Season 4
Episode 93 Bound
Enterprise inherits some Orion Slave Girls. They release pheromones on the ship that drive the men crazy. They use these abilities to try to take over Enterprise and we also learn the women run the Orion Syndicate. The men are slaves to them. It’s a great twist that doesn’t undo Star Trek lore since not much has ever been revealed about the Orion Syndicate. People just assumed the men ran things and the women were actual slaves.
Orion Slave Girls basically have the same affect Famke Janssen had in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Perfect Mate. While The Perfect Mate played out quite well as a Captain Picard driven episode. Bound is more plot driven but manages to develop the relationship between T’Pol and Commander Tucker. Since Tucker and T’Pol are so in love they are the only people not affected by the Orion Slave Girls and are able to save the ship from being captured.
It is a nice stand alone episode but also calls back to the Augment arc earlier in the the season. Back when the Orions stole a bunch of crewmembers and Enterprise had to rescue them. Another episode cementing how brilliant Season 4 of Enterprise truly was.
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Joseph Ammendolea
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“I Like To Play With Toys” Productions®
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