Cold Station 12

Dr. Soong heads to Cold Station 12 in the Bird of Prey with the Augments to get more embryos. Meanwhile, without any lead, the Enterprise travels to the place where the Augments were raised and they find Smike, who was left behind due to his inferior abilities. Dr. Soong and the Augments lure the security of the station and imprison and torture the scientists trying to force their leader Dr. Jeremy Lucas to disclose the security code to access the embryos. Malik has frictions with his "father" Dr. Soong in the dispute of the leadership of the Augments. Archer, Dr. Phlox and a small crew are beamed to the station to rescue the prisoners and the tension between humans and Augments increases; then the evil Malik releases lethal pathogens in the station.

"Cold Station 12" is a great sequel of "Borderland". The ambitious and cruel Malik confronts the order of the dreamer Dr. Soong that actually wants a pacific life with the Augments. Captain Archer will certainly have great difficulties to defeat such powerful enemy. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Estação Polar 12" ("Polar Station 12")

Dr. Soong has to find those embryos, to put more of these awful kids into play. By now he should be realizing that he is starting to fall out of the equation. The leader of the augments is psychotic, enjoying what he is doing to people. He is doubting Soong and the others are getting nervous. He kills one of the men in the facility where the embryos are being stored in the most hideous way. They need a code and are trying to extort information from the head of the facility. They will stop at nothing. These guys are really great villains because they have no redeeming qualities. They aren't content to just get their way; they must inflict unnecessary violence. Good episode but incredibly violent.

The above quote is from Dr. Evil in the first Austin Powers movie. It's appropriate because this was funny in a comedy...it is NOT good when it's in a sci-fi drama like "Star Trek: Enterprise! This is the reason I see this as a particularly weak episode.

This is a follow-up to the prior episode where Dr. Soong has created a group of augments--humans with heightened physical and intellectual powers but lacking in conscience. In the previous one, Captain Archer STUPIDLY allowed Soong to escape custody (a major weakness in this first episode). Now in part two, Soong and his 'children' (the augments) go in search of a veritable army of augments Soong wishes to incubate. To do this, they take over a medical research station. Archer and his crew arrive but seem pathetically unable to stop them--again because Archer behaves like a wienie.

When the episode begins, the completely amoral and nasty leader of the augments has every reason to kill Archer. However, instead of just phasering his face (and he IS holding a phaser), he gives it to his bud and begins fighting with Archer. What a dumb cliché! Again, however, he could have just squished Archer's head. Instead, he beats him up and leaves him with SOME chance of escape...like Dr. Evil!! All in all this show has too many clichés and weak plot elements--and it SHOULD have been much better given the idea.

Star Trek: Enterprise's Augments trilogy is a highlight in the many episodes of Star Trek. The three Episodes "Boarderland", "Cold Station 12" and "The Augments" are among my all-time favorites. The trilogy combines 2 elements of lore that fans will love: The Eugenics Wars and Brent Spiner. Spiner steals the show in all three episodes. Basic plot of this episode: With Aurik Soong (Brent Spiner) now allied with the Augments he helped create, can the crew of the STARSHIP ENTERPRISE save the day before war with the Klingon Empire becomes inevitable? And to what lengths will Soong go to save his "children"?

If you're new to Star Trek, definitely catch this trilogy first

Normally I'm a big fan of this Star Trek, and let me be clear, my issue here is with the guest stars. The writing, and even more so, their acting (the "augments") is so cheesy and over the top, it's like a bad Dr. Who episode.