I really like the fact that Shran maintained extreme, and absolutely justified, skepticism until he verified with Tucker. The Andorians did not always play nice with Humans, but Shran had for damn sure come to respect them. That little detail is one of the points of fine writing this and other pre-enterprise Trek shows had. It is never about the spectacle, but about the little nuances that brought it all to life.
I liked his reaction too when Tucker verified. He almost looked terrified as if he could ignore it as potential misinformation until Tucker verified he believed Soval. At that point, the third party both Vulcans and Andorians could, if not trust, at the very least respect, confirmed his worst fears.
It really did play well to Archer and Tucker's character as commanders. The Andorians were known to be a distrusting species, both in Enterprise and in TOS, always looking to see how the other side might be trying to trick them, just in case. But Archer and Tucker had been nothing but forthcoming and truthful, even when it hurt their own causes and "allies" that when Tucker said he believed it, Shran instantly realized that Soval might be telling the truth as well. Shran knew the enterprise was a ship filled with integrity, and that integrity outweighed his distrust of Vulcans.
Both sides have been lying for more then a generation people are now just starting to understand its not a D/R thing anymore they are all dirty. Elections have been an illusion.
I love how Shran turns to the humans judgment to make his final decision, you can see the respect he has for them and particularly the Enterprise crew. Love it.
Jeffrey Combs is by far and away the best thing that ever happened to Star Trek. He is a chameleon who managed to play each role a little differently from all his other's. Even his Weyoun character was played differently for each iteration. The man is amazing.
The level of galactic political chess the Romulans were playing on Vulcans and Andorians was really grand. The level of sophistication in infiltrating the Vulcan high command was nothing but pure genius.
All in a failed attempt to destabilize the Alpha Quadrant to allow them to conquer. Instead, from Humans, Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites, would be born their greatest and most enduring opponents.
It backfired spectacularly because it got humans involved (who were too new a player to have bad blood with anyone) and federation was formed. And unlike every otger power in Alphs quadrant federation is not centered around one culture and has potential to outgrow and absorb others. I liked DS9 dominion war angle because it really showed that while generally siílomaticnand peaceful it is not a power to be taken lifhtly
@@Turtle1631991I don't think the Romulans ever lived down the fact these weird ape people with inferior spaceships managed to not only defeat them in a major war, but unite their enemies into a friendship club.
In that series for all the crap vulcans gave humans, it was humanity that ultimately decided peace between vulcans and andorians. And began uniting different worlds under a common banner. Thus banishing the vulcans fears that humanity would become an empire buolding conquerer like the Klingons.
I'll give Shran this, he's aware of the fact that Vulcan will be decimated in the war as well. You'd think someone in his position (rightfully so) wouldn't give a damn about his rival's people.
@@jordanreed3675 *_Eyyyy~._* 😏 To bad that backfired, thanks to the Humans. _Poor Romulan Star Empire. Instead of paving the way for their conquest, they inadvertedly kickstarted their toughest opponent._
My biggest regret is that Enterprise's best ongoing subplot never finished... this scene was one of the many steps showing how the Federation happened. Note, the Andorians did not respond until TRIP speaks up. Shran does NOT trust the Vulcans, but... he does trust Archer and Trip. Humans were the newcomers that got along with most everybody, humanity's entry into interstellar politics got old enemies talking again.... progress made... real peace achieved. Little by little, with steps like these, the Federation was forming. It progresses slowly over the seasons... and gets cut short when the show got cancelled. Too bad, this was the real plot of Enterprise imo.
Das Institut Jeffrey Combes played Wayun with such oily sneakiness that it made it easy to root against him. He can take any role and make it his own. The mark of an accomplished craftsman.🙂👍🏻
Of all the species I could see helping Earth during the Romulan wars, it would be the Andorians. Probably why a lot of people say that Shran was supposed to be the first non-human Captain of an Earth Starfleet vessel and also part of the main cast from S5 onwards.
as much as some rail agaisnt Axanar they show this. Andorians more then happy to give earth weapons to help fight the Romulans hence the classic Blue phaser
Seat belts would be standard, and when they would open fire they would keep firing until the enemies destroyed instead of taking random pot shots. In other words Starfleet led by Andorians would have a bigger set of balls. LOL
@@LordTimelord I wonder if the Andorians would have held Earth back like the Vulcans did, and if they didn't, what kind of Federation would we have gotten?
