Enterprise Episode Review
In which we learn that Reed really shouldn't be left in charge of things.
What Happened
On his first away mission, Reed leaves his communicator on the planet. It is found by the military, who arrest Reed and Archer when they return to pick it up. Accused of being spies, then exposed as aliens, the crewmen are about to be executed, but T'Pol, Trip and Mayweather rescue them.
The Good
- Reed is volunteering to write the report? Geek. (I mean that in a good way.)
- And the beating doesn't muss their make-up? Oh. It did. Okay.
- Archer tells them that the shuttle-craft was an experimental suborbital craft and Reed says that they are genetically enhanced soldiers. That's not such a bad cover story.
The Bad
- Trip asks if he can come down to the planet with them to retrieve the communicator. You know, I really think that Reed is going to be enough trouble.
- The "Alliance"? Did I miss something? Is this Firefly, now? Where's Nathan Fillion?
- And perhaps they have the room bugged as you are talking about being from another planet and that your shuttle-craft is parked nearby?
- Oh, hell. Reed is on his death kick again. What a downer.
The Cliche
- Getting captured in the first place. Their captors keep asking if they've made contact with the Alliance. I wanted Archer to say, "NO. But considering the way you've been treating us, we'll look them up the first chance we get."
- Poor General. That's the sort of event that paranoid conspiracy theories are made of.
Best Lines
Phlox: "I suspect your appendage will eventually rematerialize on its own."
Trip: "Eventually?"
What Did I Think?
I suppose that something would get left behind sometime. They are such klutzes.
