I like that Phlox kept a zoo in sickbay. It shows that cures in the "early" days didn't come in a one-of-3-colored vial attached to a hypo spray injector. He was always like, "So you got a headache? Have I got a soborbian sea leach for you!"
@weenax
Жыл бұрын
I liked that too. In fact , the premise of the enterprise should have resulted in a much much better show than the one we got in the end . Phlox was the only part of the story i liked.
@buffalowt
11 ай бұрын
@@weenaxonce time travel got super involved they kinda lost me, i know its a staple of star trek but time travel usually feels kinda cheap to me and it makes events have less impact in my opinion.
@drayle71
10 ай бұрын
@@buffalowt part of the issue is time travel was core to the whole story with the whole temporal cold war being the reason for a lot of the villains ie Silik being controlled by the shadow guy, then you have the Xindi and the sphere-builders, and lastly you have the aliens that travel back to WW2. Personally I found enterprise at its best when it was dealing earths pre federation dealings with the early races of the federation such as the andorian/vulcan conflict. Also enjoyed the eugenics wars and not just because Brent Spiner was in it. I guess I enjoyed the show when it was more focused on broadening pre existing canon then making completely new stuff like the Xindi. Which atleast to me is kinda what prequel shows should be about.
@TheWanderingFire
Жыл бұрын
I found Phlox was the most "Star Fleet" member of the crew - he was always about learning about new cultures, and reminded other crew members of their primary mission.
@Duchess_Van_Hoof
Жыл бұрын
Which is ironic, as he's just there because he happened to know what a Klingon was.
@christopherdavis3424
Жыл бұрын
“Hoshi is the hot nerd.” FINALLY someone that agrees!!
@feralguyver
Жыл бұрын
Who thinks Hoshi is not hot?
@dm121984
Жыл бұрын
Hoshi was very hot.
@nickshaw3619
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure who was arguing. She showed up in about as many fanservice scenes as T'Pol and Trip, the other two HVAC techs on the show.
@JCIce007
Жыл бұрын
Shinzon would certainly agree!
@kayseek1248
Жыл бұрын
@@feralguyver you need only watch “In a Mirror, Darkly” to know that.
@oddsolostrike
Жыл бұрын
Tripp being stereotyped as "Florida Man" may be my favorite new interpretation of a ST character
@Portersona69420
Жыл бұрын
Ironic title considering the Xindi attack.
@Donnagata1409
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, you mean that there are people under 70 living in Florida??? Really???
@Portersona69420
Жыл бұрын
@@Donnagata1409 Yup. Just 70. The rest are tourists and wildlife.
@borkabrak
7 ай бұрын
I loved Enterprise apparently more than most, especially Trip. But yeah.. I agree that is a pretty great joke.
@haggardfalcone
Жыл бұрын
Phlox is amongst the best characters in all of star trek, not just Enterprise.
@janeglass6777
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree.
@adamskeans2515
Жыл бұрын
He was great, but I think Garak and Quark are better
@TowGunner
Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more. Imo, Billingsley and Blalock carried the show.
@jackhynds175
Жыл бұрын
@@adamskeans2515 I agree, although I believe if Phlox got as much screen time and as many story lines as Garak or Quark got, I might be able to argue they are on par
@krazzeeaj
Жыл бұрын
Phlox, and to a lesser extent Trip, carried ENT on their backs. I've been saying that since the show first aired. The writers didn't know what they wanted from the captain, they had a set-up for T'Pol that they didn't follow through on, they ignored the hot nerd and the veteran space traveler, and they rendered their solider obsolete by adding space Marines. Phlox and Trip seemed to be the only people who got personality and a solid foundation. Honestly, Phlox is one of the best characters in the franchise and it sucks that we don't have more of him.
@TheSchaef47
10 ай бұрын
They were the two strongest actors on the show, and that pains me to say with Scott Bakula in the cast.
@BinaryPickle
Жыл бұрын
Porthos is clearly the best crew member/character.
@KristovMars
Жыл бұрын
> The Fauves have entered the chat > kzitem.info/news/bejne/za6DnaeCjWKjhHo&feature=shares
@steveng.clinard1766
Жыл бұрын
He was a good boy.
@agent_meister477
Жыл бұрын
For me it's definitely Chef. 👌 (Not the Will Riker version 😠)
@thetwilightadventures6
Жыл бұрын
Right. After all, Trip even said that Archer would be more comfortable with Porthos on the bridge.
@swampcooler8332
Жыл бұрын
Where do he poo
@TheDawnofVanlife
Жыл бұрын
I liked that Phlox had his own moral compass as an alien doctor. Often even when we have alien doctors in Star Trek, they are basically just humans in a facemask. They made some effort to actually make Phlox's approach to things be a cultural different at times.
