Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) Oasis (2002) User Reviews

Better than Ezral

[Samuel-Shovel · 6/10 · 1 June 2017]

The gang learns of a crashed ship (that may or may not be haunted) full of valuable parts and decides to investigate. Surprisingly, they find the entire crew living comfortably on the ship and agree to assist in repairs. Trip falls for one of the ship's inhabitants, much to the chagrin of T'Pol.

Another fine but forgettable episode of ST:E season 1. It seems like every race of people the Enterprise run across is hiding something and the majority of the episode is used unearthing this mystery. Often times, if the group was up front from the beginning, much of the conflict could be avoided; this episode is no exception in that regard.

Trip is turning into quite the womanizer and the chemistry between Trip and T'Pol is being foreshadowed at periodically. The last few episodes have really focused on Trip, T'Pol, and Captain Archer, really showing us who the premiere characters are in this show.

This episode really highlights the difference between real and artificial. Ezral has created a fake, sheltered life for his daughter, not giving her the opportunity to experience and explore at her leisure. Like a parent who won't let his child play outside, Ezral has hidden her away from the world due to his own mistakes, fears, and regrets. While Ezral may be happy, he never stops to consider how Liana may feel.

Verdict: Another good episode but not necessarily great or original. Always fun running into a new species.

'Ghosts'

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 28 July 2010]

This episode opens with Captain Archer, T'Pol and Trip having dinner with an alien trader, they hope to buy fuel and materials to repair the ship but he only deals in luxury goods, he does know of a place where they might get what they need, the problem his he believes it is haunted. When they get to the crashed ship the trader told them about the away team get a sense that they are not alone despite there being no life sign readings. As they search Trip sees a young woman called Liana and when he follows her he finds the rest of the crew. They claim that they were shot down by raiders three years before and have created a field to hide their life signs. Captain Archer offers to help then repair their ship and Trip gives Liana a tour of Enterprise, it is clear that he is smitten with her. Around this time is becomes clear that the people on the ship have been lying to them; scans indicate that the ship has been there much longer than three years, there is not enough food to feed the entire crew and most shockingly they find an escape pod in orbit and it contains the body of one of the people they met. It would appear that the ship was indeed haunted.

I rather enjoyed this stand-alone episode, Annie Wersching was good in the role of Liana and Rene Auberjonois, better known as Deep Space Nine's Constable Odo, makes a welcome guest appearance as her father. When I finally learnt how a dead man could be aboard the ship I was pleasantly surprised, it wasn't the solution I'd expected, I won't spoil the reason but will say the explanation is science-fiction not supernatural.

The Haunted Ship

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 8 December 2007]

While negotiating supplies and spare parts to repair the Enterprise with the alien trader D'Marr, he informs the location of a crashed ship in a planet near them where the crew of the Enterprise could find the necessary duratanium, beryllium and dilithium. However, he advises that the ship is haunted by ghosts. T'Pol scans the spacecraft and finds no evidence of life form. When Archer, T'Pol, Trip and Travis arrive in the vessel, they find that they are not alone. Sooner they meet survivors from the planet Kantare that tell them that they crashed on the planet three years ago, and Trip gets close to the gorgeous Liana. But when Reed analyses how long the vessel is in the planet and retrieves one escape pod with a corpse inside, he finds that there is a weird secret hidden by the group.

In "Oasis", Trip again falls for an alien female; but Annie Wersching is really an extremely pretty woman, and Trip is not wrong this time. The reaction of T'Pol is hilarious. This good episode keeps a mystery well resolved in the end. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Oásis" ("Oasis")

Oh, Brave New World

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 13 March 2017]

There is a little bit of the "Tempest" and "Forbidden Planet" in this one. Archer and the Gang negotiate with a trader who tells them of a relic on a nearby dead planet. He tells them there may be things they could use on board but that it may be haunted. When they arrive, there is a whole crew of people on board, including an attractive young blonde woman who Tripp immediately is attracted to. Something weird is going on. They say they have been there for three years but all evidence says it is twenty-two years. There are some secrets being held and this leads to justified suspicions. The Enterprise crew begins to perform repairs on the ship and they are welcome as long as they don't ask too many questions. Pretty well done with a fairly predictable conclusion.

Recycled plot makes for an average episode.

