Antimatter Pod

218. Florida Man Discovers Metaphor (ENT 4.03)

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Anika and Liz don their snazziest outfits and beam down to Vulcan for the most miserable wedding we've covered yet. It's Star Trek: Enterprise's "Home"! In which T'Pol marries some dude, while Archer goes rock climbing and Phlox encounters the spectre of xenophobia on Earth. 

  • Is it possible that Tuvok is the only person in the history of Vulcan who ended up happy in his arranged marriage? 
  • It's impossible to square Koss's behaviour with the writers' apparent belief that he is a decent guy
  • "Home" is ENT's "Family"
  • Antimatter Pod pays salute to ENT's use of tropes in the Trip/T'Pol ship
  • Archer's angry camping trip
  • In its clumsy way, ENT was one of the first pieces of media to address the trauma of 9/11, not just the anger and desire for revenge
  • If ENT wanted to be The Sexy Star Trek, they could have saved all the money they spent on decontamination gel and just put all the characters in Henleys
  • What have we learned about weddings in Star Trek?
  • Star Trek is a grim dystopia where your job matters more than your relationships, and that is why Star Trek's weddings and marriages are rarely executed or explored well
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