Observer Effect story
Organians test the Enterprise crew by observing their reactions to a deadly silicon-based infection. Directed by: Mike Vejar. Story by: Garfield Reeves-Stevens & Judith Reeves- Stevens.
9 total · 6 choice · 1 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| covert alien observers | choice | The Organians secretly studied human behavior aboard Enterprise. |
| human vs. contagious disease | choice | An unstoppable silicon-based virus was spreading all over Enterprise. Phlox and T’Pol scampered to find a cure but in the end the Organians stepped in and saved the day. |
| quarantine dilemma | choice | Archer must balance the his obligation to cure Tucker and Hoshi of a contagious disease with his obligation to not let the contagion spread to the rest of the crew. |
| sacrifice for a friend | choice | Archer impressed the Organians by sacrificing himself, in vain as it were, for Tucker and Hoshi. |
| the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies | choice | The Organians said that they had a principle of not intervening in less advance societies, like the Prime Directive. |
| transcendental being | choice | The Organians explained how their ancestors used to live in physical bodies. |
| silicon-based being | major | A virus was said to be silicon-based which made it more deadly to humans somehow. |
| classic films | minor | Tucker spoke to Hoshi about a classic film, called "The Andromeda Strain", in which a disease from outer space arrived on Earth. |
| sacrificing one's self to stop a contagion | minor | Tucker stopped Hoshi from spreading the virus throughout the entire ship by dragging her back to quarantine. |