@Parasmunt
10 ай бұрын
Dr Selar is not amused! 😣
@maevepage606
Жыл бұрын
I have had the discussion of "which star trek doctor would you want as your trans health care provider?" with many other trans star trek fans. Phlox always wins first. He delights in differences, he's empathetic, curious, always eager to learn more, always willing to acknowledge he doesn't know everything, and has limitations. These are traits we wish our own often dogmatic healthcare providers had
@StarshipVGer
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. I definitely wouldn't want McCoy as my trans healthcare provider. Haa...
@tyrant-den884
Жыл бұрын
There's also a chance you can have sex with his wife.
@leion800
Жыл бұрын
gonna have to go with voyagers doc.
@rickwrites2612
Жыл бұрын
@@leion800 not a bad choice either
@WelshMullet
Жыл бұрын
Julian is shown to just be able to do a whole body gender swap in record time though. Does he lose out for being less ethical and understanding?
@WildSeven19
Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite Phlox bits is from the first season, where we learn about his species' sleeping habits, explaining why he keeps such strange hours. He's such an interesting character. And he's great when woken up early.
@danielgertler5976
Жыл бұрын
"Is that show any good?" That show is *so* good, an absolute must watch
@synthetic240
Жыл бұрын
I kinda wish the episode with Phlox being alone on the ship ended with Archer playing an edited reel of Phlox wandering the halls nude and saying "You know there are security cameras everywhere, right? Just because you were the only one awake doesn't mean you should be strutting your stuff everywhere."
@hankclay1376
Жыл бұрын
I don't think it would have bothered Phlox at all!
@TheEvox81
Жыл бұрын
@@hankclay1376 Agreed. But it would have been another great opportunity for Phlox to lecture the humans about being uptight.
@scottmantooth8785
Жыл бұрын
*always found it very odd that the very obvious fact of the cameras being everywhere on the ship was not brought up more often*
@Sephiroth144
Жыл бұрын
"And? Wait, don't tell me, this is another one of your human hangups... You really are a fascinating species, but the Vulcans are less uptight."
@johngingras
Жыл бұрын
"Why, Captain, what makes you think I wasn't aware of the cameras?" Cue CGI smile.
@Raminotaur
Жыл бұрын
As a Floridian, I loved all the jabs at Florida via Trip. That was super fun to watch!
@SFisher1993
Жыл бұрын
I was shocked to find out he’s not from anywhere near there (he’s actually from Washington), because he does a pretty solid southern accent!
@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929
Жыл бұрын
" There's no way they're killing off Trip" Followed by the Sarcastic haha's gave me My 1st good laugh of the day. Thanks Steve.
@happyninja42
Жыл бұрын
"Face eaten off by a bath salts cannibal" is probably the most fantastic summation of Florida I've ever seen.
@maskedmallard537
Жыл бұрын
Also sounds like a tagline to an episode of TOS.
@MrLeafeater
Жыл бұрын
I almost didn't give him a chance; I was so afraid of another Neelix. Love your work.
@mrgreatbigmoose
Жыл бұрын
It's how they wrote him. He's a good doctor. The other was a bad cook. Never write someone who's characteristic is bad skills.
@chill_will9816
Жыл бұрын
Same. Not to mention the creepy, stretchy face smile. Really glad they didnt feel the need to make him do that ever episode.
@515aleon
Жыл бұрын
Whoever wrote his character, made him a "serious character" with a sense of humor and a point to be there vs a silly character with a sense of humor and no point.
@TheSorrel
Жыл бұрын
He might have been a bad cook, but he was a very good morale officer.
@jacklow9611
Жыл бұрын
@@TheSorrel: I didn't find him to be that bad as a character, either. As an "alien" being, the same as Phlox, he just had his own culture that he was raised in, and he attempted to adjust to the culture of the crew he found himself with, and use his skills and knowledge of the other Delta Quadrant denizens to aid them in their journey.
@Willpower-74205
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes with Phlox was when he confronted the Vulcan doctor that was examining Archer in "The Expanse." "You come to my sickbay under false pretenses? Where are your medical ethics?!" Other good Phlox episodes are "Affliction" and "Divergence," when he deceived the Klingons while trying to cure them (without the Augment enhancements that the Klingons were originally aiming for). 🖖😎👍
@chazblank2717
Жыл бұрын
I seem to remember Phlox’s species is pretty long lived. Assuming (based on nothing) the species they accidentally genocide 20 million people from have lifespans closer to humans, it might explain some of the cultural tensions, misgivings, resentments and the fear… like, Phlox could personally know people who carried out that genocide if he’s only one or two generations removed from the incident.
@Beregorn88
Жыл бұрын
Even more likely, his "racist" grandma had many parents killed during those wars...
@robhurlocker7040
Жыл бұрын
Reflecting on these classic Phlox moments hit me a little differently than the first time I watched the series; because since my only watchthru, I've experienced my own journey of polyamory, parental estrangement, and job conflicts involving ethics. I enjoyed Phlox before; I think I admire him even more deeply now.
