Commander T'Pol Kiss Commander Tucker

Star Trek Enterprise Season 4 Episode 17 Bound

[@cytorakdemon]

By far my favorite romantic couple in Star Trek. They deserved so much better than what they got in the finale. Absolutely criminal.

[@SantomPh]

someone squealed they had to protect the precious Spock being the first human-Vulcan child thing. This entire thing could have been off the record and a "hidden gem" in Trek history but nooo....we had to get boring Sarek and Amanda instead.

[@naitsoredad9213]

If it gives you comfort, in the novels they end up together.

[@cytorakdemon]

@@naitsoredad9213 I found that out a couple of weeks ago while window shopping for Star Trek books. It was the highlight of my day.

[@darthtripedacus1]

@@naitsoredad9213 I hope they keep the rise of the federation series going. It's damn good storytelling

[@massivemagoo]

@@naitsoredad9213 how. He died in the finale

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

things are serious when Vulcan calls someone by his nickname

[@jkta97]

Just like when Spock would call Kirk "Jim."

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

@@jkta97 Technically Spock was calling him by his first name not nickname. If he had said Jimmy or Jimbob. Trip is a nickname.

[@thepropagandastudiosbrigs0927]

​@Mike Wilson-Barrett Jim is aa much a nickname for James as being the shortened version... so technically he is being serious

[@Bobo-ox7fj]

@@MikeWilsonBarrett He's whacked, Jimbob.

[@3putt548]

I love Jolene Blalock’s facial expressions as T’Pol. They are perfect every time, no matter what scene it is.

[@jonathanleslie9100]

Excellent directing. We, the audience are begging in our heads to see her smile, but it never happens. LIke a good strip-tease, always great but still leaving you wanting more.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

She did a smirk with her lips when she Nerve pinched that Ferengi in Engineering. I think she liked belittling that space pirate! And look at the way she practically skipped behind Trip when they left the room! I think she was just glad to get away from that Ferengi creep; maybe she forgot to apply her nasal nummer.

[@richardcreurer2935]

🤦‍♂️😂😂😂 I loved this scene!

[@richtea615]

Riker had a holoprogram featuring Trip because he wanted to study from a master.

[@freelanceryuu]

TRUTH.

[@davidcarrasco118]

BOOM !!!!

[@SteveWithers]

Lol. Master Trip. About 12yo. That fits.

[@YesName_2.0]

Spolier for these are th e voyagers Then riker killed him off because he was jealous

[@greggstrasser5791]

Florida Man.

[@MedalionDS9]

So it seems... the best ship in Enterprise wasn't Enterprise... it was these two :P

[@Chase0420]

Well played Sir. Well played.

[@quitequiet5281]

LOL

[@freelanceryuu]

TRUTH.

[@Geth7777]

Nah, best ship is Shran and Archer

[@MedalionDS9]

@@Geth7777 Sharcher? Archran?

[@jackdubz4247]

Trip did not die. He and T'Pol lived a long life together and had lots of cute babies. The end.

[@VersinKettorix]

Pointy-eared, green-blooded little demons, you mean! Whoa, sorry. That was my Dr. McCoy syndrome kicking in there for a minute.

[@lazaruslazuli6130]

@@VersinKettorix I believe Bones referred to Spock as a 'hob-goblin'.

[@eliciabonnie]

I live in that belief too. I never watched the last episode of Enterprise. Even Jolene said they should have gotten together and she regretted they didn't do it

[@dobermanpac1064]

T’ pol was a most interesting Vulcan. Spock would be proud.

[@mrz80]

This interplay ranks right up there with "Emotional, is she not?" "She has always been thus" "Why DID you marry her?" "At the time, it seemed the logical thing to do." :D

[@mrz80]

@@michaelcochran5005 No, that was T'Pau, not T'Pol. "All of Vulcan in one package," Kirk described her.

[@michaelcochran5005]

@@mrz80 I stand corrected. Thnx.

[@J.Wolf90]

What about tuvok?

