It seemed like they kinda forgot the Temporal Cold War thing they set up in the pilot episode, but no, they just don't seem to have a plan for it but are going ahead anyway. I am honestly not sure who is even supposed to be the bad guy at this point. Sure, future guy seems creepy so he will probably turn out to be the bad one, but the other faction doesn't seem any less sinister or more trustworthy. Especially since the alleged bad faction is the one who clearly saved Enterprise from destruction. Also damn, Archer is even worse in a fight than I thought. And after he narrowly survives to get his gun back he makes the same mistake a second time allowing the bad guy to totally get away and then they don't even try to chase him for no reason. Are we supposed to think this shuttle sized ship is faster than Enterprise? And if so, maybe say that instead of Archer just giving up for no clear reason.
We open with Enterprise stopping by a stellar nursery to do some science, or maybe just to look around since it is Archer in charge. We also see a Suliban being modified and yelled at by the future guy so I think it is supposed to be the one who tried to kill Archer previously. They run into a ship full of pilgrims who Archer welcomes aboard for a cultural exchange. While on a tour of engineering one of the pilgrims sneaks off and unplugs something in machine. Things suddenly go very bad and the ship almost explodes but it turns out the thing that saved them was the unplugged bit in engineering. Archer is then confronted by crewman Daniels who reveals he is a time traveler from 900 years in the future. He says that the Suliban are there to try and kill Archer or something so he offers to augment the sensors to detect them. He then totally unsuspiciously orders everyone out of engineering before being blasted into pieces by the Suliban (but not actually clear if he is dead) who then also shoots Archer. Archer manages to track down the Suliban after he is revived. The Suliban tells him Daniels is the real bad guy before attacking Archer and then opening the shuttle bay they are both in to space. Archer manages to get to safety and the Suliban jumps out the open door into space and escapes in the shuttle that Archer decides not to chase for no reason. We close with Archer sealing Daniels quarters since who knows what could be in there!!!
Review: I don't hate the idea for this episode, but it was pretty badly executed. I don't even hate the idea of ambiguous factions, but maybe make the story make a little sense too.
4 out of 10
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