With Archer and T'Pol trapped on Vulcan while the Enterprise heads to Andoria to warn them of the Vulcan's plan to attack them the action is divided in this episode. Having found the Kir'Shara, an artefact containing the teachings of the founder of Vulcan logic, he, T'Pol and T'Pau must evade the troops searching for them and take it to the High Command in order to persuade enough of its members to stop the war before it starts. On board the Enterprise not all of the crew agree with Commander Tucker's decision to head to Andoria rather than returning to Earth as ordered. Getting to Andoria is one thing persuading them that they are about to be attacked and need to redeploy their fleet is another. To this end they seek out Commander Shren, he doesn't immediately believe Vulcan ambassador Soval so kidnaps him and tortures him. Unfortunately for Soval he has to keep enduring the torture till Shren believes him. This isn't the end of the conflict though as the Andorian fleet along with Enterprise must confront and fight the Vulcans until Archer can get them to end the conflict.
This was a great conclusion to the three part story, it contained plenty of action including a space battle and hand to hand combat. The regular cast were joined by some great guest stars including Kara Zediker, who played T'Pau, Gary Graham who played Soval and Jeffrey Combs who played Shren, the last of the three is clearly a versatile actor as he has played several characters in the various Star Trek series each of which is very different. I like how the hot tempered Andorians are from a cold planet and the emotionally cold Vulcans are from a hot world. While this episode is the final of a three part story the ending set up a new story when we learn that the head of the Vulcan High Command was in fact a Romulan agent... unfortunately the series was destined to be cancelled before this plot line could be resolved.
This was a great conclusion to the three part story, it contained plenty of action including a space battle and hand to hand combat. The regular cast were joined by some great guest stars including Kara Zediker, who played T'Pau, Gary Graham who played Soval and Jeffrey Combs who played Shren, the last of the three is clearly a versatile actor as he has played several characters in the various Star Trek series each of which is very different. I like how the hot tempered Andorians are from a cold planet and the emotionally cold Vulcans are from a hot world. While this episode is the final of a three part story the ending set up a new story when we learn that the head of the Vulcan High Command was in fact a Romulan agent... unfortunately the series was destined to be cancelled before this plot line could be resolved.