[@rustyshackleford9588]

Fascinating.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Her subtle expressions were so perfect. Such a good show. I really think they did it dirty in the end. T'pol and Trip were such a fantastic, if unlikely couple.

[@williamr1088]

I was waiting for Trip to say "I love you." and T'Pol respond "I know."

[@eyo8766]

Trip: "I love you" T'pol: "Fck off"

[@xokelis0015]

If you say "I love you to a woman", and she responds with, "I know", you're not her first choice...

[@ariarc]

The nuances of her facial gestures and head movements in the final seconds. Aww! Touching.

[@aquamarine99911]

You can't play a Vulcan unless you can raise that eyebrow.

[@VintageMusic729]

They need to bring back Enterprise!!!

[@chrisloesch1870]

It's too late although i wished it would happen. Been over 15 years now.

[@tomf3150]

- Emotional ? - Always been. - Why did you kiss him ? - At the time it was the logical thing to do.

[@davidcarrasco118]

Trip really had her ..............."Trip'n".

[@mathewfamer8183]

Trip has some game. Well played.

[@pablomax9376]

I'm not going to say that she is the only reason I watched every episode... but she is definitely the reason.

[@musicglow920]

Same for me with Trip... 😍

[@alpha7ization]

Same

[@UmbraFulgur]

@@jjuammmmm, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IAreSmeegoo]

@@musicglow920 He is a recurring character in Stargate: Atlantis, he's quite good in that also.

[@xokelis0015]

@@musicglow920 He could play an amazing young George W. Bush. Similar though handsomer face, exact same accent. He could easily pull it off.

[@Fermion.]

Love how he left T'Pol "feeling" at the end. Seems like she was processing being perplexed, aroused, impressed, and annoyed, all simultaneously. This is the moment Trip was promoted to Chadmaster of Star Trek.

[@chrisloesch1870]

Yeah that was interesting but understandable considering the roller coaster ride she had just taken him on the previous episodes. She never truly relayed her intentions with him clearly and had led him on (to a point) before marrying Koss in an earlier episode. He was basically resetting the relationship to where it could potentially progress again (she had divorced her husband by this episode). what he did was make her state her intentions clearly and earn it (also understandable).

[@mrz80]

That series of facial expressions and eyebrow twitches across T'Pol's face at the end of the scene are great. "Mayday! Mayday! I've lost helm control of my emotions!"

[@ephemispriest8069]

That's a good breakdown of the journey her face was making. He was stimulating in all the ways a Vulcan would desire.

[@elrikard7909]

Jolene Blalock was sooo good. I avoided the show when it came out as I thought she was just there for looks- the Vulcan Supermodel. That might have been the point, but she did a fantastic job- as T'Pol grew.

[@PyroJohn19]

She also experimented with that drug in the delphic expanse that eliminate her emotional control.

[@veleriphon]

Trip kept her on her toes just enough to keep the mystery. It would have been nice to see the continuation.

[@phillipgathright8001]

Remember: Vulcans DO have emotions; they just suppress them most of the time. And the pon farr is a side effect of repressing their sexual desires. I imagine if Tripol had lasted, she would not have experienced the mating "urge" as often.

[@darriuscole8544]

I always thought that it was only the Vulcan males who went into pon farr. When T'Pol mentioned going into pon farr I dismissed it as plot stupidity and non canon as it would be logically nigh-impossible for both males and females to have a pon farr cycle.

[@jedsithor]

@@darriuscole8544 Why? Both males and females suppress their emotions and biological urges. Vulcans as a species are highly emotional beings to the point where they become volatile, irrational and violent. They lack natural impulse control. Logic gave them a way to control themselves but all those emotions are still there, buried deep. It makes perfect sense that females would experience similar side effects to males. I suppose Vulcan women could have a greater degree of self control than men or maybe a longer cycle

[@lisashakesby]

@@jedsithor T' Pol is in love with Trip he makes her feel sexy and beautiful and sensual so of course she wants him back they are bonded he says the thing between them is not that big of a deal he is wrong to her a Vulcan it's a massive deal to share her emotions and body with anyone but especially a human male Vulcan's are intensely passionate so she need him his kiss his touch his love because he is he mate so nobody else is the same for her.

