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Affliction (Enterprise episode)
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"Affliction" is the title of a Star Trek: Enterprise
television episode from season four.
Empire needs Phlox's help to stop a disease. It is stated that the virus is the worst threat to the Klingon Empire since the Hur'q invasion. Archer sets out to find Phlox with few clues to go on, but is obstructed by Malcolm Reed (due to his connection to a special part of Starfleet Security
). Meanwhile, Trip settles into his new life as Columbias chief engineer.
episode "Turnabout Intruder" that women could not become captains in Starfleet, despite the female captain featured in "Affliction". However, Lester was mentally unstable. In DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations", when trying to figure out why the Klingons of the Original Series era had smooth heads, O'Brien
suggests genetic engineering and Bashir
assumes a viral mutation. This episode reveals that both are correct.
, the creator of the animated show Family Guy
(1999–present), made a guest appearance in this episode as Ensign Rivers.
John Schuck
, better known for his role as the Klingon Ambassador in the fourth
and sixth
Star Trek movies, also appears in this episode as the Klingon doctor Antaak.
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
television episode from season four.
Plot
The Enterprise returns to Earth to take part in the maiden launch of the newest NX class ship, Columbia, captained by Erika Hernandez. Shortly after taking shore leave with the others, Phlox is kidnapped and taken to a secret Klingon research facility. The KlingonKlingon
Klingons are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe.Klingons are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and eight feature films...
Empire needs Phlox's help to stop a disease. It is stated that the virus is the worst threat to the Klingon Empire since the Hur'q invasion. Archer sets out to find Phlox with few clues to go on, but is obstructed by Malcolm Reed (due to his connection to a special part of Starfleet Security
Section 31
In the Star Trek fictional universe, Section 31 is an autonomous intelligence and defense organization. It is presented as a special security operation, manned by Federation citizens, that is not subject to the normal constraints of Starfleet ethical protocols...
). Meanwhile, Trip settles into his new life as Columbias chief engineer.
Links to later episodes
The episode relates to episodes which had been made earlier but were set in later centuries.- Dr. Janice Lester claimed in
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
episode "Turnabout Intruder" that women could not become captains in Starfleet, despite the female captain featured in "Affliction". However, Lester was mentally unstable.
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
suggests genetic engineering and Bashir
Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.-Overview:...
assumes a viral mutation. This episode reveals that both are correct.
Casting
Seth MacFarlaneSeth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.A native of Kent,...
, the creator of the animated show Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
(1999–present), made a guest appearance in this episode as Ensign Rivers.
John Schuck
John Schuck
Conrad John Schuck Jr. is an American actor, primarily in stage, movies and television. He is best-known for his roles as police commissioner Rock Hudson's mildly slow-witted assistant, Sgt. Charles Enright in the 1970s crime drama McMillan & Wife, and as Lee Meriwether's husband, Herman Munster...
, better known for his role as the Klingon Ambassador in the fourth
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the fourth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series and completes the story arc begun in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and continued in Star Trek III: The...
and sixth
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise and is the last of the Star Trek films to include the entire main cast of the 1960s Star Trek television series. Released in 1991 by Paramount Pictures, it was directed by Nicholas Meyer and...
Star Trek movies, also appears in this episode as the Klingon doctor Antaak.