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== Summary ==
  
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[[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']] makes a detour to gather scientific data on a [[planet]] that recently shifted [[orbit]] to relocate between two [[gas giant]]s and where there is a lot of volcanic activity to be expected due to the new gravitational environment. Since they will be passing near the [[ECS Horizon|''Horizon'']], the ship [[Travis Mayweather]] was born and grew up on, the [[helm]] officer asks for a leave.
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[[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']] makes a detour to gather scientific [[data]] on a [[planet]] that recently shifted [[orbit]] to relocate between two [[gas giant]]s and where there is a lot of volcanic activity to be expected due to the new [[gravitational]] environment. Since they will be passing near the [[ECS Horizon|''Horizon'']], the ship that [[Ensign]] [[Travis Mayweather]] was both born and grew up on, the [[helm]] [[officer]] asks for a leave.
   
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Mayweather has a surprise when he first contacts the ''Horizon'': his father died six weeks previously and, since the [[ensign]] left on bad terms when he departed for [[Starfleet]], it is even more shocking. [[Jonathan Archer]] tells Mayweather what his father said to him when he was doing a background check on him, a pretty good comment suggesting that Travis' father didn't quite disapprove his choice even if he wouldn't admit it.
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Mayweather has a surprise when he first contacts the ''Horizon'': his father died six weeks previously and, since the ensign left on bad terms when he departed for [[Starfleet]], it is even more shocking. [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] tells Mayweather what his father said to him when he was doing a background check on him, a pretty good comment suggesting that Travis' father didn't quite disapprove his choice even if he wouldn't admit it.
   
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On the ''Horizon'', everyone is happy to see Travis again except for his brother, [[Paul Mayweather|Paul]], now captain, who greets him coldly. When Travis tries to make some upgrades to the ship's navigational [[sensor]]s and [[port]] stabilizers, the coldness changes into sarcasm. Even though it appears that Paul still likes Travis, he apparently feels a little insecure with his new responsibilities and is under a lot of pressure. At some point, the ''Horizon'' is attacked by unknown aliens who leave a beacon/mine on the [[freighter]].
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On the ''Horizon'', everyone is happy to see Travis again except for his brother, [[Paul Mayweather|Paul]], now captain, who greets him coldly. When Travis tries to make some upgrades to the ship's [[navigational sensor]]s and [[port]] stabilizers, the coldness changes into sarcasm. Even though it appears that Paul still likes Travis, he apparently feels a little insecure with his new responsibilities and is under a lot of pressure. At some point, the ''Horizon'' is attacked by unknown [[aliens]] in a ship using [[Mazarite]] engines who leave a beacon/mine on the [[freighter]].
   
 
When Travis decides to make upgrades to the ship's weaponry against his brother's wishes, Paul becomes openly hostile, throwing irrational accusations at his brother. Fortunately, after a conversation with his mother, Travis understands that only time will help his brother, that Paul is now in a worse situation than his father was in when he first took command of the ship, and that no upgrades or extended leave (for Travis) will make it faster or easier.
  
When Travis decides to make upgrades to the ship's weaponry against his brother's wishes, Paul becomes openly hostile, throwing irrational accusations at his brother. Fortunately, after a conversation with his mother, Travis understands that only time will help his brother, that Paul is now in a worse situation than his father was in when he first took command of the ship, and that no upgrades or extended leave (for Travis) will make it faster or easier.
   
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[[File:Alien vessel fought off by the command module of the Horizon.jpg|thumb|The tractor unit fights off the alien vessel]]
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When the aliens return for the ''Horizon'', they want every crewmen to get out of the freighter, and Paul decides to make use of the new weapon system &ndash; to protect not only his ship, but the whole freighter fleet in general. With Travis at the helm, the tractor disengages from the cargo and disables the aliens' ship which Paul allows to leave so that they can warn their fellow pirates that ECS freighters were the wrong ships to attack. Paul is much more friendly at the end as he finally understood that Travis was not trying to undermine his authority and he leaves his brother with his best wishes.
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When the aliens return for the ''Horizon'', they want every crewmen to get out of the freighter, and Paul decides to make use of the new [[weapon]] system &ndash; to protect not only his ship, but the whole freighter fleet in general. With Travis at the helm, the [[mooring]] clamps disengage from the [[cargo]] section and the light J class tug section outmaneuvers the aliens' ship and using the enhanced plasma weapons disables the alien ship's weapons. Paul allows to leave so that they can warn their fellow pirates that ECS freighters were the wrong ships to attack. Paul is much more friendly at the end as he finally understood that Travis was not trying to undermine his authority and he leaves his brother with his best wishes.
   