@The Indoor Outdoorsman 1) Enterprise would have left space dock with working weapons, shields, and MACOs. 2) The crew would have combat training. 3) Star Fleet would not have been second guessing themselves through out the entire series. A much more "We're here to explore and by god we're going to explore wither you like it or not." attitude.
To think, if this were filmed in today's world Shran would have certainly gotten his own spin off show. We deserved that, we certainly did deserve that.
2:39 The BGM kicking in as Shran turns with a look of fear. Tucker's backing made that nightmare scenario very real. 2:48 The unsteady camera movement and Shran's hollowed voice as he says he'll need to consult. Also, a turning point in their relationship. In "Prelude to Axanar", Soval calls Shran "an Andorian acquaintance".
When I first saw Shran, I thought, "you seem awful familiar. Have we met before?" before realizing that Jeffrey Combs played Wayoun as well. Two very different but also very similar characters.
The most impressive part of this episode wasn't this scene, it was the part where Tucker is more than willing to fight the entire Andorian fleet alone to rescue Soval, whom Shran was torturing brutally to try and verify the information about the Vulcan war plans.
Soval: "I have an important message for Commander Shran." Andorians: "..." Soval: "I am giving you intelligence. Please respond." Andorians: "..." Tucker: "Shran get out here." Andorians: "TUCKER YOU OLD BASTARD, hows things going?"
I love Shran. He plays it like a character from an Ed Wood movie or the old Buster Crabbe Buck Rogers series. Most enjoyable character on the show. They really should have created an Andorran spin-off. ;)
I just LOVE me some Star Trek cosmic nebulas, they're all so colorful, dense, and outright opaque, even up close ... so NOTHING like actual cosmic nebulas. Cosmic nebulas actually have a much lower density than our earthly air and would be absolutely invisible to the naked eye up close. No spaceship can hide in them anymore than we can hide in air. However, they're denser than the absolute vacuum of space and very large, which is why we call them nebulas.
You know a lot of people say that the federation was founded in the 4th season but I think that moment right there in the monastery was when it happened
Love that the moment Tucker steps into the call Shran immediately picks up. The Vulcan? Almost definitely lying. A Human is vouching for him? Shit must be serious.
Shran: "Do you have...any idea what will happen when the IMPERIAL GUARD RETALIATES? IT WILL BE A DISASTER FOR BOTH OUR WORLDS!" Shran didn't want war and was smart enough to realize that a war between Andoria and Vulcan would only end in the blood, bones, and tears of both species.
The actor who played Commander Shran played many different characters in the Star Trek universe. He has appeared as a Klingon, a Romulan, this Andorian, and many other Star Trek characters in TNG, DS9, Enterprise, and others.
Thank you. I know Tucker seemed familiar, I just did not know who. It really angered me when they killed off Tucker in the last episode of "Enterprise".
What I find interesting about this scene is that when Shran demands to know why Soval is betraying his own people by informing him of the impending invasion, Soval stubbornly adheres to the Vulcan philosophy of logic and come up with a practical response by saying that the Vulcans are counting on the element of surprise, and that meeting resistance would force them to reconsider. I feel like it would have been good growth for his character to come out and say that it was simply the right thing to do, that he wasn't doing this out of logic, but out of an emotional need to repay the debt that he owed Admiral Forrest for saving his life and as justice for being betrayed by his own government. His time living on Earth has affected him in more ways than one, and has even changed him for the better. Throughout the course of the show, he went from a politician who toed the party line of the Vulcan High Command to someone who gave tacit support for the Enterprise's mission, and finally defecting from his own people to do the right thing and attempt to stop an unjustified attack on another world. It would have been nice to see him come out and admit it, rather than adhere to that stubbornness that rivals that of a Tellarite. Logic may have saved the Vulcan people from destruction, but emotions like pride and arrogance still run rampant within their civilization, especially so in the 22nd Century, as we saw in this story arc. Even the Logic Extremists from Star Trek: Discovery were not immune to this. But if more Vulcans humbled themselves and admitted that sometimes their actions are borne not out of logic, but emotion, they could truly learn to balance emotion and logic. That way, they can still retain some emotion without letting it control them, to help them navigate situations with more nuance than before and make better choices. After all, the logical choice is not always the right one.
