Fortunate Son
- Episode aired Nov 21, 2001
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.8K
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Enterprise is sent to help the freighter Fortunate after an attack. However, its first officer, Ryan, is hiding something.Enterprise is sent to help the freighter Fortunate after an attack. However, its first officer, Ryan, is hiding something.Enterprise is sent to help the freighter Fortunate after an attack. However, its first officer, Ryan, is hiding something.
Daniel Henson
- Boy
- (as Daniel Asa Henson)
Jef Ayres
- Crewman Haynem
- (uncredited)
Jane Bordeaux
- Female Crewmember
- (uncredited)
Mickey Cassidy
- ECS Fortunate Guard
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was directed by LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
- GoofsThe end-of-transmission screen from Admiral Forrest references the signal as relayed from Relay: Echo 1/Transponder 4. A Relay that hadn't been deployed yet.
- Quotes
[Reed and Phlox are under fire]
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Get down!
Dr. Phlox: Under the circumstances, I defer to your experience.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Enterprise: Bound (2005)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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We need some space police!
When the show begins, annoying Nausicaan* pirates are attacking an Earth freighter. Soon, Enterprise is ordered to change course to investigate. However, the reaction of the freighter crew is strange and they seem like they don't want any help--even though their ship has obviously been damaged. It's obvious that they are hiding something--and when their secret is revealed, the ship takes off. What is it they are hiding and how will Archer handle it?
This episode brings up an interesting idea with space travel--who will police space? So, if there are space pirates, who is to stop them and how will they punish them? The Captain Ahab-like approach of the acting commander of the freighter is certainly one way! Overall, a rather interesting but not particularly outstanding episode.
*The Nausicaans was a name that was familiar but I didn't at first realize which episodes involved them. My wife looked it up--these were the nasty brutes who nearly killed Jean-Luc Picard when he was a stupid and headstrong Starfleet cadet--which is revealed in one of the final shows of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
This episode brings up an interesting idea with space travel--who will police space? So, if there are space pirates, who is to stop them and how will they punish them? The Captain Ahab-like approach of the acting commander of the freighter is certainly one way! Overall, a rather interesting but not particularly outstanding episode.
*The Nausicaans was a name that was familiar but I didn't at first realize which episodes involved them. My wife looked it up--these were the nasty brutes who nearly killed Jean-Luc Picard when he was a stupid and headstrong Starfleet cadet--which is revealed in one of the final shows of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
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- planktonrules
- Mar 20, 2015
Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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