ENT: Carbon Creek

I really enjoyed this episode! Maybe it's because I just like Vulcans- or maybe because it was an enjoyable tale. At a dinner with Trip and Archer celebrating her first year aboard Enterprise, Archer asks T'Pol about a trip she had made to Carbon Creek, Pennsylvaia. T'Pol tells a tale of first contact that occurs almost a century before Zefram Cochrane's contact in Bozeman, Montana. Although she leaves Trip and Archer with the impression that it was "just a story", the episode doesn't end before leaving the viewer with the impression she was telling the truth.

ENT: Shockwave

When the Enterprise attempts to visit the mining colony at Paraagan II, a plasma ignition destroys the colony and more than 3000 colonists. The Enterprise is recalled to Earth, but Archer eels sure Enterprise is not responsible for the tragedy. A visit from Crewman Daniels, who was believed dead, reveals that the Suliban were involved. Archer risks not just his crew and his life, but the future, to prove his innocence.

Book:Titan: Over A Torrent Sea

The Borg have been absorbed into the Caeliar, and the Federation is inching back from the brink of near destruction. The Titan and her sister Luna class ships can resume their intedned missions- to explore far beyond that reaches that have been explored before. The discovery of a water planet brings the skills of Pacifican ensign Auli Lavenna to the fore. A disaster leaves the contact situation in chaos, and Riker and Troi seperated at a most important time.

Book: Voyager: Full Circlle by Kristen Beyer

This book follows the lives of the Voyager's crew following the Borg Invasion detailed in the Destiny series. With the Enterprise shattered, the Federation had an audacious plan to determine if the Borg threat are really gone. What members of the shattered Voyager crew will be a part of this mission? How can the Federatio, and it's individual citizens, recover from such loss. Is Miral Paris really the Kuvagh'Mah, and what does this mean for her?

ENT: Two Days and Two Nights and TOS:Shore Leave

Happy coincidence had us watching these back to back. Both carry the same common theme: Shore leave is rarely as relaxing as it is supposed to be. (Of course, if it were, it would not be worthy of an episode and we would simply have a Captain's Log saying, "after an uneventful shore leave, we are on route to excitement".) Shore Leave is one of the classic episodes. It shows the different sides of the crew- we see the romantic in McCoy, and we even see a Spock that is not in control enough of his thoughts to keep himself from thinking of danger when merely doing so causes it to be. Two Days and Two Nights was one of the funniest episodes of Enterprise I have seen so far. It gives us a glimpse into why "what happens on Risa, stays on Risa".

ENT: Desert Crossing

The Enterprise answers a distress call, and when they accept the hospitality of the captain they rendered aid to it has unexpected consequences. Yet another episode which makes mention of the need for earth ships to have a directive about interactions with alien cultures.

TOS: Blanace of Terror

Simply put, Star Trek just does not get better than this. Action, drama, love, loss, strategy and a worthy foe. And Mark Lenard.