Borderland (Star Trek: Enterprise)

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Star Trek: Enterprise episode
"Borderland"
Episode no. 80
Prod. code 080
Airdate October 29, 2004
Writer(s) Ken LaZebnik
Director David Livingston
Year May 17, 2154
Episode chronology
Previous "Home"
Next "Cold Station 12"
Borderland
Borderland

"Borderland" is the name of the 80th episode from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. It is the fourth episode from the fourth season of the series. "Borderland" initially aired on October 29, 2004 on the American television network UPN.

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[edit] Plot summary

Note: This episode is part of a three episode arc involving the "Augments". To follow the full plot, see the other two episodes of the arc "Cold Station 12", and "The Augments".

A small band of genetically enhanced superhumans ("Augments") escape from their home planet, the first time any of these entities have been encountered since the Eugenics War. They take control of a Klingon "Bird-of-Prey" war-ship and jettison the crew into space. The Klingon empire threatens to retaliate with everything they've got.

In the meantime, Starfleet's flagship vessel, Enterprise, has completed repairs for damages suffered during the war with the Xindi. In a plot point referred to in previous episodes, Archer gets a new Captain's Chair, this one the same design as the main chair from the original series.

The Enterprise is ready to take on its new mission — find the "Augments" and bring them back to avert a war with the Klingon empire.

[edit] Ancestral Roles

  • "Borderland" is also the first episode in a three episode arc that features the highly anticipated return of Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation) as the criminal mastermind Dr. Arik Soong, an ancestor of the scientist who created Data.
  • This episode marks the second time an actor from another Star Trek series has played the ancestor of one of their previous characters. The first was Colonel Worf (The Undiscovered Country), who is the grandfather of Worf (TNG) and father of Mogh. Colonel Worf was played by Michael Dorn, the same actor who portrays him in The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and in the Next Generation-based movies.

[edit] Orions; the species

The title, "Borderland", is named for the volatile region of space between the Klingon Empire and the Orion Syndicate where much of the story unfolds. It featured the first on-screen appearance of male Orions, a species that was introduced in the very first Star Trek story, "The Cage".

[edit] Historic mark

"Borderland" marks the point in the series history where it had aired more episodes than the parent program, Star Trek: The Original Series, that only ran for 79 installments.

[edit] Guest cast

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