 
On ''Enterprise'', Archer finally gets [[T'Pol]] to go to a [[movie night]] by using arguments about crew fraternization. However, the [[captain]] and his [[chief engineer]] are both surprised by the conclusions the [[Vulcan]] pulls out of the movie, ''[[Frankenstein]]''. She makes an analogy between the villagers' reactions to the creature and the reaction [[Human]]s had when the Vulcans first arrived on [[Earth]]. She says that she will suggest to [[Ambassador]] [[Soval]] that he show the movie to every Vulcan newly arrived on Earth.
  
On ''Enterprise'', Archer finally gets [[T'Pol]] to go to a [[movie night]] by using arguments about crew fraternization. However, the [[captain]] and his [[chief engineer]] are both surprised by the conclusions the [[Vulcan]] pulls out of the movie, ''[[Frankenstein]]''. She makes an analogy between the villagers' reactions to the creature and the reaction [[Human]]s had when the Vulcans first arrived on [[Earth]]. She says that she will suggest to [[Ambassador]] [[Soval]] that he show the movie to every Vulcan newly arrived on Earth.
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: - '''Reed''', on Mayweather's idea of putting families on starships
  
: - '''Reed''', on Mayweather's idea of putting families on starships
   
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"''We're going to be showing the three greatest horror movies ever made; ''Frankenstein'', ''Bride of Frankenstein'' and ''Son of Frankenstein''. We might even throw in ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein''.''"
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: - '''Tucker''', to T'Pol on his selections for movie night
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"''I promise you'll like it. Reanimated life forms, science run amok. They're right up your alley.''"
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: - '''Tucker''', to T'Pol on the film's subject matter
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"''You come here a lot?''"<br />
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"''Every now and then.''"
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: - '''Archer''' finds a distraught '''Mayweather''' in the "sweet spot" of ''Enterprise'' after he learns of his father's death
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"''He wrote the shortest recommendation. Just one sentence. He said he'd never met a more natural stick and rudder man in his life and I'd be a fool if I didn't choose you.''"
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: - '''Archer''' explains the letter he got from Mayweather's father strongly recommending his son for the helmsman position on ''Enterprise''
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"''It might be a good idea for you to go, too. It might be fun, and a little fraternizing couldn't hurt.''"<br />
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"''I don't understand how sitting silently in a darkened room constitutes fraternizing''"
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: - '''Captain Archer''' and '''T'Pol''', regarding Trip's invitation to movie night
   
 
"''This Dr. Frankenstein, his technique is not dissimilar to a practice on B'Saari II.''"
  
"''This Dr. Frankenstein, his technique is not dissimilar to a practice on B'Saari II.''"
 
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"''We can stop the film if it's disturbing your ''conversation''.''"
  
"''We can stop the film if it's disturbing your ''conversation''.''"
 
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"''Captain, I'm reading bio-signs on the planet. To quote Dr. Frankenstein, "It's alive."''"
  
"''Captain, I'm reading bio-signs on the planet. To quote Dr. Frankenstein, "It's alive."''"
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== Background Information ==
  
