I am hitting the point in ENT where I am getting more and more sure that this is going to be bad. The theme song really doesn't help either so unlike every previous Trek I think skipping it going forward is going to be the only option. I should also probably just give up trying to figure out what the hell they are trying to say with the Vulcans because it is increasingly clear they aren't saying anything. Yesterday they were conniving bastards with all kinds of secret military shit and today they are peaceful lovers and whatever. Yeah, I am not into it. I guess I am glad they are finally giving Travis something to do, but then he just goes and breaks his leg. Also, comets have essentially no gravity, even relatively large comets. They could have picked up the shuttlepod and honestly wouldn't have been able to walk around at all.
We open with Trip and T'Pol in the mess hall bickering as usual when a comet is discovered and since they name it after him Archer wants to just hang out and watch it for a few days. Yup. Also they decide to do some science but that is clearly not the important part. A Vulcan ship shows up and Trip detects a coded transmission between her and Enterprise so he finds and decodes it. Travis and Malcolm head down to get a core sample but waste time building a snowman so it is a huge crisis when Travis breaks his leg. Trip is horrified when he discovers T'Pol's transmission was a super personal letter so he goes to her to apologize. She is understandably upset but then decides to come back and talk to him about it since it turns out she is missing her own arranged wedding. Trip is about as sensitive about the subject as you would expect comparing it to slavery but also pushing some pecan pie. The shuttle somehow crashes through the surface of the comet and even Archer can't rescue the ship so T'Pol convinces him to ask the Vulcans for help. Just before we close T'Pol sends a message cancelling her marriage and eats some pecan pie.
Review: So I guess they are setting up a relationship between T'Pol and Trip? Seems pretty unlikely but I guess that was the plan from the beginning. At least they had some sort of plan maybe.
4 out of 10
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