A Night in Sickbay (Enterprise episode)
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"A Night in Sickbay" is the title of the 30th episode (production #205) of the television series which originally aired on October 16, 2002 in the United States.
Plot summary
A light-weight, comedic episode, "A Night in Sickbay" saw Captain Jonathan Archer dealing with a race of grouchy, officious aliens who are insulted when his dog, Porthos relieves himself on a sacred tree. A secondary subplot sees Archer and Dr. Phlox tending to Porthos after the dog contracts a potentially deadly virus on the planet. A tertiary subplot has Archer dealing with unbidden (and naughty) sexual fantasies about his first officer, T'Pol.This episode, intended to be a throwaway, humorous outing for the Enterprise crew, and no more offensive than any number of previous comedy episodes from other Trek series, became a flashpoint for criticism over the series: examples of many things that fans felt were ongoing problems with the series (sophomoric use of sexuality on screen for ratings, poor dialogue, inconsistent scripting and characterization, cliché plot events, etc) all appeared in this episode, and at high levels. As a result many fans started to realize that the production team was not really trying to fix any of these problems, or listening to these criticisms. Many Trek fans reportedly abandoned the series after this episode, and it often ranks in straw polls among the worst Trek episodes ever. Nonetheless, it was still nominated for a Hugo Award, and continues to be cited by cast members as one of their favorite episodes. This decision was further derided by many online critics, who cited it as an example that the series' producers were out of touch with fans.
External links
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- [Five-Minute A Night in Sickbay] — Parody version
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