Twilight story
A parasite causes Captain Archer to lose his short-term memory, and he (with the help of T'Pol and Doctor Phlox) seeks a way to change the past. Directed by: Robert Duncan McNeill. Story by: Mike Sussman.
10 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I had amnesia | choice | Archer became infected with a parasite that prevented him from forming long term memories. |
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | major | Archer wakes up 12 years in the future to find the Xindi-Human conflict had ended with the descruction of Earth. |
| genocide | major | Humans had been all but wiped out by the Xindi in an alternate time line. |
| sacrifice for a friend | major | Archer for T'Pol who in return spent her life caring for him. |
| time travel | major | Archer travels back in time to cure his amnesia and save Earth from destruction. |
| annihilation by a planet busting device | minor | The Xindi successfully deployed a weapon that destroyed Earth. |
| friendship | minor | The gang of old friends stuck together on Enterprise. |
| love vs. career | minor | T'Pol resigned her commission in order to take care of Archer. It was suggested by Phlox that she had fallen in love with him over the intervening years. |
| romantic love | minor | It was suggested that T'Pol loved Archer. |
| sacrifice to prevent mass death | minor | Future T'Pol and Future Phlox were prepared to sacrifice themselves so that Archer could travel back in time and save Earth from destruction. |