Exile (episode)

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Hoshi is contacted by a mysterious telepath, who offers to help Enterprise in its mission... for a price.

Summary

T'Pol has been analyzing data on the Delphic Expanse spheres, and has discovered that there must be a second sphere to create the anomaly pattern the crew has discovered. She needs precise measurements of this second sphere, so the Enterprise sets course for its probable location.

Meanwhile, Ensign Hoshi Sato has been feeling watched and hearing whispers for the past several days, but Lieutenant Reed insists there is nothing. Doctor Phlox thinks she may be hallucinating, but then she is telepathically contacted by an alien named Tarquin who tells her that he may be able to assist the crew in finding the Xindi and their superweapon. Enterprise diverts to his planet to talk to him.

Tarquin explains that he can telepathically read objects to learn about their creators, so Captain Archer supplies him with a piece of the weapon used to attack Earth. Tarquin will only work on the condition that Sato stays with him, so Archer reluctantly leaves with Enterprise to examine the second sphere while Sato stays behind. Tarquin talks with Sato and tries to get to know her better, however Sato is disturbed by how much he knows about her. She eventually learns that she is not his first companion: he is long lived and has had four previous companions while living out his exile and he intends for Sato to be his next, she is to stay with him for the rest of her life.

Back on Enterprise, the ship has been unable to approach the sphere because of the severe number of anomalies it is generating. Commander Tucker lines Shuttlepod 1 with trellium, enabling Archer and Tucker to fly inside the cloaking barrier and take the measurements T'Pol requires. They run into a bit of trouble with the sensors and thrusters, but are successful. They set a return course for Tarquin's planet.

As Enterprise returns, Tarquin tries a couple of last ditch efforts to trick Sato into to staying with him. First, he tries to telepathically trick her with an image of Archer, but when that fails, he threatens to destroy Enterprise. Sato counters with a threat to destroy his telepathic enhancer, he relents and lets her go. As a parting gift, he provides her with the coordinates of a Xindi colony where part of the weapon is being built.

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Memorable quotes

"My only contact with the outside world has been through telepathy."

- Tarquin

"Did you bring a phase pistol?"
"I'll keep it under my pillow."

- Archer before leaving Sato with Tarquin

"You often feel isolated even around other people. You don't have to."

- Tarquin, to Sato

"Archer to the bridge."
"Yes, captain?"
"I assume we're getting close?"
"You assume correctly."

- Archer contacts T'Pol after his water polo ball gets imbedded in the wall while Enterprise heads towards a sphere

"Sometimes I don't know what is worse, being alone or having to bury the people I've come to care about."

- Tarquin when Sato sees the graves of his previous companions

"Why would someone want to create a web of crippling anomalies?"

- T'Pol, on the vast number of spheres generating gravimetric energy in the Expanse

Background Information

The stained glass windows seen in Tarquin's castle are taken from Shinzon's dining room on Romulus from Star Trek Nemesis. As well, the chairs in the castle were used previously on Ventax II in TNG: "Devil's Due".
This was the first episode of Star Trek to air in high definition.
The style and the plot of the episode is an obvious reference to the movies and books like Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast, or Phantom of the Opera, showing the old, lonely genius with unusual abilities, searching for a young woman to bring some light into his existence.
In 2013, Brannon Braga mentioned that he thought this episode was "pretty crappy." ("In a Time of War, Part Three", ENT Season 3 Blu-ray special features)
The prop piece of Xindi debris that Tarquin examines has been used before as a cloaking device in DS9: "Profit and Loss" and Neelix's malfunctioning heating coil in VOY: "Live Fast and Prosper".

Links and references

Previous episode:
"Impulse"

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3

Next episode:
"The Shipment"

Exile (episode)

Contents

Summary

Memorable quotes

Background Information

Links and references

Main cast

Guest star

Co-star

Uncredited co-star

References

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