@danielgertler5976
Жыл бұрын
Trip gets the engineer role but also the "old friend" trope like with riker and deanna, jadzia and sisko, janeway and tuvok.
@matthewgelfer4955
Жыл бұрын
Ooh good point. Multiple tropes. Tropes for days.
@brianburke4756
Жыл бұрын
@@matthewgelfer4955 LOL
@TheBamaChad-W4CHD
Жыл бұрын
Awesome take on the episode with the Antarrens. Like you said Steve, I was also raised with casually racist grandparents. My grandparents didn't hate black people they just didn't understand them and avoided them. They wouldn't treat a black person bad or anything they would just go to the moon and back to avoid them. They were a product of their times. My mother in particular raised me to treat everyone as equals. I've lived my life that way. Also being poor in Alabama in the 80s along side poor black people, white people and Hispanic people helped. None of us kids were any different. We were all BROKE AF. No time to be racist when you are playing in the dirt along side each other and eating the same meals!
@javiervalverde628
Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve. Great show. I remember a scene in the 2009 Star Trek movie where Scotty explains his exile to that ice planet was because Admiral Archer never forgave him for what he did to his beagle. Funny callback.
@merafirewing6591
Жыл бұрын
I didn't expect that when I watched for the 11th time.
@StormsparkPegasus
Жыл бұрын
Billingsly was awesome. Although my favorite appearance of his (in Enterprise, SG-1, and the Orville), was seeing him antagonize Robert Picardo's character in the Orville. He can play a hideously evil guy really well. "Spock of Nine" had me on the floor. Well done.
@RobMacKendrick
Жыл бұрын
Been saying this since the beginning. The thing about Phlox is, he's easy-going. Not uptight and judgmental, like a Vulcan; just easy-going. There aren't many other recurring Trek characters like that. (Can't think of one, actually.) It takes real leverage to get under his skin, and very little fazes him in the way of plot complications; dude just has the full measure of self-confidence, without going overboard into arrogance.That's what made him so interesting, on a crew of typical prickly Trek go-getters.
@seanhillman1016
Жыл бұрын
I love how Phlox and his extended family show the idea of polyamory and multiple partners in a positive and healthy light.
@Mordrevious
Жыл бұрын
It woulda been nice if we’d been able to see it on screen instead of just being mentioned occasionally.
@jhonbus
Жыл бұрын
@@sebastiang7394 Right but we're talking about polyamory, not polygamy, religious-or-otherwise. Hopefully showing it on Star Trek encouraged people to educate themselves on the subject. _cough cough_
@ShikiKiryu
Жыл бұрын
This!
@arcas8423
Жыл бұрын
I found him annoying.
@ELEKTROSKANSEN
Жыл бұрын
Umm dunno, between Phlox's lines you can hear him talking about a society that is familiar with drama, with exhausting family life, which might be the reason his species was so warlike in the past.
@Talisguy
Жыл бұрын
Re: the Menk and Valakians, the thing that kills me is that you could have just had Phlox not find a cure and made the dilemma "do we give this slave-owning society warp drive technology to save them from extinction?" At least then a refusal would make *some* sense.
@FistoftheSnackBar
Жыл бұрын
They could have also just taken the moral stance of "they enslaved another fully sentient species. Fuck 'em." at least that would have shown some guts.
@gunfighterzero
Жыл бұрын
That would have been no less intrusive in thier natural order
@rickwrites2612
Жыл бұрын
@@richardarriaga6271 but that isn't an option here, the slave race doesn't get to be free unless the masters die, unless the Enterprise is going to go TOTAL interventionist ie the opposite of prime directive, and get into nation building, which takes generations to do successfully. I always thought it was an ethical judgement against the slavers. If they had not been slavers, he would have given them the cure.
@rickwrites2612
Жыл бұрын
@@farshnuke if they weren't slavers he would've given them the cure obviously. It's just trying to make it look like it's not his decision but nature's/gods.
@Talisguy
Жыл бұрын
@@rickwrites2612 I don't buy that. Phlox actually *defends* the Valakians' treatment of the Menk when another crew member questions it, and tells her to stop being so judgemental about other cultures. The writers clearly did not realise that they wrote the Menk as slaves, because none of the main cast see anything wrong with how they're treated and it does not factor into anyone's thinking at any point during the episode - aside from that one crew member, but she's just told to respect the Valakians' right to treat the Menk like shit because at least the Valakians are not actively committing genocide against them. That was not why he refused to hand over the cure. Also, *hard* disagree with the idea that genocide is a justifiable punishment for...well, anything. I'd lose no sleep if the Menk violently overthrew the Valakians and the leaders were all guillotined, but there's a huge moral difference between that and guillotining every single member of a sapient species, including the children. My argument wasn't that it would be morally justifiable to let them all die preventable deaths because their society kept slaves, it was that giving these people Warp Drive technology might be like giving the 19th-century British Empire nuclear power. Giving the Valakian leadership Warp Drive could easily lead to them building an interplanetary slave empire. "You don't know what the consequences would be" would actually be a sensible argument if it was a choice between "allow this entire species to die preventable deaths" or "risk the ruling class abusing your advanced technology to found a powerful slave empire."
