Star Trek Enterprise: T'Pol's Vocal Fry

[@bradameerbeg2154]

This was the calmest beginning to the most emotionally charged and tense episode…

[@dellytancyl524]

agreed

[@AngelofDeath1431]

And, she is correct and honest in her statement that she's not qualified to speak/write about someone else's relative, whomever that may be. It also shows she knows her place.

[@zippityzop]

She's the only one on the crew who would be able to give as close to an unbiased opinion as you could get.

[@AzguardMike]

except on the possibility of time travel because "the Vulcan science commity has determined its impossible" even when going back to the 21st century, its still "impossible"

[@melomane2010]

Hmm. I would say otherwise. I think T'Pol is obsessed with humans and despite all of her efforts to conceal this infatuation she always comes through for us 😊

[@virginiaconnor8350]

'I'll be happy to." Isn't that what Koss told T'Pol. Love the sarcasm, my Vulcan friends.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Happiness is an emotion, T'Pol.

[@armorer94]

It was the first season. Perhaps the writers hadn't gotten the hang of writing Vulcan characters yet.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@armorer94 In season 1 it does seem a bit silly for her to fall prey to colloquialisms like that

[@r0bw00d]

Yes it is. What's your point? It's not like T'pol underwent Kolinahr.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@InfernosReaper That's what you get from hanging around humans-and trying to fit in with them.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@r0bw00d Her mother later said "she had her emotions buried beneath the surface".

[@blairbrown4812]

I am prepared to bet any amount of money that I don't have that T'Pol was there on that fateful day when a young Jonathan Archer and his father tested that remote controlled spaceship. And has kept a close eye on him ever since.

[@tumbles8350]

She was in the bushes with some binoculars 🤣

[@procyon6370]

This was a great episode, with a very TOS-like premise. One of the best in season 2.

[@OneofInfinity.]

It was a funny episode, "Reed Alert" was born. 🤣

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Not too far from Red Alert.

[@richardwani2803]

Red alarm is better in lower decks

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Archer does not seem to be thrilled by Hoshi's taking over the kitchen.

[@chuckadams4400]

She can whisper in my ear any time.

[@jamesmartin9401]

"I'd be happy to?" Continuity missed that one.

[@StorminNorvin]

0:01 Paused to read, LOL!

[@xtreem]

Done the same

[@Locutus494]

Same here; even found the typo in the last paragraph! 🤣

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

@@Locutus494 I didn't find the typo too distracting, but to each his won, I guess.

[@Locutus494]

@@anonymousaccordionist3326 🤣😂

[@tumbles8350]

"and he would use his OWN (not won) parameter set" you would think they would at least give it a quick skim to check the spelling

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

Maybe they meant the parameter set was hard won?

[@diegorhoenisch62]

Well spotted. I wonder if perhaps this scene was filmed early in the morning, or very late at night. Cheers, Alan Tomlinson

[@virginiaconnor8350]

'Singularity'

[@JFinSD2]

A couple of other people who have responded are also confused by the "Vocal Fry" in the clip title.

[@pepperVenge]

I guess "I'd be Happy to" is just a figure of speech she's picked up.

[@ninboy01]

Sign of her becoming ingrained with the crew, using language that feels familiar to them.

[@aaronc4899]

My theory is that people use vocal fry because of the subdued masculinity it portrays. That includes both women and men.

[@chrisloesch1870]

vocal fry? Anyone notice how her looks changes from season 1 to 2

[@dmanc85]

Her eyebrows became more Vulcan and her eyes were wider.

[@chrisloesch1870]

@@dmanc85 yeah I read that after season 1 she wanted her eyebrows to look more Vulcan and talked to the makeup artists and producer to change it. Early on they were trying to avoid having her shave her eyebrows constantly which most people including Nimoy did not like to do. In season 3 she finally settled on the final eyebrow look which was the best but for a while they tried concealing her real brows with makeup which didn’t always work especially with all of closeup scenes with Trip

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@chrisloesch1870 I like the changes from season to season. I think a single music-unsung-and a different intro video each season (5-7) showing the chrs. would have been better than that one seen in seasons 1-4.

[@dellytancyl524]

she hated for s1 make-up so her and her makeup artist decided to make changes without clearing it with the show runners first. and she looked a lot better too

[@rogerjenkinson7979]

Someone else playing Jolene's part and most of us never noticed?!! Weird.

[@PhilosopherGaming]

Now that I think of it, did we ever see chef? 🤷‍♂️😅

[@zuki1899]

Riker posed as chef in the final episode. Other than that no we never saw him

[@frankieelder3210]

I always kinda hoped he was like Buckman on Down Periscope…..lol!

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

There was one moment where you see him from the waist down with his hands reaching into view. It was during one of the times they had to camp out in the nacelles to survive. Chef leans over a railing to hand two of the characters (I think maybe Trip and Travis?) the meals he had prepared.

[@andrewchung7123]

I heard they were trying to find a way to incorporate William Shatner into the show, and one idea was to give Shatner the role of Chef.

[@Pokemc0831]

It is an easy problem to solve, use a bigger sheet of paper

[@robertsilva8097]

T'POI was back on Earth in the 1950s humans Did Not know That Aliens were living Among them in the 1950s

[@lancer525]

There haven't ever _been_ "aliens" on earth. Where do you get such ridiculous ideas? Have you never heard of the Fermi Paradox?

[@virginiaconnor8350]

You're thinking of her great grandmother, T'Mir, who visited Carbon Creek in '57 to see Sputnik. She was also a scientist and left T'Pol the purse she stored the velcro she pawned to help Jack go to college.

[@AMVayanefan]

@@virginiaconnor8350 Oh no, that was a story, whether it was real she would neither confirm nor deny. :). It was a just a story.

[@jamest1148]

@@virginiaconnor8350 there was one Vulcan that stayed behind. Mestrel later moved out west to Hollywood" where he fit in better. There he met a policeman who shared his fascination with science fiction. The two experienced a friendship that lasted well I to the '70's in which the policeman eventually became a producer. But, then again, it's only a story.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@@jamest1148, Well played!!!

[@thedavecorp]

"Vocal fry"?

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

Vocal fry is a certain aspect of the human voice. It's that gravely popping that sometimes happens at the low end of a person's vocal range. Rather than the vocal cords vibrating to create the sound of your voice, it's other parts of the throat making a popping sound. In this case you could hear it in her voice throughout. Someone else suggested that this scene was shot in the early morning before Jolene Blalock's voice had 'woken up," so to say.

[@bradameerbeg2154]

But I don’t understand the title at all.

[@Brvnkaerv]

Look it up. It is a voice technique used by actors and voice-over specialists. Look up the Kavanaugh accuser/ actress Christine Blasey Ford.

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[@dickbahls9012]

I get that it bothers people, it never bothered me. Guys do it too, it just sounds like a grumble. Also, wrong episode title in description (no hate)