After two days of double episodes I was ready for a regular length one. And in that sense I wasn't disappointed. In most other senses I was, but not that one. The crew and especially captain continue to make baffling choices. Also the, "all you have to do is believe in yourself," message is especially dumb when it comes to telling Sato to just translate without the computer. I am pretty sure that isn't how languages work. Also Sato's constant complaining is well on its way to making her my least favorite character on the show. The worst part was honestly when she dropped her pet banana slug off on a desert planet. Let me give you a hint, mucus covered animals like slugs don't like super dry places.
We open with the slug mess the only good part of which is Dr. Phlox trying to convince Sato to let his bat eat the slug. Next she goes to complain to the captain that her quarters are on the wrong side, he lets her switch. There is some messing with the weapons systems which still don't seem to be able to hit anything. They are finally interrupted by the discovery of a ship adrift. Archer insists on leading an away team despite the objections of his first officer. Also, is T'Pol his first officer? I guess so, seems odd. Anyway, they find a bunch of bodies on board being drained of some chemical. Then they leave. And then Archer decides he doesn't want to leave so they go back and are attacked by the people they somehow assume are responsible. Luckily for them they hostiles decide to haul them in rather than destroy them and a ship like the crippled one shows up. Sato can't talk to them but then she believes in herself and can. The other aliens save them and they dump Sato's slug on a desert planet where it will die.
Review: Making an episode about your characters being bored is a dumb idea. Having the captain be totally erratic in his decisions is extra dumb. Not liking where this is going so far.
3 out of 10
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