The Council
- FIRST SHOWN (US)
- 12 May 2004
- ON
- UPN
- STARDATE
- None given
- DIRECTED BY
- David Livingston
- PRODUCTION NO.
- 074
WRITTEN BYWritten by Manny Coto
With Degra's help, Archer goes before the Xindi Council to argue for Earth's survival, while T'Pol leads a dangerous mission inside one of the spheres.
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Degra brings Archer to the Xindi Council to make his case against the weapon. The Insectoid and Reptilian councillors dismiss his evidence as fake, so Degra suggests winning over the Aquatics. Meanwhile T'Pol leads a team into one of the spheres to download its data, and Corporal Hawkins is killed during the mission. Archer then shows the council a holographic recreation of the Sphere-Builder who sabotaged Enterprise, built from medical data. The council votes to delay the launch. But Dolim has learned that Degra helped destroy a Reptilian ship: he kills Degra, and the Reptilians and Insectoids seize the weapon. They hold only two of the three launch codes. In the battle that follows, Dolim's ship snatches Hoshi Sato from the bridge of Enterprise and escapes with the weapon into a subspace vortex.
- 01Nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, losing to the next episode, “Countdown”.
- 02Filmed from 12 to 23 February 2004. The Sphere-Builder scenes were shot on 26 February with the following episode.
- 03When the Insectoid insults Archer, Hoshi says he doesn't want to know, just as she did with the Klingon chancellor in “Broken Bow”.