== Background Information ==
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*Shortly prior to the filming of [[ENT Season 1|first season]] finale {{e|Shockwave}}, Mayweather actor [[Anthony Montgomery]] gave an interview for ''[[Star Trek: The Magazine]]'' in which he expressed an interest in seeing both the sweet spot make a return appearance &ndash; after debuting in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''{{'}}s pilot episode, {{e|Broken Bow}} &ndash; and Mayweather's parents appear in the series, most of which occurs in this episode. (''[[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 3]]'', p. 19)
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* During Mayweather's conversation with [[Nora]] in his old quarters on board the ''Horizon'', a copy of ''[[Chicago Gangs]]'' can be seen on a bookshelf in the background. This was an homage meant to reference {{TOS|A Piece of the Action}}, in which a book with a similar title, ''[[Chicago Mobs of the Twenties]]'', was left on a [[planet]] by crewmembers of the {{USS|Horizon}}.
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*During Mayweather's conversation with [[Nora]] in his old quarters on board the ''Horizon'', a copy of ''[[Chicago Gangs]]'' can be seen on a bookshelf in the background. This was an homage meant to reference {{TOS|A Piece of the Action}}, in which a book with a similar title, ''[[Chicago Mobs of the Twenties]]'', was left on a [[Sigma Iotia II|planet]] by crew members of the [[Horizon (starship)|''Horizon'']].
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* [[Nicole Forester]] previously played a [[dabo girl]] (in [[Julian Bashir]]'s mind) in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|Distant Voices}}.
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*[[Nicole Forester]] previously played a [[dabo girl]] (in [[Julian Bashir]]'s mind) in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|Distant Voices}}.
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*Mayweather and Reed's conversation about allowing families to live aboard Starfleet starships, and Reed's subsequent comment that a ship's psychologist would be necessary, is a reference to ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, which showed both regular family life aboard a Starfleet vessel and the role of a [[Deanna Troi|ship's counselor]] in detail. {{incite}}
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* The bridge of the ''Horizon'' was built using a redressed ''Enterprise'' bridge set.
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* Mayweather and Reed's conversation about allowing families to live aboard Starfleet starships, and Reed's subsequent comment that a ship's psychologist would be necessary, is a reference to ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, which showed both regular family life aboard a Starfleet vessel and the role of a ship's counselor in detail. {{incite}}
  
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*Travis states that ''Enterprise'' has traveled 150 [[light year]]s and seen twenty-two [[Inhabited planets|inhabited worlds]] in eighteen months.
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*This episode marks the second instance of [[T'Pol]] breaking the [[Vulcan]] taboo of refusing to touch food with one's hands; she partakes in [[popcorn]] during [[movie night]]. She previously broke that taboo during the events of {{e|Shadows of P'Jem}}.
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* The bridge of the Horizon was built using a redressed Enterprise bridge set.
  
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*The tables in the ''Horizon''{{'}}s mess hall are actually from the {{USS|Voyager}}'s mess.
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*In Travis' old room on the ''Horizon'', a model of the ''[[Phoenix]]'' can be seen in the background.
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* The music was composed by [[Mark McKenzie]].
   
 
== Links and references ==
  
== Links and references ==
 
=== Starring ===
  
=== Starring ===
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*[[Scott Bakula]] as [[Jonathan Archer]]
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*[[Scott Bakula]] as [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]]
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*[[John Billingsley]] as [[Phlox]]
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*[[John Billingsley]] as [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]]
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*[[Jolene Blalock]] as [[T'Pol]]
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*[[Jolene Blalock]] as [[Subcommander]] [[T'Pol]]
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*[[Dominic Keating]] as [[Malcolm Reed]]
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*[[Dominic Keating]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed]]
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*[[Anthony Montgomery]] as [[Travis Mayweather]]
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*[[Anthony Montgomery]] as [[Ensign]] [[Travis Mayweather]]
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*[[Linda Park]] as [[Hoshi Sato]]
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*[[Linda Park]] as [[Ensign]] [[Hoshi Sato]]
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*[[Connor Trinneer]] as [[Charles Tucker III|Charles "Trip" Tucker III]]
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*[[Connor Trinneer]] as [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Charles "Trip" Tucker III]]
   
