ENT: Fallen Hero

         Apparently today the Vulcans are back to being stoic heroes and totally aren't back stabbing bastards. Also they have warships? I guess it makes sense that at some point in their history they had warships, but it just seems kinda out of place. This certainly felt a lot more like the Vulcans I remember than just about any other depiction. In this case they actually do seem to be acting logically which isn't something I can say about the rest of ENT. This episode sure isn't perfect, but I don't think I am going to get perfect again in Trek until hopefully DSC is actually good again. Two things that aren't surprising at all is that this episode introduced the idea of Risa and that Trip is STOKED to visit. The character they still can't seem to nail is T'Pol who is once again all over the map.
         We open with T'Pol trying to talk Archer and Trip into a visit to Risa. Well, she doesn't have to talk Trip into it very hard. As they prepare to leave they get a priority mission to go get some Vulcan ambassador who has committed a crime and take her back to a Vulcan ship. Hoshi volunteers her quarters which T'Pol appreciates, but also worries that they smell too bad. V'Lar arrives and doesn't seem worried about the charges. She is also hella more chill that T'Pol and is eager to thank Hoshi. The next day the people who charged V'Lar are back and demand she be handed over and open fire when Archer refuses. They start fleeing but aren't fast enough to get away. They try hailing the Vulcans but they are being jammed. They get into a race but totally lose and get captured. Archer tries to stall while V'Lar is rushed to sickbay. Archer sucks and stalling like he sucks at fighting though and soon the hostiles arrive in sickbay. They open fire on the scanner where V'Lar is supposedly being treated. The Vulcan's show up apparently too late but it turn out V'Lar is alive after the bad guys give up their guns.

         Review: There is a bunch of stuff about trusting humans that I skipped because it didn't actually affect the outcome of the episode, at all. This episode isn't terrible to watch at all, but it is still kinda bland.

4 out of 10