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Звездный путь: Энтерпрайз Extinction (2001–2005) watch online HD

Original title:Extinction
Category:TV Episode / Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Released:2001–2005
Director:LeVar Burton
Actors:Scott Bakula,John Billingsley,Jolene Blalock
Writer:Gene Roddenberry,Rick Berman
Duration:43min
Video type:TV Episode

Rating 6.2: Votes 868

2001–2005 Scott Bakula John Billingsley Jolene Blalock LeVar Burton

Short summary

Archer, T'Pol, Sato and Reed land on a planet to investigate a Xindi landing craft, seemingly abandoned two weeks ago, and are infected with a virus that changes their DNA and urges them to return to their capital city. A ship of exterminators seeks to kill the infected crew to prevent an outbreak.

Ten years after this episode aired, Brannon Braga called "Extinction" "one of the singularly most embarrassing episodes of Star Trek I've ever been involved with."

According to Trekweb, LeVar Burton went to the producers and told them he was "ashamed" that he had directed this episode.

This episode was dedicated to the memory of Jerry Fleck, the show's first assistant director. This was the last episode on which he worked before dying in his sleep at the age of fifty-five.

This episode was directed by LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).

This episode shares similar plot elements to TNG: "Identity Crisis", where Geordi La Forge is transformed into another species in an extremely short timespan, as well as TNG: "Genesis".

This is the episode where the series' title change from Enterprise to Star Trek: Enterprise in the opening credits.

This takes place in 2153.

There was a short trend in season 3 of naming characters after characters in John Carpenter movies. Enterprise: The Xindi (2003) had a character called "Romero" (possibly from Escape from New York (1981)). There was a "Palmer" in Enterprise: Extinction (2003) and two men called "MacReady" and "Bennings" in Enterprise: North Star (2003) (from The Thing (1982)). Finally, Enterprise: Carpenter Street (2003) was named for John Carpenter himself, and featured characters called "Loomis" and "Strode", and a mentioning of someone called "Meyers", all characters from Halloween (1978).

Two flame throwers used in this episode were auctioned off in an online auction.

Several costumes and props from this episode were sold off on an online auction, including the boots of Brian J. Williams (Alien Decon Agent).

Daniel Dae Kim was (Corporal D. Chang) was rumored to be up for the role of Hikaru Sulu in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek. The role ultimately went to John Cho.

Daniel Dae Kim (Corporal D. Chang) also played Gotana-Retz in the Voyager episode " Blink of an Eye".

The ship on the surface is the pod from the future used in Future Tense from season two, with slight changes to the front section.

Ensign Mayweather has a brief period as ranking bridge officer on board Enterprise when all his seniors are off the ship.

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Author: Tat

Archer, T'pol, Read and Sato are somehow changed into a different species of humanoid while on an away mission and only T'pol retains her memory of Enterprise, etc. The rest are driven by an overwhelming compulsion to go to a particular place on a seemingly dead planet which they believe to be their home.

Now before you dismiss this as unoriginal stuff (similar concepts were explored in episodes of TOS, Voyager and TNG), take my word for it - it's not what you think. The story-line does, however, involve a few late-franchise clichés, such as the handy forehead-prosthetic new alien species (I don't even think they get a name in this one), and the script is pretty standard for the series.

Overall, what makes this a successful and entertaining episode is Levar Burton's directing and some good physical acting from Bakula, Park and Blalock.

Author: Kirizius

While investigating an abandoned Xindi ship on the surface of a planet in the Delphic Expanse, Archer, Reed, Sato and T'Pol are infected with a virus and are transformed in aliens. T'Pol keeps her memory and language, and using the translator, she understands that their mates are seeking the city Urquat. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is under siege of two alien ships with teams of exterminators that want to "neutralize" the infected crew to prevent an outbreak of the virus while Phlox researches the cure using the DNA of T'Pol.

