Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) Future Tense (2003) User Reviews

Best Enterprise episode so far

[snoozejonc · 8/10 · 15 September 2020]

The Enterprise retrieves a small vessel into its cargo bay before the Suliban and Tholians take an urgent interest.

This is a plot driven episode that is excellently paced with exciting, suspenseful action sequences broken up with some nice character exchanges. There are also some pretty cool sci-fi concepts included and nice nods (if not exact continuity) with The Original Series episode 'The Tholian Web'.

There are no really big character moments as most of the exchanges are there to service the plot, although there is a strong scene with Phlox and T'Pol and one moment of slight conflict between Archer and T'Pol.

Rather than spoil any of the plot, I'll just say that I thoroughly enjoyed this one from start to finish and have no complaints.

Great episode

[Hughmanity · 9/10 · 31 March 2021]

This had everything that makes a great Trek episode: 1. Species intermingling - Vulcans, Suliban and Tholians all converging in this episode 2. Continuity - this episode continues the 'Temporal Cold War' storyline but with a whole new twist, multiple factions vying for a future tech prize 3. Mystery - a mystery ship with a mystery dead pilot, a ship that's bigger on the inside than the outside, and a 'black box' that does who knows what 4. Space battles! They clearly spent some money on this one. Suliban vs Enterprise and then vs Tholians was cool

Probably the best Enterprise episode yet (watching in order), shows how good this show could be when done properly. Potential wasn't the problem for Enterprise, it was consistency.

The Enterprise Finds the TARDIS

[Samuel-Shovel · 8/10 · 23 November 2017]

We open on this episode with the Enterprise discovering an unknown vessel floating in space. With no signs of life around it, Archer and the gang bring it onto the Enterprise for further inspection. It's soon clear that this vessel is a lot more complicated than what it seems and Star Fleet isn't the only organization that wants to get its hands on it. And the strangest thing? The body inside belonged to a human hybrid.

ST:E is really starting to heat up on the backend of this Season 2. We've had a couple of really good episodes in a row, including this one. ST:E has definitely been hinting and playing around with the concept of time travel with the Temporal Cold War and we seem to be getting nearer and nearer to some kind of confrontation.

The "bigger on the inside" space vessel was a nice touch to the futuristic technology of this time traveling species. I also enjoyed the time distortion the vessel caused when people were near it. It added a sense of confusion and uneasiness to the episode.

It doesn't look as if the humans relationship with the Suliban are getting any better but, more importantly, there appears to be a new player in town. The Tholians' interest in the unidentified space craft adds a new subplot to follow in the upcoming Temporal Cold War. They appear to be extremely hostile and even more powerful than the Sulibans, not to mention their voices are disconcerting. What is their involvement in all of this?

This episode did a good job of furthering this season's over-arching plot but also gave us many new questions to consider: Who are these Tholians? Whose space craft was that? Why do Trip and Reed continue to do dangerous things without letting any of the other crew know of their whereabouts? Hopefully we'll get at least a couple answers soon.

The Pod from the Future

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 18 January 2008]

The Enterprise finds a pod drifting in the space, and after opening it in Bay Launch 2, Archer discovers a human body. While investigating the interior of the pod, Trip and Reed find a mysterious stairway and conclude that somehow the ship is bigger inside. Meanwhile, Dr. Phlox finds that the DNA of the pilot has Vulcan and other alien genomes. When the hostiles Suliban and Tholian threaten the Enterprise with their warships demanding the deliver of the pod, Archer calls T'Pol and they go to Daniels' cabin. They unravel that the commission of the pod is nine hundred years ahead in the future.

"Future Tense" has interesting concepts and is full of action. The idea of a vessel bigger inside is revolutionary and original, against the existing principles of physics and therefore very intriguing. The reluctance of T'Pol in accepting that the pod is from the future is acceptable based on the logical principles of the Vulcan culture. However, how can she explain or contradict what she saw in Daniels' cabin? My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Futuro do Presente" ("Future of the Present")

A Really Thought Provoking Episode

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 20 March 2017]

Things get a little dicey when the idea of time travel comes into play. In this episode, a strange space ship that looks pretty much like a chunk of metal, is found with a dead man inside. The Enterprise is first on the scene and pulls it into a cargo bay. It turns out that there are some incredible physical aspects to this ship. Also, the man inside it has an odd combination of DNA that show things that just can't exist at this time. Archer soon suspects that time travel is involved. Soon some old friends show up. The Suliban and the Tholians want their hands on the newly discovered ship. Unfortunately, the Enterprise has a moral obligation to hang on to the ship and they soon come under serious fire. The good thing is that the two attacking parties begin to go after each other. I really enjoyed the way this turns out because it plays well with the realities of time travel.

Even a stop watch is correct 2 times a day.

[ellsworthbentley · 9/10 · 26 February 2022]

The time travel episodes are excellent IMHO. Loops happen. We're going to need more time! Say it again. How many times have we done this?

Nice nod to Heinlein's The Number of the Beast.

Really good but it sagged a bit when things started repeating themselves.

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 27 March 2015]

When the show begins, Enterprise encounters a very odd space capsule. Inside they find a dead man--and he'd been dead for a long time. However, Dr. Phlox's autopsy discovers something that shocks them all--the human has traces of Vulcan DNA! And, later, Phlox also finds evidence of other alien DNA. Slowly they come to realize that the capsule is from another time--1000 years in the future and the dead man inside was a time traveler!

Soon, Suliban ships show up and insist that Archer turn over this capsule. When he naturally refuses, more Suliban ships appear and begin attacking. Enterprise takes off in space and soon finds that their support, a Vulcan ship, has been attacked by Tholians--and now the Tholians want the capsule as well!! Is there any way out of this mess?

This is a pretty exciting episode and I liked the idea of them finding a dead Dr. Who-like being. But the show also suffers from two things--too many occurrences where scenes are repeated again and again due to 'spatial anomalies' and this is quite annoying. Also, by the end of the show, nothing is really accomplished. Worth seeing but a bit weak.

Borg?

[Radiobratt · 7/10 · 29 January 2012]

This is clearly a forebodes The Borg. Think about it, temporal energy,a body in a pod that has several species DNA. If you listen carefully to the sounds effects used when the beacon is activated and the ship, the body and the beacon disappear, is the same used when Borg would "beam" on or off in STNG or ST: Voyager. In addition if you look at the set design of the ship, you will notice similar features to a Borg Vessel. Also the man, while burnt or disfigured appears gray in appearance and seems to have clothing similar in appearance to a Borg. This was a problem for me with all ST series. They went to the "well" one too many times with the Borg theme. While they are one of my favorite bad guys, it was just a lazy way to get another episode done.