@chrisclee6693
Жыл бұрын
I met John Billingsley at the London Trek Con last year and he was absolutely wonderful to talk to. His performances in ENT were brilliant and a great example of Trek getting it right with truly alien alien characters.
@cyberius7042
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Phlox was one of the few Trek characters to come across as actually alien. Relatable enough that you forget most of the time, but then doing or saying something every so often that was just weird and slightly unsettling.
@Sephiroth144
Жыл бұрын
I met him a few times when we were in a small movie together, and didn't put it together that he was Phlox until the premiere (or more specifically, watching 2012 on a lark and going "oh neat, what else was he... in... SONUVABITCH!" in between filming and said premiere)
@KristovMars
Жыл бұрын
I find it especially satisfying that his alien cultural differences feel relatable, especially as a (mostly) human being who has explored around the edges of a great many subcultures and countercultures here on 20th-21st century Earth.
@davidsnow9504
Жыл бұрын
KEWL!!
@TekuSPZ
Жыл бұрын
I have died with laughter at Florida Man. Yes, he is exactly that.
@Stephen-Fox
Жыл бұрын
On Phlox's sexuality, which you briefly brought up - They seemed willing to give him agency in his sexuality, something rarely afforded to any other character in Enterprise, be it via the eyeroll inducing decontamination scenes that felt like they were entirely present for the audience's gaze. Or that 'comedy' mpreg rape plot that to my recollection the show refused to acknowledge was a rape plotline in the case of Unexpected. ...Meanwhile Keating was attempting to play Reed as gay and just getting nothing from the writers to support it (...Funny how that was a trend for Trek shows in the 90s, actors wanting either their character to be bi or gay, love interests portrayed by someone of their gender, or the show to have gay representation generally and just... That not happening)
@merafirewing6591
Жыл бұрын
But Reed is always straight anyway, so I guess that's a good thing.
@Kinvarus1
Жыл бұрын
I feel like in Phlox they perfected the sort of jovial wit that Neelix was supposed to have on Voyager. It helps that in Phlox's case he is paired with an actual field of competence. Something Neelix lacked, which is why he rubbed so many people as obnoxious.
@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture
Жыл бұрын
My dad would relate to Phlox. He tried to bring up my sister, brother and myself without the stupidity of his generation when it came to race, ethnicity, religion, etc, and he was successful in that. He said that was one of the things that brought made him proud, that his children were not repeating the stupidity of his generation. At the same time, he said one of his two biggest regrets of his life was that he could not completely rid himself of his generation’s stupidity. That made me respect him all the more, that he was self-aware of his own flaws and that he could overcome them to do what was right.
@gunfighterzero
Жыл бұрын
Yikes
@MisterCOM
Жыл бұрын
@@gunfighterzero ?
@madmadge2532
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely ADORE Dr Phlox. I wish we had more material regarding his species and culture. Would absolutely love another Denobulan (probably spelled that wrong) character in new Trek.
@SentinelBayReviews
Жыл бұрын
I finally came around to watch Enterprise for the first time. And I got to say, it's been a fantastic show so far. Well fleshed out characters, appealing stories and a strong own identity. I feel like this one is a real underrated gem, and Phlox for sure is the most interesting of the bunch.
@theemeraldboars484
Жыл бұрын
Enterprise will always have a special place in my heart, as it was the only one I watched every week as it came out and fell in love with the characters. While I think you're underselling one of my first crushes in Reed, Phlox is unquestionably the best character and arguably the best doctor across the franchise in my humble opinion. I mean that on a writing level, but also on a literal level- are we forgetting some of the crazy stuff he pulls off with some rather unorthodox medical equipment? Don't insult to McCoy's bag or one of my first crushes in Bashir, but I'd want Phlox on my ship. Him and all his little pets. P. S. We all know Shran is the other best character on this show.
@Hotrob_J
Жыл бұрын
I've only seen the first two seasons of Enterprise, but I loved Phlox. Always nice to see a polyamorous icon in media
@Hotrob_J
Жыл бұрын
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan that's what I heard, I just never got around to finishing it
@kaitlyn__L
Жыл бұрын
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 4 is my favourite of the bunch, mostly because we see a lot more of humanity’s space colonisation in it, rather than solely going places they’d never been before. Cold Station 12, the Luna and Mars colonies, and interstellar diplomacy. (I also like the episodes earlier on with the freighter ships for the same reason.)
@JanetStarChild
Жыл бұрын
Trip and Archer morphing into Tuviks and Janeway caught me so off guard that I had to pause the video to literally laugh out loud!
