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Cold Station 12 (2)

Season 4, Episode 5, Aired Nov 05, 2004

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Soong returns to Cold Station 12 with the Augments, a medical facility where he once worked, where there are hundreds of genetically engineered human embryos stored.

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Amy Wieczorek

Denobulan Female Pilot
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Kaj-Erik Eriksen

Smike/Udar
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Brent Spiner

Dr. Arik Soong

Dominic Keating

Lt. Malcolm Reed
John Billingsley

Dr. Phlox
Scott Bakula

Captain Jonathan Archer
Jolene Blalock

Sub-Commander T'Pol
Connor Trinneer

Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
Linda Park

Ensign Hoshi Sato

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Best episode of Season Four, and a mojor improvement over Borderland.

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By 24Titan, Oct 29, 2011

I thought "Cold Station 12" was a very good episode. "Borderland" was a mediocre entrance to the Augments arc. This episode put it into full swing. There was a lot of character development on the part of Soong and Malik. We see for the first time that Soong is not a monster, as it was somewhat assumed in Borderland. We see that Soong does have a conscience, as he tries to save the man locked inside the isolation chamber. He also didn't want Malik to try and kill Phlox. There is also character development with Malik. We see that he really is a psychopath. Even some of the Augments, ex. Persis, were shocked at his methods and that he disobeyed Soong.

There is not just charater development, but there is the introduction of Dr. Lucas, who Phlox has written several letters to. It was shown that Lucas was a man who was fairly unwavering. When the doctor was dying from the whatever blood burn it was, Lucas would not tell Soong the code to open the embryo's chamber.

There was also introduced an intensity that has not really been visited. The scene in which the doctor was dying was very intense, and, to my knowledge, nothing like that has ever been seen in Star Trek before "Cold Station 12". I was surprised that that scene did not get the episode a TV-14 rating.
An excellent cliffhanger put some icing on the cake. This was the best episode of Season Four so far. We'll see if "The Augments" can top "Cold Station 12".moreless
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- First Appearance: Denobulan medical ship
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- Goof: Although Malik has a British accent, the younger version of him seen in the flashback sequence, does not.
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- Goof: When Enterprise is attacked by the Bird of Prey, Trip yells that they had been hit on the starboard nacelle. However, in the previous scene, it can been seen that Enterprise's port nacelle had been the one hit.
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QUOTES (5)
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- (Archer shoots an Augment three times in order to stun him) Malcolm: If that's what it takes to stun them, what have you got to do to kill them?
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- Archer: Whenever a group of people start believing they're better than everyone else, the results are always the same. Soong: I don't need a history lesson from you. Archer: You need it from someone.
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- (Phlox uses a phase pistol to access the life support system.) Phlox: Life support runs through this relay. Archer: How long before they run out of air in the control hub? Phlox: Half an hour. They should start feeling the effects within 10, 15 minutes. Reed: We're not talking about normal human beings here. Phlox: Even an Augment needs oxygen.
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- Soong: Tell me. Lokesh: It's a hexadecimal password. I'm creating an algorithm to compute the possible combinations... a few hundred thousand of them. It may take a few minutes. Soong: I can't believe I held you back in math.
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- Dr. Lucas: You son of a bitch! Soong: Actually, my mother was a chemist.
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NOTES (3)
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- Awards and Nominations 2005 – Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination (nominated)
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- Richard Riehle has previously had multiple guest appearances in multiple Star Trek series - most recently as Seamus McGuinty, of the Fair Haven holodeck program in Voyager.
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- Scott Bakula (Archer) and Richard Riehle (Dr Lucas) previously appeared together in the Quantum Leap episodes "Play It Again, Seymour" and "Leaping in Without a Net".
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