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

@@darriuscole8544 Nah. Torres went through the same.

[@darriuscole8544]

@@MikeWilsonBarrett - Torres was a half-Klingon

[@sy2see]

Interesting. I love what the writers have done for Tripp’s character.

[@redengineer4380]

And then they blew it with the last episode.

[@AllenBarclayAllen]

I would too she's Maga Cute.!

[@shmuli9]

Yep. And the T'Pol character also was fleshed out.

[@wingzero7X]

red engineer oh the last episode? Oh that never happened, retcon it never happened

[@shmuli9]

@@wingzero7X There were a LOT of "retcons" in "Enterprise". Still, it is my fave show in the franchise. One thing I liked was showing how Vulcans could be rather petty (though, of course by "logic" - heh heh), and not the "unemotional" folk that people normally think of.

[@oldtimerf7602]

That woman was absolute perfection.

[@jorgesolis7891]

But she shaves her under armpits nd pharts like my grandpa....

[@malikhedir5586]

I've been waiting for this scene for three years, I love Star Trek Enterprise so much ❤️ ♥ ️❤️

[@johnstarr2326]

🤔😂😂👍

[@megadk93]

I love her face expression at the end. First she was like "damn, he fooled me", but then she was like "but at least, he's back" :D

[@socksumi]

It takes skill to charm a Vulcan female. Trip has that skill.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

I'm sure T'Pol hated being the victim of all their jokes-if she knew or cared-but I get the feeling she enjoyed playing her own jokes on them.

[@VoidFyre]

The look on her face, when he said he already asked to transfer back. Was like a dear in headlights, and the look of oh shit I played myself.

[@GUNVALKERIE]

That scene is one of my favorites 😁😁😁😁😁

[@jorgesolis7891]

Like a boss...

[@ct0760]

He is so playing her like a violin lol

[@chrisloesch1870]

it's understandable considering how much she played him in the previous episodes. he made her earn it.

[@RCaIabraro]

Tripp: "You are a very persuasive Vulcan."

[@mattevans4377]

When you spend so long around humans, you pick up a few habits.....

[@entertainment-knone9344]

Trip and T'Pol were made for each other. I loved the expression on T'Pol's face. "He's a real good kisser; I got him wrapped around my little finger. I really love that human". ehehe

[@chrisloesch1870]

yeah they were. The loved each other dearly.

[@mikeyoung9810]

@@chrisloesch1870 agree. Their relationship always reminds me of a love I lost so here I am watching this scene again.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

I've never been one for the whole 'shipping' thing with fictional characters but Trip and T'Pol were a wonderful pairing and it's such a shame their story did not end as it deserved.

[@MikMoen]

It would've been icing if T'Pol said "Fascinating" under her breath at the end.

[@Sandhill1988]

No it would have been the icing on the cake if she said come to my quarters.

[@bobwhite2754]

@@Sandhill1988 I was thinking more along the lines of icing in the cake.

[@russells.3864]

Blalock is an absolutely beautiful woman, and played the Vulcan role of T'Pol very well. Jesus help us all!

[@pdeforest]

Their chemistry was great. And funny.

[@polthomaskeeley7860]

Smoking hot. Those eyes and subtle expressions. Incredibly affectionate under the surface. Reservoir of feelings. Brief yet so touching. T'Pol was something else. I never saw this Star Trek but learned about T'Pol & Trip. What chemistry.

[@myfavoritemartian1]

T'Pol could emote so well with only that left eye brow.

[@lindaseel9986]

If this isn't a Princess Leia and Han Solo moment.

[@stevefelten1197]

7 of 9 and T'Pol were my favorite charecter development stories seeing both charecter accept emotion as it is, and we all know that T'Pol has been officially identified as half Romulan.

[@myfavoritemartian1]

I view that as a preemptive strike. He rebuffed her before she could do it to him. It shows the depth of both of their feelings. A pair like this doesn't come along very often.