Soval didn't betray his people. His government had become corrupt and malevolent. By exposing them as such and preventing an unnecessary and disastrous war, Soval saved his people.
angrodNumenesse You are right. I stand corrected. Grand Nagus Zek was Wallace Shawn, another great actor. Don’t know why I get Brunt and Zek confused.😜
One of the best seasons of Trek, period. I sound like a broken record but it's really a shame enterprise was not allowed to continue under manny cotos expert leadership.
I know it has been pointed out a million times, but why would an Andorian call a human "pink skin"? The Vulcans have the same skin colour, and the Andorians met them first. They would therefore have to call the Vulcans pink skins, and then, as the humans showed, come up with a new clever nickname, like "noobs" or something.
Maybe Andorians being what they are, calling Archer "pinkskin" is their version of being friendly. While they detest Vulcans and would not grant them such courtesy.
This show had so much potential. They should have cancelled the execrable Voyager and kept this. 7/9 could have fallen into an interphasic temporal anomaly and ended up in Enterprise. The more hotties the better.
I personally prefer the Andorrians humanity has more in common with them than with the Vulcans! Vulcans claim to be unemotional but they're arrogant and competitive!
"Captain, there's a mysterious ship drifting in space and everyone in it is dead. What should we do?" "Blow it up." "But Captain, shouldn't we beam aboard and explore it at the cost of a few lives of low-ranking crewmen to some weird alien phenomenon?" "Nope. Blow it up."
No, the Jefferies tube nomenclature came in the original series as a nod to Matt Jefferies. Jefferies was the design artist for the series who first thought of the tubes as crawlways or access tunnels to get from one maintenance area to another. See Memory Alpha for details.
You know despite being similar shades he calls humans 'pinkskins' but not the vulcans. I wonder if this is shran protecting himself in a weird way. Like he got close to another species that got whipped out so now he calls new species something like 'pink skins' till he's sure they aren't going to get obliterated.
I doubt anyone will reply to this, but what series is this even from? I like that everything seems so much older and I'm guessing is near the start of the Federation and it almost seems like something I would like to watch the whole series of
Jeffrey Combs actually wanted to make Shrane a member of the cast, not just a recurring character. Personally i think that would have been great.
If there was a season 5 Shran would’ve become a full cast member and have a position on Enterprise
maybe if they toned down those gross things on his forhead. Theyre just hard to look at lol
Sounds cool but wouldn't really fit with the 'humans being a new player in the Alpha Quadrant'-thing.
@@austinfaust3374 They arent gross. Its just antennae. You one of those people who have phobias of weird shit like holes and stuff lol?
@@DoctorM228 by the end of season 4 we're at the alliance of planets stage. hardly 'new players' by that point.
I really like the fact that Shran maintained extreme, and absolutely justified, skepticism until he verified with Tucker. The Andorians did not always play nice with Humans, but Shran had for damn sure come to respect them. That little detail is one of the points of fine writing this and other pre-enterprise Trek shows had. It is never about the spectacle, but about the little nuances that brought it all to life.
I liked his reaction too when Tucker verified. He almost looked terrified as if he could ignore it as potential misinformation until Tucker verified he believed Soval. At that point, the third party both Vulcans and Andorians could, if not trust, at the very least respect, confirmed his worst fears.
It really did play well to Archer and Tucker's character as commanders.
The Andorians were known to be a distrusting species, both in Enterprise and in TOS, always looking to see how the other side might be trying to trick them, just in case.
But Archer and Tucker had been nothing but forthcoming and truthful, even when it hurt their own causes and "allies" that when Tucker said he believed it, Shran instantly realized that Soval might be telling the truth as well.
Shran knew the enterprise was a ship filled with integrity, and that integrity outweighed his distrust of Vulcans.
Called him "pink skin" and Tucker just brushed it off, so clearly Shran was testing just how bad this situation was.
"And you believe him, Pinkskin?!"
"Sure thing Papa Smurf"
tyrese gibson pops up to my mind :D
Great comeback!
"You people are so used to lying, you don't even tell the truth to each other!"
Sounds like a good description of politicians to me.
Both sides have been lying for more then a generation people are now just starting to understand its not a D/R thing anymore they are all dirty. Elections have been an illusion.
🤣🤣 amen
or a cop
I like the way Shran pronounced Commander Tucker's name with the Southern accent. Jeffrey Combs is a brilliant actor, that was a nice touch.
I figure he was just trying to mimic it the way Tucker pronounced it as closely as possible, to be polite.
