#336 - "Vox Sola" Enterprise S1E22

About this episode

The hosts discuss the episode 'Vox Sola' from Star Trek: Enterprise, focusing on themes of first contact and character dynamics.

Space semen creates a sticky situation for Archer and his pals. Join your extremely mature hosts as they discuss an interesting, if low-stakes, spin on the pitfalls of first contact in the 22nd century, the physicality with which Captain Archer expresses his love of water polo, and T'Pol's lessons in managing human officers under her command. Those are the only things we discuss. Seriously - those are plenty! Oh, and we touch on Mayweather finally having some agency and impact late in the first season. So that's it, that's a lot to talk about with regard to this episode. It could be there are one of two other topics, but at the moment nothing else really cums to mind... Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, so if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue the "first season of Trek" vibe by discussing Star Trek: The Original Series' "Errand of Mercy" Note that this and all episodes of the It’s Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Would you like to give…

Topics covered

• first contact
• Captain Archer
• T'Pol's management
• Mayweather's agency
• water polo
• low-stakes situations
• explicit content

Keywords

• Star Trek
• Enterprise
• Vox Sola
• first contact
• Captain Archer
• T'Pol
• Mayweather
• water polo
• explicit content

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Original Series

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