UPN News Previews 'The Expanse'

By Caillan
May 16, 2003 - 12:45 AM

See Also: 'The Expanse' Episode Guide

'Enterprise' season finale feature - copyright UPN UPN's New York affiliate station, WWOR UPN 9, Wednesday night ran a story on Enterprise's season finale, "The Expanse".

Reporter Pat Collins provided an overview of the episode, in which a probe, launched by an alien species known as the Xindi, attacks Earth, killing seven million people. The story briefly detailed Enterprise's mission into the Delphic Expanse and also included some comments from star Scott Bakula (Captain Archer) on the changes to the series and his character.

The clip is available for download online from the Starfleet Library. For those of you with slower connections, here's a transcript:

ENTERPRISE IS DRAMATICALLY CHANGING COURSE BEGINNING WITH NEXT WEEK'S SEASON FINALE: [Enterprise flies through space.]; [Close-up of Captain Archer on the bridge.]; Archer: "Open a channel".
SEVEN MILLION EARTHLINGS ARE KILLED; A NEW ALIEN ENEMY RACE IS INTRODUCED; THE CREW IS DISPATCHED TO THE DANGEROUS DELPHIC EXPANSE: [Text: 'Enterprise Season Finale - Wednesday May 21st - 8 p.m.']; [A series of bullet points flash up onto the screen on top of an Enterprise graphic.]; [1. Seven Million Killed]; [2. New Alien Enemy]; [3. Crew to Delphic Expanse]
T'POL WILL GIVE UP HER VULCAN COMMISSION: [Blue flash.]; [T'Pol enters the captain's ready room and begins talking.]
AND THE CAPTAIN - HE'LL CHANGE TOO: [Archer walks across the bridge.]; [Enterprise fires on a Klingon warship, which explodes.]; Scott Bakula (off-screen): "His guard is definitely going to be up..."; [Dissolve to Scott Bakula talking directly to the camera.]; Scott Bakula: "...the idea of this peaceful exploration that we took off with is changed forever."; [Cut to shot of Captain Archer walking off the bridge.]
THE EPIC DISASTER FINALE SETS UP AN ALL-NEW ENTERPRISE FOR SEASON THREE: [Enterprise flies at warp.]