol, after which she begins to make sexual advances towards phlox.
They tell us that volcans go through the pon farr every 7 years of their adult life. The affliction causes tpol to prematurely enter pon farr, a chemical. Tpols amok time forces her to make difficult choices. As to how these cycles match, this has to move a bit in to speculative territory. Nov 10, 2015 star trek the original series rewatch. Uhh, im watching that enterprise episode where tpol goes through a premature pon farr and i hate it.
You can also track your episodes and add them to the watchlist. They note this shows the audience the vulcan home planet of vulcan for the first time, and also introduces the pon farr aspect of vulcan culture. The affliction causes tpol to prematurely enter pon farr. She goes with pon farr being about procreation and it causing drama between the two women.
Tpol resented being thought of as a slave, and would often voice her opinion on matters, whether she had been asked to do so, or not. By showing tpol with her grandmothers handbag at the end, it throws away any intrigue or opaqueness this episode contained. The series aired for 98 episodes across four seasons, centering on the adventures of the 22nd century. Enterprise journeyed to vulcan, where his betrothed mate chose another champion to fight for her captain kirk. The expanse pg t polhoshi au how the episode the expanse shouldve been. I just need the name of the episode, but if you have a link to the full episode online, or that specific scene, please include. For all that bounty is a story about tpol going through pon farr, the episode goes out of its way to emphasise that the entire situation is artificial. Tpol does in the episode bounty, although it is triggered and accelerated by a virus she and dr. The mission is the study of biogenic material from a.
As enterprise pursues, a virus causes t pol to go into premature pon farr. Commander tpol was a female vulcan science officer in the century terran empire. Tpol has a problem, and somehow the infuriating chief engineer of the iss enterprise is the only one who can fix it. On a trip to riverside shipyards he encounters jamison kirk and instantly knows she will save him from the fires of the plak tow.
The enterprise nx01 is exploring an uninhabited planet when a shuttle suddenly arrives. To be fair, putting tpol through pon farr was almost inevitable. I would say the first pon farr would start at age 21. Star trek enterprise s 02 e 025 bounty recap tv tropes.
Enterprise, the high commands actions were the themes of several episodes. An archer tpol romance that begins at the end of the seventh. Tpol was a female vulcan who served aboard enterprise nx01 during the mid22nd century. This episode presents the tellerite aliens, seen previously in journey to babel of the original series and there is a pon farr subplot with t pol. Throughout the episode he declines all her advances and feels ill at ease. See more ideas about jolene blalock, star trek enterprise and star trek tv. It could be said that it only worked because her pon farr was brought on prematurely another question, i thought tpol was meant to be quite old a lot oder than vorik. A pon farr story inspired by the spoilers for the last episode of enterprise.
While originally described as an experience restricted to male vulcans, the character tpol underwent pon farr as a result of an exposure to alien bacteria in the episode bounty from the star trek series enterprise. Its quite an interesting take because hoshi and tpol are bonded and very much in love. Aug 05, 2011 other episodes deal with tuvok and his pon farr, explaining how he met his wife and concieved his son. Lieutenant commander tpol of the iss enterprise underwent pon farr at some point. Meanwhile, a microbe from the planet infects tpol and phlox. Additionally, spock experienced an accelerated version of pon farr due to the genesis planets. For the record pg t polhoshi hot on the heels of his newest project, a historian is summoned to the sickbed of a hero of the federation to learn the real truth. But the dialogue, as indicated in the question, indicated that it wasnt unusual for a vulcan female to get it, simply that the timing was wrong izkata jan 15 at 1. So, she is still very young, but i am not sure if there is. The pon farr was a vulcan time of mating, and the rituals following it were shrouded under a veil of mystery and secrecy.
Certain agents have been known to accelerate the pon farr. As enterprise pursues, a virus causes tpol to go into premature pon farr. Pon farr was introduced and prominently featured in the original star trek series episode amok time, written by theodore sturgeon. When the show begins, trip and archer are attacked and archer is taken prisoner by a tellarite. Once the virus had been defeated, the pon farr subsided as it wasn t true pon farr and therefore not lethal to t pol. The quiet pg t polhoshi a long, uneventful trip through a desolate region of space leaves tpol and hoshi with plenty of time to think. One of the writers over at the expanse writes everyone as omnisexual and she wrote the only real hoshitpol love story on our site shakaik. Everybody expects that tuvok is going to be going through the pon farr, and thats not what we do. T pol s amok time forces her to make difficult choices.
She was the first vulcan to serve aboard a human ship for any substantial period. Until the episode extinction towards the start of the third season, the series was called simply enterprise without the star trek prefix. It was considered to be a very private matter within vulcan society, so much that only a handful of starfleet doctors had ever handled it. Ponfarr lasts seven 7 days and that is all and is every seven 7 years for both male and female vulcans. I guess that the explanation for that pon farr thing is that t pol didn t have the same physical and mental condition as usual vulcans because of the virus. How long is pon farr supposed to last for vulcans in the. The enterprise finds a lone borg drone, separated from the collective, and brings him aboard. When the delta flyer is attacked, the doctor must hide his program in sevens borg implants. Im too lazy too look up the episode title, but its at the end of the second season, and tpol goes through premature pon farr because of an alien infection. Surak, psychics and ponfarr star trek theory duration.
