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Apr 15, 2005 · Bound: Directed by Allan Kroeker. With Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating. The men of Enterprise fall under the seductive control of three Orion women.
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- Allan Kroeker
- 2005-04-15
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While T'Pol and Tucker discover that they have developed a psychic bond, Captain Archer receives three Orion slave girls as a gift for negotiating with the devious Orion Syndicate – with rather disastrous results.
Teaser
While en route to the Berengarius system to scout prospective sites for Starfleet's first starbase on the system's seventh planet, Enterprise is intercepted by an Orion Syndicate vessel. Archer goes to tactical alert and hails him, seeing the captain, Harrad-Sar. He demands Archer power down his weapons immediately, or he'll attack.
Act One
Archer suggests they deactivate their weapons together, and Harrad-Sar agrees. He then offers a business proposal, inviting Captain Archer aboard his vessel in the name of "smoothing relations" between their peoples. Archer decides to accept and, with an away team, heads to the transporter. Along the way, Lieutenant Reed expresses his misgivings, given that their last unfortunate encounter with the Orions nearly turned nine Enterprise crewmembers into slaves. Archer tells him it is worth the risk just for the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with the Syndicate and Starfleet, "to have one less hostile species out there." In engineering, Commander Tucker is treated brusquely by Kelby, who feels that his promotion to chief engineer may be threatened by Tucker's continued presence. Tucker assures him it's only temporary and he will go back to the Columbia NX-02. T'Pol volunteers her services to help with the engines. During, she asks Tucker if he has been experiencing intense daydreams. He jokes around and says no. He asks her if she is going to tell him what this is all about but she refuses. On the Orion ship, Harrad-Sar begins with small talk, pouring some Meridor that Harrad-Sar obtained from the Gorn Hegemony. "The less said about them, the better", the Orion man states. He also mentions Archer's reputation. When Archer asks Harrad-Sar what he had wanted to discuss with him, the Orion tells him that is poor custom to discuss business "before entertainment. If the food didn't arouse your hunger, this should." Soon, three Orion slave girls emerge, who dance, scantily-clad, in front of the mesmerized Enterprise crewmates. Afterward, Harrad-Sar offers Archer the coordinates of a planet rich in magnesite; he proposes to broker a deal between Starfleet and the Syndicate for mining operations. As a token gesture of good will, he gives Archer the three slave girls – Navaar, D'Nesh and Maras. Meanwhile, Reed shows the Orions to quarters. Taken by them, he has a little trouble answering their questions about the ship and the location of Archer's quarters. He leads Navaar to quarters, first, and, awkwardly leaves her to see the other two.
Act Two
As Enterprise travels to the coordinates to examine the planet, T'Pol reports numerous disruptions due to the presence of the women; she also reminds Archer of Starfleet's official stance on slavery. The crewmembers seem obviously distracted by the three very seductive women: the men begin competing with one another and exhibit aggressive behavior, while female crew-members experience intense headaches. Reed and Ensign Travis Mayweather discuss the recent arrival of the Orion women while working out in the ship's gymnasium. Mayweather recalls when he was fifteen years old, the ECS Horizon picked up some Deltan women whose ship was having engine trouble. He recalls that they "were very open." The only thing that helped him get through it was weight training with his father, as the pain of working out took the images of the females out of his mind. Reed decides to take his advice, but Mayweather suggests he use bigger weights. Later, Ensign Hoshi Sato enters sickbay and asks for a treatment for a headache she's having. Dr. Phlox can detect nothing wrong with her – just as he did for Ensign Keeley, a fellow female officer, a few minutes prior. Oddly, Phlox nearly falls to the floor while preparing a medication for Sato. He notes that he seems to be nearing a new sleep cycle even though he just finished one recently, as Sato points out. Numerous skirmishes and challenges to authority are also observed. Navaar then works her way closer and closer to the captain, while D'Nesh has chosen Kelby as the object of her affections and manipulations. D'Nesh goes to engineering and gets Kelby to show her around engineering. Kelby initially hesitates, but then does so, and neglects his duties as well. Tucker soon sees this and takes him aside to reprimand him, however, he refuses to comply and defies him, noting his existing concerns with Tucker's role over him. Tucker has to order him to quarters or to the brig. He finally backs down, in full view of D'Nesh. Navaar, getting a visit from the captain, is told that she and her sisters are guests, not slaves, but she says she can't imagine any other life other than slavery. Calling him an honest man, she says even though Archer doesn't wish to own her, she still wants to please him. They kiss, but are interrupted by Enterprise arriving at the planet. approaches the planet Archer gets to the bridge, having left Navaar reluctantly. T'Pol states that, as promised, they detect significant amounts of magnesite. Archer appears unsteady on the bridge as he orders scans to find out how much. A small ship is soon detected and, with minimal weapons, fires on them. T'Pol says they're probably a science vessel and Reed says it's impossible for the small ship to damage Enterprise even if they keep continuously firing on the Starfleet vessel. Archer, shockingly, orders the phase cannons to fire and destroy the vessel, but Reed refuses the order. Archer tries to push him away to do it himself, but just then the ship moves off unharmed. Meanwhile, D'Nesh has found Kelby's quarters and visits him.