[@Macleodking]

I think she deserved it. She'd been playing with his feelings for far too long on the series.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Picking up some of Trip's bad habits. Well Trip and T'Pol do have a psychic mating bond so that is natural.

[@Pondjumper1]

T’Pol was so damn gorgeous.

[@karlgreene2177]

It was so lovely when she kissed him!

[@mathewfranco3211]

The needs of the two out way the needs of the one 😘

[@CaptainSovereign]

Where no man's has GONE before!

[@thebigguy8336]

No emotions my a$$! 😂😂

[@Jessica-si5wo]

This scene made me cry so beautifull

[@joewebb4495]

If Trip already told Captain Hernandez, he wanted to transfer back to Enterprise after T’pol said she wanted him to come back, that would probably be called Trip “pulling a fast one”

[@annagalati34]

I wish they ended up together and I hated that they killed him off. The finale was ridiculous . They should have never cancelled this show.

[@tempasmith3445]

If there had been a 5th season he would have lived

[@jackdubz4247]

Terra Prime was a great series finale.

[@HawkGTboy]

Sadly, the ratings were abysmal. Canceling the show was a business decision that had to be made.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@@HawkGTboy, The fully expressed ratings weren't nearly as bad as the old school metrics (that were just beginning to be supplemented by data from other platforms and formats) indicated. That pos Moonves pounced on the obvious, to get rid of a franchise he loathed. There was precious little that demanded the cancellation, from a business perspective (or any other).

[@chrisloesch1870]

@@HawkGTboy Well really the ratings weren't abysmal the viewership was, big difference. The problem with viewership was UPN, Paramount, CBS (i always get confused as to what entity it was during that time period) fault as they put the show on a network that didn't have nationwide syndication and they kept sliding it back further and further until it was in the "death time slot" which caused viewship to plummet in later seasons. Kinda like what happened to TOS. The ratings actually went up significantly in seasons 3 and 4. Had a season 5 happened it would have gotten even better with Coto at the helm who made significant improvements in season 3 but especially season 4. Once Berman and Braga were mostly relieved we started seeing much better stories. Actually at the conclusion of season 4 Enterprise was getting consistently higher fan ratings than Voyager in it's 7 seasons, which was a monumental turn around. I do agree though that Leslie Moonves was an absolute IDIOT! He cancelled the franchise because he hated it from the moment he joined CBS. Guy single handedly destroyed Enterprise because he "didn't like the concept of the show."

[@Branfaol1]

Underrated character and actress

[@sledgehammerm29]

I watched this show every night and Sam never did leap! When he finally did leap he wound up in New Orleans and never leaped from there either!

[@donaldcoupez9555]

That was really nice, as someone also said, the best couple in all of the Star Trek series. Broke my freaking heart when Trip died.

[@JMyoutube1]

Trip is such a Stud for the way he handled T Pol.

[@layersofpoliticaljokes5337]

*Holy Shit* dude charmed a fucken vulcan and made em express their emotions. Fucking *C h a d*

[@filippofittipaldi8050]

Trip playing mind games with a Vulcan - and winning! That's some serious sh*t. 😮

[@nithionvanlithe9369]

Why are these old series SO good!?

[@peterpidrak9501]

With his death I just know there is a T’rip running around solving problems and their mom taught him to the to think outside the box.

[@johnponsonby2574]

I think a thing between T'Pol and Cdr. Tucker is outstanding!

[@Trusteft]

Still my second favorite Star Trek series after TNG. Such a shame we never got another Star Trek series after Enterprise.

[@Clonest]

well actually..........

[@chrisloesch1870]

@@Clonest i think he meant quality series after Enterprise. Discover and Picard are terrible. Awful writing.

[@Clonest]

@@chrisloesch1870 well the newest one would seem they've finally learned from past mistakes 😏

[@chrisloesch1870]

@@Clonest hopefully

[@mikeyoung9810]

@@chrisloesch1870 Discover was ok but it was never ST to me. Picard's last season was very good (writing included) but lost a bit in the last episode. Strange new worlds just annoys me although some of the stories have been decent.

[@Judah_Katzenberger]

This show had the best character development. It breaks my heart it was cut so short.

