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"Affliction" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', and originally aired on February 18, 2005. The script was written by Mike Sussman from a story by executive producer Manny Coto. It was the second episode of ''Enterprise'' to be directed by Michael Grossman. The episode is the first of a two-part story, which concludes with "Divergence". Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship ''Enterprise'', registration NX-01. In this episode, the crew investigate the kidnapping of Doctor Phlox (John Billingsley), and the ship is attacked by a new type of Klingon. Meanwhile Phlox is taken to a Klingon colony to work on a cure for a plague whose effects include the removal of the Klingon's cranial ridges. The episode sought to answer the question of why Klingons looked different in Star Trek: The Original Series than in other series of the franchise. It featured a number of guest stars who had previous connections to the franchise, including James Avery who was in the running for the part of Worf in ''The Next Generation'', John Schuck who played a Klingon Ambassador in two ''Star Trek'' films, and Eric Pierpoint who had appeared in several other episodes of ''Star Trek'' previously. Some of the standing sets were redressed to appear as the interior of the ''Columbia'', and some scenes were filmed outside at the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles, California. The initial ratings equalled the highest ratings of the fourth season, and although critical reception was mixed, it has subsequently been considered to be one of the best story-lines to be featured on ''Enterprise''. ==Plot== ''Enterprise'' returns to Earth in time for the launch of the second NX class starship, ''Columbia'', and Commander Tucker prepares for his transfer. Meanwhile Ensign Sato and Doctor Phlox are attacked in San Francisco, and Phlox is kidnapped. Captain Archer and Lieutenant Reed investigate the scene, and Reed is given a secret assignment by a secretive agent that he seems to know. Commander T'Pol, seeking information from Sato, conducts her first mind-meld, and the two realize that the attackers spoke Rigelian. They discover that a Rigelian freighter recently left orbit and head off in pursuit. On ''Columbia'', Tucker ruffles a few feathers with his new team, and Captain Hernandez asks the reasons behind his transfer. Later, T'Pol and Tucker have a shared vision despite being on different ships. ''Enterprise'' locates a destroyed Rigelian ship, and while investigating, they are suddenly attacked and boarded. MACOs repel the attack and a captured alien is taken to Sickbay, where scanners show that he is in fact Klingon. Archer then discovers Reed's complicity in evidence tampering and confines him to the brig. Archer also learns that the boarders sabotaged the ship, and he orders maximum speed in order to prevent the warp core from overloading. The ship increases speed to warp 5.2, the fastest it has ever been. Phlox is taken to ''Qu'Vat'', a Klingon colony where General K'Vagh and Doctor Antaak seek his help to cure a Klingon plague. To Phlox's horror, K'Vagh kills an infected Klingon so that an autopsy can be performed. Phlox determines that the victims DNA has been supplemented with that of a genetically augmented Human. Phlox also learns from Antaak that they experimented with augmented DNA after the events seen in "Borderland", but it self-mutated and escaped. Antaak and Phlox are told that they have five days to cure the outbreak before it is too late. Antaak suggests that the only course of action is to create stable augmented Klingons, but Phlox refuses to assist further. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Affliction (Star Trek: Enterprise)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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