T'pol pon farr episode

Ensign harry kim is on an away mission with seven of nine, and the doctor. Star trek enterprise s 02 e 025 bounty recap tv tropes. Now the poor vulcan has the very unpleasant honour of explaining to the captain why he cant go in the armoury at the moment. An archer tpol romance that begins at the end of the seventh. The mission is the study of biogenic material from a. Thoughts on vulcan culture sexuality and pon farr vulcan society at large embraces logic, peace, and science, holding them and the ideal of idic above all else. Throughout the episode he declines all her advances and feels ill at ease. So, she is still very young, but i am not sure if there is.

Tpol just had to walk by the armoury at that moment. The series aired for 98 episodes across four seasons, centering on the adventures of the 22nd century. Star trek enterprise t pol sold at orion slave auction duration. To be fair, putting tpol through pon farr was almost inevitable. Every seven years, the adult vulcan undergoes an extreme and erratic physical and psychological imbalance, which can be fatal if the mating ritual is not carried out. Do vulcan women have their own version of pon farr.

Asked if she has experienced this before, tpol responds, its not time. What episode of star trek enterprise does trip and tpol mate. T pol s amok time forces her to make difficult choices. Aug 05, 2011 other episodes deal with tuvok and his pon farr, explaining how he met his wife and concieved his son. And of course, captain archer just had to show up right then too.

No i definately read an article somewhere where she praised roxanne on how she managed to make tpol dignifed during that pon farr episode and how she thought it turned out quite well. The affliction causes tpol to prematurely enter pon farr, a chemical. You look nice like this kinda like an old oil painting. Spock experiences pon farr and is returned to his home planet vulcan by captain kirk and dr. For the record pg t polhoshi hot on the heels of his newest project, a historian is summoned to the sickbed of a hero of the federation to learn the real truth. T pol resented being thought of as a slave, and would often voice her opinion on matters, whether she had been asked to do so, or not. The quiet pg t polhoshi a long, uneventful trip through a desolate region of space leaves tpol and hoshi with plenty of time to think. Its the pon farr, the time of mating, and it rips vulcans veneer of logic and civilization away. Tpol has a problem, and somehow the infuriating chief engineer of the iss enterprise is the only one who can fix it. Archer is captured by a tellarite bounty hunter who plans to hand him over to the klingons. Vulcan starships were sent to spy on the enterprise and report on the ships activities.

Ent episode bounty a bacteria induces pon farr prematurely in t pol, after which she begins to make sexual advances towards phlox. This is just another method star trek writers use to add a sexy episode to a series. Most vulcans are curious, and want to learn out their universe, and about the other species that. Ponfarr lasts seven 7 days and that is all and is every seven 7 years for both male and female vulcans. From what were told in the original series and its movies and voyager, vulcan males go through pon farr every seven years, while vulcan and nonvulcan females experience similar symptoms only when a vulc. Jul 23, 2018 karyn archer takes jonathan to see t pol. See more ideas about jolene blalock, star trek enterprise and star trek tv. In 2154, tpol became a commissioned officer with starfleet. Lieutenant commander tpol of the iss enterprise underwent pon farr at some point. Tpols pon farr page 2 enterprise the omega sector bbs. Meanwhile, a microbe from the planet infects tpol and phlox. Tpol during her pon farr during pon farr, adult vulcans undergo a neurochemical imbalance that take on a form of madness culminating in the plak tow. Everybody expects that tuvok is going to be going through the pon farr, and thats not what we do.

At the time, she said, everyone has been wondering when we were going to do a pon farr episode, and one of the reasons we hadnt was because we could not think of a fresh way of doing it. Phlox cured the virus that had brought on her pon farr early, not the pon farr itself. Im too lazy too look up the episode title, but its at the end of the second season, and tpol goes through premature pon farr because of an alien infection. Once the virus had been defeated, the pon farr subsided as it wasnt true pon farr and therefore not lethal to tpol. It could be said that it only worked because her pon farr was brought on prematurely another question, i thought tpol was meant to be quite old a lot oder than vorik. Enterprise mostly because the show seems highly sensationalistic and titillating instead of being intelligently written. I just need the name of the episode, but if you have a link to the full episode online, or that specific scene, please include. The pon farr was a vulcan time of mating, and the rituals following it were. When the show begins, trip and archer are attacked and archer is taken prisoner by a tellarite. Vorik on star trek voyager looks as though he is about 21 to 28 years old.