@OrinSorinson
Жыл бұрын
I had a pretty terrible night with a medical emergency, hospital and no sleep and I was thinking about Phlox's weird smile and how little sleep he needs. Oh how I wish I could sleep as little as that and live a perfectly healthy life. I could doom scroll twice as much.
@robhurlocker7040
Жыл бұрын
Ethical Nonmonogamy is tragically underrepresented (as are many other groups), so phlox is much appreciated!
@marcwolf60
Жыл бұрын
I can speak personally on that one.
@Sykoze
11 ай бұрын
A 42-minute video dedicated to the absolutely beauty that is Phlox? This is everything I want from life
@lilshaq7
Жыл бұрын
I think you would totally enjoy resident alien!! It’s a solidly written positive world outlook comedy with a touch of drama sci-fi wrapped up in a mystery and of course Alan Tudyk.
@SKBottom
Жыл бұрын
The good doctor was certainly one of my favorites. Such an engaging personality and such a kindness and desire to help others.
@darth-imperius
Жыл бұрын
Oh man 🤣🤣🤣 the 'Trip is Tuvix' & 'Archer is Janeway' thing 😂😂😂
@SplashesInPuddles
Жыл бұрын
I love the sarcastic ways you describe whats happening in the videos. It is one of my favorite things you do.
@demoniaprince9206
Жыл бұрын
Tommy from Galaxy Quest, lol. That had me laughing so hard, I started to cough bad lol.
@HappyBeezerStudios
Жыл бұрын
I agree, Phlox was great for all the mentioned reasons. In some way Dr. Phlox is like Dr. Zoidberg. Both are from a different species and culture amongst a mostly human crew, and those differences become part of the character, without becoming the all the character is. And Archer as lead had the opportunity to mess up first contact with many of the known Trek species, and he didn't disappoint on that front. And what I love the most about "Dear Doctor" is that it stays ambiguous whether or not the crew made the right choice. We have many episodes where our heroes end up being forced to influence a civilization and have to make a choice, and usually the option they choose end up being the right one. The shows tell us that much. But in "Dear Doctor" they don't. There is talk if changing the course is their right to do and which option is the morally right one. And in the end the choice Archer (as the captain) and Phlox (as the professional in the field) go with is ambiguous. I guess that is why people are so split about the episode. Our heroes don't do the obviously "good" thing and some people don't like that, while others enjoy seeing a crew with flaws to outgrow. And "The Breach" reminds me of the Voyager episode "Jetrel", where we get two species that had nasty conflicts in the past and who still distrust each other. With one who decides that he should make good on what people in the past did and trying to convince the person from the other culture that they should leave the past behind. "Similitude" reminds me of "Tuvix" and "Doctor's Orders" reminds me of "One", in both cases Voyager had a similar premise for the episode (sacrificing one person for another and going around an area taking to long, so they put everyone to sleep and one person has to fly the ship), but both shows go at it differently.
@Wimpoman
Жыл бұрын
"...you'd think his parents are Counselor Troi and Tinkerbell." I f'ing lost it! 😂
@eriks2962
Жыл бұрын
Don't get me wrong I love Phlox! But I find most of the characters on Enterprise to be very relatable. I think it's because the show is built so to have characters more like current era humans. Hoshi is a complete and utter language nerd. If it's not about language she doesn't care or she'll bring it back to a linguistic topic.I have a friend just like that (but a biology nerd). I relate to Archer a fair amount. He starts a new job very excited and he realizes that it's nothing like he expected it to be. And it kind of suck. And he doesn't really know what he is doing. Who has NOT been there?
@GuineaPigEveryday
Жыл бұрын
I like Enterprise’s characters, i mean even Malcolm gets a little interesting/sympathetic. But man it was so damn annoying seeing how Enterprise felt like taking another step back, it felt more old-fashioned/conservative in terms of casting a bit like Voyager. Especially becuz its the early 2000s and the writers literally only included American/Anglo characters for the humans. THREE of the main cast are American, one is a Korean-American actress, another is British, and then we have two aliens. But seriously why the hell did they have to have such boring stereotypical American characters, mr florida and mr nantucket from whatever southern state he’s from. The fun of star trek is the diverse backgrounds, let alone their personalities. I think after DS9 the diversity/uniqueness of the crew really seemed to falter a lot, like no one could think to give any character a non-Anglo background??? I mean get rid of Travis first of all cuz he’s the character clearly abandoned by the writers with nothing interesting. Malcolm is so plain and not much beyond military-raised British dude. And the Captain is an interesting character but with no interesting background. Hoshi is cool if they’d actually use her more
@ms042364
Жыл бұрын
I am glad someone finally said it! He was the primary reason I watched the show.
