Archer recovers the Kir'Shara.
This is an enjoyable episode and trilogy that feels like a bit of continuity maintenance within the series and another attempt at fan service. Its success is rather hit and miss for me, but mainly good.
The story is strong, compelling and works well as a thrilling dramatic presentation. Both plots that unfold (on Vulcan and in space) are entertaining, with lots on interesting things going on. However, when thinking about the history of the franchise, for all the continuity issues it solves, it also creates more problems at the same time. I won't go into specifics, as I'd be venturing into Trekkie territory if I did.
Performances are all good, but the character-writing has a lot to be desired, particularly with some of the Vulcans like V'Las. However, I won't dwell on things as this has been a blight on all four series of Enterprise. Hopefully, all the Vulcans presented in the remaining episodes will be the established types and we can pretend a lot of what we saw didn't happen. Perhaps in that early episode where Archer lost gravity in the shower, he actually banged his head on the ceiling and we soon see him step out and reveal everything since has been a dream. No more emotional Vulcans please writers, learn from past mistakes.
Speaking of Archer, he was the human equivalent of a white-saviour trope in his role towards the Vulcans in this story. In fact, it seems quite comical that considering the magnitude of his achievements in Enterprise he has never attained the status of God or at least High Protector or the Galaxy.
This is an enjoyable episode and trilogy that feels like a bit of continuity maintenance within the series and another attempt at fan service. Its success is rather hit and miss for me, but mainly good.
The story is strong, compelling and works well as a thrilling dramatic presentation. Both plots that unfold (on Vulcan and in space) are entertaining, with lots on interesting things going on. However, when thinking about the history of the franchise, for all the continuity issues it solves, it also creates more problems at the same time. I won't go into specifics, as I'd be venturing into Trekkie territory if I did.
Performances are all good, but the character-writing has a lot to be desired, particularly with some of the Vulcans like V'Las. However, I won't dwell on things as this has been a blight on all four series of Enterprise. Hopefully, all the Vulcans presented in the remaining episodes will be the established types and we can pretend a lot of what we saw didn't happen. Perhaps in that early episode where Archer lost gravity in the shower, he actually banged his head on the ceiling and we soon see him step out and reveal everything since has been a dream. No more emotional Vulcans please writers, learn from past mistakes.
Speaking of Archer, he was the human equivalent of a white-saviour trope in his role towards the Vulcans in this story. In fact, it seems quite comical that considering the magnitude of his achievements in Enterprise he has never attained the status of God or at least High Protector or the Galaxy.