The Ending Scene From Observer Effect

[@ransom182]

God I love Enterprise.

[@Pure_Imagination_728]

Enterprise is amazing! Such an underrated series.

[@Zeakthecat]

"at the rate they are progressing, it would barely give us 5000 years to prepare" "then we better get started" imagine the federation or even humanity at year 7154. that would be a trip

[@tremedar]

I think you mean 7154

[@wakcedout]

that line from this episode still gets me. these species lives so long that 5,000 years is barely enough time for them.

[@Zeakthecat]

@@tremedar err right..

[@Zeakthecat]

@@wakcedout yea, but you gotta admit, the medical advancements for people in the federation in the year 7154, assuming the federation gets over the fear of genetically modified humans, it really would only take 300 years for humanity to basically become a advanced form of what they were.

[@Dakarn]

@@Zeakthecat If humanity were still corporeal in 7154.

[@MikinessAnalog]

This places my mind in the thought about us (humans) being the source of the stories told about ufos, except on other planets. Aliens seeing a space shuttle (or something like it) in their atmosphere.

[@kenbattor6350]

There was an episode of a Babylon 5 spinoff where that happened. The alien government was fragile so they made up a conspiracy where aliens (to them) were abducting them. The more the government denied it, the more the populace believed it. That way, the government would not be blamed.

[@JV-pu8kx]

Planet 51

[@ricaard]

Where were all of these Enterprise lovers when the show was on??! I was with them from the start.

[@TheScarletLadle]

Same. I was sad when they killed off this series...

[@christians6633]

Was there at the beginning. Until the time travel nonsense started. In my oppinion that was just cheap. And time travelling messes everything up. Logic was gone.

[@ricaard]

@@christians6633 time travel stories are my all time favorites, so I was still in.

[@omegaman7377]

@@ricaard The time travel was not the main problem. Hitler associate himself with aliens. He was crazy, but not that crazy.

[@Bayard1503]

@@christians6633 Usually time travel is like that but in this show they kept it in check

[@walterengler5709]

5000 years to prepare ... You underestimate their powers young padawans ... lol

[@dragonsword7370]

5,000 years to prepare? For humanity? HA! I'd give it less than 200!

[@jordanreed3675]

Less than one hundred

[@yama123numbercauseytdemand4]

Well maybe, though it may be unlikely, in 5000 years time we will be worth 5000 years of preperation. But considering our current state and development, I wouldn't be so sure about it either.

[@Darkwintre]

And then there came Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the Klingons!

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

DragonSword, In all fairness, the argument can be made that the events portrayed on Errand of Mercy, weren't indicative of the preparation that these two were presumably, going to argue for amongst their incorporeal brethren. That was an incursion onto their very homeworld, by antagonists who wished to align it within their orbits. So, the Organians may have felt forced in interacting with the humans (AKA the Federation) as they did, signifying a potential change of collective mind to that earlier greenlight being accorded here. Alternatively, a decision may have been reached to reject the recommendations of these stalwarts to begin with.

[@McRocket]

A great episode, IMO. However, if you had chosen what happened about 5 minutes before this as well/instead, it would have been better. The scene when Archer is talking to the aliens was great, Star Trek-stuff...imo. Thanks for posting this, just the same.

[@psoma_brufd]

2 days later.

[@SiXiam]

100 years later. We are ahead of schedule and should be ready for first contact with the Federation in 4000 years! 5 days later, well we are meeting them now. Wait, what? I can't. I can't deal with these emotional people. They actually tell Kirk this...lol

[@empirejeff]

That is what being human is all about?

[@russell5078084]

Trek when it was still trek.

[@KEVMAN7987]

Man, the Organians used to be jerks.

[@develynseether4426]

Used to be?

[@nessanderson6460]

@@develynseether4426 Well, in TOS they stopped a full-scale Klingon-Federation war from breaking out, so that's a sight better than what they were doing here (at first).

[@thefurrybastard1964]

They still are.

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

Humans are definitely an unusual species.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

5000 years? It'll be 1000 if you're lucky. 200 if you aren't. And if you are *very* unlucky, it might be less than 100. You'd better start preparing and you'd better get it done *_quick!!_*

[@porpus99]

5000 years? More like a hundred, seeing as how Humans and the Klingons fought on Organian homeworld. Where Kor imposed himself as Planetary Governor.

[@theduke7539]

Think about what he just said. "At the rate they're progressing, we barely have 5,000 years to prepare" first of all, how long do you have to prepare for a hello text. Second of all, at what level does humanity need to be to encounter them on good footing? We see the difference between 22nd and 25th century starfleet and the difference is pretty extreme. Even the unfortunate episodes about the temporal cold war, as terrible as those episodes were, do give us a glimpse at the near God like command star fleet has on space and time. Ant that was only 900 years difference. Imagine another 4 millenia assuming there is no upper limit to technology.

[@DavidKnowles0]

This species was more arrogant that Q an that saying something.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

The Duke, Although it might be an unlikely explanation, perhaps the Organians' perspective on the passage of time, differs from corporeal species. Consequently, 5,000 years as they judge it, could be markedly less an interval as humans would experience it. Just a thought.

[@anlumo1]

The humans being exceptionally quick with their progress is one of the main underlying themes of Star Trek. The Vulkans were a space-faring society for thousands of years before Zefram Cochrane invented the Warp drive, and there was no advancement at all. Then suddenly stuff started to happen, the Federation was founded within two generations (Archer knew him personally and was the founder of the Federation), Warp drives progressed to insane speeds, instantenous travel within the Milky Way, etc. They probably weren't used to species like that. Even the Q started to get scared by the time of TNG.

[@fefnireindraer144]

@@anlumo1 well put

[@allenwilliams4371]

Q trainees

[@larrycanupp411]

If they are so careful in their planning, why did they both agree so quickly without further consideration? Sounded a bit impulsive, which contradicts their entire way of life. Why be in such a rush if one has 5,000 years to get ready? Because they are very careful when planning. So why did they spend only seconds in agreeing to make the recommendation to their leaders? If the rules have not changed in 10,000 years, why.... Well... you get my point about the weak writing.

[@valueofnothing2487]

No way these guys are Organians , but it's really a great TOS type episode. Maybe if they started this way the ratings would have been better. By this time you are talking 3 million, and barely in the top 10.