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Dave · 28th January 2005, 12:39 PM

Written by Manny Coto.

TrekToday.com reports that this is rumoured to feature a secret medical facility where doctors have bred a six-month old baby with both human and Vulcan genes.

from Trek Today
When a conference leads the crew of the Enterprise to return home to Earth, they use the opportunity to spend some time with old friends - and to uncover the secret behind some very unusual biological experiments!

TrekToday sources today revealed that the upcoming episode "Demon" will open in a secret medical facility playing host to one very important patient. She has her own secured room, and is being cared for by a physician who seems devoted primarily to her. And right now, her health appears to be in grave danger, causing her physician to call in his supervisor.

The supervisor, a man named John Paxton, isn't very happy with the physician, Dr. Mercer. The patient has been suffering from a swelling and severe fever for several days now, so why didn't Mercer inform Paxton until now? Mercer counters that their monitoring equipment wasn't set up for this type of patient, so they didn't know the condition was this serious. Paxton doesn't care - he just wants to know if the patient is alright, and warns Mercer that if she isn't, Mercer may not be for much longer either.

Mercer and Paxton enter the patient's room, where Mercer nervously begins to check her readings. To his great relief, she appears to have recovered again. Paxton looks down at the patient, and remarks that she's looking so innocent, it's "almost possible to forget what she represents." Then, Mercer and Paxton leave the room, and we're finally able to see who the patient is: a six-month old baby, who strangely enough has Vulcan pointed ears. Attached to her incubator is a small label. It reads "Tucker."

While these events are going on, the crew of the Enterprise are enjoying their time at a conference back home in the Solar System. At the conference, Travis Mayweather encounters an old friend - Gannet Brooks, a press photographer covering the event. It's been four years since they last saw each other, and it's implied in their conversation that back then, they were more than just friends. Gannet proposes to get together to catch up on old times, but Mayweather seems to be holding her off. Will Gannet be able to break through Mayweather's armour before the Enterprise sets out into deep space again?

Dave · 22nd February 2005, 09:14 AM

The official site posted the following brief synopsis:

"A xenophobic faction of humanity threatens to undermine talks to form a new coalition of planets."

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ftom Trek Today

Humanity is having one last hurdle to overcome in forming the Federation," declared executive producer Manny Coto of his episode "Demons", which will be the third-to-last of Star Trek: Enterprise's fourth season. "The last hurdle isn't going to come from Romulans, it isn't going to come from Klingons, it comes from our own last vestiges of intolerance."

A production report at StarTrek.com announces that Peter Weller will play a human leader opposed to a United Federation of Planets, a charismatic speaker with a fanatical devotion to the extremist Colonel Green, first seen in the original series' "The Savage Curtain." Weller, the star of RoboCop and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, was familiar to Coto as the star of Coto's previous series Odyssey 5.

LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), who helmed "The Augments" earlier this season, directed Coto's script, which has a follow-up episode called "Terra Prime" - a reference to the name of the group that opposes the creation of an interplanetary coalition which could include Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, Rigel and others seen over the course of this season. A mortally wounded woman greets T'Pol during an assembly at Starfleet Command with evidence of a secret that concerns her.

This sounds like a very interesting episode with lots of loose threads being tied up. Peter Weller will make a good charismatic rebel leader. Manny Coto has worked with him before Odyssey 5 too. At this point in time I've still not seen a single episode of Season 4 (I think Sky One must be holding out to get it on the cheap later) but it does appear to be the best Season (and just as it gets cancelled.)

Mariel · 17th May 2005, 11:04 PM

I really enjoyed this one. And the baby was so cute too. A nurse associated with Terra Prime brings T'Pol a lock of hair. When the hair is analyzed by Phlox, he tells Archer, Trip and T'Pol that the baby is Trip and T'pol's. This comes as a big surprise and both want to find this child and bring her back to enterprise.
Little Elizabeth
Thanks to House of Tucker for the picture.

