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Star Trek Ent - Season 4 - Episode 14

Star Trek Ent - 4x14 - The Aenar

Originally Aired: 2005-2-11

Synopsis:
Archer visits Shran's icy homeworld to find an Andorian subspecies called the Aenar, to determine their connection to the marauder destroying ships in the region. [DVD]

My Rating - 6

Fan Rating Average - 6.52

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Problems
None

Factoids
- Andorian cities are built underground and make use of geothermal energy. Shran didn't see the sun until he was 15.
- Andoria is actually a moon of a ringed gas giant. This could put an end to the Andor / Andoria naming problem, possibly signifying that Andor is the gas giant and Andoria is the moon.

Remarkable Scenes
- Shran revealing the existence of the Aenar to Archer.
- The sight of Andoria... beautiful.
- Archer and Shran visiting the Aenar compound.
- Shran being impaled by a stalagmite.
- The sight of the Aenar city.
- Enterprise battling the Romulan drones.
- The two Romulan drones attacking each other.
- Trip declaring he's going to leave Enterprise.

My Review
This episode was a bit of a let down compared to the previous two, but charming in its own light. The biggest problem was that the Romulan plot was totally exhausted at this point and probably shouldn't have continued. With the writing a bit more careful in Ent: Babel One and Ent: United, they could have been a simple two parter instead of a 3 episode mini arc. The Aenar themselves however were totally fascinating. Rarely is a new alien species presented so well on Enterprise. I was also fascinated to see that Andoria is actually a moon of a ringed gas giant. It's nice to see this kind of planetary diversity every once in a while. The Aenar themselves were convincing as recluses and pacifists. Their makeup and acting was superb all throughout. If there were another suitable reason to feature them again, I'd love to see more of the Aenar. I'm curious to know if they're still around after the Federation was formed. Trip leaving the ship in the ending brought an anticlimactic moment to an otherwise decent episode. I'm wondering why the writers are dragging out the T'Ppl / Trip relationship thing. It's starting to become tiresome. I mean, obviously, Trip is not leaving the ship permanently. This is Star Trek Enterprise. Not Star Trek Enterprise + Columbia. Maybe that sounds cruel, but that's how it is. Trip will be back. So the ending, albeit a surprise, was a let down.

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