In "Extinction", there is a break in the non-stop action of the other three episodes and Archer, Reed, Sato are transformed in obsessive aliens by a mysterious laboratory virus that changes the DNA of other races to the one that is near extinction without capability of breeding, while the Vulcan T'Pol is only partially transformed. I did not find anything special in this episode. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Extinção" ("Extinction")

Author: Zavevidi

On "Star Trek: Voyager" there was an episode in which two of the crew members devolve into amphibian creatures (Janeway and Chakotay, I think). Here in "Extinction", the same idea is recycled--which is a shame as the previous several episodes were marked improvements in the series.

T'Pol, Hoshi, Archer and Reed land on some crappy planet. Just about immediately, they start changing into primordial creatures. With T'Pol the changes aren't as obvious. But with the other three they look and act and look a lot like characters from "The Flintstones"--all animal-like and creepy. This calls for the cast to act (or, shall I say over-act) like odd sorts of thingies. As for me, I grew tired of all this nonsense very quickly and I had to fight the urge to just go on to the next episode.

Soon after they are infected, some aliens arrive and announce that the planet is quarantined and Enterprise won't be allowed to take the infected crew members out of orbit. It DOES make sense, as apparently the virus on the planet turns folks into members of a long deceased and goofy species that inhabited the place and built cities.

So is it any good? Well, apart from being a retread of sorts AND featuring some goofy acting, the story idea isn't terrible. Hardly a glowing endorsement, I know.

By the way, SOME of the graphics for the city (particularly the one the infected folks picture in their mind) are really poor. I know it was filmed a while back when CGI was much less refined, but this was ridiculously bad even for then.

Author: Cordantrius

In "Extinction", Archer, T'Pol, Reed, and Hoshi explore an uninhabited planet, pretty standard procedure. But things go awry when the atmosphere of the planet causes the trio of humans to alter into some type of alien lifeform. T'Pol's genetic makeup prevents her from being altered. Doctor Phlox must find a cure quickly before another alien race decides to exterminate the humans to neutralize the disease.

While a fun concept (although not entirely new), it isn't executed as well as it could have been. Some of the acting in this one is a bit cheesy and the CGI does not hold up at all to the modern eye.

It also always baffles me that Archer decides to head to these unknown planets and head down immediately without any kind of scouting team or using hazmat suits or anything like that. He just goes down and explores and it has led him into trouble multiple times.

Anyhow, this episode's fairly bland. It's not terrible but it does nothing to further the overall plot (besides the Enterprise learning of a new Xindi species).

Author: Androwyn

I was entertained by this episode, and I'm not going to criticize the special effects or the acting. These are TV actors and they don't have time to hone their parts and do numerous retakes like in movies. Also, would you like them to spend a few hundred thousand dollars to do a series of miniatures that appear on screen for a minute or two. That said, the story did distract us for a time from the principal direction. The entire season seems devoted to the Xindi story line, so there has to be a bit of other exploration along the way. Here, a virus that has nearly obliterated a race is being controlled by extermination of those with the syndrome, including those who are part of the extermination team. The away team gets infected and the powers that be tell the Enterprise that they will take care of things. Phlox steps in and seems to be able to do things beyond those of the scientists that have been dealing with this for a long time. If I have a criticism, it's the speed with which the most trying medical and engineering emergencies can be dealt with. The race to save the crew members is interesting and exciting and pretty original.

Episode cast overview:
	Scott Bakula	-	Captain Jonathan Archer
	John Billingsley	-	Dr. Phlox
	Jolene Blalock	-	Sub-Commander T'Pol
	Dominic Keating	-	Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
	Anthony Montgomery	-	Ensign Travis Mayweather
	Linda Park	-	Ensign Hoshi Sato
	Connor Trinneer	-	Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
	Roger Cross	-	Tret
	Daniel Dae Kim	-	Corporal Chang
	Troy Mittleider	-	Palmer
	Philip Boyd	-	Com Officer
	Brian J. Williams	-	Alien Decon Agent

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