This is an episode about Japanese interment camps, or at least what the writers thought they knew about such camps. I am not saying they are broadly wrong about whether the camps were moral or not, they weren't, but the Suliban are an actual alien race which is carefully using spies hidden among civilians to infiltrate. By making the villains here the mustache twirling type the episode ended up a lot less interesting that it deserved to be. Also I am honestly not sure what Archer hoped to accomplish with his little prison break. Sure they prisoners got to shuttles or whatever, but do they really think this is the only camp?
We open with Travis and Archer stuck in some kind of alien prison full of Suliban. The warded apologizes to Archer since he realizes they are there incorrectly but also refuses to let them go. They will be given a hearing but they must be held until then or specifically until Archer can bond with the Suliban and help them escape. Archer quickly figures out the Suliban in this facility aren't members of the Cabal and aren't a threat to the locals and since this show is hella two dimensional he is totally right about literally all of them. Enterprise gets notified that Archer and Travis are being held and after teching the tech a bit they track them down and beam a communicator to Archers cell. But of course he doesn't want to actually be rescued. He makes friends with a Suliban and comes up with a plan to blow their way out with the help of a shuttle from Enterprise. Since they don't even believe in the concept of the prime directive this episode they show up guns blazing and blast holes in the walls. Archer has to have a "meaningful" argument with the warden and end up not hitting the guy. And that is basically the end. No resolution to the actual problem, just a quick patch.
Review: This was a fairly fun episode to watch, but not a fun one to go back and think about. Still not as bad as I have seen, but I have been watching a lot of Enterprise...
4 out of 10
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