I guess that the explanation for that pon farr thing is that t pol didn t have the same physical and mental condition as usual vulcans because of the virus. For all that bounty is a story about tpol going through pon farr, the episode goes out of its way to emphasise that the entire situation is artificial. Captain jonathan archer and charles tucker, returning from the surface, greet a friendly tellarite who eventually. Nov 29, 2017 star trek enterprise damage season 3 episode 71. May 14, 2003 captain archer is abducted by skalaar, a tellarite hoping to collect a bounty placed on archer by the klingons.

When the delta flyer is attacked, the doctor must hide his program in sevens borg implants. During her pon farr cycle, tpol had the enterprises chief engineer charles tucker iii do her a favor, that he enjoyed doing several times. Then, of course, nothing turns out like she planned. During her pon farr cycle, tpol had trip tucker do her a favor that he enjoyed doing several times. Oct 14, 2008 phlox cured the virus that had brought on her pon farr early, not the pon farr itself. Captain archer is abducted by skalaar, a tellarite hoping to collect a bounty placed on archer by the klingons. Uhh, im watching that enterprise episode where tpol goes through a premature pon farr and i hate it. Tpol is the least evil main character, but that doesnt stop her from brainwashing trip to commit sabotage so he gets tortured in her place. Only after mccoy deceived spock by injecting kirk with a substance that simulated death did spock return to his normal, logical demeanor.

Once the virus had been defeated, the pon farr subsided as it wasn t true pon farr and therefore not lethal to t pol. Remind me never to get into a game of roladan wild draw with you. Enterprise journeyed to vulcan, where his betrothed mate chose another. This show gave itself an out by positing the possibility that tpol made all this up to entertain them. Zero hour as a child, tpol was betrothed to a vulcan named koss. In 2017, business insider ranked amok time the 10th best episode of the original series. While originally described as an experience restricted to male vulcans, the character tpol underwent pon farr as a result of an exposure to alien bacteria in the episode bounty from the star trek series enterprise. The affliction causes tpol to prematurely enter pon farr, a chemical imbalance invoking vulcans urge to mate. It was considered to be a very private matter within vulcan society, so much that only a handful of starfleet doctors had ever handled it.

But the dialogue, as indicated in the question, indicated that it wasnt unusual for a vulcan female to get it, simply that the timing was wrong izkata jan 15 at 1. How long is pon farr supposed to last for vulcans in the. Mccoy to undergo the mating ritual and save his life. Pon farr has occurred as a female vulcan cycle in the character of t pol, in the episode bounty from the star trek series enterprise. Additionally, spock experienced an accelerated version of pon farr due to the genesis planets. It started out as a tag to that enjoyable episode, but has taken on a life of its own. They tell us that volcans go through the pon farr every 7 years of their adult life. Until the episode extinction towards the start of the third season, the series was called simply enterprise without the star trek prefix. The affliction causes t pol to prematurely enter pon farr, a chemical imbalance invoking vulcans urge to mate. Tpols amok time forces her to make difficult choices.

Leaving this up in the air would have been a good finish and would have left the audience wondering. Enterprise, the high commands actions were the themes of several episodes. For example, tpol found herself undergoing the pon farr prematurely after being exposed to foreign microbes on an away mission in 2153. Star trek enterprise malcolm and tpol hook up youtube. The enterprise nx01 is exploring an uninhabited planet when a shuttle suddenly arrives. This episode presents the tellerite aliens, seen previously in journey to babel of the original series and there is a pon farr subplot with tpol. As enterprise pursues, a virus causes t pol to go into premature pon farr. As enterprise pursues, a virus causes tpol to go into premature pon farr. Enterprise, the twentyfifth episode of the second season. The affliction causes tpol to prematurely enter pon farr. Commander tpol was a female vulcan science officer in the century terran empire. I would say the first pon farr would start at age 21. The expanse pg t polhoshi au how the episode the expanse shouldve been.

