Proving Ground
- Episode aired Jan 21, 2004
- TV-PG
- 43m
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8.4/10
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Enterprise has found the location of the testing site of the Xindi weapon and gets some rather unexpected help.Enterprise has found the location of the testing site of the Xindi weapon and gets some rather unexpected help.Enterprise has found the location of the testing site of the Xindi weapon and gets some rather unexpected help.
John Billingsley
- Dr. Phlox
- (credit only)
Mark Correy
- Engineer Alex
- (uncredited)
Evan English
- Ensign Tanner
- (uncredited)
Glen Hambly
- Andorian Bridge Officer
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode featured not only the first good look at the interior of an Andorian ship but also provided the first glimpse of Andoria, albeit briefly on a monitor.
- GoofsThe discovery of a proving ground for the Xindi weapon belies the notion that they would have sent a test weapon to Earth. The idea that the Xindi would deposit evidence of their intentions on Earth before their attack plans were ready is unlikely, if they could have merely tested it at the Proving Ground.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Talas: You don't trust me.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: No offense, but when it comes to our weapons frequencies, I wouldn't trust my own mother.
Lieutenant Talas: Is your mother considered a security risk?
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: It's... just an expression.
Lieutenant Talas: An odd one. My mother's security clearance is higher than mine.
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Shran and the Andorians are always a good surprise!
Shran and the Andorians are always a delight to see since their first appearance in season 1. Jeffrey Combs acting as Shran is a great actor. I know him for a long time since Fortress (1992) where Jeffrey plays D-Day, the Computer Geek... (a must see IMHO). There is also a solid acting from Molly Brink (Icelandic Actress) playing the Andorian Lieutenant Talas, counterpart of Lieutenant Reed. Molly is also bringing her own contribution to this episode in the very nicely rendered way. Unfortunately Molly has not done much movies or TV Shows as she is a remarkable actress and this episode shows her acting talents as she progressively and surely awakes reed's inner senses and personality.
I simply love the way Jeffrey plays Shran as he mainly adds a lot of intelligence and spice to the story. Proposing to help the Enterprise crew to avoid earth to be destroyed and after having proposed to the Vulcans before shows that Shran understands that Humans and Vulcans are true allies. But Shran also has an hidden agenda which he is not really proud of but the main idea is that Andorians follow orders whatever it costs, even if they are not convinced that's the best thing to do and once again, Starfleet concludes in a very smart way to avoid drastic repercussions for the future of earth.
The Andorians demonstrate easyness within the Expanse and all the good hints and tricks provided as part of this episode are very interesting to see, surely when the Enterprise Crew has so much difficulties facing the anomalies, as a direct consequence to the previous episode where the Xindi DB, which was already at 90% was destroyed and partially recovered at 30%. T'Pol and Hoshi are doing their best to detect the anomalies with this few amount of information resulting from unfortunate circumstances.
This episode really gives the feeling that the Andorians could be precious and permanent allies to Human and Vulcans, fighting altogether against the Xindi
Surely one of my favorites episodes of this Season 3, not to stay probably one of the best of the entire series, Shran, Andorians, Humans and Vulcans being the solid foundations for this overall success!
I simply love the way Jeffrey plays Shran as he mainly adds a lot of intelligence and spice to the story. Proposing to help the Enterprise crew to avoid earth to be destroyed and after having proposed to the Vulcans before shows that Shran understands that Humans and Vulcans are true allies. But Shran also has an hidden agenda which he is not really proud of but the main idea is that Andorians follow orders whatever it costs, even if they are not convinced that's the best thing to do and once again, Starfleet concludes in a very smart way to avoid drastic repercussions for the future of earth.
The Andorians demonstrate easyness within the Expanse and all the good hints and tricks provided as part of this episode are very interesting to see, surely when the Enterprise Crew has so much difficulties facing the anomalies, as a direct consequence to the previous episode where the Xindi DB, which was already at 90% was destroyed and partially recovered at 30%. T'Pol and Hoshi are doing their best to detect the anomalies with this few amount of information resulting from unfortunate circumstances.
This episode really gives the feeling that the Andorians could be precious and permanent allies to Human and Vulcans, fighting altogether against the Xindi
Surely one of my favorites episodes of this Season 3, not to stay probably one of the best of the entire series, Shran, Andorians, Humans and Vulcans being the solid foundations for this overall success!
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- Dec 26, 2020
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