Similitude

Synopsis

To save Trip’s life after a catastrophic injury, Phlox attempts to acquire a transplant by cloning him. However, Archer is troubled by the moral dilemma of sacrificing a sentient being to save another…

The Trekzone Review

Enterprise tackles cloning and genetic engineering in this great episode of the third season.

I think Archer made the right choice given the weight of the mission they are on… but is breeding a sentient being purely to harvest its tissue ethically right? I, personally, don’t know where I stand on this issue – and this episode has once again made me think about it…

(I’m just glad teenage Trip grew up…)

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