Countdown (episode)

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"Countdown"
ENT, Episode 3x23 Production number: 075 First aired: 19 May 2004
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Written By Andre Bormanis & Chris Black Directed By Robert Duncan McNeill
February 13, 2154
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With help from some Xindi factions, the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the arming of the Xindi superweapon.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Memorable quotes 3 Background 4 Links and References 4.1 Main Cast 4.2 Guest Stars 4.3 Co-Star 4.4 Uncredited Co-Stars 4.5 CGI Co-Stars 4.6 Uncredited Stunt Doubles 4.7 References

[edit] Summary

Hoshi Sato awakes on the Xindi-Reptilian warship to realize she is in the clutches of Commander Dolim. He explains that she will be decoding the Xindi-Aquatic launch code for the Xindi superweapon, and has her injected with neural parasites to ensure her cooperation. Meanwhile, Captain Jonathan Archer, along with Jannar and the Xindi-Primate councilor struggle to convince Kiaphet Amman'sor that the Aquatics should help in stopping the launch of the weapon. Amman'sor agrees only when Archer promises that Enterprise will somehow damage or deactivate the Delphic Expanse spheres using the information acquired by T'Pol.

Sato resists early on, further encrypting the launch code and trying to commit suicide, but eventually she unlocks the third code. As the weapon begins to arm, a massive fleet consisting of Enterprise, the Aquatics, the Arboreals, and the Primates arrives to intercept the Reptilian and Insectoid fleet guarding the weapon. The Aquatics' presence gives Enterprise's allies the edge they need, but the Sphere Builders see that their pawns are losing and create spatial anomalies to assist them.

In the midst of the battle, a MACO squad consisting of Major Hayes, Corporal Kelly, S. Money, and R. Richards boards the Reptilian vessel to rescue Sato. It is successful, though Money is wounded and Hayes is fatally injured. Meanwhile, the superweapon's arming sequence completes, and it departs into a subspace vortex with one Reptilian and one Insectoid ship, heading for Earth. While in the vortex, the Insectoid captain contacts Dolim, angry as he realizes that the anomalies appearing just when they needed them was more than good luck, and starts to realize that Captain Archer may have been correct about the Guardians building the spheres. After the communication ends, Dolim has the Insectoid ship immediately destroyed.

Captain Archer, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, Ensign Sato, and three MACOs board Degra's shuttle, the only ship fast enough to catch the weapon, in pursuit. Meanwhile, Enterprise prepares to make good on Archer's promise to Amman'sor and destroy the spheres.

[edit] Memorable quotes

"That's why Major Hayes picked each one of you for this mission. Because he knew you'd get the job done. I need three volunteers."

- Reed, to the assembled MACOs; all stepped forward

[edit] Background

• This episode marks the deaths of Major Hayes (Steven Culp) and the Xindi-Insectoid councilor.
• The subspace vortex effect is a recycle of the Borg transwarp hub effect from VOY: "Endgame" (which, in turn, was a reuse of the quantum slipstream effect from VOY: "Hope and Fear" and "Timeless")
• This is the final episode of the series directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.
• The reactor aboard the Xindi superweapon is a combination of two props seen previously in the series: the core formerly used as the Romulan mine from "Minefield", and the outer rings formerly used in the ship's gymnasium in "Vanishing Point".
• This episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, beating out the episode "The Council".
• There was some confusion over the nature of Major Hayes' death, as he was shot in mid-transport. One other person shot in mid-transport was Captain Archer in the show's opener, "Broken Bow", but he wasn't even injured. Obviously technology gets better as in other episodes of Star Trek, as when people are shot in mid-transport they aren't killed. It is possible that the reason that Hayes died was because it was a "bullet" that he was killed with, and that it probably dematerialized with him during transport, then subsequently rematerialized with him, while the phase pistol that went through Archer wasn't "solid", therefore wasn't picked up in the matter stream.

[edit] Links and References

[edit] Main Cast

• 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

[edit] Guest Stars

• Scott MacDonald as Dolim
• Rick Worthy as Jannar
• Tucker Smallwood as a Xindi-Primate Councilor
• Josette DiCarlo as a Sphere Builder Woman
• Bruce Thomas as a Xindi-Reptilian Soldier
• Andrew Borba as a Xindi-Reptilian Lieutenant
• Mary Mara as a Sphere Builder Presage
• Ruth Williamson as a Sphere Builder Primary
• Steven Culp as Major J. Hayes

[edit] Co-Star

• Paul Dean as a Xindi-Reptilian Technician

[edit] Uncredited Co-Stars

• Joey Anaya as a Xindi-Insectoid
• Solomon Burke, Jr. as Billy
• Jason Collins as Corporal R. Ryan
• Daphney Dameraux as an operations division ensign
• Kevin Derr as Corporal Kelly
• Yuri Elvin as Private M. Romero
• Ricky Lomax as Private W. Woods
• Andrew MacBeth as Private E. Hamboyan
• Dorenda Moore as Private S. Money
• Michael J. O'Laskey as MACO M. Forbes
• Paul Sklar as Corporal R. Richards
• Ator Tamras as a science division ensign

[edit] CGI Co-Stars

• Kiaphet Amman'sor
• Xindi-Insectoid Councilor
• Xindi-Aquatic Councilor

[edit] Uncredited Stunt Doubles

• Alex Chansky as stunt double for Steven Culp
• Diana Lee Inosanto as stunt double for Linda Park

[edit] References

602 Club; automated defense mechanism; avionics; cardiostimulator; chef; civil war; cryptologist; deflector array; deflector pulse; Degra; Degra's shuttle; EPS conduit; Hawkins, F.; impulse reactor; interspatial manifold; joule; Kemper, N.; Kolo; J. McKenzie; neocortex; osmotic eel; ration pack; Santa Claus; senior tactical officer; Soval; Sphere 41; Sphere Builder; squadron, Starfleet, Earth; Starfleet Quartermaster; steak; stun grenade; stun stick; Temporal Cold War, thermal chamber; Vulcan (planet); Vulcan High Command; Xindi, Xindi-Arboreal; Xindi-Aquatic; Xindi-Aquatic cruiser; Xindi-Aquatic scoutship Xindi-Arboreal starship, Xindi-Insectoid starship, Xindi mission; Xindi parasite; Xindi-Primate starship; Xindi-Reptilian warship

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