[@DokkaChapman]

right at the end I like to think T'Pol is counting in her head how many days before Pon Farr.

[@rogerguo8352]

loooooooooooool

[@greeksalad4783]

T'Pol actually kissed a human and no mere human but she kissed Trip! 😁😆🤣

[@Eddie-ym1vq]

T'Pol was her hottest in the mirror universe 🔥🔥🔥

[@leftcoaster67]

She was pretty hot period.

[@centurion2275]

Even more Beautiful with her long hair down

[@reginaldshort8486]

For 1 brief moment Trip had a Solo/Kirk moment.

[@NWCountryGirl17]

I love T'pol End of a WEIRD Episode and she's still call cool and Like "Got my spaceship, got my boys" Archer "We are Not her boys" Trip and Reed "Yeah we are" Archer "yeah we are"

[@nuclearwinter391]

Damn my mans got game.

[@rubiks6]

T'Pol got played, but that's a good thing.

[@starshipcaptain4753]

T'Pol and Seven on the same crew would be awesome. Who is smarter and who is more beautiful?

[@agm8554]

I think it's a tie for both.

[@deansmith9914]

TRIP.. say one more word of that gibberish, and i'm going to split you into two!.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.. the episode where Trip got over.. 😊😊

[@josephmassaro]

While I did enjoy the Tucker/T'Pol romance, the writers could have handled it better. They always made T'Pol too human and tried to retroactively explain it three seasons later. And the Vulcan "massage" angle was absolutely cringe worthy. I would have preferred that she was instructing him in meditation to deal with his sister's death and an inadvertent mind meld/mental bond occurred. It would have justified more intimate contact and been more...Vulcan.

[@Pygar2]

You didn't see Phloxx was playing Cupid?

[@MikinessAnalog]

I am not American (Japanese) but that swath / rake across Florida hit me hard. People going about their day just instantly vaporized.

[@bleirdo_dude]

@@MikinessAnalog Are you inferring an analogy?

[@tonydinkel]

While I agree with you completely, it was acceptably written. We should be happy with what we got.

[@gabelogan5877]

The whole point of the Vulcan “massages” weren’t about character exploration but to show some T&A to boost ratings. Perhaps you forgotten TPol disrobing and showing her NSFW backside that had to be censor in rebroadcasts.

[@144Donn]

T'Pol is a GREAT Vulcan!

[@gregwarner3753]

In another universe she is a stunning elf. Good clip.

[@matismf]

Trip wants to play "hide the sausage!"

[@twe9043]

Vulcans don't eat meat...

[@trevorregay9283]

This woman makes the perfect Vulcan......incredible.......

[@GREGHIGGS1]

I love this scene!

[@davidtorre7370]

Trip was the only one who could resist those green Orion slave girls.

[@Caseytify]

The look on T'Pols face when they're talking about jokes... 😅

[@davidwayne9982]

I LOVED Enterprise... thought it was the BEST one actually.. and loved the theme too.. The way they had these two playing was PERFECT....

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Imagine T'Pol as a standup comedian😁.

[@Chase0420]

FINALLY!!!

[@thegeneralmitch]

T'Pol is just Raven from Teen Titans in the Star Trek universe. xD

[@skynetprime82]

Don't get me wrong T'pol was a cutie and all but I was always more attracted to hoshi

[@k.t.1641]

Yeah she was bad. My favorite strangely is that andorian chick Shran was engaged too. Then she died.... Andorian women in general are very attractive to me however. Is that weird? 😆

[@skynetprime82]

@@k.t.1641 You like who you like, I can respect that

[@sdingeswho]

Agreed! T’Pol was major-league hot, but Hoshi was a river of molten lava 🌋, and brilliant and *funny*, too! Favorite Enterprise ep: “Vanishing Point”, which shows Hoshi in all her glory (and, implied, in her altogether, in the shower).

[@smrtnz5995]

T’pol light my afterburner, take me to Warp, Cap’n I believe I’m trailing Plasma from my starboard nacelle.