Spock experiences pon farr and is returned to his home planet vulcan by captain kirk and dr. Should phlox have made love to tpol in the episode bounty. Nov 29, 2017 star trek enterprise damage season 3 episode 71. Once the virus had been defeated, the pon farr subsided as it wasnt true pon farr and therefore not lethal to tpol. Ent episode bounty a bacteria induces pon farr prematurely in t pol, after which she begins to make sexual advances towards phlox. Zero hour as a child, tpol was betrothed to a vulcan named koss. Meanwhile, a microbe from the planet infects t pol and phlox. The affliction causes tpol to prematurely enter pon farr, a chemical imbalance invoking vulcans urge to mate. Star trek enterprise tpol sold at orion slave auction duration.
With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, celia lovsky. At the time, she said, everyone has been wondering when we were going to do a pon farr episode, and one of the reasons we hadnt was because we could not think of a fresh way of doing it. Tpol just had to walk by the armoury at that moment. The affliction causes t pol to prematurely enter pon farr, a chemical imbalance invoking vulcans urge to mate. Asked if she has experienced this before, tpol responds, its not time. In the alternate universe of twilight, tpol asks trip for a favor. Leaving this up in the air would have been a good finish and would have left the audience wondering. Tpol is the least evil main character, but that doesnt stop her from brainwashing trip to commit sabotage so he gets tortured in her place. Im too lazy too look up the episode title, but its at the end of the second season, and t pol goes through premature pon farr because of an alien infection. In the throes of his pon farr mating period, spock must return to vulcan to meet his intended future wife, betrothed from childhood. Do vulcan women have their own version of pon farr. In the enterprise episode bounty, tpols pon farr was triggered accidentally by an infection.
Forrest and archer are unimpressed by the agony booth. Til death do us part pg t polhoshi tpol and hoshi get more than they bargained for when a planetary visit goes badly for hoshi. In 2017, business insider ranked amok time the 10th best episode of the original series. Jan 07, 2010 what episode of star trek enterprise does trip and t pol mate. Then, of course, nothing turns out like she planned. Pon farr has occurred as a female vulcan cycle in the character of t pol, in the episode bounty from the star trek series enterprise. Most vulcans are curious, and want to learn out their universe, and about the other species that.
No i definately read an article somewhere where she praised roxanne on how she managed to make tpol dignifed during that pon farr episode and how she thought it turned out quite well. The top 100 best star trek episodes ever according to imdb. Thoughts on vulcan culture sexuality and pon farr vulcan society at large embraces logic, peace, and science, holding them and the ideal of idic above all else. In this same episode, tpol met an older version of herself approximately 180 years old. Among themselves, vulcans found it inappropriate to involve themselves with anothers pon farr. Archer learns the klingons have put a price on his head when he is captured by a tellarite bounty hunter. You look nice like this kinda like an old oil painting. In the enterprise episode bounty, t pol s pon farr was triggered accidentally by an infection. T pol resented being thought of as a slave, and would often voice her opinion on matters, whether she had been asked to do so, or not. Phlox cured the virus that had brought on her pon farr early, not the pon farr itself. During her pon farr cycle, t pol had the enterprises chief engineer charles tucker iii do her a favor, that he enjoyed doing several times. Jolene blalock probably gave great pon farr hollywood gossip as part of our continuing look back on star trek hotties of old, we revisit the troubled legacy of. Enterprise mostly because the show seems highly sensationalistic and titillating instead of being intelligently written. Captain jonathan archer and charles tucker, returning from the surface, greet a friendly tellarite who eventually.
From what were told in the original series and its movies and voyager, vulcan males go through pon farr every seven years, while vulcan and nonvulcan females experience similar symptoms only when a vulc. Ive always felt this was a missed opportunity, from a storytelling perspective as well as regarding the enrichment of tpol and phlox lives. This episode presents the tellerite aliens, seen previously in journey to babel of the original series and there is a pon farr subplot with tpol. Tpol runs around in her underwear trying to force herself on her crew mates. Mccoy to undergo the mating ritual and save his life. This show gave itself an out by positing the possibility that tpol made all this up to entertain them. Send the children into the other room for an episode of spongebob if you would, please. Oct 14, 2008 i was a little confused too when i saw the episode. Jul 23, 2018 karyn archer takes jonathan to see t pol. Oct 14, 2008 phlox cured the virus that had brought on her pon farr early, not the pon farr itself. Enterprise journeyed to vulcan, where his betrothed mate chose another.
May 14, 2003 captain archer is abducted by skalaar, a tellarite hoping to collect a bounty placed on archer by the klingons. From the the bounty episode we know that she had never before consumed the pon farr. Feb 26, 2020 there is conflicting evidence on this. May 05, 2015 for all that bounty is a story about tpol going through pon farr, the episode goes out of its way to emphasise that the entire situation is artificial. Its the pon farr, the time of mating, and it rips vulcans veneer of logic and civilization away. Enterprise, the twentyfifth episode of the second season.
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