[MarcusBritish · 7/10 · 11 January 2017]

Whilst this isn't a bad episode in itself, the underlying "mystery" behind the plot is almost identical to the DS9 episode "Shadowplay", in which Dax and Odo discover a village which, along with its inhabitants, turns out to be a holographic projection recreated by a lonely survivor.

This episode plays out a little differently, with a couple of twists of its own, but for anyone who recalls the aforementioned DS9 episode, the conclusion comes as no real surprise, and as with many Enterprise episodes it is easily forgotten.

Whether the episode is an example of Enterprise having trouble being original or opting to emulate former Star Trek series' a bit too closely remains to be seen.

Nice to see René Auberjonois again, although with his face being easily recognisable, I'm not sure casting lead actors to play alien cameos is wise unless they're heavily disguised, as Ferengi or Klingons, for example; probably why Jeffrey Combs managed to get away with playing half-a-dozen characters across DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.

It's okay...

[planktonrules · 6/10 · 24 March 2015]

The show begins with the Captain negotiating with an alien trader. But the guy doesn't have anything they need--and they need supplies to help them run the ship. He tells them about a planet nearby where he saw a downed ship...but tells them that there are rumors that it is haunted.

When the landing party arrives at the downed ship, it does seem like maybe it IS haunted but naturally T'Pol thinks this is illogical. However, there soon is an answer--there are living beings there but they are hiding. They tell the crew of the Enterprise that they've been there for three years and they cannot make their engines work. Trip insists that he can help them but oddly they seem not particularly excited about this. Another strange problem develops, as tests indicate that the ship crashed far longer ago--perhaps 20 years or more. What gives?

This is a decent but mostly unremarkable episode. It's not bad--but not all that memorable either...sort of like eating white bread or plain rice.

This is why I hate StarFleet....

[savior-11 · 4/10 · 15 December 2023]

So this is how it usually goes:

StarFleet: You Aliens look like you need our help!

Aliens: No we're fine! Please leave.

StarFleet: But we really want to help you!

Aliens: No thanks you. You can go now.

StarFleet: Awww c'mon. Let us help!

Aliens: No. We're good. Please go now!

StarFleet: We're not leaving until we help you (big smiles) Aliens: JFC! Fine whatever!

It's want I call the 'Dr. Quinn Syndrome' which translates to "Look Indians! Let's help them!" But in this case of course it's "Look aliens! Let's help them!"

What these people are doing or how they got there is no one's business but their own. Certainly not Captain Archer's or anyone else in StarFleet. Some people seriously need to learn how to take 'NO!' for an answer and go away.

Maybe the Vulcan's were right about them. They are not ready to be part of the intergalactic community if all they do is annoy the people they meet.

I'm sure its some sort of Narcissistic behavior.

A Senior Trekker writes..................

[celineduchain · 5/10 · 11 May 2022]

Unfortunately, the storyline for this episode feels too much like something we've already seen a number of times before and the conclusion, when it finally comes, falls pretty flat. The casting of Rene Auberjonois was a sad misuse of this well loved Trek alumnus and also helped to telegraph the conclusion of the story by emphasising the importance of his character to the plot. In other words, we knew the denouement had to centre around his role because he was the instantly recognisable guest star. Senior Trekker, an unashamed deep Space Nine aficionado, believes Mr Auberjonois deserved so much better for his final appearance in the Star Trek franchise.

So what else do we have here?

There is an unconvincing romantic encounter for Trip with the "stranded scientist's attractive daughter". This was a pretty hackneyed role for Annie Wersching in her screen debut, made even more absurd by an ill-fitting blond wig. But it does make it even more satisfying to see the way she knocks it out of the park as the Borg Queen in 2022's Star Trek Picard.

Tom Bergeron dressed up in some very elaborate alien make-up for his pre-credit appearance as the "inter-stellar trader who gives the crew helpful directions". I guess he must be a Trek fan because this well-known US television presenter went to a lot of trouble to make this cameo appearance when he obviously doesn't need the money. If you think you recognise the actor playing Captain Kuulan, it's Rudolph Wilrich who has appeared in Star Trek several times before as well as just about every "cop & doc" TV show of the 80's and 90's.

The writers seem to have been confused as to whether this was supposed to be a ghost story or a mystery story but if we can't make it out either then they must have failed on both fronts. Never mind: Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5.