[@chungkingexpress94]

Best couple in fiction

[@ephemispriest8069]

It is logical to pursue him. He challenges and arouses her.

[@riogrande5761]

Too bad one of the network execs hated Star Trek and gave this series the axe - it could have gone several more seasons and it was just getting really good.

[@SignoftheMagi]

It was a bit more than that. Enterprise suffered from poor ratings and viewership on its entire run. There were budget issues throughout the show, some personality conflicts, and of course Braga being a complete misogynist (He was the one behind the decon room idea, for the sole purpose of getting Jolee in her underwear smearing gel over people's bodies.)

[@riogrande5761]

@@SignoftheMagi I didn't know that but it wasn't lost on me the sensual nature of that scene. Sill, as an old school Star Trek fan, I was enjoying Enterprise and it got better with time. I'd like to have seen it go for a couple more seasons.

[@nickwride2023]

The greatest romance in all of Star Trek.

[@Sliferzero]

That Good Show and that Good Couple my friends. Thanks.

[@mrz80]

"There it is again!" :D

[@ginjacky507]

Gotta say, Sass is an emotion, hehehe correct

[@javierbookshadowscontribut6223]

a kiss!!!!!!!!! lucky guy

[@gerrymorin9507]

Beautiful woman jolene

[@thomasvinelli]

Killing off trip was a big mistake. In fact killing this show was a big mistake. With all the Star Trek going on now why not get this crew back together and at least do a limited series and see how it goes. And as always in sci fi they could bring back Trip. Compared now with the shows going on now Enterprise looks real good.

[@hawkeye5955]

I think they could have covered the Earth-Romulan War instead of the Xindi and temporal cold war.

[@img00]

@Projekt Kobra I agree with one exception. Lower Decks has actually turned out very good. Not laugh out loud funny but it continues the TNG era canon and callbacks in a far better way than the mess that is Discovery or Picard

[@jackdubz4247]

@Projekt Kobra Eh? When did that happen? Ever?

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

Honestly with the direction Paramount have taken Trek. I don't think bringing ENT back would fit within it anymore as much as I would like it back and as much as I would like them to correct the ending. Outside cameos in other roles and/or a brief passing as same characters somehow I don't think it would work. The new Treks are set after Voyager (excluding Discovery up until S3) ENT is a prequel to the original series so ENT is the 22/23rd century. The rest are 24th and beyond.

[@chrisloesch1870]

@@MikeWilsonBarrett the real problem would be the cinematography and writing. If Coto was brought back into write that would make it acceptable but like him or hate him Berman was an award winning producer and his closeup shots of characters was epic. Nobody can touch his abilities there and a new producer doing the still shots would make the scenes look strange compared to the original ENT series. At one point in season 4 they experimented with some different techniques and it just felt wayyyy off compared to the rest of the series. Part of it had to do with the fact that season 4 was rushed as they kinda knew a cancellation was looming but it also had to do with Coto experimenting with different camera angles and approaches to filming.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

Trip Tucker's girlfriend could mind meld him and read what he is thinking. 😂

[@fishertheadore6095]

Tucker is tha *Ultimate Chad,* Riker would be *Proud.*

[@tjb50cal]

it should have been explored more.....they should have had more future children......since it was possible with other such as spock...

[@boriquaelrey7129]

Enterprise became my favorite Star Trek series. T’Pol and Trip grounded the series and made it more relatable. I really miss this show.

[@lucaandreacolombo2710]

The way they ended this beautiful show and on particular their relationship was so disappointing that it took a long time to watch any ST series again

[@Glitch_Gaming]

Everything all dandy untill she hits the Pon farr and the you won't be walking so good Trip.

[@beepthemeep12]

This episode should have ended after the sickbay scene. Not because I don't like tpol/trip but because the sickbay scene has a massive end of a TOS episode vibe.

[@nashshaffer6235]

Logic said to get Trip back he needed to be kissed

[@marytheresaburns4728]

You can just imagine the smile on Trips face as he walked away, I bet he was feeling pretty smug.

[@Loosehead]

She has that Roger Moore/Dwayne Johnson eyebrow acting off pat now.