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By TRexx / 05:14, 9 May 2005 / Enterprise

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"I have certainly been the vocal one," Jolene Blalock fesses to the Boston Herald. "I had assumptions, and we all know what happens when we assume."

The outspoken actress has used "appalling" to describe the ENTERPRISE series finale, featuring a NEXT GENERATION "thank you" from the series producers.

"I assumed that the ending would be about our show and not a wrap-up of the conglomerate," Blalock said. "I understand and respect what (the producers and writers) were trying to accomplish... Reading the script for the finale was sad because I wish I would have known. Of course, that's the way it goes, so we go forward. It was just insulting."

Ms. Blalock has long been critical of the liaison between her onscreen character, T'Pol, and Connor Trinneer's honky-tonk Trip Tucker. "It was so monotonous. There were a lot of feelings, but nothing ever happened. We repeated the same story over and over. Either make it a relationship or don't, but you can't walk this line forever. It's boring."

Early in her employment by the STAR TREK franchise, Jolene admitted she's a longtime fan of the original series, and an unabashed "Spock Girl."

"Thinking about STAR TREK not being on the air for the first time in 18 years is strange. I'm very grateful and fortunate that I was able to be part of this incarnation. It's sad to see it go, but I really believe in my heart of hearts that it's not gone forever," motions the head-turning Saturn Award winner.

Blalock expressed fond memories of working on ENTERPRISE, and the sentiment in her final scene. "I loved going to work every day. I loved the routine. I loved the people that I worked with. All the cast members worked on that last day. So as one person would complete their last scene, we would send them out (with applause). Scott Bakula and I were in the very last scene. Before we started shooting that scene, I caught eyes with Scott, and it was just a moment I will never forget. And he walked over and he shook my hand before we started shooting that last scene, and I almost lost it. It just said it all."

Would the 30-year-old San Diego native reprise her Vulcan persona? "It all depends on the material. I wish the best for T'Pol, and I don't wish her to be viewed as everything that they made her -- a drug addict, weak woman, confused, lost."

Jolene Blalock stars in the upcoming indie film SLOW BURN, and she looks forward to exploring new opportunities. "This is my turn, and it's a good time for me because I'm fortunate enough to not need to work. So (I have) the liberty and the ability to be selective and take my time with this one until it's right, until it's a script I can't help but be passionate about. I want to read something where I clap at the end. I want to be excited."

Live long and prosper.

Read the original article by Amy Amatangelo in The Edge from the Boston Herald.

The Toronto Star's Rob Salem, who scooped Blalock's "appalling" quote, also addresses the series' larger ills in "ENTERPRISE limps off to oblivion"...

"I mean, you have to kind of look at it as a long 18-year trajectory, and STAR TREK hit its apex during NEXT GENERATION," said Brannon Braga. "In fact, when NEXT GENERATION was transitioning to DEEP SPACE NINE and VOYAGER, it was taking a chance at that time. There has been an erosion in the fan base, so it did not stop with ENTERPRISE."

"That's Brannon flying out of town," Rick Berman laughed. "The fans are chasing him with scythes."

The final two episodes of ENTERPRISE air Friday, May 13, at 8pm ET on UPN.

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Now that's more like it. | Report this post to moderator
By: Man on Fire: Jeremiah 20:9 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 12:30:39 on May 09, 2005

If this was the way she would have come accross all the time then I doubt that she would have had so much hate aimed at her. I personally have been a fan of her work on Enterprise; she has always tried her best to take the often times weak material they saddled her character with and make it interesting. More often then not, she managed to do just that. My problem with her was how uterly classless she seemed in most of her interviews starting half way through season three. She came across as a whiny bitchy slut quite often with her foul mouth and trashy interviews with magazines like Maxem.

I know not everybody had a problem with that but I did and that is why I became so disenchanted with the actress. If she had been the way she was in this interview the whole time I bet she wouldn't have ruffled nearly so many feathers. In this interview she managed to get her complaints across in a calm civil manner, not sugar coating them, and without talking about how Spock and T'Pol would have hot wild angry steamy Vulcan sex if they had the chance.

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By: Counselor Knight (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:21:28 on May 09, 2005

I never understood the animosity towards her. She's only the messenger. Someone told her what to say and what to do. Someone in control liked her with the little boys hair cut in skin tight clothes. She did the best she could with the material she was given. All of the actors were great with what they had to work with. I will miss them and Enterprise.

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    By: cooper2000 (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:49:58 on May 09, 2005

    I could never understand the animosity towards her either. What do fans want. Someone saying that Enterprise is Great and that it was run by competent people? We all know that that is not true.
    Give her some credit people.


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Now that this chapter in her life is behind her, she'll be okay! | Report this post to moderator
By: Schpock (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:50:55 on May 09, 2005

In the beginning, I was really angry at what the writers had done to the Vulcan archetype, I directed some of my anger at Jolene, and I regret that. I think she's a sweetie and a hottie, I'd love to take her to Pink's for chili dogs though :)

I think she'll find herself in a satisfying project, I think she will become very well known in the future. I would suggest she aim for mainstream productions and not genre films and television.

She and the rest of the cast have just wrapped up an important lesson on the realities of working in and around Hollywood- namely that you can't take the audience for granted, and that the captain of the ship, the producer of the piece, is the one who will determine whether everyone will find success or failure. Alas, Star Trek was originally an idea about expanding humanity's horizons on intellect, culture, society, technology and knowledge. It ended up by being a living example of distinctly unimaginative, boring, and misappropriated Star Trek-esque diversions which held no water and had no point.

Good luck Jolene!

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By: Gary P (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:02:05 on May 09, 2005

Kudos to Jolene Blalock for expressing her opinions throughout the last two seasons. I give her a lot of credit. Everything she has said has been accurate in my eyes. The Trip/T'Pol romance was laborious from beginning to end. Her drug addiction was insulting and her character's condescending attitude toward humanity did not make for good tv in the first season. Anyone remember in the first season when T'Pol told Trip that Enterprise's computer was as sophisticated as a Vulcan's children's toy? I said to myself at that point, "Why is she serving aboard then?" The writers had no clue about what a Vulcan was and poor Manny Coto had to pick up after them.


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By: Chris Pike (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:02:05 on May 09, 2005

That woman's got balls.

On the whole, I've really liked everything I've heard from her. I respect her and her take on the character, and I wish her well in her future career. I'm sure she'll go far.


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    By: Resident Evil (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:48:36 on May 09, 2005

    I'm glad some one in the cast could turn around and say what we all were thinking.

    I wish her all the luck for the future.

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    By: bueskytteren (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:27:06 on May 09, 2005 | Edit History (1)

    yeah she is a good girl with not only nice perfect body but also a brain with more in than her boss, aka berman and braga, and I hope she get's a good future, and maybe we'll se her more in Stargate:SG-1, or in another shows.

    But if they once make a enterprise-movie then i hope we see her.

    Because I have allways like her character, allways!!!


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