@Poleson
Жыл бұрын
While I agree that Phlox is the best I have to stick up for T'Pol. She ended up being one of my favourite Trek characters and absolutely one of the most underrated
@demyelinated_ditz
Жыл бұрын
I think the most relatable Phlox moment is actually in Similitude. I've made clones to harvest their brains so many times I've lost count, and it's always a struggle to decide whether to kill clone and harvest its brain or heed its desperate pleas for life
@kaitlyn__L
Жыл бұрын
lmao
@rickwrites2612
Жыл бұрын
It was a total cop out to make it seem like Sim chose to sacrifice. He was coerced and basically told they'd kill him either way.
@mkang8782
Жыл бұрын
I think I said this in our exchange on Twitter when you announced you were working on this video, but Phlox is my favorite CMO. No disrespect intended towards "Bones" (OG or Urban), or any of the others. There's something about the character that really appeals to me.
@andrewspecht6360
Жыл бұрын
I see Phlox as the best “point of view” character in Star Trek, he’s in my understanding *the* alien point of view character he’s on the other side of the usual POV character as at this point there’s literally no non human’s officially in Starfleet Phlox is there as an observer watching these crazy humans being both Amused and at times scared to death of them! Yes I know Spock was the outsider character in TOS but his observations are how the humans dont relate to him. Phlox is just bubbling over with WTF do I get to see today!
@bronxbl0gr
Жыл бұрын
The Berman Era had it's shortcomings; with "Enterprise" being the Apotheosis (of sorts) for those quirks. But I have to say Characters that could've been reduced to mere Comic Relief were given dramatic range/Depth, I'm thinking of Phlox,Neelix,and Quark Respectively
@Starham2000
Жыл бұрын
I recommend watching Resident Alien if you’re down for fish out of water comedy specifically. Important: it’s a show about an alien trying to fit into human society, not House but and alien.
@Donnagata1409
Жыл бұрын
There's a novel by Eduardo Mendoza, "No news from Gurb". If you like alien POV, that's a treat.
@getnohappy
Жыл бұрын
Great vid as always, "I haven't killed millions... directly" had me laughing out loud (not great as I'm in the office... sshhhh). Separately, whenever Enterprise is discussed it reminds me what a waste of potential it was. Esp. Mayweather actually, having a space-trucker as the driver could (read should) have led to all manner of hijinks and character moments, instead of the [struggles to think of any interesting Travis events] we got.
@merafirewing6591
Жыл бұрын
And not to mention musics dating back to the truckers of old.
@fisk0
Жыл бұрын
Even before Enterprise went all Space War on Terror, I thought of Archer as a stand-in for George Bush. He even looked the part to a scary degree.
@kaitlyn__L
Жыл бұрын
That’s really interesting, a gf of mine calls him Space George Bush too. I’ve never seen the similarity - if anything I think Bakula looks more like Bush Sr, but even that is a stretch to me. Maybe I’m focused too much on how narrow Bakula’s head is compared to W’s, and maybe you’re focusing more on other aspects.
@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout
Жыл бұрын
Nice job going all Honest Trailers when you named the crew.
@codasylphanthi2187
Жыл бұрын
I haven't made it through the full video yet so maybe you mention this, but my favorite part of Phlox's character was that he truly was as curious and excited to explore the universe as the human characters. The Vulcans in Enterprise give off the impression that they have no interest in exploration (even though they clearly do and their objection to that characterization seems purely semantic but my issues with the Vulcans, particularly in Enterprise could not be summarized in the character limit of a youtube comment...) And the Andorians seem to only care about expansion. Season 1 in general seems to try to imply that curiosity is a uniquely human trait which, I find very lame. Anyway, it was very gratifying to see a non-human character display the kind of curiosity and lust for adventure that is often reserved for human characters in this kind of media and especially for whatever reason in Enterprise. Also Phlox's healthy supportive relationship with his polycule is goals.
@BioGoji-zm5ph
Жыл бұрын
I love how Phlox decided to let an entire race of people *die* in one episode.
@anna-flora999
Жыл бұрын
So did Picard
@rickwrites2612
Жыл бұрын
Well it was the only way for their slaves to be free and they didn't kill them just failed to help
@TyphonJRT
6 ай бұрын
@@anna-flora999Picard's situation was a bit different. He had literal hours. Lets be fair, a few dozen people transplanted to a new world will not thrive for very long.
@ryan.noakes
Жыл бұрын
This was a good one, thank you. Phlox was a really fun character, and John Billingsley was excellent in the role.
@BryanJ76
Жыл бұрын
Easily my favorite character in Enterprise. Second series in a row (Voyager) where the doc was the best and most interesting character.
@leafbelly
Жыл бұрын
Getting ready to watch now, but I will pre-emptively say that I whole-heartedly agree! Love me some Phlox. BTW: There's a great interview with Billingsley on the Enterprise podcast (with Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating) on KZitem.
@real_fjcalabrese
Жыл бұрын
Dr. Phlox was a great character, and John Billingsley was amazing!
Жыл бұрын
He kinda reminds me of Dr. Zoidberg. Like a non human doctor on humanity's first deep space ship. "Don't worry, bro, on my planet I'm a vet."
