ENT: Shadows of P'Jem

         I am glad to see that ENT is willing to actually acknowledge that past episodes happened. That is honestly my least favorite part of TOS and I am glad it isn't a part they decided to copy. At the same time the level of bland they are accomplishing is pretty monumental. Archer was mistaken for a porter. Yup. Would any other Trek captain have that mistake made about them? I don't think so. On the other hand it totally makes sense that T'Pol would take the blame for the P'Jem incident. It was pretty much entirely her fault. Well, I guess she didn't know the Andorians were there already, but why would she let them stop by a listening post in the first place. I am not even sure if she was supposed to know that already and it isn't like it gets addressed seriously. Also, why can she lie all the time? They even point out in this episode that she can't lie right before she does and there is never any explanation. Is she going to turn out to be a secret Romulan? Probably not, that would actually be interesting.         
         We open with some Vulcan telling Admiral Forrest that P'Jem was destroyed by the Andorians after it was revealed by Enterprise and that he is breaking off joint fleet operations. Back on Enterprise Archer is planning an expedition to a heavily populated planet to say hi. En route he gets a call from Forrest telling him that T'Pol is getting picked up by a Vulcan ship in a few days to go back to Vulcan forever. Archer is pissed but T'Pol takes it like a Vulcan when she gets the news. To try and bond with T'Pol I guess Archer picks her over Trip who really wants to go and Sato who can actually talk to people. Luckily they are shot down and taken prisoner by some sort of rebels who demand weapons for their release. 
         On Enterprise Malcolm is eager to mount an armed rescue but is slowed down by the arrival of the Vulcans who insist on taking over the operation. Ignoring them Malcolm heads down with Trip but they are captured but the Andorians. They end up teaming up with them to attack the rebels at the exact moment the Vulcans show up to mount a similar rescue. Luckily everybody restricts their fire to rebels and T'Pol jumps in front of a blast aimed at the head Vulcan. Archer convinces him to put in a good word for her so she can stay on Enterprise and when she wakes up T'Pol has no objections.

         Review: There is some really dumb stuff in here but also some really decent character bits. Writing it up I think I liked it better than watching which does at least drag it up to average.

5 out of 10