@@annehaight9963 That's probably it. It's always best to try to pronounce another culture's name the way that they pronounce it.
Kuh mandur Tuhkker. It's sweet.
Plus, it's so much more beautiful than the way non-Southerners say it.
"Commander Tyuuucker"
I love how Shran turns to the humans judgment to make his final decision, you can see the respect he has for them and particularly the Enterprise crew. Love it.
Jeffrey Combs is by far and away the best thing that ever happened to Star Trek. He is a chameleon who managed to play each role a little differently from all his other's. Even his Weyoun character was played differently for each iteration. The man is amazing.
100% agree and personally I think he'd be amazing in a Pery Mason type tv show or something a bit darker.
The level of galactic political chess the Romulans were playing on Vulcans and Andorians was really grand. The level of sophistication in infiltrating the Vulcan high command was nothing but pure genius.
Precisely!
Too bad a bunch of pink skins ruined their plan
All in a failed attempt to destabilize the Alpha Quadrant to allow them to conquer. Instead, from Humans, Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites, would be born their greatest and most enduring opponents.
It backfired spectacularly because it got humans involved (who were too new a player to have bad blood with anyone) and federation was formed.
And unlike every otger power in Alphs quadrant federation is not centered around one culture and has potential to outgrow and absorb others.
I liked DS9 dominion war angle because it really showed that while generally siílomaticnand peaceful it is not a power to be taken lifhtly
@@Turtle1631991I don't think the Romulans ever lived down the fact these weird ape people with inferior spaceships managed to not only defeat them in a major war, but unite their enemies into a friendship club.
I like how he may be rude as hell, Shran clearly respects humans - Tucker vouching for Soval convinced Shran more than Soval's logic.
In that series for all the crap vulcans gave humans, it was humanity that ultimately decided peace between vulcans and andorians.
And began uniting different worlds under a common banner. Thus banishing the vulcans fears that humanity would become an empire buolding conquerer like the Klingons.
The Shran character was always played as somewhat likable and very pragmatic.
Archer earned that respect on behalf of all pinkskins
logic allows you to be wrong with authority
Humans are more like andorians than Vulcans are so it makes them feel more comfortable.
Jeffrey Combs has the Brilliance in playing any character in Star Trek franchise with Grace and force.
he also played a great robotic medic. he now owns the role of rachet
@@kerosoldier I needed that
The dude gives 100% everytime. A great actor.
Star Trek (in it's later incarnations) would not have been such a success without the overwhelming talent of Jeffrey Combs.
Vulcans calling? Ignore.
Humans calling? Well, let's hear them out.
Vulcans are the telemarketers and Humans are somebody who knows them.
@@mattboesch8907 what an elegant way of putting it
I'll give Shran this, he's aware of the fact that Vulcan will be decimated in the war as well. You'd think someone in his position (rightfully so) wouldn't give a damn about his rival's people.
Shran's problem is with the ones holding the guns, not the innocent civilians.
Yeah but who do you think will come and reinforce Vulcan’s battered fleet to be seen as long lost brothers welcomed home again
@@jordanreed3675 *_Eyyyy~._* 😏
To bad that backfired, thanks to the Humans. _Poor Romulan Star Empire. Instead of paving the way for their conquest, they inadvertedly kickstarted their toughest opponent._
My biggest regret is that Enterprise's best ongoing subplot never finished... this scene was one of the many steps showing how the Federation happened. Note, the Andorians did not respond until TRIP speaks up. Shran does NOT trust the Vulcans, but... he does trust Archer and Trip. Humans were the newcomers that got along with most everybody, humanity's entry into interstellar politics got old enemies talking again.... progress made... real peace achieved. Little by little, with steps like these, the Federation was forming. It progresses slowly over the seasons... and gets cut short when the show got cancelled. Too bad, this was the real plot of Enterprise imo.
We need Enterprise back. I loved the crew and Shran.
Julie Marie I agree. Great cast of characters.😀
Julie Marie My favorite Trek series.
sadly its way to late the actors too old to physically reprise their roles
Too late. The cast has aged too much to reprise the show from where it ended.
Thank God for the Andorians.
Vulcan: Humans. So emotional.
*meets Andorian*
Vulcan: Maybe they aren't so bad.
Indeed, thanks for the chuckle 😄
2:59 He's been on the Enterprise so many times he knows which button opens the door.
