Affliction (Star Trek: Enterprise)
"Affliction" is the title of a Star Trek: Enterprise 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 Klingon 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 Columbia's 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' 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.
Casting
Seth MacFarlane, 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.
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