The Forge (1)

Season 4, Episode 7, Aired
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Earth's embassy on Vulcan is bombed and the evidence points to a religious faction known as "Syrrannites", a group following a revolutionary interpretation of the teachings of Surak, the father of Vulcan logic. After T'Pol receives a clandestine lead, she and Archer embark upon a treacherous journey through the Vulcan desert looking for them.moreless
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  • The beginning of the Vulcan trilogy starts with a big bang.

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    By danasdude, Oct 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    In the 4th season, they came up with a novel approach of having shows in three episode arcs. This is the beginning of a trilogy of Vulcan related episodes. There is some good here and some bad. On the good side, there is more Vulcan conspiracy and deception. On the bad side, the actors playing Vulcans exhibit too much emotion. Normally, actors are encouraged to show how they feel. In this case, Robert Foxworth even turns around in anger toward the Ambassador. It would have been better to have written in better dialogue than to have shown what would undoubtedly be a Vulcan faux pas. The cliffhanger ending is exciting. Archer's new found power is foreboding.moreless

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  • After an attack on the Human Embassy on Vulcan, Archer and crew take the mission of finding the attackers. On the surface, it seems that the Vulcans want to help, but it looks like they may have had a hand in it. Archer and T'Pol vacation in the desert.moreless

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    By paradochs, Oct 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    This was a surprisingly good episode. Many times I find myself wondering how they could possible get away with those fight scenes or why the writers chose to script it in a certain way. This episode was, while calm, intriguing and informative. We learn quite a bit about Vulcans. We learn about their lives and their philosophies.
    I honestly had no real complaints about this episode, which is very uncommon. While season 3 was fun and all with Enterprise essentially becoming a battleship bound for war, it is nice to get back to the original mission of mysteries and new information. I'd recommend this episode. Can't wait to watch the other parts.moreless

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  • The best of Star Trek Enterprise episodes,like most season 4 episodes. politics and conspiracy in Vulcan. This episode give us inside of Vulcan and a new face behind "logic and peaceful" Vulcans.moreless

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    By pr0teu5, Oct 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    An attack on the Human Embassy on Vulcan, Enterprise is task to finding the attackers. The "police work" go quite well,little too well. Archer and T'Pol go out to a Vulcan desert to find one possible lead,when Soval and others on Enterprise found some shocking trues behind the "evidence" what they "found"....

    This was one of my favor Enterprise episode. They give us some more background about Vulcans,a inside of a society which on the surface is peaceful and logic,I find this episode very very interesting. This one is like most other episodes in season 4 that shows Enterprise CAN be a great show. It just made me sad as season 4 got better and better when they kill it off. V'Las(leader of Vulcan high command) is quite like Rick Berman and Brannon Braga,things was good,but you can always make it worst. Maybe Rick and Brannon were "agents" that the main goal is to destory the Star trek ^^.moreless

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    • The sehlat was a creature first introduced by Spock in the TOS episode Journey to Babel. While he did not call it by name in that episode, the name was later confirmed in the TAS episode Yesteryear.

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    • Trivia: The questions Arev asks Archer are two of the same questions the computer asked Spock in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Edit
    • Trivia: Soval apparently has the ability to mind meld. Edit

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    • Arev: You haven't been truthful about your presence here. Archer: Have you? Arev: Vulcans do not lie. Archer: I've dealt with the High Command. Vulcans can lie and cheat with the best of them. Arev: The High Command does not follow Surak's true path. No wonder you humans are their allies. Edit
    • T'Pol: The High Command believes the Syrrannites are responsible... for bombing the Earth embassy. Arev: That's not our way. Archer: They seem to think that it is. That you and your leader believe in... a corrupted version of Surak's teachings. Arev: (chuckles quietly)Did your mother tell you the story? T'Pol: Of the IDIC? Arev: "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination." Words that are a mere shadow of its true meaning. (T'Pol hands Arev the IDIC talisman.) Surak tells us that the story of the IDIC has no end. But it begins here, at Mount Seleya. T'Pol: Surak died on Mount Seleya. Arev: (hands the IDIC talisman back to T'Pol) His body, yes. But his katra was spirited away... before the last battle against those who marched beneath the raptor's wings. Those who wanted to return to the savage ways. Archer: What's a katra? T'Pol: Syrrannites claim it's the essence of a Vulcan mind. That it can be transferred from the body before death... then stored in some manner. Arev: Some say Surak's katra was found... and now is carried by a Syrrannite... so all those who meld with him may touch Surak's mind. Archer: Syrrannites conduct mind-melding? Arev: Surak tells us it is the heritage of every Vulcan. (looks at T'Pol) Even those who don't believe in the practice. Edit
    • (After T'Pol tells Archer she kept a desert predator for a pet, he looks at her incredulously) T'Pol: You have Porthos. Archer: Porthos doesn't try to eat me when I'm late with his dinner! T'Pol: Vulcan children are never late with their sehlat's dinner. Archer: I can believe that. Edit

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