Singularity
- Episode aired Nov 20, 2002
- TV-PG
- 42m
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7.4/10
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T'Pol must save the ship after the crew becomes obsessed with trivialities during the approach to a black hole.T'Pol must save the ship after the crew becomes obsessed with trivialities during the approach to a black hole.T'Pol must save the ship after the crew becomes obsessed with trivialities during the approach to a black hole.
Matt Kaminsky
- Cunningham
- (as Matthew Kaminsky)
Mark Correy
- Engineer Alex
- (uncredited)
Evan English
- Ensign Tanner
- (uncredited)
Peter Godoy
- Enterprise Crewman
- (uncredited)
Glen Hambly
- Enterprise Ensign
- (uncredited)
Bryan Heiberg
- Engineer
- (uncredited)
Scott Sterling Hill
- Ensign Hutchison
- (uncredited)
Baron Jay
- Starfleet Crewman
- (uncredited)
Roy Joaquin
- Enterprise Sciences Crewman
- (uncredited)
Aouri Makhlouf
- Enterprise Sciences Crewman
- (uncredited)
Marnie Martin
- Crewman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn Tucker's obsession with improving the captain's chair, he says he plans to provide its armrests with access to tactical data. Future captain's chairs would in fact have this feature.
- GoofsIn the text Archer is writing about his father, there's a typo near the bottom: "his won" should be "his own."
- Quotes
[Archer has been asked to write the preface of his father's biography]
Captain Jonathan Archer: They only asked for a page. How am I supposed to sum up my father's life in a page? It would've been easier if they'd asked me to write the book.
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Some obsessions can be good
A black hole emitting radiation causes the crew of the Enterprise to suffer psychological symptoms that cause obsessiveness.
When I saw the episode summary for this one I didn't think I was going to like it. It just sounded like a throwback to some of the earlier franchise concepts where characters would behave irrationally and just annoy me for 40 minutes. However, I didn't find it that bad.
I think it would have been better if more of the obsessions had the type of ironic conclusion that Malcolm Reed's ends up having. Hoshi's obsession with cooking adds nothing, neither does Trip's nor Archer's for me. The Dr Phlox and Mayweather scenes are reasonably good as they added a bit of urgency to the situation.
My favourite scene involves Reed arguing the case for his new alert system and in doing so he lets out a lot of underlying feelings about how the Enterprise is run. I found this pretty compelling along with the whole concept of the ship's alert system. Even though the notion that a starship wouldn't have this in place already is nonsense, it's still entertaining to see it developed.
For me the episode shows how obsessiveness channelled in the right area is not a bad thing and it contrasts Reed's task with those of the other crew members. Maybe that was the main point of it, but still, how cool would it be if we had a load of seemingly pointless obsessions that all ended up coming together into something very positive?
When I saw the episode summary for this one I didn't think I was going to like it. It just sounded like a throwback to some of the earlier franchise concepts where characters would behave irrationally and just annoy me for 40 minutes. However, I didn't find it that bad.
I think it would have been better if more of the obsessions had the type of ironic conclusion that Malcolm Reed's ends up having. Hoshi's obsession with cooking adds nothing, neither does Trip's nor Archer's for me. The Dr Phlox and Mayweather scenes are reasonably good as they added a bit of urgency to the situation.
My favourite scene involves Reed arguing the case for his new alert system and in doing so he lets out a lot of underlying feelings about how the Enterprise is run. I found this pretty compelling along with the whole concept of the ship's alert system. Even though the notion that a starship wouldn't have this in place already is nonsense, it's still entertaining to see it developed.
For me the episode shows how obsessiveness channelled in the right area is not a bad thing and it contrasts Reed's task with those of the other crew members. Maybe that was the main point of it, but still, how cool would it be if we had a load of seemingly pointless obsessions that all ended up coming together into something very positive?
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- Sep 8, 2020
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