Dave · 19th July 2005, 10:13 PM

I thought this was good too. It was a 'big' story. Maybe big enough to have been kept back and made into a film with a bigger budget. Maybe I thought that because the conference was reminicent of 'The Undiscovered Country'. I thought that the Luna base was well done too, it reminded me of 'Total Recall'. Actually, I think the budget for the Mining base and craft must have been reasonably high.

Peter Weller is great, either he isn't used enough, or else I don't see it.

I was disappointed that Travis finally got some action only for her to turn out to be a 'Terra Prime' spy. Shades of Harry Kim. or was she a spy? There is a possiblity that she was telling the truth.

Travis must have spent some time on Earth to meet her though. In the first Season he was portrayed as a 'Boomer' - born and raised aboard a freighter who had never lived on Earth.

We never saw enough of Earth in the other series. Behind Starfleet's exploration, there would be all this political stuff going on. Otherwise they would never have had a United Federation of Planets.

Only two episodes left...

28th January 2005, 12:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,422	4.20: Demons Written by Manny Coto. TrekToday.com reports that this is rumoured to feature a secret medical facility where doctors have bred a six-month old baby with both human and Vulcan genes. from Trek Today When a conference leads the crew of the Enterprise to return home to Earth, they use the opportunity to spend some time with old friends - and to uncover the secret behind some very unusual biological experiments! TrekToday sources today revealed that the upcoming episode "Demon" will open in a secret medical facility playing host to one very important patient. She has her own secured room, and is being cared for by a physician who seems devoted primarily to her. And right now, her health appears to be in grave danger, causing her physician to call in his supervisor. The supervisor, a man named John Paxton, isn't very happy with the physician, Dr. Mercer. The patient has been suffering from a swelling and severe fever for several days now, so why didn't Mercer inform Paxton until now? Mercer counters that their monitoring equipment wasn't set up for this type of patient, so they didn't know the condition was this serious. Paxton doesn't care - he just wants to know if the patient is alright, and warns Mercer that if she isn't, Mercer may not be for much longer either. Mercer and Paxton enter the patient's room, where Mercer nervously begins to check her readings. To his great relief, she appears to have recovered again. Paxton looks down at the patient, and remarks that she's looking so innocent, it's "almost possible to forget what she represents." Then, Mercer and Paxton leave the room, and we're finally able to see who the patient is: a six-month old baby, who strangely enough has Vulcan pointed ears. Attached to her incubator is a small label. It reads "Tucker." While these events are going on, the crew of the Enterprise are enjoying their time at a conference back home in the Solar System. At the conference, Travis Mayweather encounters an old friend - Gannet Brooks, a press photographer covering the event. It's been four years since they last saw each other, and it's implied in their conversation that back then, they were more than just friends. Gannet proposes to get together to catch up on old times, but Mayweather seems to be holding her off. Will Gannet be able to break through Mayweather's armour before the Enterprise sets out into deep space again?

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17th May 2005, 11:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mariel I teach, therefore I rule Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 559	I really enjoyed this one. And the baby was so cute too. A nurse associated with Terra Prime brings T'Pol a lock of hair. When the hair is analyzed by Phlox, he tells Archer, Trip and T'Pol that the baby is Trip and T'pol's. This comes as a big surprise and both want to find this child and bring her back to enterprise. Little Elizabeth Thanks to House of Tucker for the picture.

19th July 2005, 10:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,422	I thought this was good too. It was a 'big' story. Maybe big enough to have been kept back and made into a film with a bigger budget. Maybe I thought that because the conference was reminicent of 'The Undiscovered Country'. I thought that the Luna base was well done too, it reminded me of 'Total Recall'. Actually, I think the budget for the Mining base and craft must have been reasonably high. Peter Weller is great, either he isn't used enough, or else I don't see it. I was disappointed that Travis finally got some action only for her to turn out to be a 'Terra Prime' spy. Shades of Harry Kim. or was she a spy? There is a possiblity that she was telling the truth. Travis must have spent some time on Earth to meet her though. In the first Season he was portrayed as a 'Boomer' - born and raised aboard a freighter who had never lived on Earth. We never saw enough of Earth in the other series. Behind Starfleet's exploration, there would be all this political stuff going on. Otherwise they would never have had a United Federation of Planets. Only two episodes left...