4x07 The Forge (1) - Star Trek: Enterprise Episode Guide

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- Episode 04x07

Episode: 04x07
Title: The Forge (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 40358-83
First Aired: Nov. 19, 2004

Season 4 » Episode #07 - The Forge (1)

Star Trek: Enterprise - 04x07 The Forge (1)

Summary: A tragic incident shakes human-Vulcan relations to the core when a bomb is set off in a protected area of the United Earth Embassy that claims 43 lives, including that of Admiral Forrest. The bomb detonated just before the High Command may have been announcing its intent to conduct joint missions with Starfleet. In the throes of the blast, Forrest actually saved the life of an extremely grateful Soval. As Enterprise is called to Vulcan after the tragedy, Soval comes aboard the ship with the head of the Vulcan High Command, Administrator V'Las, and his security chief, Stel. With the embassy officially on Earth soil, Captain Jonathan Archer is to handle the official investigation. The initial research from the bomb fragments that Mayweather and Reed extricate finds the DNA fingerprint of a Vulcan, T'Pau. She is a member of the Syrrannites, a zealous Vulcan sect that believes in — among other Vulcan taboos — the practice of mind-melding. Syrrannites follow a corrupted form of the teachings of Surak, the father of Vulcan logic who is considered the most important Vulcan who ever lived. A wanted man named Syrran is the sect's current leader. With a Syrrannite now suspected, V'Las announces that Vulcans will take over the investigation.

Who appeared in this episode?

Administrator V'Las	played by Robert Foxworth
Koss	played by Michael Reilly Burke
Arev	played by Michael Nouri
aka Syrran	played by Michael Nouri
Stel	played by Larc Spies

Episode Quotes

Season 4 / Episode 7: - The Forge (1)

Vulcan Ambassador Soval: We don't know what to do about humans. Of all the species we've made contact with, yours is the only one we can't define. You have have the arrogance of Andorians, the stubborn pride of Tellarites. One moment you're as driven by your emotions as Klingons, and the next, you confound us by suddenly embracing logic.
Admiral Maxwell Forrest: I'm sure those qualities are found in every species.
Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Not in such confusing abundance.

Season 4 / Episode 7: - The Forge (1)

Commander T'Pol: This site is called Gateway, where Surak supposedly began his journey into the Forge.
Captain Jonathan Archer: You keep saying supposedly. You don't believe Surak did the things they said he did?
Commander T'Pol: He brought logic to Vulcan, in an age we call the Time of Awakening, but his writings from that period no longer exist.
Captain Jonathan Archer: There must be some record of it.
Commander T'Pol: Over the centuries, his followers made copies of his teachings.
Captain Jonathan Archer: Let me guess, with the originals lost, whatever's left is open to interpretation.
Commander T'Pol: You find this amusing?
Captain Jonathan Archer: I find it familiar.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: When Admiral Forrest and Ambassador Soval are walking together in the Earth embassy you can see the column which falls during the explosion leaning out before the explosion takes place. Neither Forrest nor Soval react to the leaning column until the explosion, although you can hear distant explosions before the near one erupts.

TRIVIA

According to the DVD commentary, "digital cloning" was used to duplicate and fill the room with coffins in the episode "Enterprise" (2001) {The Forge (#4.7)}. Only six actual props were built for the closeup shots.
The questions about Vulcan logic that Arev asks Captain Archer are the same as the questions that Spock has to answer in the beginning of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
During the scene in "The Forge" in which Captain Archer walks into a room full of coffins, only 6 coffin props were made for the scene. Digital Cloning was used to fill in the room.