Damn I have never noticed that.
Probably has his own coffee cup in the galley.
To be fair, it's a pretty intuitive looking panel.
Shran was my favorite character he played
This is Shran after he took 50ccs of tranquilizers.
I like that he wouldn't come out for a Vulcan, but a human (Tucker, one he recognizes, no less) he would.
This Shran character is so underrated, great performance
really nice to see someone actually moving as fast as they should
Man, Shran is one of my favs.
cose66 Agreed. I always looked forward to episodes with Shran in the storyline. You knew it was going to be good.😀
We lost Gary Graham today.😢🙏RIP. He made a helluva Vulcan.
Aw man, he was a really good Vulcan :(
Oh no! I had no idea! 😳😭 RIP GG!
Never cared much about his role as Weyun, but Shran? A very likeable Character!
Das Institut Jeffrey Combes played Wayun with such oily sneakiness that it made it easy to root against him. He can take any role and make it his own. The mark of an accomplished craftsman.🙂👍🏻
He also played Brunt of the FCA.
@@angrodNumenesse also rachet in transformers prime
Shran is a character that I'd want as a permanent member on screen, one of the greatest characters in the whole Star Trek Franchise
Jeffrey Coombs played Weyoun with skill and grace. He is a superb actor.
Of all the species I could see helping Earth during the Romulan wars, it would be the Andorians. Probably why a lot of people say that Shran was supposed to be the first non-human Captain of an Earth Starfleet vessel and also part of the main cast from S5 onwards.
as much as some rail agaisnt Axanar they show this. Andorians more then happy to give earth weapons to help fight the Romulans hence the classic Blue phaser
Saddening that Gary Graham (Soval) passed away. Very talented gentleman.
Met him back in the 2000s.
Always liked Commander Shran. He was brusque and abrasive but he was also honest having honor and integrity.
I often wonder how Starfleet would have been under the guiding hand of the Andorians instead of the Vulcans.
Seat belts would be standard, and when they would open fire they would keep firing until the enemies destroyed instead of taking random pot shots. In other words Starfleet led by Andorians would have a bigger set of balls. LOL
@@LordTimelord I wonder if the Andorians would have held Earth back like the Vulcans did, and if they didn't, what kind of Federation would we have gotten?
@@theindooroutdoorsman Definitely a more "Shock and Awe" Starfleet!
@The Indoor Outdoorsman 1) Enterprise would have left space dock with working weapons, shields, and MACOs. 2) The crew would have combat training. 3) Star Fleet would not have been second guessing themselves through out the entire series. A much more "We're here to explore and by god we're going to explore wither you like it or not." attitude.
@@thomasschulz2167 So basically TNG but with testosterone?
Enterprise became so good with season 4. It was ok til then, but this season is one of the best of all Star Trek!
RIP Gary Graham
To think, if this were filmed in today's world Shran would have certainly gotten his own spin off show. We deserved that, we certainly did deserve that.
"Everybody Loves Shran was filmed before a live studio audience."
@@theevilascotcompany9255 - See, it virtually writes itself!
Great characters all three of them.
R.I.P. Gary Graham (Soval)
Soval took a huge risk in this case he was a vulcan who did what he tought was right
Jeffrey Combs an amazing underrated actor for sure!!!
He was dday in fortress
Shran really is an amazing charcter.
Enterprise had some really cool storylines, underrated show
I loveve Shran, they should make a series about him
Star trek andoria with archer as guest star
2:39 The BGM kicking in as Shran turns with a look of fear. Tucker's backing made that nightmare scenario very real.
2:48 The unsteady camera movement and Shran's hollowed voice as he says he'll need to consult.
Also, a turning point in their relationship. In "Prelude to Axanar", Soval calls Shran "an Andorian acquaintance".
RIP Gary. Glad I met you and Jeffrey.
I'm just sitting here wondering "how the fuck did they get Jeffery combs mouth so blue"
Laffy Taffy
@@NateSean then that is some wicked Laffy taffy
Blueberry pie. Maybe Tripp made some bluberrah piah.
Nothing like gargling Blue #2 to getcha in character.
When I first saw Shran, I thought, "you seem awful familiar. Have we met before?" before realizing that Jeffrey Combs played Wayoun as well. Two very different but also very similar characters.
The music when the ships come out of the nebula is similar to the music used in the game Wolfenstien.
