ENT · SEASON 11×10

Cold Front

NOMADIC PICK · FAN FAVOURITEThe Temporal Cold War heats up.
FIRST SHOWN (US)
28 November 2001
ON
UPN
STARDATE
None given
DIRECTED BY
Robert Duncan McNeill
PRODUCTION NO.
011

WRITTEN BYWritten by Stephen Beck & Tim Finch

IN BRIEF

SPOILER-FREE

Alien pilgrims come aboard to watch a stellar phenomenon, and soon a quiet crewman makes an astonishing claim about who he really is.

SYNOPSIS

SPOILERS
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Enterprise meets ships full of pilgrims travelling to see the Great Plume of Agosoria, a stellar event they consider sacred, and Archer invites some of them aboard. During a tour, one pilgrim secretly sabotages an engine junction before revealing himself as Suliban. When a plasma storm strikes, the damage paradoxically saves the ship from an antimatter cascade. Crewman Daniels, an apparently ordinary steward, then tells Archer that he is an agent from the 31st century, hunting Silik, who is hiding among the pilgrims. Daniels asks for access to the ship's sensors. Silik in turn confronts Archer, insisting that Daniels is the one who cannot be trusted. Silik then attacks Daniels, apparently killing him. Using Daniels's future technology, Archer tracks Silik to a shuttle bay, where after a struggle the Suliban escapes into space, leaving Archer unsure whom to believe.

DID YOU KNOW?

  1. 01Matt Winston makes his first appearance as Daniels. He is the son of special effects artist Stan Winston.
  2. 02Director Robert Duncan McNeill, Tom Paris in Voyager, asked Rick Berman to let him direct as soon as possible.
  3. 03Writers Stephen Beck and Tim Finch had been executive story editors on UPN's Seven Days.
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