""Sounds promising."
"They did report one distinctive feature that bears mentioning."
"And that is?"
"A species of flying reptile, some reportedly over two hundred meters long. They're also said to breathe fire." (The bridge crew gives T'Pol strange looks)
"There's been lingering questions over the accuracy of this report."
- T'Pol and Archer
•Orion slave girls were also featured in "The Cage" and "Whom Gods Destroy", while the Orion Syndicate played a part in DS9 episodes such as "Honor Among Thieves" and "Prodigal Daughter". Both appeared in the "Augments" story arc in Season 4 of Enterprise.
•Chronologically, this is the first episode of Star Trek to mention either the Gorn or the Gorn Hegemony.
•This is also the first mention of the Deltan species, of which Lieutenant Ilia (Star Trek: The Motion Picture) was a member.
•Both William Lucking and Cyia Batten appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine playing Furel and Tora Ziyal respectively.
•T'Pol mentions that a Vulcan survey team had made note of a species of flying reptiles on Berengaria VII. The reptiles were over two hundred meters in length and breathed fire. This was a nod to the TOS episode "This Side of Paradise", where Spock mentions seeing a dragon while visiting Berengaria VII.
•The "mysterious" ship that attacks Enterprise is said to be an unknown configuration. However, the studio model itself was a reuse of the Nausicaan ship from the first season episode "Fortunate Son".
Starring
•Scott Bakula as Jonathan Archer •John Billingsley as Phlox •Jolene Blalock as T'Pol •Dominic Keating as Malcolm Reed •Anthony Montgomery as Travis Mayweather •Linda Park as Hoshi Sato •Connor Trinneer as Charles "Trip" Tucker III
Guest stars
•William Lucking as Harrad-Sar •Cyia Batten as Navaar •Derek Magyar as Kelby •Crystal Allen as D'Nesh •Menina Fortunato as Maras
Co-stars
•Christopher Jewett as Crewman #1 •Duncan K. Fraser as Crewman #2
Star Trek: Enterprise. ) " Bound " is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, originally broadcast on April 15, 2005. It was written by showrunner Manny Coto, and directed by Allan Kroeker. The episode featured the return of the Orion slave girls, which had been ...
"Star Trek: Enterprise" Bound (TV Episode 2005) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Enterprise is en route to the Berengarius system, one of the proposed locations for a Starfleet star-base, when it is approached by an Orion Syndicate vessel. Captain Archer is invited to visit the Orion ship by its captain, Harrad-Sar (William Lucking). Reed is against it as at the last encounter Orions enslaved and tried to sell 9 of ...
Mar 16, 2016 · Let’s catch up with everyone’s favorite green beauties, the Orion Slave Girls. And so we reached out to Menina Fortunato, Crystal Allen and Cyia Batten, who, in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “ Bound ” so memorably portrayed Maras, D’Nesh and Navaar, respectively. The timing for this group chat was perfect, as the ladies are will ...