Shran was written really well. Warrior but not a warmonger. He realised immidiately that the war was the worst thing that could happen.
Such a good Trek.
Got damn, that Jeffrey Combs is an incredible talent.
I'll add voice to the chorus by saying that Jeffrey Combs is soooo very good.
Commander Shran is always so angry.
He could play any alien and it would be a new character I would love to watch.
The most impressive part of this episode wasn't this scene, it was the part where Tucker is more than willing to fight the entire Andorian fleet alone to rescue Soval, whom Shran was torturing brutally to try and verify the information about the Vulcan war plans.
IN his moment of needing that last push to decide he turned to a human
Soval: "I have an important message for Commander Shran."
Andorians: "..."
Soval: "I am giving you intelligence. Please respond."
Andorians: "..."
Tucker: "Shran get out here."
Andorians: "TUCKER YOU OLD BASTARD, hows things going?"
Spot on. 😂👌
Shran is REALLY pissed!
I love Shran. He plays it like a character from an Ed Wood movie or the old Buster Crabbe Buck Rogers series.
Most enjoyable character on the show. They really should have created an Andorran spin-off. ;)
yeah, that was an awesome show
I just LOVE me some Star Trek cosmic nebulas, they're all so colorful, dense, and outright opaque, even up close ... so NOTHING like actual cosmic nebulas. Cosmic nebulas actually have a much lower density than our earthly air and would be absolutely invisible to the naked eye up close. No spaceship can hide in them anymore than we can hide in air. However, they're denser than the absolute vacuum of space and very large, which is why we call them nebulas.
Shran is awesome
What a great actor!
1:10 - 1:28 love the camera work. Gives the feel of a documentary, not a stage play.
You know a lot of people say that the federation was founded in the 4th season but I think that moment right there in the monastery was when it happened
Travis even here got only one line: "Sir" in a very dull tone.
Love that the moment Tucker steps into the call Shran immediately picks up. The Vulcan? Almost definitely lying. A Human is vouching for him? Shit must be serious.
Shran: "Do you have...any idea what will happen when the IMPERIAL GUARD RETALIATES? IT WILL BE A DISASTER FOR BOTH OUR WORLDS!"
Shran didn't want war and was smart enough to realize that a war between Andoria and Vulcan would only end in the blood, bones, and tears of both species.
Shran's blue gums are nice attention to detail!
I love how petty Shran is 😅
Shran is my favorite next to Soval :D
The actor who played Commander Shran played many different characters in the Star Trek universe. He has appeared as a Klingon, a Romulan, this Andorian, and many other Star Trek characters in TNG, DS9, Enterprise, and others.
Funny how they responded to the word Enterprise
Tucker always reminded me of a young George W Bush.
Connor Trinneer actually played G.W.B. in the Tom Cruise movie American Made. Blink and you miss him.
Best and most authentic sounding southern accent on television.
@@gohantanaka Bush's accent is fake, he spoke basically like his dad before he ran for high office.
Thank you. I know Tucker seemed familiar, I just did not know who. It really angered me when they killed off Tucker in the last episode of "Enterprise".
What I find interesting about this scene is that when Shran demands to know why Soval is betraying his own people by informing him of the impending invasion, Soval stubbornly adheres to the Vulcan philosophy of logic and come up with a practical response by saying that the Vulcans are counting on the element of surprise, and that meeting resistance would force them to reconsider.
I feel like it would have been good growth for his character to come out and say that it was simply the right thing to do, that he wasn't doing this out of logic, but out of an emotional need to repay the debt that he owed Admiral Forrest for saving his life and as justice for being betrayed by his own government.
His time living on Earth has affected him in more ways than one, and has even changed him for the better. Throughout the course of the show, he went from a politician who toed the party line of the Vulcan High Command to someone who gave tacit support for the Enterprise's mission, and finally defecting from his own people to do the right thing and attempt to stop an unjustified attack on another world.
It would have been nice to see him come out and admit it, rather than adhere to that stubbornness that rivals that of a Tellarite. Logic may have saved the Vulcan people from destruction, but emotions like pride and arrogance still run rampant within their civilization, especially so in the 22nd Century, as we saw in this story arc. Even the Logic Extremists from Star Trek: Discovery were not immune to this.