@aschen
Жыл бұрын
i can't argue with this. phlox and maybe archer are the only characters on the show that feel like they could have fell into the other shows. Phlox and The Doctor are by far my favorite medical officers.
@dbdsaltminer
Жыл бұрын
Once again I agree with you. I love his pragmatic approach. When I think of StarTrek Doctors, I think of naive, the world is black and white doctor. Which never made sense to me since Starfleet, while primarily peaceful organization, IS a military force first. Phlox brings the views and approach to the world that is embodies the ideals of what would become the Federation. I also loved his ethical dilemmas. Sure the captain gets some good ones but they seem to just be rehashes of old questions. Like Archer's Sim question comes down to being just a rehash of the Tuvix question. And gets the same answer. Which in both cases, I think was the wrong answer but at least it made Archer and Janeway fallible. But Phlox, he got questions unique to him, and on top of that played ship's therapist with many of the characters. And through him posing them with questions that were very thought provoking. His views, shaped by his culture and experience provided great material for the human crew to learn to acceptance and a non-judgmental attitude towards other cultures. Lessons they never seemed to learn. Honestly, I've never been able to decide if he is wrong in "Dear Doctor" but I love that. His ethical argument has enough validity that you can puzzle over it for years after the show.
@schipperkesandhonoraryschi8515
Жыл бұрын
Hippocrates was not Denobulan😂. Great line in the episode not quoted here, great episode. I absolutely love Enterprise, and love the character interaction of the cast, Phlox is an interesting character. Archer is ENTs best character IMO as he has the most complex moral dilemmas, especially in season 3, character growth re relationship with Vulcan etc. I always enjoy your comedic narration of the various episode descriptions
@nightdragon8364
Жыл бұрын
He was definitely the highlight of Enterprise. I loved it when he played the psychopathic killer on those episodes of Cold Case. Scary!
@stevencorrell6473
Жыл бұрын
The part about Phlox being uncomfortable around the antaran(that has to be a typo) is apparent in the episode but the real question would be is he uncomfortable being around him because of what the other alien is or uncomfortable because of what his people did in the past
@hfar_in_the_sky
11 ай бұрын
Phlox was probably my favorite character in the entire series (Shran is my other contender). Dude was just such a beacon of positivity
@steveng.clinard1766
Жыл бұрын
Phlox was a good counterpoint to T'Pol's aloofness, rigidity and undisguised disdain for her human crewmates. As a fellow nonhuman, hyper-competent scientist, and "space cosmopolitan", T'Pol had no defense when he called her out and insisted, as chief medical officer, from pulling that Vulcan stick out of her ass.
@Tristan_eCola
7 ай бұрын
Phlox and Shran were my two main draws of the show.
@texasvet2729
Жыл бұрын
Enterprise is incredibly underrated. I don’t remotely understand the hate for it.
@scaper8
Жыл бұрын
While I agree, I can kind of understand. Not the "hate" necessarily, but the dislike. It is a bit middling, and can be a bit tedious, especially the first few seasons (and I say that as someone that actually likes the Temproal Cold War and will defend both the concept and, mostly, the story line).
@willvgo2950
Жыл бұрын
I have seen people on chat sites bitching about the season long story arc from Enterprise. I'll give you 1 guess what their favorite Trek series is.
@Mordrevious
Жыл бұрын
Enterprise suffers especially badly from Trek’s first/second season curse and then transitions into a somewhat tedious season-long story for season 3. It has a bunch of episodes that show how good it could have been (season 4 especially) but sometimes it’s too little too late.
@jonathanrichter4256
Жыл бұрын
Several other Trek series took a while to get their sea legs. TNGs first season was absolutely awful. Fortunately for those other series, they had 6 more years to have people fall in love with them. I thought ENT season one was pretty blah. I really wasn't liking Archer. I actually think the season 3 Xindi story was the best part of he show. There are numerous moments in the Expanse when things are very touch and go, and Archer goes to some really dark places, such as stranding Casey Biggs without a warp core. That's when I started really liking him. Then, just when fans are saying "yeah, maybe Enterprise isn't that terrible" they cancel it!
@merafirewing6591
Жыл бұрын
@@jonathanrichter4256we could've gotten a season five that would've delved into the Earth-Romulan War.
@helmsscotta
Жыл бұрын
The product placement of current-day autosutures, complete with comments on the quality of their manufacture, was a nice giggle.
@redemption2
Жыл бұрын
I agree with most of these thoughts and I love that you brought up that moment when he nearly shot Porthos. However I can't agree that he's the best character in Enterprise. The best character is Porthos. He has faced down phaser fire, spacial anomalies, sentient spiderjizz, and getting goneria from pissing on an alien tree. Every time he's on screen he's the most interesting character there, and his journey from a cheese addict to a (mostly) dairy-free doggo until Scotty vaporized him in the Kelvin timeline is an amazing character arc.