 
=== Guest Stars ===
  
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=== References ===
  
=== References ===
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''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]''; [[book club]]; [[B'Saari]]; [[B'Saari II]]; ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]''; [[Chef (Enterprise NX-01)|Chef]]; ''[[Chicago Gangs]]''; [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus, Christopher]]; [[ECS Constellation|''Constellation'', ECS]]; [[Demerian]]s; [[Deneva Station]]; [[deuterium]]; [[dicobalt]]; [[Earth Cargo Authority]]; [[Maxwell Forrest|Forrest, Maxwell]]; ''[[Frankenstein]]''; [[gas giant]]; [[grav-plating]]; [[holometric camera]]; [[ECS Horizon|''Horizon'', ECS]]; [[hull plating]]; [[imaging relay]]; [[J class]]; [[Ferdinand Magellan|Magellan, Ferdinand]]; [[Mazarite]]s; [[Mazarite warship]]; [[movie]]s; [[movie night]]; [[navigation sensors]]; [[nutri-pak]]; [[Orion freighter]]; [[phase cannon]]; [[plasma turret]]; [[Pon farr]]; [[popcorn]]; [[San Francisco]]; ''[[Sea Witch]]''; [[Mary Shelley|Shelley, Mary]]; ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]''; [[Soval]]; [[spatial discriminator]]; [[Starfleet|Starfleet (Earth)]]; [[strawberry shortcake]]; [[stromatopod]]; [[subspace postcard]]; ''[[tarul-etek]]''; [[Trelkis III]]; [[thermal scanner]]; [[Vega colony]]; [[Vulcan]]s; [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]]
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''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]''; [[book club]]; [[B'Saari]]; [[B'Saari II]]; ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]''; [[cargo container]]; [[catwalk]]; [[Chef (Enterprise NX-01)|Chef]]; ''[[Chicago Gangs]]''; [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus, Christopher]]; [[Zefram Cochrane|Cochrane, Zefram]]; [[ECS Constellation|''Constellation'', ECS]]; [[Demerian]]s; [[Deneva Station]]; [[deuterium]]; [[dicobalt]]; [[Earth]]; [[Earth Cargo Authority]]; [[electrode]]; [[forklift]]; [[Maxwell Forrest|Forrest, Maxwell]]; ''[[Frankenstein]]''; [[gas giant]]; [[grav-plating]]; [[holometric camera]]; [[ECS Horizon|''Horizon'', ECS]]; [[hull plating]]; [[imaging relay]]; [[J class]]; [[kilometer]]; [[kiloton]]; [[Ferdinand Magellan|Magellan, Ferdinand]]; [[Mazarite]]s; [[Mazarite warship]]; [[movie]]s; [[movie night]]; [[navigation sensor]]s; [[neutronic storm]]; [[nutri-pak]]; [[Orion freighter]]; [[phase cannon]]; [[pitchfork]]; [[plasma injector]]; [[plasma turret]]; ''[[Pon farr]]''; [[popcorn]]; [[Mary Reed|Reed, Mary]]; [[Standard astrometric chart]]; [[Stuart Reed|Reed, Stuart]]; [[Romulan]]s; [[San Francisco]]; ''[[Sea Witch]]''; [[Mary Shelley|Shelley, Mary]]; ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]''; [[Soval]]; [[spatial discriminator]]; [[Starfleet database]]; [[Starfleet|Starfleet (Earth)]]; [[strawberry shortcake]]; [[stromatopod]]; [[subspace postcard]]; [[Takret]]s; ''[[tarul-etek]]''; [[Trelkis III]]; [[thermal scanner]]; [[Vega colony]]; [[Vulcan]]s; [[Vulcan (planet)]]
   
 
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Revision as of 00:53, 1 September 2014

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While Enterprise diverts to observe an unusual planetary event, Travis Mayweather takes time off to visit his family on the cargo ship where he was born and raised, the Horizon.

Summary

Enterprise makes a detour to gather scientific data on a planet that recently shifted orbit to relocate between two gas giants and where there is a lot of volcanic activity to be expected due to the new gravitational environment. Since they will be passing near the Horizon, the ship that Ensign Travis Mayweather was both born and grew up on, the helm officer asks for a leave.

Mayweather has a surprise when he first contacts the Horizon: his father died six weeks previously and, since the ensign left on bad terms when he departed for Starfleet, it is even more shocking. Captain Jonathan Archer tells Mayweather what his father said to him when he was doing a background check on him, a pretty good comment suggesting that Travis' father didn't quite disapprove his choice even if he wouldn't admit it.

On the Horizon, everyone is happy to see Travis again except for his brother, Paul, now captain, who greets him coldly. When Travis tries to make some upgrades to the ship's navigational sensors and port stabilizers, the coldness changes into sarcasm. Even though it appears that Paul still likes Travis, he apparently feels a little insecure with his new responsibilities and is under a lot of pressure. At some point, the Horizon is attacked by unknown aliens in a ship using Mazarite engines who leave a beacon/mine on the freighter.