But if more Vulcans humbled themselves and admitted that sometimes their actions are borne not out of logic, but emotion, they could truly learn to balance emotion and logic. That way, they can still retain some emotion without letting it control them, to help them navigate situations with more nuance than before and make better choices. After all, the logical choice is not always the right one.
Shran was ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF "ENTERPRISE"; A GREAT CHARACTER!
Commander Tucker, I needed that! Jeffery Combs is always a solid win
It's funny to see these Star Wars ads right before a any Star Trek-related video.
The coolest looking ships
Soval didn't betray his people. His government had become corrupt and malevolent. By exposing them as such and preventing an unnecessary and disastrous war, Soval saved his people.
dude SHRAN WAS THE ENTIRE REASON I STUCK IT OUT WATCHING THIS SHOW
Ah, Shran..... ❤🥰❤
I just don't know if I should call him Schrayoun or Weyran. Jeffrey Combs, Master of Aliens.
Shran is also vorta in DS 9
And an MMA announcer on Voyager.
He also played the shady Ferengi, Zek.
Leslie Anderson Actually he played Brunt. Zek was played by Wallace Shawn.
angrodNumenesse You are right. I stand corrected. Grand Nagus Zek was Wallace Shawn, another great actor. Don’t know why I get Brunt and Zek confused.😜
@@MrAndyBearJr That's what you get when you go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line.
Shran rules.
Soval...one of the good ones.
God I love this scene. The blocking is a little wonky, but everything else about it rules.
Can't get enough shran! Everyone that plays an andorian after him is only aping his portarayal
Well, that went well.
I want more Andorians in the series
Star trek TV series Andoria crisis and conflicts
Enterprise was cancelled too soon. Shran was awesome
One of the best seasons of Trek, period. I sound like a broken record but it's really a shame enterprise was not allowed to continue under manny cotos expert leadership.
I liked most of enterprise, i just hope they get there shit straight with season 2 of discovery
After rewatching this series I’m convinced that Shran missed his calling as a stoner in the hospitality business.
I know it has been pointed out a million times, but why would an Andorian call a human "pink skin"? The Vulcans have the same skin colour, and the Andorians met them first. They would therefore have to call the Vulcans pink skins, and then, as the humans showed, come up with a new clever nickname, like "noobs" or something.
Maybe Andorians being what they are, calling Archer "pinkskin" is their version of being friendly. While they detest Vulcans and would not grant them such courtesy.
The Vulcan have comparatively green skins
This show had so much potential. They should have cancelled the execrable Voyager and kept this. 7/9 could have fallen into an interphasic temporal anomaly and ended up in Enterprise. The more hotties the better.
You know what's good about Star Trek Enterprise? Jeffrey Combs. You know what's bad? Literally everything else.
See also the late Gary Graham. Growing up seeing him as Sikes on Alien Nation, and them him playing the very NOT like Sikes Soval....
I personally prefer the Andorrians humanity has more in common with them than with the Vulcans! Vulcans claim to be unemotional but they're arrogant and competitive!
Michael is there… and the ohter alien look a little like Wraith.
Can we get another series with Shran as the captain of Enterprise, and Tucker as the XO?
Thanks. That would be great.
"Captain, there's a mysterious ship drifting in space and everyone in it is dead. What should we do?"
"Blow it up."
"But Captain, shouldn't we beam aboard and explore it at the cost of a few lives of low-ranking crewmen to some weird alien phenomenon?"
"Nope. Blow it up."
Aggressive adversarial and a whole lot of fun typical Commander shran.
Was the Jeffrey's tube named after Jeffrey Combs? 😁
No, the Jefferies tube nomenclature came in the original series as a nod to Matt Jefferies. Jefferies was the design artist for the series who first thought of the tubes as crawlways or access tunnels to get from one maintenance area to another. See Memory Alpha for details.
What up my fellow Pink Skins!
You know despite being similar shades he calls humans 'pinkskins' but not the vulcans. I wonder if this is shran protecting himself in a weird way. Like he got close to another species that got whipped out so now he calls new species something like 'pink skins' till he's sure they aren't going to get obliterated.
I think it became a term of enderment for him
@@Revkor oh obviously it evolved into that but why did it start is my question.
I doubt anyone will reply to this, but what series is this even from? I like that everything seems so much older and I'm guessing is near the start of the Federation and it almost seems like something I would like to watch the whole series of
It's from Star Trek Enterprise. Underrated, canceled too soon.
ALWAYS Pink Skin; NEVER Human!