@powerofk
Жыл бұрын
Porthos. Talking about Doctor Phlox and Porthos, the conversation I remember most between Phlox and Archer came from early season one, where Phlox asked Archer why humans are so close to these “inferior quadrupeds”. And Archer, like most humans, tried to explain our relationship with dogs, but struggles as we don’t even fully understand our relationship with dogs.
@kaitlyn__L
Жыл бұрын
@@powerofk I would’ve probably said something like “well, we evolved together. Dogs’ ancestors spontaneously started cooperating with our ancestors on hunts and protected us in camp, so in many ways we wouldn’t exist without them. This has left a mutualist bond between our species, perhaps on a genetic level”. I suspect Phlox would at least respect that more, if not be able to directly appreciate it.
@mirkwoodian
Жыл бұрын
Preaching to the choir as far as I'm concerned. Actually, you managed to put into words my vague feelings about the doctor. Definitely one of my favourites of all ST characters.
@jjsshenanegans
Жыл бұрын
Flox was my favorite too. Every time he spoke I learned something.
@mrgreatbigmoose
Жыл бұрын
They certainly tried to do the eccentric alien before. Phlox could have turned out to be a clown. Yes he was slapstick, but they MADE him competent. For which i am thankful. By contrast, they wrote inept cooking into Neelix's character. Had he been an effective chef, he would not have come across as goofy.
@kaitlyn__L
Жыл бұрын
Ironically Neelix was actually a decent chef by about halfway through the show, once he finally stopped being Local Guide. But then his reputation stuck.
@CT-1118
Жыл бұрын
I'm early to a Steve Shives! I love these videos so much, you're very good at presenting ideas
@maxschon7709
Жыл бұрын
That is why it is so bad we never got to see Denobula.
@NZBigfoot
Жыл бұрын
Phlox was definitely one of the best parts of Enterprise... and yes Resident Alien is well worth watching.
@tinycmo
Жыл бұрын
Scott played a character, and played it well. Phlox..became a new lifeform and was the best part ofnthe show.
@woogha
Жыл бұрын
I've only seen season 1 but resident alien seems great.
@alessandroarcuri209
7 ай бұрын
The "Spock Of Nine" bit absolutely slayed me! 🤣🤣🤣
@ronstewtsaw
Жыл бұрын
After watching Dear Doctor, I gave up on Star Trek for eight years (until the first Chris Pine movie). I don't remember the episode itself (Did Archer use the words "prime directive" at the end?), but I do remember thinking that I was done with Trek for the then-foreseeable future.
@CrystalblueMage
Жыл бұрын
If he gets to learn everything Trip knows, maybe it _is_ a good idea to learn him to read :D
@Ken-fh4jc
Жыл бұрын
I always forget about the Trip clone episode that was a pretty good episode.
@jackfoxx6351
11 ай бұрын
"Spock of nine" killed me lol
@themathhermetic
Жыл бұрын
"Spock of Nine" had me dying.
@Raye938
Жыл бұрын
oh my god "tommy from galaxy quest" nailed it. I know nailed it was in the quote but I'm saying you nailed it.
@fernandogarajalde4066
Жыл бұрын
Commander Shran (Jeffrey Coombs) because his arc from adversary to ally made the series. 🛸
@texasyojimbo
Жыл бұрын
This is my attempt at a doctor ranking, from least to best. (I don't really dislike any of them). Dr. Boyce (from TOS pilot) < Pulaski < Culber < Crusher < M'Benga < Phlox < Bashir < The Emergency Medical Hologram (Picardo on Voyager) < Bones
@rudylikestowatch
Жыл бұрын
I thought it was bold to use a new species in the prequel. No "future" star trek had a Denobuan. And they never tried to retcon why not.
@isaacpage7796
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Resident Alien is VERY good. We've watched since the pilot. It's a bit over the top silly/mystery at times, but it's VERY well acted. It's no Firefly, but it's on par with Tucker and Dale vs. Evil for sure.
@m.gittens882
Жыл бұрын
Steve, Resident Alien is uncommonly hilarious.
@damnrapunzel8130
Жыл бұрын
ive watched season 1 of resident alien and it was pretty good but i havent got round to season 2 yet
@travelswithsi8932
Жыл бұрын
No argument here, loved Phlox
@cygryl
Жыл бұрын
He's the best main character. Cause we all know the best Character is Shran.
@christopherhastings134
Жыл бұрын
The bit about Porthos no selling had me rolling 😆 🤣
@darthplagueis4626
Жыл бұрын
I get you were playing it for laughs but I think it would’ve been good to mention that in “Similitude” Phlox was ultimately sticking to Archer’s orders. Namely that they would make an exception ethically to save Trip only because of how desperately they needed the Chief Engineer alive to keep the ship going through the Delphic Expanse to find the Xindi. Though, that certainly leaves room to explore why Phlox decided not to pull a “Dear Doctor” on Archer and refuse to go ahead with the procedure that doomed Sim.
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