When Travis decides to make upgrades to the ship's weaponry against his brother's wishes, Paul becomes openly hostile, throwing irrational accusations at his brother. Fortunately, after a conversation with his mother, Travis understands that only time will help his brother, that Paul is now in a worse situation than his father was in when he first took command of the ship, and that no upgrades or extended leave (for Travis) will make it faster or easier.

File:Alien vessel fought off by the command module of the Horizon.jpg

The tractor unit fights off the alien vessel

When the aliens return for the Horizon, they want every crewmen to get out of the freighter, and Paul decides to make use of the new weapon system – to protect not only his ship, but the whole freighter fleet in general. With Travis at the helm, the mooring clamps disengage from the cargo section and the light J class tug section outmaneuvers the aliens' ship and using the enhanced plasma weapons disables the alien ship's weapons. Paul allows to leave so that they can warn their fellow pirates that ECS freighters were the wrong ships to attack. Paul is much more friendly at the end as he finally understood that Travis was not trying to undermine his authority and he leaves his brother with his best wishes.

On Enterprise, Archer finally gets T'Pol to go to a movie night by using arguments about crew fraternization. However, the captain and his chief engineer are both surprised by the conclusions the Vulcan pulls out of the movie, Frankenstein. She makes an analogy between the villagers' reactions to the creature and the reaction Humans had when the Vulcans first arrived on Earth. She says that she will suggest to Ambassador Soval that he show the movie to every Vulcan newly arrived on Earth.

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Memorable Quotes

"Well, they'd better post a psychologist on board because I'd need one if my parents were roaming the corridors."

- Reed, on Mayweather's idea of putting families on starships

"We're going to be showing the three greatest horror movies ever made; Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein. We might even throw in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein."

- Tucker, to T'Pol on his selections for movie night

"I promise you'll like it. Reanimated life forms, science run amok. They're right up your alley."

- Tucker, to T'Pol on the film's subject matter

"You come here a lot?"
"Every now and then."

- Archer finds a distraught Mayweather in the "sweet spot" of Enterprise after he learns of his father's death

"He wrote the shortest recommendation. Just one sentence. He said he'd never met a more natural stick and rudder man in his life and I'd be a fool if I didn't choose you."

- Archer explains the letter he got from Mayweather's father strongly recommending his son for the helmsman position on Enterprise

"It might be a good idea for you to go, too. It might be fun, and a little fraternizing couldn't hurt."
"I don't understand how sitting silently in a darkened room constitutes fraternizing"

- Captain Archer and T'Pol, regarding Trip's invitation to movie night

"This Dr. Frankenstein, his technique is not dissimilar to a practice on B'Saari II."

- Phlox, to Commander Tucker

"We can stop the film if it's disturbing your conversation."

- T'Pol to Phlox

"Captain, I'm reading bio-signs on the planet. To quote Dr. Frankenstein, "It's alive.""

- T'Pol to Captain Archer

Background Information

Links and references

Starring

Guest Stars

Co-Stars

Uncredited Co-Stars

Archive footage

References

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein; book club; B'Saari; B'Saari II; Bride of Frankenstein; cargo container; catwalk; Chef; Chicago Gangs; Columbus, Christopher; Cochrane, Zefram; Constellation, ECS; Demerians; Deneva Station; deuterium; dicobalt; Earth; Earth Cargo Authority; electrode; forklift; Forrest, Maxwell; Frankenstein; gas giant; grav-plating; holometric camera; Horizon, ECS; hull plating; imaging relay; J class; kilometer; kiloton; Magellan, Ferdinand; Mazarites; Mazarite warship; movies; movie night; navigation sensors; neutronic storm; nutri-pak; Orion freighter; phase cannon; pitchfork; plasma injector; plasma turret; Pon farr; popcorn; Reed, Mary; Standard astrometric chart; Reed, Stuart; Romulans; San Francisco; Sea Witch; Shelley, Mary; Son of Frankenstein; Soval; spatial discriminator; Starfleet database; Starfleet (Earth); strawberry shortcake; stromatopod; subspace postcard; Takrets; tarul-etek; Trelkis III; thermal scanner; Vega colony; Vulcans; Vulcan (planet)

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