A pon farr story inspired by the spoilers for the last episode of enterprise. Phlox and anybody else do vulcan females undergo pon farr. Send the children into the other room for an episode of spongebob if you would, please. In this same episode, tpol met an older version of herself approximately 180 years old.

Meanwhile, a microbe from the planet infects t pol and phlox. I was really surprised considering how she was vocal in her dislike on the season 3 neuropressure, saying they focused on tpols sexuality too much. Star trek enterprise tpol sold at orion slave auction duration. Jan 07, 2010 what episode of star trek enterprise does trip and t pol mate. Detailed episode summaries of star trek enterprise. In the enterprise episode bounty, tpols pon farr was triggered accidentally by an infection. Enterprise journeyed to vulcan, where his betrothed mate chose another champion to fight for her captain kirk. Its quite an interesting take because hoshi and tpol are bonded and very much in love. May 05, 2015 for all that bounty is a story about tpol going through pon farr, the episode goes out of its way to emphasise that the entire situation is artificial. Tpol was a female vulcan who served aboard enterprise nx01 during the mid22nd century. Nov 10, 2015 star trek the original series rewatch. Pon farr was introduced and prominently featured in the original star trek series episode amok time, written by theodore sturgeon.

Tpol does in the episode bounty, although it is triggered and accelerated by a virus she and dr. You can also track your episodes and add them to the watchlist. Among themselves, vulcans found it inappropriate to involve themselves with anothers pon farr. The top 100 best star trek episodes ever according to imdb. As to how these cycles match, this has to move a bit in to speculative territory. During her pon farr cycle, t pol had the enterprises chief engineer charles tucker iii do her a favor, that he enjoyed doing several times. On a trip to riverside shipyards he encounters jamison kirk and instantly knows she will save him from the fires of the plak tow. The enterprise finds a lone borg drone, separated from the collective, and brings him aboard. From the the bounty episode we know that she had never before consumed the pon farr. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, celia lovsky. They note this shows the audience the vulcan home planet of vulcan for the first time, and also introduces the pon farr aspect of vulcan culture. Jolene blalock probably gave great pon farr hollywood gossip as part of our continuing look back on star trek hotties of old, we revisit the troubled legacy of. One of the writers over at the expanse writes everyone as omnisexual and she wrote the only real hoshitpol love story on our site shakaik.

By showing tpol with her grandmothers handbag at the end, it throws away any intrigue or opaqueness this episode contained. She goes with pon farr being about procreation and it causing drama between the two women. Forrest and archer are unimpressed by the agony booth. In the throes of his pon farr mating period, spock must return to vulcan to meet his intended future wife, betrothed from childhood. Was pon farr confirmed to be initially a maleonly idea.

Bounty if there is a vulcan onboard, there will be pon farr. Certain agents have been known to accelerate the pon farr. Im too lazy too look up the episode title, but its at the end of the second season, and t pol goes through premature pon farr because of an alien infection. The drone begins to reassert his individuality, but his presence causes differing levels of fear and sympathy from various crew members. This episode presents the tellerite aliens, seen previously in journey to babel of the original series and there is a pon farr subplot with t pol. Ent episode bounty a bacteria induces pon farr prematurely in tpol, after which she begins to make sexual advances towards phlox. Tpol runs around in her underwear trying to force herself on her crew mates. Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that originally aired on the upn network from september 26, 2001 to may, 2005.

In the alternate universe of twilight, tpol asks trip for a favor. Archer learns the klingons have put a price on his head when he is captured by a tellarite bounty hunter. Should phlox have made love to tpol in the episode bounty. The pon farr was a vulcan time of mating, and the rituals following it were shrouded under a veil of mystery and secrecy. Til death do us part pg t polhoshi tpol and hoshi get more than they bargained for when a planetary visit goes badly for hoshi. Feb 26, 2020 there is conflicting evidence on this. Oct 14, 2008 i was a little confused too when i saw the episode. Tpol resented being thought of as a slave, and would often voice her opinion on matters, whether she had been asked to do so, or not. Surak, psychics and ponfarr star trek theory duration. Ive always felt this was a missed opportunity, from a storytelling perspective as well as regarding the enrichment of tpol and phlox lives. She was the first vulcan to serve aboard a human ship for any substantial period.